PayPal making belated foray in Japan, without eBay

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 03:52 EDT
 

By JAY ALABASTER
2010-07-28T07:52:51Z
TOKYO (AP) -- PayPal, the online payment unit of Internet commerce firm eBay Inc., is planning to break into the Japanese market - the first time it has entered a region without eBay's powerful auction business....

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