ROTHSCHILD AND JAPAN — STRONG AND LONG-TERM COOPERATION
Dec 6, 2018
SoftBank Vision Fund.
Obviously, Baroness Charlotte de Rothschild is very fond of Japan when more than half of the annual show has been held here. Besides her passion for Opera performance, we can see the bond between the Rothschild and Japan.
In terms of business, the Rothschild family has a lot of influence in Japan, especially in the financial sector. Back in 2004, the time when the fund was owned by Jacob Rothschild is RIT Capital Partners, this fund invested in Shinsei Bank with £100M profit. Shinsei is the first bank in Japan be invested and controlled by the foreign owner. In the 4.0 era, with improvements from new technologies such as Blockchain or Big Data, Rothschild is also one of the advisors to the $100 billion Fund — the SoftBank Vision Fund. This investment is part of a long-term investment plan with unprecedented scale, according to SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son.
Recently, SoftBank and its partners, Synchronoss and TBCASoft, have also completed payment testing via its mobile service provider network based on Blockchain in Japan. This technology is called the Rich Communication Service (RCS), which replaces the traditional SMS protocol. RCS will have more features, such as sending multimedia content or material through the cellular network instead of through a network on mobile apps.
LINA NETWORK is also an enterprise who research on Blockchain and has been cooperating with many Japanese companies. Therefore, Japan stimulates all the process for industry 4.0 is also an opportunity for LINA NETWORK enter this market.
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