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BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

Vodafone to offer Global Mail service

Vodafone K.K. said it will launch a new service Thursday that enables its mobile phone users to exchange e-mail with photo and video data with overseas users who have compatible handsets on participating networks.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2002

Mail order firm suspected of failing to repay members

Members of a Tokyo-based mail order firm have accused it of failing to refund their investments, industry sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2001

Diet chamber no place to check cellphone mail

Directors from a House of Representatives panel on Friday urged lawmakers to refrain from e-mailing on their cellular phones while the chamber is in session, panel members said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 31, 2020

U.K. press watchdog rejects Prince Harry's complaint over drugged wildlife article

Britain's press watchdog has rejected a complaint by Prince Harry over a tabloid newspaper article that said wild animals pictured in photos he posted on Instagram had been drugged and tied up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2019

U.S. to formally seek extradition of Huawei exec Meng Wanzhou: Globe and Mail

The United States will proceed with the formal extradition from Canada of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, Canada's ambassador to the United States told the Globe and Mail, in a move certain to ratchet up tensions with China.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 20, 2008

Mail from the countryside

I went to the post office today and was third in line. This is very unusual on our island of just 687 people. I've never seen more than two people in the post office at any time. Then it hit me: It's Daikon December. December is when the daikon radishes are harvested.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Dec 17, 2008

E-mail back if the Earth moved for you too

Call me: Fixed-line telephones used to be a lot like refrigerators: dull but essential. These days they are more akin to microwave ovens: more buttons than dials, and still useful, but not a must-have item. Marketing the humble phone is similar to promoting any commodity that consumers can live without...
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BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2006

Japan Post plans photo stamps to promote mail

Japan Post said Monday it will start selling customized photo stamps Sept. 1 to try to promote postal mail amid a steady rise in e-mail traffic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2006

DPJ runs apologies in six newspapers for e-mail fiasco

The Democratic Party of Japan placed an ad in six newspapers Wednesday to apologize for falsely claiming that scandal-tainted Livedoor Co. sent illicit money to a son of Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2006

58% see no need for DPJ chief to quit over e-mail fuss

More than half of respondents to a recent poll said Democratic Party of Japan leader Seiji Maehara does not need to step down over the turmoil surrounding an e-mail claimed to be evidence of a shady money transfer involving a senior ruling party official.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2006

NEC launches e-mail service to alert schools about prowlers

NEC Corp. has started a new e-mail service to help city and prefectural boards of education alert elementary and junior high schools and students' parents about suspected prowlers near schools.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2004

NTT East offers emergency voice mail for quake victims

The automatic response when hearing that a natural disaster has struck is to call loved ones in the area to see if they are all right.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2004

Economist advocates Japan Post carve-up

The priority in privatizing Japan's gigantic postal system is to quickly split its financial and postal service operations despite strong opposition, according to high-profile economist Hiroshi Kato.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2004

Ministry to offer parents child-care advice via e-mail

The education ministry will provide child-care consultations via e-mail to make its parenting advice service more accessible to young parents, ministry officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2004

DoCoMo plans flat rate for e-mail

NTT DoCoMo Inc. officially announced Wednesday it will introduce a flat-rate fee for e-mail and Internet services on mobile phones June 1 that will undercut those of rival KDDI Corp.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 16, 2002

You've got mail: the romance of the shoe box

Remember the days before cell phones and e-mail, when people actually wrote letters to each other, by hand -- often pages and pages of kokoro-no toro (emotional outpouring)? Maybe it's just me getting sentimental in my old age, but, really, there's something to be said for the days when the sight of...
JAPAN
May 15, 2002

35% of firms monitor staff e-mail

Thirty-five percent of Japanese companies monitor the Internet browsing and e-mail records of their employees to ensure that company online facilities are not used for private purposes, according to a survey conducted by the Japan Institute of Labor.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2001

IM services provide fast e-mail alternative

Free online communication services that allow users to exchange information more quickly and conveniently than e-mail are gaining popularity in Japan, with the number of users having shot past the 3 million mark.

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