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Brief: Japanese tech giant GMO will start mining bitcoin
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Brief: Japanese tech giant GMO will start mining bitcoin

Starting early next year, the company plans to spend around $320m on cryptocurrency mining – mounting a challenge to Chinese firms’ dominance.
Leighton Cosseboom · · 1 min read
14 Japanese tech titans that aren’t Sony or Nintendo

14 Japanese tech titans that aren’t Sony or Nintendo

Each of these companies, born after 1980, have a market cap that’s over US$1 billion. How many do you recognize?
J.T. Quigley · · 12 min read
Japan’s GMO Payment Gateway deepens alliance with Neweb through $1M investment

Japan’s GMO Payment Gateway deepens alliance with Neweb through $1M investment

Japan’s GMO Payment Gateway has doubled-down on its investment in Neweb, and plans to bring the Taiwanese company to Japan’s market.
C. Custer · · 2 min read
GMO raises $65M from Japanese megabank to strengthen online payments, help startups

GMO raises $65M from Japanese megabank to strengthen online payments, help startups

The investment will further solidify GMO as a leader in the Asian payments ecosystem – but western competitors are encroaching.
J.T. Quigley · · 2 min read

Japanese tech giant GMO just paid $6.8M for ‘Z.com.’ Here’s why.

GMO’s market expansion was inevitable. Now Southeast Asia will meet a new billion dollar Japanese company.
David Corbin · · 2 min read

Masatoshi Kumagai saw the future and built a one-stop-shop for entrepreneurs

GMO Internet Group is the Japan leader for online payments, web hosting, cloud storage, online security, and domain names.
David Corbin · · 6 min read

GMO Payment Gateway partners with 2C2P to launch in Thailand

GMO Internet Group online payment service provider, GMO Payment Gateway Inc. has announced the Thai launch of its of global payment processing service, GMO-PG Global Payment, in partnership with regional epayment gateway, 2C2P.
Saiyai Sakawee · · 2 min read

From salaryman to entrepreneur: the man who made it easier to print stuff in Japan

“Why can’t small printing companies get printing orders in a more efficient manner?” Matsumoto, founder of Raksul.com thought.
Willis Wee · · 3 min read

A genius idea was born after 2 entrepreneurs grew frustrated with corporate processes

Japan’s Kaizen is the startup behind A/B testing software planBCD and it isn’t like any other A/B testing software in the market today.
Willis Wee · · 3 min read

This startup lets users mix and match their favorite outfits, and is making money without selling a thing

“I’m in a business that I love. I love fashion and technology. I can’t ask for more,” said Kanayama, co-founder of iQon.
Willis Wee · · 3 min read