The Results of Handling Courier Services in 2020 have been Announced. The number of units handled has expanded to 4,863.47 million.

On August 6, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced the handling results of courier services in 2020. "The consumption at home" has increased as the COVID-19 has expanded. In addition, the online shopping market expanded, the number of units handled increased significantly by 11.9% from the previous year to 4,863.47 million units. In addition, the number of books handled by mail service decreased by 9.9% to 4.2 billion and 33,870 books, which is affected by the decrease in demand for direct mails and catalog sending due to the spread of the Internet. Regarding truck transportation, Yamato Transport, Sagawa Express, and Japan Post still rank high, accounting for 94.8% of the total.

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Rakuten Announced its Financial Results for the Second Quarter. Loss increased due to investment in the mobile business. However, the number of Rakuten Travel users increased by 75.7%

On August 11, online shopping major "Rakuten" announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2021. Sales increased 16.9% from the same period of the previous year to 793,671 million yen, and Non-GAAP operating loss was 91,124 million yen. One of the reasons for the decline in profits is the impact of prior investment such as the installation of own company's base stations for mobile. In the domestic online shopping business, which is their main service, total distribution amount increased 12.2% from the same period of the previous year to 1.2 trillion yen, and continues to grow steadily. In addition, with the expansion of "nest consumption at home" in the era of COVID-19, the number of users in each online shopping service such as the Internet shopping mall "Rakuten Ichiba" continued to increase, and sales growth is also progressing steadily. Among them, the number of users increased by 75.7% from the same period of the previous year in the Internet travel reservation service "Rakuten Travel," due to efforts for safe and secure travel, transaction volume also increased, though which had been greatly influenced by the government's request to refrain from going out due to the pandemic situation.

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Korea's Online Shopping Major Coupang Announced the Second Quarter Financial Results. The deficit expanded due to the effects of fire

On August 11, Korea's online shopping major Coupang announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2021. Sales increased 71% from the same period of the previous year to 4.5 billion　(about 496.2 billion yen) and net loss was $ 518.6 million dollars (about 57.3 billion yen). The causes of the deficit include a large amount of investment in domestic and overseas businesses, and the impact of damage caused by the fire at a major distribution center located in Icheon. In addition, the number of active users has continued to increase to 17 million, which went up 26% from the same period of the previous year. The company has been aggressively expanding globally in the second quarter. The main move is that, following the entry into Japan in June 2021, the delivery service was experimentally started in Taiwan in July.

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シリーズ「SDGsの基礎を学ぼう」～ゴール1：貧困をなくそう～

「聞いたことはあるけど詳しくは知らない」「何となく理解しているけど言葉にして説明はできない」となりがちな、SDGsの各テーマの基礎的な知識について、言葉にして説明できるレベルで知っていただくためのシリーズ「SDGsの基礎を学ぼう」、今回は「貧困」をテーマにお伝えします。

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Online Shopping Major "Bukalapak" Went Public, Indonesia's Largest Listing

On August 6, Indonesian online shopping major "Bukalapak" was listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The initial public offering raised 1.5 billion dollars (about 165.5 billion yen), making it the largest scale listing in Indonesia. Bukarapack has been attracting attention as one of the rapidly growing Southeast Asian tech companies in recent years, and with this listing, the market capitalization has reached 109 trillion Indonesian rupiahs (about 823 billion yen). The funds raised will be used to strengthen the online shopping business, which is the main business, and will support small and medium-sized enterprises in Indonesia through the dedicated app "Mitra Bukalapak" for partnering with small and medium-sized enterprises.

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Turkish Local Online Shopping Trendyol Raised 165.5 Billion Yen from Softbank and Others

On August 5, it was reported that the Turkish local online store "Trendyol" raised 1.5 billion dollars (about 165.5 billion yen) from Softbank Group, a major Japanese telecommunications company, and others in the latest raising round. With the financing, Trendyol's corporate value has reached a valuation of 16.5 billion dollars (about 1.8 trillion yen), and it is said that it will be Turkey's first decacom company. In addition, the company has already raised 350 million dollars (about 37.9 billion yen) from China's major online shopping "Alibaba" in April 2021, and rapid growth in the Middle East market has been attracting attention in recent years.

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ZHD Announced First Quarter Results. Revenue hit a record high for the first quarter

On August 3, Z Holdings, a major Internet service company, announced its first quarter 2021 results. Revenue increased 36% from the same period of the previous year to 373.3 billion yen, a record high for the first quarter, and operating income increased 1% from the same period of the previous year to 51.3 billion yen. As a result of the commerce business, e-commerce transaction volume increased 16% from the same period of the previous year to 817.2 billion yen, of which the reuse business performed well and recorded a 13.1% increase to 228.3 billion yen. Growth factors are the increase in the average price which customers pay in the affiliated flea market app "Yahoo! Auctions!" and the steady expansion of "PayPay flea market." The particular focus of this announcement of financial results was that through collaboration with major delivery company Yamato Holdings, delivery quality was significantly improved, leading it to an overall increase in transaction volume. In addition, Z Holdings has begun to fully introduce the "LINE Official Account" operated by LINE, a major social media service company, as a B to C communication infrastructure, and it was announced that the immediate delivery service "PayPay Direct by ASKUL" is being tested in collaboration with mail-order companies ASKUL and Demae-can, a delivery service center.

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