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Quentin Tarantino Does Kung-Fu In Japanese Commercial (VIDEO)

Posted 11.13.2009 | Business


Quentin Tarantino will appear in an upcoming Softbank commercial, the company announced this week. The Japanese telecommunications giant, whose past s...

Viral Ad Battle Vol. 2: Brad Pitt, Alice Cooper And Interns (VIDEOS, VOTE)

Posted 09.28.2009 | Business


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...

Porn Downloads Slow Japan's Mobile, Cell Networks

bloomberg.com | Masaki Kondo and Rocky Swift | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business


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 Gets Friendly With A Sumo Wrestler

INF Daily | Posted 05.31.2009 | Entertainment


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...

A Live Report From Davos

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Eric Hippeau, a Managing Partner of venture capital investor SoftBank capital, was recently interviewed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerl...

Disney To Launch Cell Phone Service In Japan

Wall Street Journal | YUKARI IWATANI KANE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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...