Koolanoo Group has found success in China. Their social networking site, 360Quan, is the largest teen-oriented Internet site in China, with 30 million logging on each month."China is an emerging market and it's the most exciting and fastest growing internet
China's monstrous online job site, Zhaopin.com, got a shot of cash so huge recently that would make King Kong blush.PaidContent.Org is reporting that Zhaopin has received $110 million in venture capital funds - a mezzanine round of funding designed to
Tokyo, July 14, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Sony today announced that it will invite 30 high school students from the cities of Beijing, Xi'an, Wuhan and Nanjing to Japan as part of its "Sony Student Project Abroad (China) 2008"
Hiroshima, July 8, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the sales launch of the newly developed Mazda Biante for the Japanese market. Mazda's mid-size tall 'high-roof' minivan goes on sale today at all Mazda, Mazda Anfini
Seoul, July 14, 2008 - (ACN Newswire) - Suprema, Inc. (KOSDAQ: 094840), a leading global supplier of fingerprint recognition technology and systems, launched Korea's first IPO in the biometric sector on July 11. Suprema enjoys a majority of the Korean
Hiroshima, July 14, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation has freshened its globally popular Demio compact car for the Japanese market. It goes on sale today at all Mazda, Mazda Anfini and Mazda Autozam dealerships nationwide. Manufacturer's suggested
Japanese financial service firm SBI Holdings Inc. is set to beef up its operations in emerging economies, mainly those in Asia, Chief Executive Officer Yoshitaka Kitao has said in an interview with Jiji Press. The firm hopes to promote financial
Yusuke Nishi, head of the Japanese operations of U.S. investment fund Steel Partners Japan Strategic Fund (Offshore) LP, has stepped down, it was learned Monday. Nishi left Steel Partners Japan K.K. at the end of June, according to sources within
U.S. investment fund Steel Partners Japan Strategic Fund (Offshore) LP said Monday it has urged Noritz Corp. to sell unprofitable operations and focus on its mainstay water heater business. In a letter sent to Noritz, Steel Partner also mentioned its
Japan Airlines' international unit is believed to have reduced its operating loss sharply in the two months through May, Jiji Press learned Monday. For the first two months of fiscal 2008, Japan Airlines International is seen scoring an operating loss
Shipments of Japanese home video game consoles and software in Japan and abroad in 2007 jumped 79.9 pct from the previous year to 2,936.4 billion yen, marking a record high, an industry group said Monday. Shipments of game consoles sharply
Stocks finished lower on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday, failing to sustain early gains driven by the U.S. government's rescue plan for beleaguered mortgage financiers Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The 225-issue Nikkei average ended down 29.53 points at 13,010.16,
Japan's cigarette retailers will lift their 12-year-old voluntary ban on late-night cigarette sales through vending machines from August 1, the Japan Tobacconist Federation said Monday. The Central Organization for Cigarette Retailers Associations across the country has been disabling vending machines
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. said Monday that it will make its branch office in Shanghai a local subsidiary that will start operations on Nov. 1. The core unit of Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. received permission to establish
PE Hub said this week that Legend Capital has raised $400 million for a private equity fund focused on technology, media and telecom in China. Legend Capital's parent company, Legend Group, is based in Hangzhou. The own Lenovo Group Ltd,
Tokyo and Mountain View, CA. , July 14, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Mobile Content Networks (MCN), the leading provider of real-time Federated mobile search solutions, today announced that Nokia's WidSets service has selected its white label platform, MobileSearch.net, to
