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Do they even need to “attract business” there? Seems to me that as a developed country they have plenty of business of their own. And there are subsidiaries of
by ein0p 2y ago
Do they even need to “attract business” there? Seems to me that as a developed country they have plenty of business of their own. And there are subsidiaries of western companies there. Yahoo is pretty big, and Google has a large office in Roppongi Hills.
- filoleg 2y agoYou mean in Shibuya? Because the Roppongi office (the older of the two) has been much smaller, and iirc it got closed permanently very recently.
- ein0p 2y agoIt’s been a while since I visited. It wasn’t small, it occupied 2 whole floors IIRC. And I think Shibuya is a much better location for it.
- filoleg 2y agoYeah, the Shibuya office is significantly larger. IIRC Shibuya Stream building is around 35 floors, and Google occupies at least half of them.
- sakjur 2y agoI don’t think Yahoo Japan is a subsidiary anymore.
- jki275 2y agoThey have Apple, Google, Goldman Sachs, Rakuten, and others. They have a very large economy of their own.