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For years, SoftBank Group splashed out billions on startups at near-peak valuations without batting an eye. Now founder Masayoshi Son's tech powerhouse is relying on a new weapon as it searches...
SoftBank Group on Thursday posted a net profit of 985.5 billion yen in the October-December quarter, ending a streak of four consecutive quarters in the red, as the value of some investments...
Japan's SoftBank Group is expected to post a net profit for the first time in five quarters when the tech investment giant reports earnings on Thursday, benefiting from strong gains in the value of...
Japanese mobile carrier KDDI Corp is planning to launch a tender offer along with trading company Mitsubishi Corp for convenience store chain Lawson to take it private, it said on Tuesday. ...
Donald Trump's pledge to block Nippon Steel's planned purchase of U.S. Steel if he retakes the White House compounds political troubles for the $15 billion deal whose failure could reverberate across Japan Inc. For Japan, the biggest foreign investor in the U.S., a collapse of the deal could give companies pause about acquisitions in other strategic sectors and force them to be more risk averse when sizing up deals, say former officials, lawyers, analysts and executives. The planned purchase by the world's fourth-largest steelmaker of the storied American firm underlines the l...