WeWork has yet to open a location in Japan, but it could soon get an enormous investment from the land of the rising sun. Tokyo-based SoftBank is considering paying more than $1 billion for a stake in WeWork as part of a $100 billion technology fund it is currently raising. Any deal wouldn’t be completed before the fund closes, which is scheduled for mid-February. The investment would likely match or surpass the $17 billion valuation … [more]