Inside Japan's Disco Corp, which makes ~75% of the world's chip cutting tools, and where no staffer has a boss, with decisions made using a currency called Will
It's the start of another day for an ordinary Tokyo salaryman. On a rain-drenched Monday morning, the engineer stows … Bluesky: @quinnypig.com , @danielfos.co , @skamille.themanagerswrath.com , @cybe...
An interview with Kokusai Electric CEO Fumiyuki Kanai on KKR's role in the Japanese chip equipment maker's IPO, becoming an advocate for PE in Japan, and more
David Keohane / Financial Times : X: @chrismo50s . LinkedIn: Nicholas Benes X: Christopher Moseley / @chrismo50s : ‘We had no idea what private equity was about’: Japanese chipmaker CEO on buyout bos...
How the rise in the US of Japanese news aggregator SmartNews, valued at $2B in 2021, came to a halt in 2023, leading to CEO Ken Suzuki's departure in November
https://restofworld.org/... X: @restofworld : Japan's SmartNews was growing fast in the U.S. What went wrong? Once valued at $2 billion, the news app has been hit by heavy layoffs. Former employees te...
A profile of Mena Kato, Microsoft's head of Japan partnerships, who is trying to reverse years of failure selling Xbox in a Sony and Nintendo dominated market
- Japanese studios need to go beyond PlayStation, Mena Kato says — Sony and Nintendo command country's video game market
Rakuten founder Hiroshi Mikitani, whose mobile business is bleeding cash, defends his reputation with investors ahead of a planned IPO of Rakuten's online bank
Financial Times : Tweets: @leemakiyama , @gearoidreidy , @ugalani , @sugiuraeri , @leemakiyama , and @gearoidreidy Tweets: Hosuk Lee-Makiyama / @leemakiyama : Rather excessive takedown by FT on Rakut...
As SoftBank Vision Fund managing partners Yanni Pipilis and Munish Varma leave, the fund has lost 10+ top execs since 2020, putting pressure on Masayoshi Son
Masayoshi Son is losing a growing number of top executives at SoftBank Group Corp., putting more responsibility on the founder's shoulders … Tweets: @caixin , @pelstrom , and @athomson6 Tweets: @caixi...
SoftBank has removed three of its most senior executives, including Vision Fund head Rajeev Misra, from its board, amid calls to improve corporate governance
Japanese conglomerate also books a $1.3bn loss on its Nasdaq trades over the summer — Japan's SoftBank has culled three …
Following SoftBank's first loss in 14 years, CEO Masayoshi Son says his WeWork bet was a mistake, describing it as a “harsh lesson”, and vows to move forward
Masayoshi Son defended the Japanese company's investment, while admitting he misjudged the American firm's founder, Adam Neumann.
SoftBank-backed real estate tech startup Compass loses its COO, after departures of CFO, CTO, CMO, HR head, general counsel, and head of product over 18 months
Startup fueled by $1.5 billion from Japanese tech fund faces scrutiny following wave of executive departures
An account of the rise and untimely death of Vine and HQ Trivia cofounder Colin Kroll, based on interviews with and documents from friends, police, and others
Self-taught coder Colin Kroll shot to startup fame, allowing him to live life in a fast lane — Colin Kroll, a college dropout … Tweets: @shalini , @daiwaka , @mattrosoff , @poochmcgoo , @antoniogm ,...