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TT-962 -- Baring To Buy Stake in Pioneer, But is it Too Late? e-biz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on September 24, 2018

Last week the audio/car electronics manufacturer, Pioneer, announced that it was selling a large private placement to Baring Private Equity in Hong Kong. The placement will be for JPY60bn, and appears to give Baring control of the struggling firm.

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TT-961 (Tourism Edition) -- A New Guide Service for the Naive and Trusting

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on September 17, 2018

A company to catch our attention this last week was Huber, a matchmaker of mostly Japanese students acting as low-cost uncertified guides to foreigners who feel intimidated by the language barrier here.

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TT-960 -- Uber Scores Small But Significant Victory in Taxi App Wars, ebiz News from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on September 10, 2018

Uber Japan pulled off a bit of a coup, by announcing completely unexpectedly that it was teaming up with Fuji Taxi of Nagoya and launching the Uber taxi app with Fuji.

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TT-959 (Tourism Edition) -- How Japan's Travel Companies Can Claw Back Market Share

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on September 3, 2018

Not challenging the big foreign firms who control the inbound market causes lost revenue not getting reinvested locally, and this hurts the development of new products and services.

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TT-958 -- Mercari's Problems in America, e-biz News From Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on August 27, 2018

Like many Japanese fast-rising internet companies before them, the Mercari senior management have a "bug up their butts" about taking on the e-commerce sector in the USA. Why this market is so important to them at this early stage, versus Asia, is not exactly clear.

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TT-957 (Tourism Edition) -- Why Taiwanese Bicycle Maker Giant is Cleaning Up in the Japanese Market

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on August 13, 2018

Instead of the local players making good in Japan, it has taken a Taiwanese firm to show the locals how to revitalize the market. And the way they are doing it is really interesting.

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TT-956 -- An Unsung Hero with a Pragmatic Approach for Orphans, e-biz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on August 6, 2018

Also foreigners do their bit to make lives of disadvantaged children better. Recently we interviewed Michael Clemons, the founder of the NPO named YouMeWe NPO and a social impact fund called eMPOWER.

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TT-955 (Tourism Edition) -- Emergencies as a Tourist in Japan - The "What's Going On?" Moment

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on July 30, 2018

While my fellow Japanese passengers knew to be patient and endure, the foreign tourists could only wait about 30 minutes before they started fidgeting and needing more information.

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TT-954 -- Japan's Modern-day Slavery Program Gets New Lipstick, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on July 23, 2018

After some embarrassing exposes in the press, the government has cracked down on some of the worst offending employers - the ones withholding passports and salaries, seeking sexual favors and unpaid overtime, etc.

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TT-953 (Tourism Edition) -- Cruise Ships - How to Tap the Tourist Mother Lode?

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on July 16, 2018

Unfortunately for Kochi, although they got the boats and the visitors, in reality it hasn't resulted in the economic boom that they expected. The tourists are visiting the shops. But once in those shops, they are looking but not buying.

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