Japan’s technology news: July 2021 headlines
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Japan’s technology news headlines from across July 2021 reported on subject areas including: Japan’s moves to boost international regulation of cryptocurrencies; NFT trends in the country, via btrax; the impressive investment pace of SoftBank’s Vision 2 Fund; Google’s entry into Japan’s financial services market; and more.
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- Japan: SoftBank Group’s second Vision Fund 2 boosts investment pace, adding on average one new startup target per day
- Japan: Ministry of Defense to increase staff in cybersecurity, including hiring from the private sector, due to growth in increasingly sophisticated state-backed attacks
- Google steps into financial services in Japan with acquisition of pring cashless payments and settlement company for over $180M
- Japan: Rohm chipmaker launches $45.3M venture capital fund to invest in next-generation semiconductor tech, with first investment in US startup Locix
- NFT trends in Japan – an overview of the non-fungible token space in the country, with reference to global trends and case studies, from btrax
- Japan: Gov’t increases diplomatic efforts to regulate digital currencies globally, seeking involvement in global dialogue around stricter rules on private digital currencies
- South Korea’s Coupang e-commerce giant enters Taiwan and commences delivery options testing, one month after also launching in Japan
- Japan’s SBI Holdings takes stake in Singapore’s AND Global fintech startup, providing microloans in Mongolia via smartphone app
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