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Yahoo Japan's choice of Google is a natural one, given that it had a similar arrangement early last decade.

Those assets might have to be acquired beforehand by Alibaba and Yahoo Japan, and would make up a big part of the new Yahoo's value.

Over the last decade, Yahoo Japan held onto its dominant position here while Yahoo languished virtually everywhere else.

In terms of structure, design and scope, Yahoo Japan is significantly different from the US site (see screenshot).

The best aspect of Yahoo Japan's decision to hire Google to run its search business is that it might speed the sale of Yahoo's Asian assets.

The event, to announce a partnership between Alibaba's online retail site Taobao and Softbank's Yahoo Japan, drew a giant crowd in Hangzhou.

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

The new tie-up will see Japanese consumers shopping on Yahoo Japan in a new section called "China Mall" .

Detectives have also asked Yahoo Japan to provide IP addresses, which may help them to identify the suspect's mobile phone.

But the urge to dispose of Yahoo Japan and Chinese online marketplace Alibaba should be resisted.

Yahoo Japan, which is a separate company from the American Internet provider, said it is willing to cooperate with authorities.

Net cash plus stakes in Yahoo Japan and Chinese search engine Alibaba. com are worth perhaps $13bn after tax, or about $9 per share.

Softbank Corp. , a large shareholder in Yahoo Japan, would take Yahoo's entire current stake in the business, the people added.

Yahoo would carry out an identical transaction for its entire 35% stake in Yahoo Japan, which has a market value of around $6 billion.

Baidu is set to compete against Yahoo Japan and Google Japan, which together have a near-duopoly on the search engine market.

Yahoo, which owns 35 per cent of Yahoo Japan, suffers little immediate economic impact.

Yahoo's stakes in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan throw a wild card into that mix.

Softbank owns large stakes in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan.

Softbank Corp. of Japan holds a large stake in Yahoo Japan. It also owns a 33% stake in Alibaba.

A similar structure is being discussed for Yahoo's 35% stake in Yahoo Japan, the people said.

Yahoo Japan has about a 60 per cent market share, while Google's stands at about 40 per cent, according to analysts.

Taobao's tie-up with Yahoo Japan will be the first time it has dealt with consumers outside the Chinese cultural sphere.

Yahoo owns 40 percent of Alibaba and 35 percent of Yahoo Japan.

'Thanks to the strong yen, now's your chance to buy foreign brands! ' reads Yahoo Japan's strong yen sale site.

Softbank shares jumped 3. 9% on Wednesday, while Yahoo Japan rose 1. 9%.

"I would like to discuss (with Yahoo Japan) if we can cooperate in other ways, " Usen President Yasuhide Uno told a news conference.

Last year Yahoo Japan began using Google's search engine, rather than Microsoft's, which is used by Yahoo.

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