TOKYO -- U.S. e-commerce group Amazon.com raised the subscription fee for its Prime service in Japan for the first time in April, at the same time as it moves to shut its e-commerce marketplace in China.
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Amazon seeks profitability in Japan as it exits China
Prime membership fee rise means e-commerce group's other growing markets could be next
Amazon has expanded into 16 countries around the world, with Japan its first Asian market in 2007, followed by rollouts in China, India and Singapore.
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