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Airbnb makes case for home-sharing in Japan as regulation looms

It says it can buoy a stagnant economy and support the 2020 Olympics

Published Wed, Jun 15, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    Tokyo

    AIRBNB Inc has gone on a charm offensive in Japan, hoping to drum up support as regulators there debate whether to clamp down on the startup's rapidly expanding operations.

    The world's third most valuable private startup dispatched high-powered lawyer and political strategist Chris Lehane to lay out how it can buoy a stagnant economy and support the 2020 Olympics. Just last month, co-founder Joe Gebbia was in Tokyo extolling its contributions to entrepreneurship.

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