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Kim Tae-kyun of the Chiba Lotte Marines is off to a great start in his first preseason in Nippon Professional Baseball.

The following companies may have unusual price changes in Japanese trading today.

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A big bat and seven pitchers were all it took for the Yokohama BayStars to finally notch a preseason victory.

The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters might have small issues elsewhere, but last year's Pacific League champions have no worries when it comes to their Opening Day starting pitcher.

A government-backed corporate turnaround body said Friday it will sponsor the rehabilitation of mobile phone carrier Willcom Inc., which filed for bankruptcy last month, but stopped short of providing any direct investment.

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Aaron Guiel slugged a two-run home run and Masanori Ishikawa tossed seven shutout innings as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows edged the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2-1 in preseason action Friday at Jingu Stadium.

As we profiled in our Never Mind the Valley series last month, New York is increasing its stronghold on the east coast startup scene.

March 12, 2010 - Willcom, Inc. , funds served by Advantage Partners, LLP and Softbank Corp.

March 12, 2010 - Softbank Corp. , Willcom, Inc. , a fund which service is provided by Advantage Partners, LLP , and Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan have signed a framework agreement on the revitalization of WILLCOM today.

According to AppleInsider sources, Apple is getting ready to add multitasking to the iPhone OS 4.0 . The current version of the iPhone already has multitasking abilities, but playing poker while listening to music and surfing the web during a call is just not cutting it anymore.

Softbank Corp , Japan's third-largest mobile phone operator, said it would invest in bankrupt rival Willcom Inc as it aims to expand its network and close the gap with NTT DoCoMo and KDDI Corp .

Willcom Inc. , the Japanese wireless carrier that filed for bankruptcy protection, is seeking financial aid of as much as 137.8 billion yen to revive the company.

Japanese personal handy-phone services provider Willcom is to be split up, while its backers - Softbank Corp, Advantage Partners LLP and state-backed turnaround agency the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp a ' are to provide financial aid to revive the company.