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Japan’s Rakuten Group is partnering with eBay to test U.S. demand for used Japanese fashion goods, made all the cheaper with the yen trading near a 34-year low.
eBay is ramping up its presence in Japan via its latest investment in Asia. The U.S. online retail giant announced today that it has acquired the Japan-based business of pan-Asia e-commerce ...
For the coalition of Japanese Americans behind the effort to cancel that sale, eBay’s move was a victory. But ultimately, they want to ensure that all World War II artifacts born out of the ...
The auction of a series of sketches purportedly drawn by an artist at the Japanese internment camp at Manzanar was canceled after groups protested it was offensive.
eBay has confirmed that it’s buying the Japanese arm of Giosis, a Singapore-based business that operates the Qoo10 ecommerce platform across a number of Asian markets, including China, Hong Kong ...
Piles of untouched Happy Meals littered sidewalks outside McDonald’s restaurants in Japan over the weekend, as frenzied ...
60 Japanese American groups sent EBay a letter demanding the company halt bids for the Matsumura drawings.
Once upon a time, before Japanese retro gaming shops discovered eBay, Japan was a retro gamer’s paradise. Rare, vintage Japan-only games and systems were dirt cheap, and the only way to procure them ...
Mercari’s ultimate goal is to take on eBay and Craigslist on their home turf — and beyond. The company is tremendously successful in its home country of Japan.
EBay Inc. said on Tuesday it would buy Giosis Pte. Ltd.'s Japanese business, including the Qoo10 online shopping platform, to expand its presence in Asia's second-largest economy.
EBay offers 25,000 products on its Japanese site, while Yahoo Japan has nearly 3.5 million items. "The online marketplace really becomes difficult to prosper in when you don't secure the first-mover ...
EBay Inc., conceding failure in its effort to gain a toehold in the world's second-largest economy, said it will shutter its Internet auction site in Japan. The move is a rare defeat for eBay ...