Japans Softbank agrees to buy Sprint for US20b
(MENAFN) Japanese mobile operator Softbank Corp has agreed to acquire 70 percent interest in US-based Sprint Nextel Corp for USD20.1 billion, Reuters reported.The deal will give Softbank a foothold ...
View ArticleJapan cabinet officials to buy Nobel winner a washing machine
By Mei Jingya, Sina English Senior Japanese cabinet officials have unanimously passed a decision to buy a washing machine for Nobel winner Shinya Yamanaka during a recent cabinet meeting chaired by ...
View ArticleJapan spots Chinese warship near disputed islands
Japan has identified a Chinese warship close to the disputed East China Sea islands. The vessel's passage is legal, but the military ship has been cited at a time when tensions between Tokyo and ...
View ArticleJapan Gov’t protests to French TV Company
The Japanese Government has protested to a French TV Company over inappropriate jokes about the consequences of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in March last year. The Chief Cabinet ...
View ArticleJapans Softbank snaps up Sprint in $20 billion deal
Japanese mobile operator Softbank Corp said it will buy about 70 percent of Sprint Nextel Corp for $20.1 billion, giving Softbank the American toehold it has long desired and Sprint the capital to ...
View ArticleJapan police find 3 bodies at house
Police in Japan probing the disappearance of seven people said on Tuesday they had found three badly decomposed bodies in a house and were still looking to see if they would unearth ...
View ArticleChinese Warships Spotted Near Japanese Island
The Japanese government is "on alert" after Chinese warships were seen sailing close to one of its islands in the East China Sea. The defence ministry in Tokyo said a Japanese aircraft ...
View ArticleChina offers free air tickets to Japan after Islands row
East China Sea led to scores of travellers cancelling or postponing trips. The country's largest private low-cost carrier is offering free round-trip tickets between Shanghai's Pudong ...
View ArticleDock on Oregon Coast is from Japanese Tsunami Dangers Exist
(Newport, Oregon) – A derelict dock found washed ashore on the central Oregon coast has been determined to be from Japan, and part of the debris field on its way to the U.S. after the 2011 ...
View ArticleThe American and British Governments Knew – Down to the Day – of the Coming...
The Nazis, imperial Japanese and fascist Italians were nasty folks trying to take over the world, who brutalized millions within their own borders and in the nations they occupied. But a full and ...
View ArticleSony Targets Smart Phone Sales of 50 M. Units Next Year
Taipei, Oct. 16, 2012 (CENS)--Sony Mobile Communications (formerly Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications), a multinational mobile phone maker, recently announced smartphone sales target of 50 million ...
View ArticlePeach Aviation to Fly Direct Between Taoyuan and Osaka
Taipei, Oct. 16, 2012 (CENS)--Peach Aviation Limited, a Japan-based low-cost carrier (LCC) under All Nippon Airways (ANA), announced direct flights between Taoyuan, Taiwan and Osaka, Japan will start ...
View ArticleSino-Japan Tension Drives Business to Taiwan’s Machine Tool Makers
Taipei, Oct. 16, 2012 (CENS)--The escalating tension between mainland China and Japan is prompting some mainland Chinese manufacturers to embrace for Taiwan's machine-tool makers as alternative ...
View ArticleZambia Sata Impressed With Japan Visit
PRESIDENT Michael Sata has described his just-ended five-day working visit to Japan as "very impressive." Mr Sata made his remarks at Prince Hotels and Resorts in Hokkaido shortly before ...
View ArticleSoftbank deal shakes up Japan MA league tables
mergers and acquisitions on which investment banks offer advice, are closely watched by bankers as an indication of their firm's ability to land key mandates and generate fees. The Softbank ...
View ArticleFury in Japan as TV host jokes about effect of nuclear disaster
Japan's 1-0 win over France in a soccer friendly last Friday, Laurent Ruquier's wisecrack prompted laughter and applause in the studio.Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura ...
View ArticleJapan’s Softbank To Buy 70 Of Sprint For $20.1 Billion
NEW YORK (AP) – Sprint dug a hole for itself when it bought Nextel in 2005 in one of the worst deals in telecom history. Now, a deep-pocketed friend from overseas could help the company climb ...
View ArticleJapan Reports Chinese Ships Near Disputed Islands
This handout picture taken by the Japanese Defense Ministry on October 16, 2012 shows a Chinese warship ship cruising in waters between two Japanese islands in Okinawa prefecture, in the East China ...
View ArticleJapanese firm SoftBank to buy 70 of Sprint for $20.1 billion
If approved, the deal would give SoftBank, Japan's third-largest wireless carrier, a foothold in the U.S. and give Sprint a much-needed financial ...
View ArticleJapan says 7 Chinese navy ships near Diaoyu Islands
The photo shows one of the seven Chinese naval vessels spotted entering the East China Sea en route to the Diaoyu Islands on Oct. 16, 2012, according to Japanese media. [Photo/Sina] ...
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