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T H E J @ P A N I N C N E W S L E T T E R

Commentary on the Week's Business, Technology and Cultural News
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Issue No. 373
Tuesday June 27, 2006 TOKYO

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@@ VIEWPOINT: A Whale of a Mystique Trumps Science

== Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo - July 11th - Speaker: Tim Romero ==

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J@pan Inc Magazine Presents:
G A D G E T W A T C H
The Hottest Gadgets and Gizmos from Japan
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Issue No. 241
Friday June 23, 2006

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Panasonic's new FOMA phone (P902iS) goes on sale today in shops across Japan. At the same time, a much anticipated content category will appear for the first time on NTT DoCoMo's portal menu: Chaku-uta Full.

Vodafone announced last week it was in talks with Softbank to sell its Japan subsidiary. The price tag? USD15 to USD17 billion, according to analysts' estimates. The news was well received by the financial markets, driving up Softbank's market cap. Not much was said, however, about Softbank's motives.