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TELECOMS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 5, 2021
NYSE scraps plan to delist Chinese telecom firms in ‘bizarre’ U-turn
A lack of clarity on why the exchange changed course left investors speculating over whether the move is something with broader geopolitical implications.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 4, 2021
NYSE delisting of China’s top telecoms a symbolic blow as feud smolders on
Move follows order by U.S. President Donald Trump in November barring American investments in Chinese firms owned or controlled by the military.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 22, 2020
SoftBank to match NTT Docomo's ¥2,980 smartphone plan as price war escalates
Some in the industry have accused the government of excessive meddling after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's administration urged major carriers to lower fees.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Dec 11, 2020
U.S. crackdown on Huawei hands Japan a 5G lifeline
With U.S. partners seeking out suppliers from friendlier nations, vendors in the close U.S. ally suddenly seem a lot more attractive to carriers around the world upgrading their networks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 5, 2020
U.S. efforts on Huawei executive case may save Canada's stalled China policy
Affair shows that without the heft of its southern neighbor, Canada has no bargaining power with China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 2, 2020
JP Morgan Asset bets telecom stocks will be Japan’s next winners
The firm's $6.6 billion Japan Equity Fund is up 39% so far this year, beating almost all of its peers, data shows.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2020
‘Selling dog as mutton’: Mobile carriers dip on minister’s rebuke
Shares in some of the country’s largest mobile phone carriers dropped in Tokyo after the communications minister accused the companies of deploying a bait-and-switch tactic in cutting the costs of mobile phone plans.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2020
Japan told U.S. it won't bar China from telecom networks, report says
Tokyo has said it will take its own steps to respond in cases where there is concern over security issues, according to a newspaper report.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Oct 14, 2020
Can the iPhone 12 accelerate 5G's lagging rollout in Japan?
Currently, there is hardly any content that takes full advantage of 5G's tech merits and network coverage remains spotty.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2020
Japan’s NTT eyes asset sales after $40 billion Docomo buyout
The merger will help the Tokyo-based telecommunications giant keep up share buybacks and invest aggressively overseas, CEO Jun Sawada said in an interview Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Oct 1, 2020
Japan's mobile phone carriers brace for further intervention by Suga
Even before becoming prime minister, Suga had intervened in the cell phone market in an attempt to lower fees.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 30, 2020
Rakuten rolls out ultrafast 5G service with bold price plan
The move could give the mobile carrier a competitive edge and fuel momentum toward cheaper phone fees.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2020
NTT to take mobile unit Docomo private for ¥4 trillion
The buyout is expected be the largest tender offer in history for a Japanese company.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 28, 2020
SoftBank Group to sell $12.5 billion of stock in mobile wireless unit
Some 927 million shares of SoftBank Corp. will be sold via a global secondary offering, with the unit buying back up to 1.68 percent of its shares for about u00a5100 billion.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 20, 2020
U.K. fight with China gets ugly over Hong Kong extradition pact
If the U.K. suspends its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, it would mark a further escalation in a fray already strained by the 5G exclusion of Huawei Technologies Co.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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