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[$$] Yahoo Japan Posts 13% Net Profit Gain (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

BY KAZUHIRO SHIMAMURA TOKYO — Yahoo Japan Corp. said its fiscal second-quarter net profit rose 13% year-to-year as revenue from its shopping, auction and content services grew. The Internet service provider, which is affiliated...

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Sports › Jojima agrees to join Hanshin

Tuesday 27th October, 03:45 PM JST FUKUOKA — Kenji Jojima on Tuesday agreed to join the Hanshin Tigers after holding a second round of talks with the Central League club in Fukuoka. The 33-year-old catcher last week exercised...

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Sports › Igarashi among players eligible for free agency

Tuesday 27th October, 04:52 AM JST TOKYO — Yakult Swallows right-hander Ryota Igarashi is among 87 players who were granted eligibility for free agency Monday, according to Nippon Professional Baseball. The 30-year-old Igarashi...

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Kikuchi opts for Japan over U.S.

HANAMAKI, Iwate Pref. (Kyodo) Hanamaki Higashi High School left-hander Yusei Kikuchi on Sunday announced his decision to play in Japan next year after recent interviews with all 12 domestic and eight major league clubs. The...

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Hawks want to sign Johjima: official

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) Fukuoka Softbank Hawks Chief Operating Officer Takanori Takeuchi said Saturday his club will try to bring back catcher Kenji Johjima, who has decided to leave the Seattle Mariners to play in Japan. "We've...

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LG, RIM, Samsung and Sharp to support JIL widgets

The Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) announced that LG, RIM, Samsung and Sharp will support the JIL widget specification in future mobile handsets from the first quarter of 2010. As a result, developers will be able to make a single...

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Crime › BNP Paribas' Japan unit ordered to suspend some operations for 2 weeks

Saturday 24th October, 04:35 AM JST TOKYO — The Financial Services Agency ordered the Japanese unit of France’s BNP Paribas on Friday to suspend part of its operations for two weeks from Nov 2 over share-price manipulation and...

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KDDI quarterly profit falls 25%

KDDI Corp., Japan's second-biggest mobile-phone operator, said second-quarter profit fell 25 percent because of higher promotion costs and losses in the fixed-line business. Net income declined to ¥58.9 billion in the three...

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UPDATE 2-Japan regulator suspends BNP Paribas unit 2 weeks

Temporary halt in commods, equities derivatives business * Regulator says trader tried to fix share price * BNP failed to properly respond to earlier punishment - FSA (Adds details of violations, background, byline) By David...

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Hell Freezes Over, DoCoMo Offers a ROM Update for One of Thier Smartphones

One thing in Japan that pissed me off for years (8 in total) is the lack of ROM updates for Windows Mobile devices… During the pocket PC era, when Compaq, then HP and other manufacturers, provided ROM updates for their PDAs...

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