AkihabaraTokyo · JapanThe archive
Browse articles from www.wsj.com in the Akihabara archive.
SoftBank Group Corp. plans to buy at least $750 million of the shares in WeWork’s impending IPO, one of a series of moves by the office-sharing company to shore up an offering that has been plag…
TOKYO—The Japanese billionaire who wants to fly around the moon on Elon Musk’s spaceship is cashing out of his online fashion business back on earth by selling control to Yahoo Japan Corp.Yahoo Japan…
TOKYO—A billionaire entrepreneur’s midlife crisis helped SoftBank Group Corp. affiliate Yahoo Japan Corp. strike the biggest deal in its history and lift its e-commerce business against rivals s…
TOKYO—Ryosei Takehisa, 24 years old, doesn’t have any children—unless you count an animated character with elfin ears called Mikuriya Kuon. In live appearances on YouTube, the kimono-clad K…
SoftBank Group is leaning on its employees, including Chief Executive Masayoshi Son, for cash as the firm rushes to raise an ambitious technology fund amid volatile markets. The Japanese company…
For years, SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Executive Masayoshi Son has talked about building a global renewable-energy empire capable of carrying solar power across continents. The Japanese inve…
