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BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2009

Softbank profit doubles as its mobile business expands

Softbank Corp., which runs the only Japanese mobile operator to offer the iPhone, said profit doubled in the latest quarter as its cellular business continued to expand.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / WEEK 3
Aug 17, 2008

'Inaudible' ringtone confounds adults

For at least 1,000 years, the struggle has continued.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2008

Can iPhone infiltrate Japan's mobile tribes?

Kentaro Tohyama is proud of his new iPhone. He stood overnight in line to get it when the device became available in Japan for the first time. But the 29-year-old computer engineer isn't about to part with his made-in-Japan cell phone either.
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2007

Mobile phone carriers apply for WiMAX service licenses

Groups led by Japan's three mobile phone carriers — Softbank Corp., KDDI Corp. and NTT DoCoMo Inc. — applied Thursday for licenses to provide next-generation, high-speed WiMAX wireless telecommunications services.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2007

Softbank profit up 45% amid mobile price war

Softbank Corp. said Wednesday that its April-June operating profit rose 44.9 percent from a year ago to ¥78.7 billon as its mobile phone unit pulled in more new customers than its competitors in the quarter.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 25, 2006

Mobile Mouse, National lawn mower, Tsubomi's space packaging system, SUTTO Stool

With the weather about to get the better of us as we move into the hottest month of the year, why not try to find some solace in a few items to help us make the most of the great outdoors. For those on the go or hanging out in their backyard (that is, those of us lucky enough to actually have one) this...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Mar 19, 2006

Myths behind the rise of the mobile

PERSONAL, PORTABLE, PEDESTRIAN: Mobile Phones in Japanese Life, edited by Mizuko Ito, Daisuke Okabe, and Misa Matsuda. Massachusetts: MIT Press, 357 pp., $39 (cloth). Consider the refrigerator. The changes this appliance brought in its wake are monumental. Thanks to that big humming machine in the kitchen,...
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2006

Softbank plans video shows for mobile phones

Softbank Corp. plans to start a nationwide video broadcasting service for mobile phones by the end of 2012, Softbank officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2005

Index, KDDI move to boost mobile content

Index Corp., the leading distributor of content for mobile phones, said Monday it has formed a capital alliance with and will become the largest shareholder of toy maker Takara Co.
BUSINESS
Jan 10, 2004

Mobile phone subscriptions up 8.5%

Subscriptions to mobile phone services in Japan totaled 79,787,200 in December, up 8.5 percent from a year earlier and 0.6 percent from the previous month, the Telecommunications Carriers Association said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2002

Sony vows to back mobile joint venture

Sony Corp. will continue supporting its high-profile mobile-phone joint venture with Sweden's Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson, its president said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2002

Yozan to offer fast mobile Net access

Yozan Inc., a Tokyo-based mobile technology venture, said Tuesday it will start providing broadband mobile Internet access of up to 8 megabits per second in the fall after setting up 4,000 antenna bases across Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2002

Mobile phone shipments down again

Domestic shipments of mobile phones and personal handy-phone handsets dropped 24.2 percent in November from a year ago to 3,229,000 units, marking a sixth consecutive month of decline, an industry group said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2001

Mobile phone shipments edge down

Shipments of mobile phones in Japan edged down 0.1 percent in August from a year earlier to 3,989,000 units, declining for a third straight month, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2000

Rail firms to beef up mobile-phone ban

A Tokyo subway operator and six major private railway firms plan to launch a joint campaign today to stress their ban on mobile-phone use in trains during rush hour, due to the danger of interference with pacemakers, the companies announced Sunday.
BUSINESS
Jun 9, 2000

Smaller, more mobile PS one to slowly replace PlayStation

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. will launch a new portable game console in July called PS one, which will gradually replace its mainstay PlayStation video game consoles, SCE President Ken Kutaragi announced on Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 1997

Mobile computing seminar planned

Professional Training Services and Global OnLine Japan will jointly host a seminar in their Corporate Solution Seminar Series with the support of The Japan Times on April 17 at the Westin Tokyo, at Yebisu Garden Place.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 4, 2023

Russia blames its soldiers' mobile phone use for deadly missile strike

'This factor allowed the enemy to track and determine the coordinates of the soldiers' location for a missile strike,' Russia's defense ministry said.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 26, 2022

NFL launches its own mobile streaming service

The league's new service, called NFL+, will compete with a wide array of sports-focused streaming services, including some that also show NFL games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 20, 2022

Ukraine’s highly mobile tech workforce hits the road

Until late February, Inha Kushnir worked in Odesa. Then Russia invaded and she and her husband decided that it would be safer for her and the couple's young daughter to leave.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 4, 2021

NYSE delisting of China’s top telecoms a symbolic blow as feud smolders on

Move follows order by U.S. President Donald Trump in November barring American investments in Chinese firms owned or controlled by the military.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 11, 2020

Amazon bans, then unbans TikTok app from employee mobile devices

In the span of a few hours on Friday, Amazon.com Inc. banned and then unbanned the TikTok video-sharing app from employee mobile devices, calling the move a mistake.
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2020

Amazon pulls out of major Barcelona telecom conference over coronavirus concerns

Amazon.com Inc. has pulled out of this month's Mobile World Congress because of the coronavirus outbreak, in another blow to one of the telecom industry's biggest gatherings, which attracts over 100,000 visitors to Barcelona, Spain.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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