TOKYO -- Mercari announced Tuesday that it has entered the mobile telecommunication business, as the major Japanese e-commerce platform seeks to create synergies with its marketplace app and other ...

The president of e-commerce marketplace operator Mercari Inc. said he will invest more than 3 billion yen ($27.3 million) of his own money to help reduce the gender gap in Japanese society.

team at Mercari’s Management Strategy Office, led the analysis. In an interview with The Asahi Shimbun, she said the study revealed factors that are unique to Japan, where there is a wide wage ...