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Taizo Son onstage at Tech in Asia’s Startup Asia conference 2014. Southeast Asia has a new billionaire, and he wants to invest in unconventional startups who can help him reimagine city living.…
People love to splurge on games in app stores, even as other apps struggle to make money. But this is starting to change as companies figure out ways to monetize their non-game apps, says a new …
The company doesn’t own the apartments, but taps private property owners or large asset management companies who have idle properties up for lease. MetroResidences takes care of setting up and stylin…
Messaging app Line is set to make a big push into AI, later this year rolling out a Siri-esque voice assistant and an Amazon Alexa-style smart speaker, the Japanese company announced yester…
Last week, online cross-border payments company Payoneer announced its expansion into Japan via subsidiary Payoneer Japan. While the business was already processing payments between Japan a…
From baseball to which side of the escalator people ride, Tokyo and Osaka have always been friendly rivals. Now, the battle is heating up for startups as well. At Hack Osaka last night, 10 startups f…
Line, the struggling messaging app that’s losing users, today launched its newest spin-off service – a rival to Slack. With Line Works, the Japan-based company has a workplace chat app…
Yes, you read that correctly. In a classic case of one idiot ruining the fun for everyone else, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government today banned the use of radio-controlled helicopters and drones …
