Mari Saito

Driving profits: Panasonic to expand in lithium-ion batteries

August 24, 2021 at 7:28 p.m.

OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp will expand its lithium-ion battery business, which last year added to a near-record net loss but is now contributing to a turnaround strategy targeting...

SoftBank confident Sprint deal will close in July

August 24, 2021 at 5:11 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Corp CEO Masayoshi Son said on Friday he was confident his company's acquisition of Sprint Nextel Corp will be completed in early July after rival bidder...

Sprint receives SoftBank waiver to consider Dish offer

August 24, 2021 at 3:02 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp said its Japanese suitor SoftBank Corp granted it a waiver allowing it to consider a $25.5 billion rival bid by Dish Network Corp, as...

SoftBank fight for Sprint seen trumping easy gains

August 24, 2021 at 7:38 a.m.

TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Masayoshi Son, billionaire founder of Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank Corp, is expected to stay in the battle for U.S. wireless service provider Sprint Nextel Corp, even...

iPhone supplier Japan Display turns to smaller smartphone makers

August 24, 2021 at 7:38 a.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Display Inc, one of two Japanese producers of Apple Inc iPhone screens, wants to boost sales by up to 60 percent by winning more business from...

Boeing 787 faces new risk: limits on extended range: sources

August 24, 2021 at 6:36 a.m.

WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) - As Boeing works to regain permission for its 787 Dreamliner to resume flights, the company faces what could be a costly new challenge: a temporary ban on...

Boeing confident 787 could be flying again “in weeks”

August 24, 2021 at 6:01 a.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Boeing Co expressed confidence on Friday that it could have its grounded 787 Dreamliner jets flying again in a matter of weeks, after it unveiled its proposed...

Thousands in Japan anti-nuclear protest two years after Fukushima

August 24, 2021 at 5:44 a.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters marched in the Japanese capital on Sunday calling on the government to shun nuclear power, a day before the second anniversary of an earthquake...

Two years after Fukushima, Japan’s nuclear lobby bounces back

August 24, 2021 at 5:35 a.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The crowds of anti-nuclear protesters have dwindled since Japan's "Summer of Discontent" last year, and a new government is keen to revive the country's atomic energy industry,...

Japan eased safety standards ahead of Boeing 787 rollout

August 24, 2021 at 3:06 a.m.

Japan's government stepped in to give Boeing Co.'s now-grounded 787 Dreamliner and its made-in-Japan technology a boost in 2008 by easing safety regulations, fast-tracking the rollout of the groundbreaking jet...

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