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SOFTBANK

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.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 4, 2016
Nakagawa grand slam helps Eagles down Hawks
Taishi Nakagawa belted a first-inning grand slam and Wataru Karashima tossed seven shutout innings as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles snapped their three-game losing streak with a 5-1 win on Sunday over the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 3, 2016
Rehabbing Matsuzaka posts first victory in Japan since 2006
Daisuke Matsuzaka continued his road back to prime time on Saturday, when he allowed a run in five innings to record his first win at any level in Japan since 2006.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 2, 2016
Hawks' Yanagita deactivated after breaking finger
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks center fielder Yuki Yanagita, out for six weeks with a fractured finger, was deactivated by the Pacific League club on Friday. Interleague-series MVP Ryuma Kidokoro replaced him on the active roster.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 1, 2016
Hawks' Yanagita breaks finger, set to miss six weeks
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks center fielder Yuki Yanagita will be out for six weeks after fracturing his right fourth finger during their 9-2 win over the Seibu Lions on Thursday, the Pacific League club announced.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 28, 2016
Marines beat Hawks to end five-game skid
The Chiba Lotte Marines belted out five runs off three Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks relievers in the eighth inning and snapped their five-game losing streak on Sunday with a 7-5 win over the Pacific League leaders.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 28, 2016
Matsuzaka makes rehab start for Hawks' farm team
Former big leaguer Daisuke Matsuzaka threw three scoreless innings in a rehab start for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' third team on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 27, 2016
Yanagita pounces on Marines again
Yuki Yanagita erupted for five RBIs as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks hammered the Chiba Lotte Marines for the second straight day on Saturday, winning 14-3 to stay at the top of the Pacific-League standings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 25, 2016
Bank trio arranging ¥1 trillion syndicated loan for SoftBank's acquisition of ARM
Three of the nation's top banks are considering extending a syndicated loan worth ¥1 trillion (about $9.96 billion) to SoftBank Group Corp. in September so it can finance the takeover of British semiconductor company ARM Holdings plc, sources close to the matter said Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 21, 2016
Fighters start strong, hold off Hawks
Shohei Otani went 3-for-5 and rookie Takayuki Kato worked six innings on Sunday as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters beat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4-2 to salvage the final game of their three-game series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 19, 2016
Hawks strike first in showdown between Pacific League's top teams
Tsuyoshi Wada worked eight impressive innings as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks earned a big 3-0 win over the surging Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, who fell a half-game back in the Pacific League pennant race.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 18, 2016
First-place Hawks left with only slim lead after loss against Lions
Ernesto Mejia and Hideto Asamura both went deep as the Seibu Lions defeated the stuttering Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 6-3 on Thursday, trimming the Pacific League leaders' advantage to nearly nothing.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 13, 2016
Hawks' Senga, two relievers toss one-hitter against Marines
Kodai Senga allowed one hit over seven innings to pitch the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 3-0 victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Saturday, ending a six-game losing streak.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 12, 2016
Ishikawa tosses shutout to send Hawks to sixth straight loss
Ayumu Ishikawa shut out the Pacific-League leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on two hits and tagged them with their season-worst sixth straight defeat on Friday, while tying Hawks starter Tsuyoshi Wada for the league lead in wins.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 11, 2016
Buffaloes complete sweep of Hawks
The Orix Buffaloes completed a three-game sweep of the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Thursday, claiming a 4-3 comeback victory to earn their first four-game win streak of the season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 7, 2016
Fighters' Nakata hammers Hawks with four-hit performance
Sho Nakata went 4-for-5 with five RBIs and lifted the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to within four games of the Pacific League summit on Sunday as they beat the first-place Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 8-3.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 6, 2016
Fighters' Otani continues hitting tear, crushes two homers in rout of Hawks
Shohei Otani belted two homers for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Saturday, propelling them to an 8-1 win over the Pacific-League leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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