HIROSHI MIKITANI & LIONEL MESSI: A MATCH MADE IN BARCA…
Is the wheel of fortune starting to turn in favour of Japanese billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani & his burgeoning online empire, Rakuten (4755)? It was a question that seemed relevant again at [...]
WHAT IS KDDI DOING?
There is a horrible moment in most British football managers’ careers when results turn against them, pressure builds & previously supportive fans lose the faith. It’s at this point decisions [...]
JAPAN’S CORPORATE GOVERNANCE HALL OF SHAME: IS THERE A SILVER LINING?
The week following Carlos Ghosn’s arrest has seen a few more entries added to Japan’s growing list of 2018 corporate governance scandals including: Olympus (7733): sued over alleged illegal [...]
SMARTPHONE CAMERAS: FROM AFTERTHOUGHT TO CENTRE STAGE
By all accounts the inclusion of a 2MP camera on the original iPhone in 2007 was something of an afterthought, an additional feature that was neither here nor there & certainly not a major [...]