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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.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 6, 2013
Hawks' Senga sidelined with muscle strain
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks rookie Kodai Senga has been diagnosed with a muscle strain that will sideline him for several weeks, the Pacific League club said Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 5, 2013
Obiki, Fighters clobber Hawks
Keiji Obiki helped erase a four-run deficit with a come-from-behind grand slam in the second inning, and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters went on to rout the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 11-5 on Thursday night at Tokyo Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 1, 2013
Hawks' Oseguera downs Eagles in Japan debut
Paul Oseguera went five-plus innings to win his Japan debut and Fukuoka Softbank's bullpen pitched out of a series of jams as the Hawks defeated the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 4-0 on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 31, 2013
After early blunder, Settsu settles down, stifles Eagles
Tadashi Settsu overcame a dicey first inning to last seven frames and pick up the victory as the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks defeated the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 9-2 on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 21, 2013
Buffaloes’ Kaneko one-hits Hawks
Chihiro Kaneko (10-7) lost his bid for a no-hitter in the eighth inning, but held on to throw a one-hitter on Wednesday as the Orix Buffaloes defeated the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 2-0.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 9, 2013
Tanaka extends winning streak to record-tying 20 decisions
Masahiro Tanaka improved to 16-0, a Nippon Professional Baseball record, with seven shutout innings on Friday in the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' 5-0 win over the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks.
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.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 29, 2013
Softbank's Saito gives up on comeback
Fukuoka Softbank's Kazumi Saito, who is the Pacific League club's rehabilitation coach, said Monday he has given up on coming back from right-shoulder surgery and will leave the team at the end of the month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2013
KDDI wins Wi-Fi spectrum, prompting protest by Softbank
The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry has decided to allocate wireless spectrum to KDDI Corp. as the nation's mobile carriers seek to boost download speeds.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 17, 2013
Brazell smacks two HRs as Marines maul Hawks
New acquisition Craig Brazell hit a pair of impressive home runs and journeyman lefty Takuya Furuya had a solid outing as the Chiba Lotte Marines beat the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 7-3 on a rainy Wednesday night.
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.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 1, 2013
Marines' bats come alive to sink Hawks
Shunichi Nemoto homered and drove in four runs and Daichi Suzuki went 4-for-5 with three RBIs as the Chiba Lotte Marines walloped the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 11-3 on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 26, 2013
Fighters show moxie in comeback victory
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters may be in last place in the Pacific League, but, as their nickname implies, there is a lot of fight in the team from Japan's northern island.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 17, 2013
Utsumi dominates as Giants beat Hawks
Tetsuya Utsumi pitched his first complete game of the season, Hayato Sakamoto went 3-for-4 with three RBIs, and the Yomiuri Giants walloped the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 11-3 in the two teams' last interleague game on Sunday afternoon.
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
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
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 says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
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.

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