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KDDI to deploy drones to aid disaster relief

A drone flies in the dark during a demonstration at a KDDI Corp. press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2024. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., the Japanese telecom company plans to deploy such drones, equipped with cameras and sensors, at 1,000 locations across Japan in order to respond quickly to earthquakes and other natural disasters.

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KDDI to deploy drones to aid disaster relief

A drone flies in the dark during a demonstration at a KDDI Corp. press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2024. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., the Japanese telecom company plans to deploy such drones, equipped with cameras and sensors, at 1,000 locations across Japan in order to respond quickly to earthquakes and other natural disasters.

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KDDI to deploy drones to aid disaster relief

KDDI Corp. Managing Executive Officer Hiromichi Matsuda holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, to announce the company's plan to deploy drones at 1,000 locations across Japan to help disaster relief operations. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., the Japanese telecom company is aiming to build a network of its drones so that any disaster-hit area in Japan can be reached by one in about 10 minutes.

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KDDI to deploy drones to aid disaster relief

Photo taken in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, shows one of the many drones Japanese telecom company KDDI Corp. plans to deploy at 1,000 locations across Japan to help disaster relief operations. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., KDDI is aiming to build a network of its drones so that any disaster-hit area in Japan can be reached by one in about 10 minutes.

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KDDI to deploy drones to aid disaster relief

Photo taken in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, shows one of the many drones Japanese telecom company KDDI Corp. plans to deploy at 1,000 locations across Japan to help disaster relief operations. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., KDDI is aiming to build a network of its drones so that any disaster-hit area in Japan can be reached by one in about 10 minutes.

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Self-driving transportation service in Japan

A self-driving vehicle runs in Kasugai in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi in demonstration of a pickup and drop-off service developed by Nagoya University and KDDI Corp. on Feb. 1, 2023.

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Self-driving transportation service in Japan

A self-driving vehicle runs in Kasugai in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi in demonstration of a pickup and drop-off service developed by Nagoya University and KDDI Corp. on Feb. 1, 2023.

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Food delivery robot

A food delivery robot enters an elevator to deliver lunch, snacks and other food in an office building in Tokyo during a media demonstration on Jan. 10, 2023, held a day ahead of a 17-day test operation by East Japan Railway Co. and KDDI Corp.

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KDDI to put on sale low-cost smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Value Enabler Corp., KDDI Corp.'s mobile virtual network operator, unveils on Dec. 11, 2014, low-priced smartphones dubbed "UQ mobile" to be put on sale on Dec. 18. The move marks the first attempt by a major telecom firm to enter the low-priced segment of the Japanese smartphone market on a full scale.

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KDDI to enter low-cost smartphone market

TOKYO, Japan - This smartphone is one of the two models of low-priced smartphones to be sold from Dec. 18, 2014, by KDDI Value Enabler Corp., a mobile virtual network operator of KDDI Corp. The move marks the first attempt by a major telecom firm to enter the low-priced segment of the Japanese smartphone market on a full scale.

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Rakuten mulls new cell phone venture: sources

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 14 Kyodo - Photo taken in Tokyo in December 2016 shows a Rakuten store selling low-priced mobile phones. Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. is considering entering the domestic mobile telecommunications market, taking on an industry currently dominated by NTT Docomo Inc., KDDI Corp. and SoftBank Group Corp., sources familiar with the matter said on Dec. 14, 2017.

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Sharp unveils advanced "garakei" to be sold via KDDI

Sharp Corp. takes the wraps off advanced "garakei" mobile phones in Osaka, Japan, on Jan. 21, 2015, which it will sell through KDDI Corp., operator of au mobile communication services. Garakei is a Japanese word coinage combining Galapagos Islands, where evolution unique to the islands is believed to have taken place due to their isolation, and "keitai" for mobile phones.

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KDDI unveils Japan's first Firefox OS smartphone

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp., the operator of the "au" cellphone service, announces on Dec. 23, 2014, the release on Dec. 25 of Japan's first Firefox operating system-based smartphone "Fx0".

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KDDI releases shock-resistant smartphone

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp., the operator of the "au" mobile phone service, puts on sale a new shock-resistant smartphone, URBANO, for the LTE high-speed data communication network on Dec. 12, 2014. The new model is made by Kyocera Corp.

