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Astroscale Holdings, a Japan-based orbital debris removal company, announced that it has raised US$51 million in a series E funding round led by venture capital firm AStart Co. Ltd., bringing th…
Mobile messaging service Line is hopping on the blockchain bandwagon with a new cryptocurrency exchange. Called Bitbox, the exchange will be available for all users globally except Japan and the US a…
Which Japanese startups are making the most impact? One way to judge – although imperfect – would be the amount of money they have raised. Using Tech in Asia’s data, we’ve generated this constantly u…
Fujitsu is teaming up with Japan’s three largest banking groups – Mizuho Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) – to conduct a joint field trial o…
In my opinion this is a sad example of how technology does quite the opposite from improving people's lives. It might be fun to imagine yourself dating a virtual character, but in the long run i…
Line, Japan’s US$8 billion social media giant, today launched a food delivery service. Called Delima, it allows users of Line’s messaging app to order and pay for food deliveries from 14,000 res…
Jordan Fisher came to Japan nine years ago to work in finance. But now the New Yorker is doing something quite different – building a startup. With Zehitomo, he’s working on Japan’s answer to Si…
Line, the sticker-loving messaging app, is struggling to hold onto its users. The social network has just lost 4 million monthly active users in three of its most important markets – the fi…
In Japan, workers are turning to robotic suits to help them with heavy-duty tasks. The Panasonic Assist Robot suit makes sense for industrial use as well as for staffers at nursing homes for the…
“You wouldn’t be here unless you were thinking about entering Japan market, right?” The question from the moderator was a gentle nudge for Chris Martin, head of international for Mobike. Martin,…
