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New Zealand: Fire Breaks Out at Abilities Group Recycling Depot in Auckland 2

A large fire erupted at the Abilities Group Recycling Depot in Auckland's Wairau Valley on Thursday, April 23, around 5:24 p.m., sending dark smoke across the suburbs. According to reports, batteries burning inside the facility fueled the fire, prompting authorities to issue a "stay inside" warning.

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Underground internet cables

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. on Aug. 22, 2024, unveils to the media an underground tunnel in Osaka where optical fiber cables for internet and phone cables are laid. NTT West said the tunnel is designed to withstand an earthquake with an intensity of 7, the highest level on Japan's seismic scale.

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Underground internet cables

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. on Aug. 22, 2024, unveils to the media an underground tunnel in Osaka where optical fiber cables for internet and phone cables are laid. NTT West said the tunnel is designed to withstand an earthquake with an intensity of 7, the highest level on Japan's seismic scale.

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xterior, logo and signage of NTT West

exterior, logo and signage of NTT WestＮＴＴ=Date:October 25, 2023, Place:Osaka

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NTT West digitalizes horror of people at fun houses

OSAKA, July 14 Kyodo - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. unveils in Osaka, western Japan, on July 9, 2015, a sensor (foreground) that digitalizes the degree of horror or excitement people feel at haunted houses and other amusement facilities for display on the monitor screen (C).

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NTT developing street lamp as Wi-Fi access point

OSAKA, Japan - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. displays a street lamp, seen in this file photo taken in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 19, 2014, under development for use as an access point for Wi-Fi local-area wireless telecommunication service.

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NTT unveils system to locate workers' whereabouts

OSAKA, Japan - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. unveils in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2015, a system to locate the whereabouts of people involved in athletic and other events by means of a global position system on smartphones. The system shows the locations of staff and other data on maps displayed on smartphone and personal computer screens.

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NTT West to launch elderly support service via videophone

OSAKA, Japan - A device for the remote elderly support system of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. is shown in Osaka in October 2014. NTT West announced on Dec. 19, 2014, it will start the support service via videophone system for elderly people in Nara, western Japan, on a trial basis in February 2015.

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Easy-to-use monitoring system for nursing care patients

OSAKA, Japan - NTT West Corp. announces in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 28, 2014, the launch of a video-phone system which allows people in need of nursing care to communicate with caregivers. The system, equipped with a controller with only two buttons, has been modified from the previous version in terms of usability.

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NTT West unveils project to make music from heart beats

TOKYO, Japan - Singer Ai Otsuka (L) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. President Kazutoshi Murao announce "Smart Hikari Heart Beat Project" on June 10, 2014, in Tokyo. Otsuka will create a piece of music by incorporating heart beats of various people for the project.

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2 chosen as Kansai Economic Federation deputy chiefs

OSAKA, Japan - Ryuzo Sakamoto (R), chairman of Toyobo Co., and Shinichi Otake, adviser to NTT West Corp., meet reporters after their selection as vice chairmen of the Kansai Economic Federation in Osaka on May 19, 2014.

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Japan off to winning start in World Cup

ALMERE, Netherlands - NTT West right-hander Shinsuke Saito struck out 12 in seven innings as Japan got off to a winning start in the baseball World Cup with a 9-2 victory over Spain on Sept. 3.

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Osaka big-business group picks NTT West president as co-chairman

OSAKA, Japan - The Kansai Association of Corporate Executives, an Osaka-based big-business group, said July 11 it plans to appoint NTT West Corp. President Shunzo Morishita (in file photo), 60, as a co-chairman.

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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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NTT West head to step down due to health reasons

OSAKA, Japan - Shuzo Morishita (file photo), vice president of NTT East Corp., will become president of NTT West Corp. to replace Michitomo Ueno. Ueno, who became sick and was hospitalized earlier this year, is expected to retain his position as a board member.

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NTT West president urges solidarity among group firms

OSAKA, Japan - NTT West Corp. President Kazuo Asada (2nd from L) shake hands with the presidents of group companies at a news conference in Osaka on May 1. Asada urged employees of his reorganized company and its 49 new subsidiaries to bolster solidarity in order to ensure strong competitiveness based on quick decision-making.

