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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 13, 2013
Carriers start taking iPhone pre-orders
Competition for mobile phone vendors spikes as Japan's three top players begin taking pre-orders for Apple's latest iPhone, including NTT DoCoMo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2013
DoCoMo to market iPhone to win back Softbank clients
NTT DoCoMo Inc. has agreed to start selling Apple Inc.'s latest iPhones in an effort to halt the erosion of its market share by its smaller rivals.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 1, 2013
Son reshaping Softbank seen in $20 billion loan
Softbank Corp.'s cost of refinancing debt from its purchase of Sprint Corp. will be less than half of what it paid seven years ago to acquire the Vodafone unit that launched its mobile phone operations.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 8, 2013
S&P cuts Softbank to junk status after FCC's Sprint nod
Softbank Corp., led by billionaire Masayoshi Son, had its credit rating cut to junk by Standard & Poor's after winning approval from the Federal Communications Commission for its $21.6 billion bid to buy Sprint Nextel Corp.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 4, 2013
FCC nod clears way for Softbank bid to buy Sprint
Softbank Corp.'s $21.6 billion bid for mobile carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. won approval from the last U.S. regulatory body reviewing the transaction, according to sources.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 15, 2013
Dish's Ergen deals blow to Softbank's Sprint bid
In the battle of billionaires trying to enter the U.S. wireless market, Dish Network Corp.'s Charlie Ergen has won a round against SoftBank Corp.'s Masayoshi Son.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 30, 2013
Softbank's bid for Sprint close to U.S. security OK
Softbank Corp.'s $20.1 billion takeover of Sprint Nextel Corp., the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier, is close to passing a national security review by U.S. officials, a source said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 22, 2013
Japan's cellphone lineups for summer 2013 — fit and focused
Lean and focused would be a good way to characterize the recently launched lineups from Japan's three top cellphone carriers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 22, 2013
Softbank to sell ¥400 billion in bonds
Softbank Corp. plans to sell ¥400 billion in bonds targeting individual investors to fund its $20.1 billion purchase of Sprint Nextel Corp.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2013
Son talks up Silicon Valley hub plans in Sprint bid
Softbank Corp., bidding to take over Sprint Nextel Corp. in a $20.1 billion deal, is planning a new Silicon Valley office for the U.S. carrier that would employ as many as 1,000 people.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 8, 2013
Softbank to offer health service via smartphone
Softbank Corp. said it will launch this summer a health care service package for its smartphones that includes monitoring daily health conditions and fitness information as well as 24-hour telephone counseling.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 2, 2013
Softbank chief says Dish wrong fit for Sprint
Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son lashed out at fellow billionaire Charlie Ergen, saying he doesn't have the expertise to run Sprint Nextel Corp., the U.S. mobile phone company both men are trying to take over.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 28, 2013
DoCoMo to resume phone M&A after Softbank move, CEO says
NTT DoCoMo Inc. is ready to return to investing in phone companies outside Asia after rival Softbank Corp.'s deal to acquire a majority stake in Sprint Nextel Corp. in the U.S., its chief executive officer said.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 14, 2011
Only chumps recharge their cell phones at home
All mobile phone service providers offer free recharging services at sales outlets, though some offer more than others.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 4, 2010
Taking social games to the next level
Social gaming, supplemented by augmented reality, has reached its tipping point in Japan.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 5, 2010
Japan by the numbers (07.05.10)
Surveys say ... mabo-dofu and Softbank are in; unshaven legs are out.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 1, 2010
Japanese Twitter marketing campaigns make some noise
New followers line up for the next creative Twitter campaign. Where will the tweeting flocks fly next?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 25, 2010
Summer cell phones: which will make the biggest splash?
Among the new cell phones of summer, which will make the biggest splash?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 8, 2010
Japan Inc. testing the Twitter waters
As Twitter booms in Japan, big and small businesses are exploring the potential for PR, fostering customer loyalty and targeting new demographics.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 3, 2010
Kids are all right at Softbank
If Japan wants to reverse the declining birthrate then maybe more companies should start following the Softbank model of family benefits.
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis
East Asia’s fertility plunge is driven not just by financial costs but by perfectionist cultural expectations that burden parents with intense educational and social demands.
Japan prince comes of age as succession crisis looms
Prince Hisahito concludes his his elaborate "kakan no gi" coming-of-age ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Saturday.
Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country’s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.” Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
Japan to experience blood moon lunar eclipse on Monday
A blood moon is seen during a partial eclipse in the sky over Lake George near Canberra on March 14.
Japan's $550 billion investment pledge outlined in MOU
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, sign trade agreements on Thursday in Washington.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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