IIJ, PoweredCom confirm business integration talks

IIJ, PoweredCom confirm business integration talks

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Suzuki (L), president of Internet access provider Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ), and Takeshi Taneichi, president of PoweredCom Inc., a data-communications firm owned by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) and nine other utilities, give a joint news conference in Tokyo on July 18. The two firms released a statement saying, ''It is true that we are studying ways to unite our management, including possible business integration.''

Video conference with athletes

Video conference with athletes

Koichi Hagiuda (top L), Japan's minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, and Daichi Suzuki (top R), head of the Japan Sports Agency, have a video conference with athletes in Tokyo on May 13, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hiroshima Carp's "kamitteru" feat shines as Japan's 2016 top buzzword

Hiroshima Carp's "kamitteru" feat shines as Japan's 2016 top buzzword

Seiya Suzuki (R), an outfielder of Japan's Hiroshima Carp baseball club, speaks at an award ceremony at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2016, after "kamitteru," a coined word that means being godlike or superhuman, which was used to describe the team's feat this season, was chosen as this year's top buzzword. Hiroshima manager Koichi Ogata used the term in June when he described Suzuki's performance as "kamitteru" after the outfielder hit sayonara home runs, or walk-off home runs, in two consecutive games against the Orix Buffaloes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

IIJ, PoweredCom confirm business integration talks

IIJ, PoweredCom confirm business integration talks

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Suzuki (L), president of Internet access provider Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ), and Takeshi Taneichi, president of PoweredCom Inc., a data-communications firm owned by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) and nine other utilities, give a joint news conference in Tokyo on July 18. The two firms released a statement saying, ''It is true that we are studying ways to unite our management, including possible business integration.''