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Softbank to offer medical, educational features on iPhone

Tele2 sells French unit for low price German digital dividend auction faces protests Nokia struggles with smartphones, NSN Vested interests shackle Thai telecom industry AT&T complaint over Google Voice may backfire Vodafone...

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Dragons roar back to even CL series

Kazuki Yoshimi came out on top in a duel featuring two pitchers who won 16 games this season as the Chunichi Dragons edged the Yakult Swallows 3-2 Sunday night at Nagoya Dome to force a third and deci...

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Sour feelings linger as Nomura marches on

SENDAI — For all the new beginnings the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' win in the first stage of the Climax Series signified, there was an unmistakable sense of finality lingering in the air at Kleenex Stadium. Eagles manager...

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Cat Shit One

Apocalypse Meow is a three volume manga series written and illustrated by Motofumi Kobayashi. It was originally published in Japan as Cat Shit One in 1998 by Softbank Publishing, but was renamed for the US release to parody the...

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Sports › Yamasaki, Tanaka help Rakuten advance to PLCS 2nd stage

Saturday 17th October, 06:15 PM JST SENDAI — Takeshi Yamasaki hit a three-run homer and Masahiro Tanaka allowed one unearned run in a complete game effort as the Rakuten Eagles beat the Softbank Hawks 4-1 Saturday to win the...

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Baseball: Hawks fall again in league playoffs

The Softbank Hawks failed once again to break their playoff jinx. Softbank was knocked out in the Pacific League playoffs in its fifth consecutive appearance after Saturday's Game 2 loss to the Rakuten Eagles in the first stage...

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Sports › Darvish sidelined for Climax Series

Saturday 17th October, 04:50 AM JST SAPPORO — Nippon Ham Fighters right-hander Yu Darvish, who is struggling to return to form from back pain and right shoulder fatigue, will not pitch in the Climax Series playoffs, Fighters...

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UPDATE 2-Japan watchdog: BNP Paribas manipulated stock trade

Recommends punishment for stock trade manipulation * Says gave inadequate report on Urban to FSA * Japan unit could face order to suspend operations - media TOKYO, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Japan's securities watchdog said it...

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Analysts wary ahead of Japanese telecom results

TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Analysts offered a cautious view on the Japanese telecom sector Friday, eyeing recent data on subscriber growth and analyzing prospects for mobile-handset demand ahead of quarte...

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8 Motorola OPhones hitting China Mobile next year

By now we all realized Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is super serious when it comes to their support for the Android platform. In that sense, we were not surprised to learn that they will be making phones for China Mobile (NYSE: CHL),...

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