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Terada to become 1st female leader of Kansai Keizai Doyukai

OSAKA, Japan - Chiyono Terada (R), president of major moving company Art Corp., poses with Kazuo Asada (L), president of NTT West Corp., at a news conference in Osaka on Dec. 20. Terada and Asada have been appointed to succeed Kazuaki Tsuda as co-chairmen of the Kansai Keizai Doyukai (Kansai Association of Corporate Executives). Terada will be the first woman to lead any of the five major business organizations based in Osaka.

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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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NTT to cut 21,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) President Junichiro Miyazu (L) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. (NTT East) President Hidekazu Inoue (R) speak on the group's restructuring program at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 17. NTT will slash 21,000 jobs by 2003 -- 10,000 at NTT East and 11,000 at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West).

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Police raid NTT West's Osaka branch

OSAKA, Japan - Police raid the Osaka branch office of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West) on the morning of Nov. 3 in connection with allegations that a former employee of NTT West received money from ''Dial Q2'' toll telephone service companies in exchange for providing information on NTT customers.

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Ex-NTT West worker arrested over sale of personal information

OSAKA, Japan - The photo shows the head office in Osaka's Chuo Ward of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West). Police arrested on Nov. 2 a former employee of NTT West on suspicion he received money from ''Dial Q2'' toll telephone service companies in exchange for providing information on NTT customers.

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NTT to be reorganize

Hidekazu Inoue (L), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp., and Kazuo Asada (R), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp., speak at a news conference June 30 following establishment of their new companies under a major shakeup of Japan's telecom giant, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT). Seated between them is Sho Nasu, chairman of a special panel that prepared for NTT's reorganization.

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NTT reorganized into holding company, three new firms

NTT Communications Corp., a long-distance and international carrier, opens its operation in Tokyo on July 1 as part of reorganization of Japanese telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.(NTT). NTT was reorganized into a holding company, two regional carriers, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. (NTT East), Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West), and NTT Communications.

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Party road released by NTT East

NTT East opened to the press the tunnel (photo) under Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, where telephone lines and optical fiber cables are routed. The total length of the tunnels is about 650 kilometers, of which about 290 kilometers are in Tokyo. It is possible to walk from Kasumigaseki to Shinjuku and Ikebukuro on the To-Do. The Kasumigaseki To-Do passes under the JR Yokosuka Line, which runs underground, and at some points reaches 50 meters underground. The number of fixed-line phone lines subscribed to by NTT East and West has declined to about 18.13 million, less than a third of the 1997 peak. The number of fixed-line telephone subscriptions by NTT East and West has declined to about 18.13 million, less than a third of its peak in 1997, and is on the decline due to the spread of cell phones. (November 29, 2019, Tokyo, Japan; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Terada to become 1st female leader of Kansai Keizai Doyukai

OSAKA, Japan - Chiyono Terada (R), president of major moving company Art Corp., poses with Kazuo Asada (L), president of NTT West Corp., at a news conference in Osaka on Dec. 20. Terada and Asada have been appointed to succeed Kazuaki Tsuda as co-chairmen of the Kansai Keizai Doyukai (Kansai Association of Corporate Executives). Terada will be the first woman to lead any of the five major business organizations based in Osaka.

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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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Osaka big-business group picks NTT West president as co-chairman

OSAKA, Japan - The Kansai Association of Corporate Executives, an Osaka-based big-business group, said July 11 it plans to appoint NTT West Corp. President Shunzo Morishita (in file photo), 60, as a co-chairman. (Kyodo)

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Japan off to winning start in World Cup

ALMERE, Netherlands - NTT West right-hander Shinsuke Saito struck out 12 in seven innings as Japan got off to a winning start in the baseball World Cup with a 9-2 victory over Spain on Sept. 3. (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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NTT developing street lamp as Wi-Fi access point

