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EDITORIALS
Apr 20, 2005

Nothing but a money game?

Capping a bruising takeover battle that had continued more than two months, Livedoor Co., an Internet service provider, and Fuji Television Network have reached a compromise agreement. Although the package may contain few surprises, the way in which the two companies fought for control of Nippon Broadcasting...
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2005

Pony Canyon eyes share ploy

Major music label Pony Canyon Inc., a key Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. subsidiary, may allot new shares to an investment fund set up by a group that includes the radio company, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2005

Toho takes No. 3 stake in Fuji TV

Toho Co. said Monday that its equity stake in Fuji Television Network Inc. has risen to 7.19 percent since buying an additional 1.4 percent of outstanding shares in the TV network.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2005

Softbank unit says Livedoor canceled talks

Softbank Investment Corp. officials said Monday that talks between top managers of the venture capital company and Internet portal Livedoor Co. were canceled for the day at Livedoor's request.
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2005

Yahoo Japan to pay 2004 dividends

Yahoo Japan Corp. said Thursday it will begin paying dividends for fiscal 2004.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 16, 2005

Sisters gonna work it out

There was a time when radio in the United States was full of surprises -- a time when catchy, clever tunes were just a turn of the dial away. Pop music carried less baggage then, before marketing and demographics moved in and warped station programming into socio-economic formulas.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 25, 2005

Livedoor getting ready to launch Internet bank with regional lender

Livedoor Co., a provider of Internet and computer network-related services, said Monday it will team up with a bank in Yamaguchi Prefecture to launch an online bank this year.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2004

Yahoo targets Net content dangers

Yahoo Japan Corp., Japan's largest Internet portal site operator, plans to offer a service that lets parents restrict their children's access to Web sites with harmful content by using filtering technology from a company it recently acquired, company sources said Friday.
JAPAN / BULLETIN BOARD
Oct 6, 2004

Singapore citizens urged to register as overseas voters

The Singaporean Embassy is urging Singaporean nationals here to register as overseas voters.
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2004

Three Nikkei stocks to be replaced

Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. said Tuesday it will replace three constituent stocks in its key 225-issue Nikkei stock average, effective Oct. 1.
BUSINESS
May 7, 2004

Jasdaq chief to resign over unreported Yahoo trading

Jasdaq Market Inc. President Nobuo Kurakazu said Thursday he will resign to take the blame for his unreported trading in shares of Yahoo Japan Corp. in 2002.
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2004

Yahoo Japan's net profit more than doubled in '03

Yahoo Japan Corp. said Wednesday its net profit more than doubled to 24.83 billion yen for the year through March, powered by robust growth in ad revenue.
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2004

Companies prepare for launch of securities trading deregulation

If a convenience store in your neighborhood sold securities products, would you drop in to purchase them?
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2004

Yahoo to launch online insurance

Leading Internet portal operator Yahoo Japan Corp. said Thursday it will launch an online insurance business in Japan through an alliance with major U.S. insurance broker Aon Corp.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2004

'Bank account brokers' find robust trade

"Bank Accounts for Sale."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 1, 2004

Sex Mob: "Dime Grind Palace"

Unsuspecting visitors to the Sex Mob Web site will find not pornography, but a portal leading into a playfully eclectic avant-garde jazz quartet. As the name suggests, they do put plenty of sex into their music. Snippets of the bump and grind, the slow drag and the shimmy and shake remind post-boppers...
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2004

Yahoo Japan sees profit grow 87%

Yahoo Japan Corp. said Wednesday its net profit for the October-December period jumped 87 percent to 6.65 billion yen on record advertisement revenue.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2003

2 Channel most popular keyword

Internet bulletin board 2 Channel was the most typed-in keyword on the Yahoo Japan Web site in 2003, the operator of Japan's leading Internet portal said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2003

JSDA to convert Jasdaq into full-scale exchange

The Japan Securities Dealers Association decided Wednesday to convert its Jasdaq over-the-counter stock market into a full-scale exchange as defined by the Securities and Exchange Law.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2003

DoCoMo offers antispam measure

NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Wednesday that users of its i-mode mobile phone services will be able to automatically reject e-mail from any i-mode handset that sends 200 or more messages per day.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2003

Surging ad revenues boost Yahoo Japan profits

Major Internet portal site operator Yahoo Japan Corp. said Tuesday its group net profit for the fiscal second quarter more than doubled to 5.91 billion yen, powered by record advertising revenue.
EDITORIALS
Sep 14, 2003

Tracking lost art of the Holocaust

Last Monday marked the launch of a Web site designed to help people find out whether American galleries and museums hold art that was, or could have been, stolen by the Nazis -- and if so, which institutions hold what. It was an occasion that, like the comparable moment more than three years ago when...
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2003

Yahoo Japan to conduct stock split

Yahoo Japan Corp. said Tuesday it will conduct a two-for-one stock split Nov. 20 for stockholders of record as of Sept. 30.
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2003

Yahoo Japan's net profit up 108.6% to 4.54 billion yen

Yahoo Japan Corp. said Thursday its group net profit for the April-June quarter soared 108.6 percent from a year earlier to 4.54 billion yen due to robust revenues bolstered by rising advertising income.
BUSINESS
May 5, 2003

Japanese government committed to promoting foreign investment

On April 22nd, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry selected five regions in Japan that are making special efforts to attract foreign direct investment.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2003

Yahoo to heed personal data ruling

Yahoo Japan Corp. will not appeal a court ruling ordering it to identify a person who posted an allegedly slanderous message on a Yahoo Internet bulletin board, company sources said Monday.
LIFE / Digital / NETWISE
Apr 10, 2003

Sifting online study aids

Just a few years ago, I was certain I could never get by without Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary and the venerable Nelson close at hand. Today, however, these and other weighty tomes gather dust on a nearby bookshelf, banished to obsolescence by my favorite desktop reference, the Web.
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2003

Yahoo eyes new Web site service

Yahoo Japan Corp., the Japan unit of U.S. Internet portal Yahoo Inc., plans to launch a Web site creation service targeting companies and municipalities, company officials said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 1, 2002

Tapping into the future of wireless communication

In late 2001, domestic heavyweight NTT DoCoMo, flying high on the popularity of its i-mode mobile Web service, launched the world's first ultrahigh-speed, "third-generation" wireless network.

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