Japanese companies abroad

Softbank (TYO:9984) offered $20 billion for mobile telco Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) last year, but the deal is not yet done as it goes through regulatory inspection. While the acquisition is

Japan’s leading telephone carrier NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) today announced that it will be establishing a subsidiary in Singapore that will provide services to Japanese customers and businesses in the country

Japan’s GMO VenturePartners is today announcing the launch of a one billion yen (or about $12 million) venture fund that will see the firm focus on opportunities in the Southeast

GREE’s (TYO:3632) US studio has just announced a new title, as Monster Quest has just dropped for iPhone and iPad. The game is free to play, and lets players collect,

Softbank's CEO Masayoshi Son, Sprint's CEO Dan Hesse Softbank (TSE:9984) and Sprint (NYSE:S) held a joint press conference in Tokyo to announce Softbank’s $20 billion investment in Sprint. Masayoshi Son

Having already invested upwards of $50 million on photo pinboard service Pinterest back in May, Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten (JSD:4755) is now once again making an investment in a US

We’ve written a lot about Rakuten’s (JSD:4755) overseas adventures over the past year or so. The Japanese e-commerce giant now has partnerships, investments, and acquisitions peppered across the map. But

GREE booth, Tokyo Game Show Japanese mobile social gaming giant GREE (TYO:3632) is today announcing that it will establish a wholly owned subsidiary in Vancouver called GREE Canada, Ltd. This

We have written much about gaming platform Mig33 in the past, and its success as a gaming platform in Southeast Asia with over 56 million registered users. And today we

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten (JSD:4755) has been pretty busy of late, just a week ago announcing that it would be the lead investor of Pinterest’s next funding round. Today the