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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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Ex-telecom exec to head budget airline Jetstar Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Miyuki Suzuki, who will become the chief executive officer of budget airline Jetstar Japan, holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 11, 2011. Japan Airlines Co., trading house Mitsubishi Corp. and the Qantas Group of Australia, which jointly set up Jetstar Japan, announced the same day the appointment of Suzuki, a former senior executive director of fixed-line phone service provider Japan Telecom Co., as the CEO of the airline that aims to begin flying by the end of 2012.

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APEC telecom, info talks in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Japanese telecom minister Yoshihiro Katayama attends a session of ministerial talks on telecommunication and information of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum as a co-chairman in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2010.

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Telecom venture Heisei Denden likely to go bankrupt

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Sato, president of Heisei Denden Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 17. Sato said the company, which offers low-cost fixed-line telephone services, will give up rehabilitating itself.

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Japan Telecom succeeds with broadband test on moving train

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Telecom Co. said Nov. 16 it has succeeded in an experiment for broadband communications on a train traveling at high speed. The technology, which could be put to practical use within one or two years, would enable connection to the Internet while consumers are using fast-moving public transport, the telecom carrier said.

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Softbank to offer less expensive fixed-line phone service

TOKYO, Japan - Soft Bank Corp. President Masayoshi Son said Aug. 30 the company and its ally Japan Telecom Co. will start offering a fixed-line phone service in December with a basic fee that is 200 yen less than those of NTT East Corp. and NTT West Corp.

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Softbank to buy Japan Telecom from Ripplewood for 340 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Ripplewood Holdings, LLC CEO Timothy Collins, Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son and Japan Telecom Co. President Hideki Kurashige shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on May 27 after Softbank announced the same day it will buy Japan Telecom from U.S. investment fund Ripplewood for about 340 billion yen in the fall.

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New digital radio broadcasting services to be tested

TOKYO, Japan - An marketing assistant holds a receiver for ticket sales and music-downloading services linked to terrestrial digital radio broadcasting which Telecom carrier KDDI Corp. and Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co. will launch on a trial basis. The two companies said March 3 will conduct trials for these new services at Tokyo Tower for three days from March 4, using a prototype mobile receiver developed jointly by the two companies and Tokyo-based electronics firm Vitec Co.

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Ripplewood announces acquisition of Japan Telecom

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Telecom Holdings President William Morrow (L) and Ripplewood Holdings LLC Managing Director Jeffrey Hendren shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21 after signing an agreement on Ripplewood's acquisition of Japan Telecom Co., the fixed-line carrier arm of Japan Telecom Holdings Co., which operates under the wing of British mobile giant Vodafone Group PLC.

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5 carriers file suit over NTT connection fee hike

TOKYO, Japan - The presidents of five telecommunications carriers -- KDDI Corp., Japan Telecom Co., Poweredcom Inc., Cable & Wireless IDC Inc. and Fusion Communications Corp. -- hold a joint press conference in Tokyo on July 17 after filing a suit with the Tokyo District Court against the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications over the ministry's approval of a hike in connection fees they pay to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT).

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TEPCO hopes to challenge NTT dominance in Internet access

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuya Minami, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. Minami said TEPCO hopes to check the dominance of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) in Japan's telecom market by launching its own high-speed optical fiber Internet access service.

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Japan Telecom to merge 4 J-Phone firms in Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Sakata, chairman of Japan Telecom Co., announces the merger of the company's four J-phone mobile phone firms at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 24. Japan Telecom will merge J-Phone East Co., J-Phone West Co. and J-Phone Central Co. into their holding company, J-Phone Communications Corp., on Nov. 1 to better compete with market leader NTT DoCoMo Inc.

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eBank launches operations as Japan's 3rd online bank

TOKYO, Japan - Taiichi Matsuo (sitting), president of eBank Corp., and some 50 of the bank's employees celebrate the beginning of business in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 23. The bank, set up by about 40 companies, including Japan Telecom Co. and trading house Itochu Corp, launched operations as the nation's third Internet-based online bank.

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Japan Telecom to begin Web access service via home phones

TOKYO, Japan - A man demonstrates in Tokyo on May 21 how to browse the World Wide Web with a fixed-line telephone through a Japan Telecom Co. service to be launched July 13. J-web will enable users to access the Web without personal computers or Internet provider connections by using home phones equipped with liquid crystal displays.

