US-based internet services provider Yahoo’s Japanese subsidiary has launched a Y1bn ($13m) corporate venturing fund, YJ Capital. Yahoo Japan is minority-owned by local media conglomerate Softbank and has also bought Decopic Developer, a local provider of the Community Factory social application, for Y1bn. Decopic had previously been backed by internet group Mixi.
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