Expansion of sharing services, including coworking and ride-hailing
First written in FY2019-Q3. 6 of 8 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2019. Latest entry: FY2025-H1.
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- FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「The increase in Solutions and other revenue was due to the succession to the business of WeWork Japan合同会社, as well as higher revenue from cloud services, IoT solutions and security solutions as the company captured corporate demand for digitalisation, and the impact of Cubic Telecom Ltd. becoming a subsidiary, among other factors.」
The succession to WeWork Japan’s business was disclosed as a factor behind the increase in Solutions and other revenue in the Enterprise business, indicating a shift from expanding the conventional coworking business to succeeding to and integrating businesses within the group. - FY2021-Q3Impairment loss recorded on WeWork Japan sharesAnnual report
「This was due to an increase of ¥13,879 million in impairment losses on equity-method investments, among other factors, resulting from the impairment of the amount equivalent to goodwill relating to shares in WeWork Japan合同会社.」
Rather than reflecting expansion of the coworking business, ¥13,879 million in impairment losses on equity-method investments in WeWork Japan shares was recorded. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「WeWork Japan合同会社, a joint venture with The We Company, which provided community-based workspaces in 149 cities across 38 countries, had opened coworking spaces at 20 locations in Tokyo and 8 locations in cities nationwide, including Yokohama, Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya and Kobe. DiDiモビリティジャパン㈱, a joint venture with 滴滴出行 (Didi Chuxing Technology Co., Ltd.), which operates a transportation platform, provided a taxi-hailing platform in 25 prefectures across Japan.」
WeWork Japan expanded to 28 locations nationwide and DiDi expanded to 25 prefectures, increasing the areas covered by sharing-related services. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「As of the end of December 2019, WeWork Japan合同会社, a joint venture with The We Company, which provided community-based workspaces in 127 cities across 33 countries, had opened coworking spaces at 18 locations in Tokyo and 8 locations in cities nationwide, including Yokohama, Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya and Kobe. DiDiモビリティジャパン㈱, a joint venture with 滴滴出行 (Didi Chuxing Technology Co., Ltd.), which operates a transportation platform, provides a taxi-hailing platform in major cities across Japan. In November 2019, PayPay began a service that linked with “DiDi,” the taxi-hailing app provided by DiDiモビリティジャパン㈱, as the first new “mini app” feature within the PayPay app, enabling users to complete the entire process from booking a taxi to payment within the PayPay app.」
WeWork Japan expanded to 26 locations nationwide, while DiDi launched integration enabling users to complete the entire process from booking a taxi to payment within the PayPay app. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「As of the end of September 2019, WeWork Japan合同会社, a joint venture with The We Company, which provided community-based workspaces in 122 cities across 32 countries, had opened coworking spaces at 14 locations in Tokyo and 20 locations in cities nationwide, including Yokohama, Osaka, Fukuoka and Nagoya.」
The number of WeWork Japan locations increased from 19 in the previous quarter to 20. DiDi also continued providing taxi-hailing services in major cities across Japan. - FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「WeWork Japan合同会社 has opened coworking spaces at 13 locations in Tokyo and a total of 19 locations nationwide, including locations in Yokohama, Osaka, Fukuoka and Nagoya.」
Coworking locations expanded from 15 nationwide in the previous year to 19. DiDi also launched services in Tokyo and Kyoto in April 2019 and announced plans to expand to 13 cities nationwide during fiscal 2019. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「WeWorkJapan合同会社, a joint venture with WeWork Companies Inc., which provides coworking spaces in 100 cities across 27 countries, has expanded to 12 locations in Tokyo as well as Yokohama, Osaka and Fukuoka, opening a total of 15 locations nationwide.」
Coworking locations expanded from 8 locations in Tokyo and elsewhere in the previous year to 15 nationwide, including 12 in Tokyo. - FY2019-Q3First statedAnnual report
「WeWork Japan合同会社, a joint venture with WeWork Companies Inc., which provides coworking spaces in 99 cities across 26 countries (Note 7), has opened 8 coworking locations in Tokyo and locations in Yokohama, Osaka and Fukuoka. It plans to open additional locations in Tokyo, including Jimbocho and Kojimachi. DiDiモビリティジャパン㈱, a joint venture with 滴滴出行 (Didi Chuxing Technology Co., Ltd., hereinafter “DiDi”), which operates a transportation platform in more than 400 cities, including in China (Note 8), provides a taxi-hailing platform in the Osaka area. Because the Chinese “DiDi” app can be used in Japan without modification, the service is capturing demand from Chinese visitors to Japan, while the number of rides by domestic users is also increasing steadily through various campaigns. The service is scheduled to be expanded progressively to major cities throughout Japan, including Tokyo.」
Coworking spaces and taxi-hailing services are being developed as sharing-related businesses through joint ventures.