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Vodafone to boost stake in Japan Telecom

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Sakata (L), chairman of Japan Telecom Co., and Chris Gent, president of Vodafone Group PLC, shake hands at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 2. They announced that Vodafone will raise its stake in Japan's third largest telecom carrier to 45% from the present 25% with the purchase of the 20% stake held by British Telecommunications PLC (BT).

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Vodafone to acquire 15% stake in Japan Telecom

TOKYO, Japan - Haruo Murakami, president of Japan Telecom Co., meets reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 20 after British Telecom carrier Vodafone Group PLC said it will acquire a 15.01% stake in Japan Telecom. Vodafone will purchase Japan Telecom shares from West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) and Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) for 249.2 billion yen.

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U.S., Japanese business leaders end meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Armstrong (R), chairman of AT&T Corp. and co-chairman of the Japan-U.S. Business Conference, and Minoru Makihara, chairman of Mitsubishi Corp. and co-chairman of the conference, meet the press at a Tokyo hotel July 11 at the end of the two-day conference. Among the issues conference participants discussed was the lowering of interconnection fees charged by telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.

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BT chief pay courtesy call on Posts Minister Noda

TOKYO, Japan - Peter Bonfield (L), chief executive of British Telecommunications PLC (BT), shakes hands with Japanese Posts and Telecommunications Minister Seiko Noda as he arrives at the posts ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 12. Bonfield was in Japan to finalize a deal to acquire a stake in Japan Telecom Co. along with AT and T Corp. of the United States.

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BT chief meets the press

TOKYO, Japan - British Telecommunications PLC (BT) Chief Executive Peter Bonfield speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 11. He said BT and AT and T Corp. of the U.S. will complete a planned acquisition of a combined 30% stake in Japan Telecom Co. on Aug. 31, two months ahead of schedule.

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Japan Telecom, AT and T, BT form capital alliance

Japan Telecom Co., AT and T Corp. and British Telecommunications PLC (BT) announce at a Tokyo hotel April 25 that they have formed a capital alliance. Pictured are (L to R) BT Chief Executive Peter Bonfield, Japan Telecom Chairman Koichi Sakata, Japan Telecom President Haruo Murakami and AT and T President John Zeglis.

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TEPCO hopes to challenge NTT dominance in Internet access

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuya Minami, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. Minami said TEPCO hopes to check the dominance of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) in Japan's telecom market by launching its own high-speed optical fiber Internet access service.

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Softbank to offer less expensive fixed-line phone service

TOKYO, Japan - Soft Bank Corp. President Masayoshi Son said Aug. 30 the company and its ally Japan Telecom Co. will start offering a fixed-line phone service in December with a basic fee that is 200 yen less than those of NTT East Corp. and NTT West Corp. (Kyodo)

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Japan Telecom succeeds with broadband test on moving train

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Telecom Co. said Nov. 16 it has succeeded in an experiment for broadband communications on a train traveling at high speed. The technology, which could be put to practical use within one or two years, would enable connection to the Internet while consumers are using fast-moving public transport, the telecom carrier said. (Kyodo)

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Japan Telecom to merge 4 J-Phone firms in Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Sakata, chairman of Japan Telecom Co., announces the merger of the company's four J-phone mobile phone firms at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 24. Japan Telecom will merge J-Phone East Co., J-Phone West Co. and J-Phone Central Co. into their holding company, J-Phone Communications Corp., on Nov. 1 to better compete with market leader NTT DoCoMo Inc.

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Japan Telecom to begin Web access service via home phones

TOKYO, Japan - A man demonstrates in Tokyo on May 21 how to browse the World Wide Web with a fixed-line telephone through a Japan Telecom Co. service to be launched July 13. J-web will enable users to access the Web without personal computers or Internet provider connections by using home phones equipped with liquid crystal displays.

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Humanoid talking robot "Sota" to help elderly people

Photo shows the humanoid talking robot "Sota" developed by Vstone Co. Japan's telecom giant NTT Corp. and NTT DATA Corp. announced July 28, 2015, they started a field test to help monitor health conditions of the elderly using the 28-centimeter-tall robot at nursing homes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-telecom exec to head budget airline Jetstar Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Miyuki Suzuki, who will become the chief executive officer of budget airline Jetstar Japan, holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 11, 2011. Japan Airlines Co., trading house Mitsubishi Corp. and the Qantas Group of Australia, which jointly set up Jetstar Japan, announced the same day the appointment of Suzuki, a former senior executive director of fixed-line phone service provider Japan Telecom Co., as the CEO of the airline that aims to begin flying by the end of 2012. (Kyodo)