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Kyocera's new smartphone for KDDI's service of high-quality sounds

TOKYO, Japan - Kyocera Corp. has developed a new smartphone, seen in this undated photo, applicable to KDDI Corp.'s VoLTE high-quality sound phone service starting early December. The new phone is called Urbano.

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Japanese mobile phone carriers launch new Apple iPads

TOKYO, Japan - A staff member at an NTT Docomo Inc. outlet in Tokyo explains the company's trade-in campaign on Oct. 24, 2014, to a customer holding an iPad Air 2 tablet, as Japan's three major mobile phone carriers launch sales of Apple Inc.'s two new tablets. NTT Docomo, which started iPad sales in June well after KDDI Corp. and Softbank Mobile Corp., is hoping to win over customers from its smaller rivals by offering the trade-in campaign, under which it will buy older iPads, including those sold by other companies, for up to 21,600 yen.

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KDDI, Sumitomo ink deal with Myanmar telecom for mobile phone service

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar - Hidehiko Tajima (L), associate senior vice president of Japan's KDDI Corp., speaks at a news conference in the Myanmar administrative capital of Naypyidaw on July 16, 2014. Tajima said KDDI and Sumitomo Corp. signed an agreement with state-run Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications to jointly operate a mobile phone service in Myanmar.

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KDDI's new mobile phones

TOKYO, Japan - Two women hold KDDI Corp.'s new smartphones, which have a more stable high-speed connection, in Tokyo on May 8, 2014. The new models will go on sale from May 15.

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KDDI's 'au Wallet' prepaid card program

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. President Takashi Tanaka shows an "au Wallet" card for its new prepaid card program in Tokyo on May 8, 2014. This service will be available from May 21 for au brand mobile network subscribers.

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Apple's iPad Air goes on sale in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Yuzo Ishikawa, an executive of mobile phone carrier KDDI Corp., model and singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and actor Sho Aikawa, hold Apple Inc. iPad Air tablet computers during a KDDI event to launch their sale in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2013. The fifth model of the iPad series hit the shelves in Japan the same day.

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KDDI's new smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - Models hold new smartphones to be sold by KDDI Corp., during a promotional event in Tokyo on May 20, 2013. KDDI will begin selling a total of four new smartphone models for the upcoming bonus campaign this summer, including the HTC J One, the Japanese version of an internationally renowned model of Taiwanese maker HTC Corp. featuring enhanced sound.

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KDDI's new smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Ayame Goriki holds a new smartphone to be sold by KDDI Corp., during a promotional event in Tokyo on May 20, 2013. KDDI will begin selling a total of four new smartphone models for the upcoming bonus campaign this summer, including the HTC J One, the Japanese version of an internationally renowned model of Taiwanese maker HTC Corp. featuring enhanced sound.

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KDDI's new smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - Singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (L) and actress Ayame Goriki hold new smartphones to be sold by KDDI Corp., during a promotional event in Tokyo on May 20, 2013. KDDI will begin selling a total of four new smartphone models for the upcoming bonus campaign this summer, including the HTC J One, the Japanese version of an internationally renowned model of Taiwanese maker HTC Corp. featuring enhanced sound.

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KDDI, Softbank release iPad mini cellular model

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Softbank Mobile Corp.'s unveiling event for the iPad mini in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012. Softbank and KDDI Corp. the same day began selling Apple Inc.'s iPad mini with cellular connectivity compatible with high-speed data communication using the LTE network service.

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KDDI, Softbank release iPad mini cellular model

TOKYO, Japan - TV-personality Satomi Shigemori holds the iPad mini at KDDI Corp.'s unveiling event for tablet devices in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012. KDDI and Softbank Mobile Corp. the same day began selling Apple Inc.'s iPad mini with cellular connectivity compatible with high-speed data communication using the LTE network service.

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KDDI, Softbank release iPad mini cellular model

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 30, 2012, shows the iPad mini with cellular connectivity compatible with high-speed data communication using the LTE network service at the venue of KDDI Corp.'s unveiling event in Tokyo. KDDI and Softbank Mobile Corp. the same day began selling the Apple Inc. tablet device.

