Back in 1996, he started Yahoo Japan as a joint venture with Yahoo; now he is its controlling shareholder.

早在1996年，他创立了与雅虎的合资企业雅虎日本，现在他是雅虎日本的控股股东。

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One bright spot in the company's operations has been its Asian businesses, such as Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba, a Chinese Internet firm in which it has a 43% stake.

雅虎公司的一个亮点是其位于亚洲的业务，诸如雅虎日本和阿里巴巴，雅虎拥有这家中国网络公司的43%股权。

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Plans to branch out to older customers in alliance with Yahoo Japan.

公司计划与雅虎日本联手挖掘年龄大些的客户群。

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Phone a few months ago to provide pre-installed Yahoo services such as Yahoo Japan Home, Yahoo Japan Auctions and Yahoo Loco to improve its search traffic.

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And both notes discuss how, if Yahoo Japan were to buy the Yahoo stake back, it would be accretive to Yahoo Japan.

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Except in Japan, Yahoo established its international properties on its own, forgoing partnerships in order to keep control.

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