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Celebrity listing crashes Japanese exchange's party

Published Sun, Sep 24, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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    ON Japan's newest exchange, fame can pay off. That may not be so great for investors though.

    Last month, Hikaru, a Japanese YouTube star so famous he can go by a single stage name, listed himself on Valu, a platform for people to raise money, often for personal projects or businesses, by essentially selling shares in themselves.

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