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Japan Times
Rugby
Nov 22, 2018
Shining Arcs give Amanaki Lelei Mafi OK to play despite legal issues
The NTT Communications Shining Arcs announced Thursday they will allow No. 8 Amanaki Lelei Mafi, who is undergoing criminal proceedings for assault, to play in Saturday's Japan Rugby Top League Cup match against Suntory Sungoliath.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Nov 13, 2018
Successful Japanese communications entrepreneur sets sights on renewable energy race
If it wasn't for Sachio Semmoto, the landscape of Japan's communications industry would look different today.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2018
NTT to invest ¥3 trillion on research and 5G mobile network systems
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said Tuesday it will invest ¥3 trillion ($26 billion) over the next five years on advanced research activities and next-generation 5G mobile communications networks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 1, 2018
NTT Docomo to lower mobile phone fees after government call for charges to be cut
The decision comes after Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in August that national charges should be reduced by 40 percent.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 20, 2018
NTT Communications snatches final playoff spot
The NTT Communications Shining Arcs survived some nerve-racking moments Saturday to grab the eighth and final spot in the playoffs to determine the Japan Rugby Top League champions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 17, 2018
NTT Docomo to launch world's 'thinnest and lightest' phone in November
For years, electronics giants have been developing smartphones with increasingly larger screens. Bucking the trend for phones to be bigger and flashier is a handset set to debut next month from NTT Docomo Inc. that can fit in your business card case.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2018
NTT Data, Gunma University to test self-driving ride services on public roads near Toyosu
A multiday test involving three self-driving vehicles on public roads will kick off Friday in Tokyo, the IT firm and school behind the experiment said Thursday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Sep 7, 2018
Sungoliath edge Shining Arcs, improve to 2-0
Two-time defending Top League champion Suntory Sungoliath beat NTT Communications Shining Arcs 20-18 Friday at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground to make it two straight wins to start the new season.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2018
What would a 40% cut to phone bills mean for Japan's mobile carriers?
Japan's mobile carriers have come under government scrutiny for high phone bills that have helped bring years of enviable profit margins and given them a combined market value of more than $250 billion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2018
Mobile phone operators take ¥1 trillion blow after Suga says bills could be cut 40%
Wireless carriers tumbled in Tokyo after the government's spokesman said they have room to cut phone bills by about 40 percent, sparking concern that lawmakers will renew a push for greater competition in a sector dominated by three big players.
Japan Times
Rugby
Aug 16, 2018
Shining Arcs ban Amanaki Lelei Mafi until assault verdict is reached
Amanaki Lelei Mafi has been banned from team activities by the NTT Communications Shining Arcs until a verdict is made in his assault case, the Japan Top League side revealed Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 2, 2018
NTT Docomo to follow KDDI in reviewing smartphone contracts after government warnings
Mobile carrier NTT Docomo Inc. said Thursday it plans to review its two-year smartphone contracts by next March, a day after rival KDDI Corp. pledged to change its contracts in response to government warnings.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 23, 2018
NTT Data partners with Indian firm to tap 3D mapping market
NTT Data Corp. has joined up with an Indian mapping company to develop large-scale 3D map data sets, for supply to telecommunications and other sectors in the South Asian country.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 26, 2018
NTT unit sued over plan to block sites hosting pirated manga
A lawyer sued a unit of NTT Corp. on Thursday demanding the network operator halt its plan to block access to websites that allow visitors to read pirated comics and books.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2018
Japan's NTT to block websites with links to pirated manga, anime and other content
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said Monday it will block access to websites that link visitors to sites where they can read pirated comics and books, in line with a recent government request.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2018
Japan's top three mobile carriers to be asked to stop charging customers who switch providers
The communications ministry said it will ask Japan's three top mobile communications carriers to stop charging customers for switching companies when their contracts expire.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 15, 2018
Brooklyn sale by Kushner family firm, at 60% premium, linked to NTT — one-third owned by Japan's government
Two months after Jared Kushner joined the White House as a senior adviser, his family firm sold a stake in a Brooklyn building to a unit of a company whose largest shareholder is the government of Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2018
Japanese government admits claim that 'chocolate is good for the brain' is short on data
More evidence is needed to support a report, compiled by a government-sponsored team and confectionery giant Meiji Co., which concluded that chocolate is good for the brain, the Cabinet Office said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2018
Japan's NTT develops eco-friendly battery that can safely 'return to soil'
NTT Corp. says it has developed an eco-friendly battery that can be disposed of in soil without harming the surrounding environment.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jan 20, 2018
Hino Red Dolphins earn promotion to Top League for first time
The NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes were demoted following a 20-17 loss to the Hino Red Dolphins in Saturday's Top League relegation-promotion playoffs.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'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.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same 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.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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.

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