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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 19, 2016
Race for PL flag going down to wire
Barring some major hiccups going into the home stretch, the NPB playoff picture appears to be more or less set, with one big exception.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2016
Yahoo Japan sought merger with Yahoo before Verizon deal
Yahoo Japan Corp. proposed a merger with Yahoo Inc., but was rebuffed, with Verizon Communications Inc. eventually acquiring the U.S. company's core assets for $4.8 billion.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 9, 2016
SoftBank rolls out Giga Monster data plan against MVNO rivals
In an apparent bid to prevent customers from jumping ship to budget mobile phone services, SoftBank Corp. said Thursday it will cut monthly rates for its smartphone data plans.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 7, 2016
SoftBank's self-driving buses are coming soon to Japan's country roads
If you had to invent the perfect place to roll out self-driving buses, Japan would be it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 6, 2016
SoftBank's $120 billion debt nears Moody's downgrade trigger
SoftBank Group Corp.'s debt — which is set to swell as its latest global acquisition became effective Monday — is nearing a level at which Moody's Investors Service has said it will consider a rating downgrade.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Sep 5, 2016
Fighters set up ace Otani as trump card in PL pennant race
For the past several weeks, Pacific League hitters have lived a blissful Shohei Otani-free existence. Forget the strikeouts, the 160 kph-plus fastballs and the array of knee-buckling breaking pitches. Since early July, Otani has been one of them, focused on hitting pitches instead of throwing them.

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