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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2014
Sprint and T-Mobile zero in on $31 billion buyout deal
Sprint Corp. is nearing an agreement on the price, capital structure and termination fee for an acquisition for T-Mobile US Inc. that could value the wireless carrier at almost $40 a share, sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 19, 2014
Yahoo won't buy EAccess
Yahoo Japan cancels a controversial plan to acquire eAccess from parent SoftBank after deciding the two can better achieve their goals separately while cooperating in other ways.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 2, 2014
Y!mobile to target smartphone users
Yahoo Japan prepares to launch a cellphone carrier in June that could pit it against parent SoftBank in the hunt for smartphone users.
EDITORIALS
Apr 29, 2014
Deregulating the telecom industry
An expert panel of the communications ministry is reviewing anti-monopoly protections against the NTT group and is expected to recommend this fall whether regulations on the telecom giant should be eased.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2014
Small merchants embrace mobile payment services
Small businesses and individual merchants who previously shunned credit cards because of the required pricey card-reading devices are now letting customers use their plastic thanks to the advent of cheaper smartphone-based payment systems.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2014
Child smartphone users disturbingly open to strangers
One in four surveyed mobile phone users in their early teens with Internet access were found to be interested in meeting strangers they get to know in cyberspace or they have already done so, according to an online survey released this week by the Web filtering software maker Digital Arts Inc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 26, 2014
Line stake said good for SoftBank
SoftBank Corp. would attract younger consumers and help boost usage by acquiring a stake in instant messaging service Line Corp., an analyst at Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch unit said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Feb 16, 2014
Local startup SoftBank on course to become global player
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son's 2010 speech about his new 30-year plan has proven to be more than a grandiose spiel as it barges into the global telecommunications market.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 10, 2014
NTT may be allowed to discount combined services
The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry will consider a proposal to let the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. group offer discount services for bundling mobile and fiber-optic or fixed-line services, government sources said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2014
Gamers get romance, Japanese-style
In an era of smartphones, some mobile video game makers are using love to expand overseas.
EDITORIALS
Dec 21, 2013
Japan hits top in use of apps
Japan may have become the world's top country for generating mobile app revenue, but this brave new world poses dangers to unwary customers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 22, 2013
Sharp seeks exit from Foxconn cellphone venture
Sharp Corp. is considering ending a contract with Foxconn Technology Group under which the Taiwanese manufacturer makes Sharp-branded phones for sale in China, according to a source.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2013
DoCoMo didn't get lift from iPhone
NTT DoCoMo Inc., the nation's largest mobile phone carrier, said Monday it lost subscribers last month even after adding Apple Inc.'s iPhones to its lineup to regain market share lost to rivals Softbank Corp. and KDDI Corp.
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Aug 2, 2013
J-blip: Bandai's smartphone panties
Underwear for your phone. Yes, this has become a reality.
LIFE / Digital / JAPAN WEB WATCH
Jul 16, 2013
Japanese adults spend crazy money on cellphone games
Over the last decade, people's behavior during their daily train ride has completely changed. In the past, Japanese were known to be avid readers of paperbacks (bunko) and manga magazines, and would do so even on Tokyo's notoriously crowded trains. Now, however, it is rare to spot someone on the train who is not staring into their cellphone.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 9, 2013
Softbank eying T-Mobile US deal as 'Plan B' if Sprint deal goes south
Softbank Corp. is in talks with Deutsche Telekom AG over buying T-Mobile US Inc., as the Japanese firm looks for alternatives to enter the U.S. wireless market if its deal with Sprint Nextel Corp. falls apart, Reuters reported.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 30, 2013
NEC in talks with Lenovo on selling mobile phone subsidiary
Ailing NEC Corp. is in talks to sell its mobile phone subsidiary to Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd. as part of turnaround efforts, company sources revealed Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 28, 2013
Mobile service now available on all Tokyo subway lines
The last stretch of Toei Subway's four lines was connected to the mobile phone network Wednesday, making mobile access available on all Tokyo subway lines.
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Mar 21, 2013
Koe moe apps find their voice on smartphones
Hey girlfriend. Read me a bedtime story.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Feb 5, 2013
Expat game developers have an unfair advantage in Japan
There is an option for budding game-developers, however — a less expensive one that allows for more freedom and, if they're lucky, more exposure than they could ever imagine.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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