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  • Tokyo, JAPAN: Japan’s Internet service provider Usen President Yasuhide Uno (R) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, 16 March 2006, while Fuji Television Network Chairman Hisashi Hieda. Japan’s Livedoor said it will team up with Internet service provider Usen in a business alliance, as part of its efforts to stay afloat after being indicted for financial fraud. Usen also confirmed its President Yasuhide Uno would personally acquire a 12.75 percent stake in Livedoor from Fuji Television Network for about 9.5 billion yen (80.6 million USD). AFP PHOTO/Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)Leadership

    Netflix’s biggest rival in Japan was created by a secretive billionaire whose father nearly destroyed the company in a telecom scandal

    By Min Jeong Lee, Yoojung Lee, and others
  • Hisayuki Idekoba, president and chief executive officer of Recruit Holdings Co., speaks during an interview in TokyoInternational

    The CEO of the world’s biggest job portal says he has a solution to the labor shortage: getting rid of the resume

    By Gearoid Reidy, Yasutaka Tamura, and others