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APEC telecom, info talks in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Japanese telecom minister Yoshihiro Katayama attends a session of ministerial talks on telecommunication and information of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum as a co-chairman in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Softbank to buy Japan Telecom from Ripplewood for 340 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Ripplewood Holdings, LLC CEO Timothy Collins, Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son and Japan Telecom Co. President Hideki Kurashige shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on May 27 after Softbank announced the same day it will buy Japan Telecom from U.S. investment fund Ripplewood for about 340 billion yen in the fall. (Kyodo)

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New digital radio broadcasting services to be tested

TOKYO, Japan - An marketing assistant holds a receiver for ticket sales and music-downloading services linked to terrestrial digital radio broadcasting which Telecom carrier KDDI Corp. and Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co. will launch on a trial basis. The two companies said March 3 will conduct trials for these new services at Tokyo Tower for three days from March 4, using a prototype mobile receiver developed jointly by the two companies and Tokyo-based electronics firm Vitec Co. (Kyodo)

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Ripplewood announces acquisition of Japan Telecom

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Telecom Holdings President William Morrow (L) and Ripplewood Holdings LLC Managing Director Jeffrey Hendren shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21 after signing an agreement on Ripplewood's acquisition of Japan Telecom Co., the fixed-line carrier arm of Japan Telecom Holdings Co., which operates under the wing of British mobile giant Vodafone Group PLC. (Kyodo)

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5 carriers file suit over NTT connection fee hike

TOKYO, Japan - The presidents of five telecommunications carriers -- KDDI Corp., Japan Telecom Co., Poweredcom Inc., Cable & Wireless IDC Inc. and Fusion Communications Corp. -- hold a joint press conference in Tokyo on July 17 after filing a suit with the Tokyo District Court against the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications over the ministry's approval of a hike in connection fees they pay to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT). (Kyodo)

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eBank launches operations as Japan's 3rd online bank

TOKYO, Japan - Taiichi Matsuo (sitting), president of eBank Corp., and some 50 of the bank's employees celebrate the beginning of business in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 23. The bank, set up by about 40 companies, including Japan Telecom Co. and trading house Itochu Corp, launched operations as the nation's third Internet-based online bank.

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Vodafone to boost stake in Japan Telecom

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Sakata (L), chairman of Japan Telecom Co., and Chris Gent, president of Vodafone Group PLC, shake hands at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 2. They announced that Vodafone will raise its stake in Japan's third largest telecom carrier to 45% from the present 25% with the purchase of the 20% stake held by British Telecommunications PLC (BT).

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Vodafone to acquire 15% stake in Japan Telecom

TOKYO, Japan - Haruo Murakami, president of Japan Telecom Co., meets reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 20 after British Telecom carrier Vodafone Group PLC said it will acquire a 15.01% stake in Japan Telecom. Vodafone will purchase Japan Telecom shares from West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) and Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) for 249.2 billion yen.

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U.S., Japanese business leaders end meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Armstrong (R), chairman of AT&T Corp. and co-chairman of the Japan-U.S. Business Conference, and Minoru Makihara, chairman of Mitsubishi Corp. and co-chairman of the conference, meet the press at a Tokyo hotel July 11 at the end of the two-day conference. Among the issues conference participants discussed was the lowering of interconnection fees charged by telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.

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BT chief pay courtesy call on Posts Minister Noda

TOKYO, Japan - Peter Bonfield (L), chief executive of British Telecommunications PLC (BT), shakes hands with Japanese Posts and Telecommunications Minister Seiko Noda as he arrives at the posts ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 12. Bonfield was in Japan to finalize a deal to acquire a stake in Japan Telecom Co. along with AT and T Corp. of the United States.

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BT chief meets the press

TOKYO, Japan - British Telecommunications PLC (BT) Chief Executive Peter Bonfield speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 11. He said BT and AT and T Corp. of the U.S. will complete a planned acquisition of a combined 30% stake in Japan Telecom Co. on Aug. 31, two months ahead of schedule.

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Japan Telecom, AT and T, BT form capital alliance

Japan Telecom Co., AT and T Corp. and British Telecommunications PLC (BT) announce at a Tokyo hotel April 25 that they have formed a capital alliance. Pictured are (L to R) BT Chief Executive Peter Bonfield, Japan Telecom Chairman Koichi Sakata, Japan Telecom President Haruo Murakami and AT and T President John Zeglis. ==Kyodo