Juro Osawa is a reporter for The Information, specializing in covering the tech industry in Asia. With a background at the Wall Street Journal, Juro's reporting focuses on topics such as artificial intelligence, gaming, and the business strategies of major tech companies in the region.
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Juro Osawa's coverage focuses on technology, particularly Chinese companies and their activities in areas such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and venture capital. His work also delves into the intersection of business and politics.
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By: Juro Osawa, Jing Yang, Erin Woo
From left: Mike Gallagher, Lisa Monaco, Joe Biden and Shou Zi Chew. Photos by Getty
Former Alibaba CEO and chair Daniel Zhang, who stepped down last year, has joined a Chinese investment firm called Firstred Capital as a managing partner, the firm said.Firstred Capital is a Beijing-based firm founded in 2019 by Liu Xiaodan, former chair of Chinese brokerage Huatai United Securities. As Zhang joins Firstred, Alibaba will back the firm and become an anchor investor for its
Alibaba has sold almost $360 million of its stake in Chinese online video firm Bilibili, Bloomberg reported.The move comes as the Chinese tech giant sells some of its assets and prioritize investments in its core businesses as well as key new areas such as artificial intelligence. Over the past several months, Alibaba also has sold down its stake in Chinese electric car maker Xpeng.
By: Shane Burke, Erin Woo, Juro Osawa
When then-President Donald Trump tried to ban Chinese-owned app WeChat in 2020, hundreds of WeChat users banded together to sue. They argued that WeChat was a vital communications tool for many elderly Chinese Americans. The tactic worked and the court blocked the ban. Now TikTok, which is facing a potential ban in a bill now before the Senate, is hoping to repeat WeChat’s feat.
By: Erin Woo, Jing Yang, Juro Osawa
Illustration of AI-generated influencers. Art by Shane Burke.
By: Jing Yang, Juro Osawa
Chinese merchants have fueled Amazon’s marketplace. But TikTok is being much pickier about the ones it lets onto its new shopping service in the U.S., forcing some to sneak on through other methods.
As TikTok owner ByteDance ramps up its efforts to develop artificial intelligence, the Chinese internet giant recently elevated an executive leading the AI development to report directly to CEO Liang Rubo, according to two employees with direct knowledge of the matter.
Erich Andersen, the general counsel of TikTok and ByteDance who has overseen the company’s national security negotiations with the U.S. government, has told other senior TikTok executives that he is planning to step down from his current role.
By: Erin Woo, Qianer Liu, Juro Osawa
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in Washington in March. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.
By: Juro Osawa, Natasha Mascarenhas, Margaux MacColl
Japan is betting it can help ignite its long-stalled economy by directing billions of dollars to American VCs hungry for fresh sources of capital.
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