Finance
SBI, Yoshimoto plan joint venture to pair Japanese content with financial technology
Japan\'s financial group SBI Holdings is moving to target the global content market with major entertainment company Yoshimoto Kogyo Holdings. The companies agreed in principle on a strategic partnership and to set up a joint venture to plan and develop original intellectual property and invest in production. They also plan to use a 100 billion yen SBI Neo Content Fund and explore fundraising using digital securities and security tokens, though details were not disclosed.