NEW YORK (AP) — Japanese cellphone company Softbank Corp. was in talks Thursday about taking a substantial ownership stake in struggling U.S. carrie...
Gilt Groupe Inc, the online shopping website known for its flash deals, raised $138 million in new funding giving it a valuation of over $1 billion, according to a source with knowledge of the deal.
Given the current emergency in Japan, and the failure of some mobile networks as a result of the earthquake, we at Fon have decided to open our network to all in Japan.
Quentin Tarantino will appear in an upcoming Softbank commercial, the company announced this week. The Japanese telecommunications giant, whose past s...
In our second installment Viral Ad Battle we've got Brad Pitt feeding a sumo wrestler, Alice Cooper discussing TV warranties, and more musically talen...
July 6 (Bloomberg) -- Takeshi says he pays 6,300 yen ($66) a month to NTT DoCoMo Inc. for unlimited Internet access, allowing him to download adult mo...
Brad Pitt got up close and personal with a sumo wrestler in Manhattan yesterday. Brad and the wrestler were filming a commercial for Japanese cell ph...
Eric Hippeau, a Managing Partner of venture capital investor SoftBank capital, was recently interviewed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerl...
Walt Disney Co. is planning to start its own cellphone service in Japan next spring with Disney-branded phones and animated content, a person familiar...