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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2014
Who wants to be a billionaire? Son's SoftBank academy vets entrepreneurs
If Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder and CEO of SoftBank Corp. needs a fresh strategy to fend off a surprise French counterbid for a prized U.S. telecommunications target, he could do worse than ask budding entrepreneurs at the SoftBank Academia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 1, 2014
France's Iliad challenges SoftBank's Sprint for control of T-Mobile
French telecommunications company Iliad makes a surprise offer for T-Mobile, setting up a bidding war with Softbank's newly acquired U.S. carrier Sprint.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jul 28, 2014
Orix, Softbank have to be wary of spoilers in PL race
While the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and Orix Buffaloes vie for position at the top of the Pacific League standings, it's the four teams behind them who may hold the real key to winning the Pa League pennant.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jul 21, 2014
Contenders begin second half with eyes on prize
While the NPB All-Star Series doesn't land exactly at the midpoint of the season it splits the year in two very well symbolically if not mathematically. No matter how you slice it, the regular season resumed on Monday, signaling the start of a two month race to the finish line.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 18, 2014
Softbank picks Google's Arora to head Internet business unit
SoftBank Corp., the wireless carrier led by billionaire Masayoshi Son, has hired Google Inc.'s Nikesh Arora to help steer its global expansion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2014
Ymobile touts simplicity, low fees in smartphone war
New mobile phone entrant Ymobile Corp. unveiled monthly fixed-price service plans Thursday that include voice calling and Internet access to woo newcomers to smartphones with simpler and cheaper contracts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 15, 2014
Robots can solve labor woes: Son
Employing all-purpose robots endowed with artificial intelligence as a workforce in the manufacturing industry is the solution to staving off any impending labor shortage in Japan, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 4, 2014
The age of intelligent robots
When a chatbot can convince judges at Britain's Royal Society that it is a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy with limited English skills, it may be time to worry about a computer taking your job.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 1, 2014
Brazell delivers winning blast in ninth against pal Standridge, Hawks
Craig Brazell and Jason Standridge know each other very well. They're good friends, former teammates and their children even get along well.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 1, 2014
SoftBank unit, partner to build 100-MW wind-power station off Ibaraki
SoftBank Corp.'s clean-energy unit and a partner will build a 100-megawatt wind-power station off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 22, 2014
Giants pound Hawks, snatch interleague title
The Yomiuri Giants and Fukuoka Softbank Hawks met in a winner-take-all matchup with a title hanging in the balance on Sunday afternoon. It wasn't the prize the two teams are hoping to play for in the fall, but for the Giants at least, it was a good start.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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