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NTT DoCoMo Inc., despite being Japan’s biggest mobile phone carrier, has been struggling against tough smartphone competition from KDDI Corp. and Softbank Corp., which is leading in that area. But one edge that the cellphone behemoth — it has more than 60 million subscribers ...
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
If you don’t get into the ring once or twice, then you’re a coward, Geoffrey Ima says as he describes people’s attitudes toward boxing in his hometown in Uganda. Ima has been in the ring hundreds of times and came to love boxing so ...
Claude Regy says the team at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) threw him the “best birthday party ever” when he arrived in Japan just days after the actual May 1 occasion. The 90-year-old French director is hoping for an even better birthday gift, ...
The 27-year-old defender says he was ready for a change of scenery after helping Sanfrecce Hiroshima win theJ. League title last season.
Punk aesthetic at Virgin Virgin Atlantic has announced that the latest designer to be turning her hand to their uniforms is Vivienne Westwood. The fiery British designer will be bringing her punk rock aesthetic to the signature Virgin two-piece, in a collaboration that will ...
KLM’s Miffy campaign KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launched a direct flight from Amsterdam to Fukuoka on April 3. In celebration, the airline is holding a Facebook campaign called “Miffy traveling Europe with KLM” through May 31. In this historic service, KLM has become the ...
Cathay Facebook quiz Cathay Pacific Airways is holding a special promotion on its official Japanese Facebook page (www.facebook.com/cathaypacificJP) through April 26. On the page, quizzes about the airline are offered, and for each quiz, three respondents out of all those who answer correctly will ...
Helicopter transmissions Eurocopter Japan has delivered its first helicopter equipped for high-speed, real-time data transmission to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. The system is expected to be in operation in early April, This installation — called Helicopter Satellite Communication System (HSA) — on ...
Find Wally on Virgin In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the publication of British picture book “Where’s Wally?,” Virgin Atlantic has launched a special Boeing 747 jet designed with an illustration of the title character. Dressed in his famous red-and-white striped shirt and ...
Jetstar teams with JAL Jetstar Japan, a joint-investment with the Qantas Group, Mitsubishi Corp. and Century Tokyo Leasing Corp., has announced that it will start a codeshare and mileage program partnership with Japan Airlines as well as Qantas. Jetstar Japan and JAL have entered ...
Taking tea to new highs In collaboration with R. Twining and Co., British Airways this month began offering a special blend of Twinings tea that will not lose its flavor even at an altitude of 10,000 meters. Based on data showing that the flavor ...
Singapore vouchers Singapore Airlines is holding a special promotional campaign for double the amount of vouchers that the airline offers through its transit program. The program started in October and offers passengers flying Singapore Airlines or SilkAir Changi Dollar Vouchers, each worth 20 Singapore ...
Liverpool FC tickets Virgin Atlantic Airways has announced that it will again cohost the third All England Cup Futsal Tournament in Japan in March with the international banking group Standard Chartered Bank. The winning team will receive tickets for seven to Liverpool FC’s April ...
Secret ticket giveaway Virgin Atlantic Airways will give away a pair of round-trip economy-class tickets between Tokyo and London to the person who submits the “best secret spot in the U.K.” as a contribution to the company’s “Secret U.K. Guide.” The campaign runs through ...