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KDDI, Softbank release iPad mini cellular model

TOKYO, Japan - TV-personality Satomi Shigemori (R) holds the iPad mini, while KDDI Corp. President Takashi Tanaka holds the new iPad 4 at KDDI's unveiling event for the tablet devices in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012. KDDI and Softbank Mobile Corp. the same day began selling Apple Inc.'s iPad mini with cellular connectivity compatible with high-speed data communication using the LTE network service.

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Undersea fiber-optic cable

MINAMIBOSO, Japan - Workers pull an undersea fiber-optic cable from a ship (R back) anchored offshore to a beach in Minamiboso, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 19, 2012, as KDDI Corp. began an operation to lay a cable connecting Japan and Singapore.

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Japan's biggest cable TV operator to merge with No. 2

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Takahashi (L), senior vice president of KDDI Corp., and Yoshio Osawa, director, senior managing executive officer of Sumitomo Corp., shake hands in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2012. Sumitomo and KDDI that day said they will merge their cable TV services by integrating Japan's biggest cable television operator Jupiter Telecommunications Co. and second-largest cable TV operator Japan Cablenet Ltd. around fall 2013.

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Court rejects suit to stop operating cellphone transmitter

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Plaintiffs and their lawyers hold a press conference in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Oct. 17, 2012, after the Nobeoka branch of the Miyazaki District Court rejected a lawsuit by citizens seeking to have mobile carrier KDDI Corp. stop operating a cellular transmitter that they claim has damaged their health.

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Apple's new iPhone hits Japanese market

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Tanaka (C, man wearing suit), president of mobile phone carrier KDDI Corp., attends the iPhone 5 launch event in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Sept. 21, 2012. A new version of Apple Inc.'s iPhone hit shelves, with hundreds of people lining up at retail outlets including the company's flagship store in Tokyo hours before the release to obtain the popular smartphone.

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People queue in Tokyo to order iPhone 5

TOKYO, Japan - People queue at an electronics store in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Sept. 14, 2012, to place orders for the iPhone 5. KDDI Corp. and Softbank Mobile Corp. unveiled retail handset prices and subscription plans for Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5 as they started taking orders the same day ahead of the smartphone's launch on Sept. 21.

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People queue in Tokyo to order iPhone 5

TOKYO, Japan - People queue at an electronics store in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Sept. 14, 2012, to place orders for the iPhone 5. KDDI Corp. and Softbank Mobile Corp. unveiled retail handset prices and subscription plans for Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5 as they started taking orders the same day ahead of the smartphone's launch on Sept. 21.

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KDDI unveils 'au' 2012 summer line

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold new models of ''au'' communication devices including the Urbano Progresso smartphone (2nd from L, front) in Tokyo on May 15, 2012, as KDDI Corp., the provider of the au cellphone service, unveils its 2012 summer line comprising five smartphone models and three conventional cellphone models.

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KDDI to open foothold in quake-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Tadashi Onodera (C), chairman of KDDI Corp., poses with Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama (R) in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 22, 2011. The operator of ''au'' mobile phone services said the same day it will set up a foothold in the city to register and manage subscribers' data as part of its efforts to create employment in the northeastern Japan region ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Cellphone carrier practices setting up onboard base station

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. employees practice setting up an onboard mobile communications base station on a riverbank in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2011. The cellphone carrier showed to reporters the drill to enhance preparedness for a disaster. The onboard mobile communications base station comprises a generator, wireless equipment and satellite communications apparatus on a truck that can emit radio waves as far as 2 kilometers via satellite in times of disaster.

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iPhone 4S launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A customer in a mask resembling the late Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs waits for the iPhone 4S launch in front of an Apple store in Tokyo's Ginza district on Oct. 14, 2011. Softbank Mobile Corp. and KDDI Corp. began selling the new version of the Apple smartphone in Japan the same day, starting a fierce competition by the two rival mobile phone operators to chase market leader NTT Docomo Inc.

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iPhone 4S launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A customer tries out an iPhone 4S sample in an ''au'' store, run by KDDI Corp., in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Oct. 14, 2011. KDDI and Softbank Mobile Corp. launched the new version of Apple Inc.'s popular smartphone in Japan the same day, starting a fierce competition by the two rival mobile phone operators to chase market leader NTT Docomo Inc.