OSAKA, Japan - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. displays a street lamp, seen in this file photo taken in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 19, 2014, under development for use as an access point for Wi-Fi local-area wireless telecommunication service. (Kyodo)

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NTT West to launch elderly support service via videophone

OSAKA, Japan - A device for the remote elderly support system of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. is shown in Osaka in October 2014. NTT West announced on Dec. 19, 2014, it will start the support service via videophone system for elderly people in Nara, western Japan, on a trial basis in February 2015. (Kyodo)

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Easy-to-use monitoring system for nursing care patients

OSAKA, Japan - NTT West Corp. announces in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 28, 2014, the launch of a video-phone system which allows people in need of nursing care to communicate with caregivers. The system, equipped with a controller with only two buttons, has been modified from the previous version in terms of usability. (Kyodo)

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NTT West unveils project to make music from heart beats

TOKYO, Japan - Singer Ai Otsuka (L) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. President Kazutoshi Murao announce "Smart Hikari Heart Beat Project" on June 10, 2014, in Tokyo. Otsuka will create a piece of music by incorporating heart beats of various people for the project. (Kyodo)

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NTT West uses ICT to grow strawberries

Photo shows a demonstration experiment by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. in Osaka on Dec. 13, 2018, cultivating strawberries using information and communication technology (ICT). The technology gives data on lighting, temperature and amount of fluid fertilizer to help grow and produce high-quality strawberries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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NTT West head to step down due to health reasons

OSAKA, Japan - Shuzo Morishita (file photo), vice president of NTT East Corp., will become president of NTT West Corp. to replace Michitomo Ueno. Ueno, who became sick and was hospitalized earlier this year, is expected to retain his position as a board member. (Kyodo)

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NTT West president urges solidarity among group firms

OSAKA, Japan - NTT West Corp. President Kazuo Asada (2nd from L) shake hands with the presidents of group companies at a news conference in Osaka on May 1. Asada urged employees of his reorganized company and its 49 new subsidiaries to bolster solidarity in order to ensure strong competitiveness based on quick decision-making.

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NTT to cut 21,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) President Junichiro Miyazu (L) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. (NTT East) President Hidekazu Inoue (R) speak on the group's restructuring program at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 17. NTT will slash 21,000 jobs by 2003 -- 10,000 at NTT East and 11,000 at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West).

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Police raid NTT West's Osaka branch

OSAKA, Japan - Police raid the Osaka branch office of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West) on the morning of Nov. 3 in connection with allegations that a former employee of NTT West received money from ''Dial Q2'' toll telephone service companies in exchange for providing information on NTT customers.

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Ex-NTT West worker arrested over sale of personal information

OSAKA, Japan - The photo shows the head office in Osaka's Chuo Ward of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West). Police arrested on Nov. 2 a former employee of NTT West on suspicion he received money from ''Dial Q2'' toll telephone service companies in exchange for providing information on NTT customers.

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NTT reorganized into holding company, three new firms

NTT Communications Corp., a long-distance and international carrier, opens its operation in Tokyo on July 1 as part of reorganization of Japanese telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.(NTT). NTT was reorganized into a holding company, two regional carriers, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. (NTT East), Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West), and NTT Communications.

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NTT reorganized into holding company, three new firms

NTT Communications Corp., a long-distance and international carrier, opens its operation in Tokyo on July 1 as part of reorganization of Japanese telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.(NTT). NTT was reorganized into a holding company, two regional carriers, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. (NTT East), Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West), and NTT Communications.

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NTT to be reorganize

Hidekazu Inoue (L), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp., and Kazuo Asada (R), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp., speak at a news conference June 30 following establishment of their new companies under a major shakeup of Japan's telecom giant, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT). Seated between them is Sho Nasu, chairman of a special panel that prepared for NTT's reorganization.

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NTT to be reorganize

Hidekazu Inoue (L), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp., and Kazuo Asada (R), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp., speak at a news conference June 30 following establishment of their new companies under a major shakeup of Japan's telecom giant, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT). Seated between them is Sho Nasu, chairman of a special panel that prepared for NTT's reorganization.