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The survey showed that more children are starting to use social media at an earlier age.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 14, 2025
Two-thirds of fourth to sixth graders in Japan use social media, survey finds
The survey showed that more children are starting to use social media from an earlier age.
Power utilities, telecommunications carriers and other infrastructure companies are working on measures to minimize damage and strengthen cooperation beyond company boundaries to ensure early recovery in the event of a huge Nankai Trough earthquake.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 2, 2025
Japan infrastructure sector draws up contingencies for Nankai quake
Power utilities, telecommunications carriers and other companies are working on measures to reduce damage and strengthen cooperation to ensure rapid recovery.
Some 930,000 defective SIM cards of NTT Docomo and other carriers that use Docomo's network might become unusable even if they are functioning normally now.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 10, 2024
NTT Docomo recalling almost a million defective SIM cards
The defective cards were manufactured between December 2021 and October 2022, with serial numbers that start with GD06.
The new V Point program offers a feature allowing members to earn double reward points when making payments with credit cards.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 26, 2024
New V Point spurs corporate economic bloc race in Japan
Competition among corporate groups in Japan is intensifying further as they strive to expand their economic influence through shared reward points.
The National Stadium was used as the main venue for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics held in 2021.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2024
NTT Docomo-led group may operate Japan's National Stadium
The consortium also includes the J. League, general contractor Maeda and SMFL Mirai Partners.
NTT Docomo's "d Point" reward points can now be earned and used on the Amazon shopping website.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 11, 2024
NTT Docomo points arrive at Amazon
NTT Docomo's d Point program had roughly 100 million users as of the end of March.
Rakuten Group's Rakuten Point is the most frequently used reward point service, according to a survey.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Mar 25, 2024
Race to expand corporate economic blocs heats up in Japan
Corporate groups are enticing customers with a variety of services, often bolstered by reward points, primarily geared toward shopping purposes.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2023
NTT Docomo to make online brokerage Monex a subsidiary
With the move, the firm aims to strengthen its revenue base by entering in the field of asset formation services.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 14, 2023
Rakuten is hanging on. It should consider hanging up
Rakuten is selling whatever it can to plug a hole in its finances caused by a misadventure into mobile.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Apr 4, 2023
Competition among video-streaming services heating up in Japan
Aided by demand among people spending more time at home amid the spread of the coronavirus, the video-streaming market in Japan has grown over the past few years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 8, 2023
Can you feel that? Japan researchers develop haptic information sharing technology
The “Feel Tech'' technology has vast array of applications, and the developers hope it will help expand the scope of human communication.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2022
Fair Trade Commission to probe Japanese mobile carriers over '¥1 smartphone'
Subject to the investigation are the country's four major mobile phone carriers — NTT Docomo, KDDI, SoftBank and Rakuten Mobile — and their outlets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 8, 2022
Communications failure hits NTT Docomo 5G internet service in Japan
The problem began around 6:15 p.m. and was fixed at 7:25 p.m. Voice calls were not affected.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan buys first South Korean rice in over two decades as prices surge
Bags of rice at a warehouse in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Japan imported South Korean rice for the first time since 1999 this month amid soaring domestic prices for the staple grain.
Nvidia CEO lobbies Japan to generate more power to fuel AI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang answers questions from reporters after his meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Monday.
Nvidia CEO urges LDP to build up Japan’s AI infrastructure
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba receives a gift from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the start of their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Monday.
Yen on the march as Plaza Accord 2.0 debate grows
The yen strengthened dramatically this month — hitting ¥139.9 to the dollar on Tuesday — and could become a topic of conversation in trade talks between the United States and Japan.
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.

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