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iPhone 4S launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son, chief executive officer of Softbank Mobile Corp., attends a ceremony marking the launch of the iPhone 4S at one of the company's outlets in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Oct. 14, 2011. Softbank and KDDI Corp. launched the new version of Apple Inc.'s popular smartphone in Japan the same day, starting a fierce competition by the two rival mobile phone operators to chase market leader NTT Docomo Inc.

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iPhone 4S launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Confetti fills the air during the countdown for the iPhone 4S launch at a Softbank Mobile Corp. outlet in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Oct. 14, 2011. Softbank and KDDI Corp. launched the new version of Apple Inc.'s popular smartphone in Japan the same day, starting a fierce competition by the two rival mobile phone operators to chase market leader NTT Docomo Inc.

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iPhone 4S launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A woman shows off her just-purchased iPhone 4S at a Softbank Mobile Corp. store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Oct. 14, 2011. Softbank and KDDI Corp. launched the new version of Apple Inc.'s popular smartphone in Japan the same day, starting a fierce competition by the two rival mobile phone operators to chase market leader NTT Docomo Inc.

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iPhone 4S launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Tanaka, president of KDDI Corp., attends a ceremony marking the launch of the iPhone 4S at one of the company's outlets in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Oct. 14, 2011. KDDI and Softbank Mobile Corp. launched the new version of Apple Inc.'s popular smartphone in Japan the same day, starting a fierce competition by the two rival mobile phone operators to chase market leader NTT Docomo Inc.

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KDDI, Softbank face off over iPhone 4S sales

TOKYO, Japan - People form a line outside KDDI Corp.'s outlet in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Oct. 7, 2011, to make reservations for Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S smartphone. KDDI and Softbank Mobile Corp. unveiled retail handset prices and subscription plans the same day for the iPhone 4S a week before it goes on sale, both offering plans that require no payment at the time the device is purchased.

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KDDI, Softbank face off over iPhone 4S sales

TOKYO, Japan - People form a line outside Softbank Mobile Corp.'s outlet in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Oct. 7, 2011, to make reservations for Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S smartphone. Softbank and KDDI Corp. unveiled retail handset prices and subscription plans the same day for the iPhone 4S a week before it goes on sale, both offering plans that require no payment at the time the device is purchased.

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Japanese line up to sign up for iPhone 4S

TOKYO, Japan - People line up at an electric appliance shop in Tokyo's Akihabara area on Oct. 7, 2011, hours before KDDI Corp. and Softbank Mobile Corp. began taking preorders for Apple Inc.'s new handset iPhone 4S.

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Japanese carriers unveil iPhone 4S prices

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Mobile Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son announces the retail prices and subscription plans for Apple Inc.'s new handset iPhone 4S during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2011. KDDI Corp. also announced prices and fees for iPhone 4S the same day.

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Apple's iPhone 4S

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 5, 2011, at an Apple store in Tokyo's Ginza district shows Apple Inc.'s new smartphone model iPhone 4S. Japanese telecommunication carriers KDDI Corp. and Softbank Mobile Corp., which will sell the iPhone 4S in Japan from Oct. 14, 2011, are expected to announce their price and rate plans as soon as Oct. 6. Participation by KDDI in iPhone sales would intensify competition in the smartphone market in Japan.

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KDDI to expand WiMAX-equipped smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold KDDI Corp.'s new models of smartphones during a press event in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2011. The operator of the ''au'' mobile phone service said it will increase the number of smartphones featuring WiMAX high-speed wireless communications when it releases six new models from early October.

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KDDI to expand WiMAX-equipped smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Tanaka, president of KDDI Corp., holds one of the company's new models of smartphones during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2011. The operator of the ''au'' mobile phone service will increase the number of smartphones featuring WiMAX high-speed wireless communications when it releases six new models from early October.

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KDDI to launch Windows Phone in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds Windows Phone IS12T smartphones in Tokyo on July 27, 2011, when KDDI Corp. said it will begin selling in early September or later, for the first time in Japan, the new smartphone based on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone 7.5 operating system.