Photo: SoftBank GroupHere’s what Son, SoftBank’s legendary founder, had to say about this chart:SoftBank market value peaked at about 2000, when the Internet bubble burst, but we exceeded actually th…

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From mandatory high heels to a ban on glasses, Japanese women have been busy pushing back against restrictive and anachronistic dress codes in the workplace in 2019.
The program followed a report pub…

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WeWork can be fixed — and there’s a plan, according to SoftBank Group Corp., which offered the cash-strapped, unprofitable office-sharing company a lifeline in exchange for majority ownership.
To tra…

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Rumor has it that Subaru, after Toyota’s shares in the company increased from sixteen to twenty percent , could be teaming up with Toyota for the newest iteration of the WRX STI.
Subaru and Toyota ar…

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Or, if neither of those pique your interest, there’s also the ninja temple, whose layout is said to be so confusing that few could make it out without a guide.
Although the official name of the struc…

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We take a closer look at some hilarious clips from the new Conan in Japan episode.
Three months ago, American late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien surprised everyone when he announced he would be …

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Japan DataWhile the overall number of suicides in Japan is dropping, there has been a worrying rise among young people.
A total of 332 Japanese elementary, junior high, and high school students died …

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The companies are two of the biggest fish going belly-up after massive buy-outs from their largest investor, SoftBank’s Vision Fund.
Katerra has raised more than $1 billion from Softbank’s Vision Fun…

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TOKYO -- Following a challenging quarter mired with setbacks over coworking startup WeWork, SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son addressed what exactly went wrong in a closely watched earnin…

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