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Taiga Uranaka
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2004
Net profit at Sony surged 20-fold in first quarter
Sony Corp. said Wednesday its net profit for the April-June period posted a 20-fold jump to 23.26 billion yen, helped by the firm's mobile phone handset venture with Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2004
Sojitz Holdings pursues 250 billion yen injection
Sojitz Holdings Corp., the parent of troubled trading house Sojitz Corp., announced Friday it will seek a capital injection of around 250 billion yen from UFJ Holdings Inc., the UBS group of Switzerland and other financial institutions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2004
Portable digital-audio player market heating up
Competition is intensifying in Japan over a new breed of portable digital-audio players that allows music lovers to carry around a vast library of their favorite tracks.
Japan Times
JAPAN / BY THE NUMBERS
Jul 14, 2004
Brewers hope to bask in suds sales as mercury rises
The mood at breweries goes up with the mercury -- when it's blazing hot, ice-cold beer is irresistible and sales skyrocket.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2004
Firms grope for enticing product names
Nissan Motor Co.'s popular March compact becomes the Micra in Europe, while Toyota's Vitz is known as the Echo in the U.S. and the Yaris in Europe.
BUSINESS / INDUSTRY TRENDS
Jul 7, 2004
Web surfers turn to fiber optics
Japan boasts some of the fastest and cheapest broadband services in the world, thanks to fierce competition waged by new entrants like Softbank Corp. against telecommunications behemoth NTT Corp.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2004
Sony Walkman to go head to head with Apple's iPod
Sony Corp. said Thursday it will release on July 10 a Walkman portable music player that can store up to 13,000 songs, a move expected to pose a serious challenge to Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod, a dominant leader in the field.
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2004
Matsushita unveils Blu-ray DVD recorder
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday it will release on July 31 a next-generation DVD recorder that can record high-definition TV programs.
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2004
Investors vent spleen on execs at UFJ Holdings
Investors lashed out at executives of UFJ Holdings Inc. on Friday over the firm's dismal performance and its alleged misconduct ahead of government inspections.
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2004
Nissan eyes high dividends in fiscal 2007
Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday it will more than double its dividend payment for the fiscal year ending in March 2008.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2004
KDDI to offload PHS business
KDDI Corp., the nation's No. 2 mobile carrier, officially announced Monday that it has agreed to sell its PHS business to the Carlyle Group, a U.S. private equity fund, for 220 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2004
Shareholders' meetings to begin in earnest
Shareholders' meetings will get into full swing next week, with giants Sony Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. meeting investors during the annual events.
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2004
DoCoMo to release smart cell phones
NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced Wednesday it will release next month smart cell phones with debit card, membership card and train ticket functions.
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2004
Suntory to pitch drinks via subway tunnel ads
Advertisers here will start using a U.S. idea to exploit untapped terrain in an effort to offload their products: subway tunnel ads.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2004
Softbank seals deal to acquire Japan Telecom for 340 billion yen
Softbank Corp. said Thursday it has agreed to buy Japan Telecom Co. from U.S. investment fund Ripplewood Holdings LLC for about 340 billion yen, including the assumption of debts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 27, 2004
Soaring soybean prices hurt tofu makers
A historic rise in soybean prices driven by soaring demand in China is dealing a heavy blow to Japanese makers of traditional staples such as tofu and soy sauce.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2004
Japan Telecom sale precipitates loss for Vodafone
Vodafone Holdings K.K. on Tuesday reported a net loss of 100 billion yen for the year that ended March 31, due mainly to losses stemming from the sale of its fixed-line unit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 25, 2004
Resona racks up 1.66 trillion yen net loss
Resona Holdings Inc. on Monday reported a group net loss of 1.66 trillion yen for the year that ended March 31, with the bailed-out banking group having spent some 1.41 trillion yen on bad-loan writeoffs.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2004
Sega, Sammy set to integrate under holding firm on Oct. 1
Game maker Sega Corp. said Tuesday it will merge with pachinko machine maker Sammy Corp. on Oct. 1, thereby creating the nation's largest video game maker.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2004
Big contractors ride out decline in public works
Japan's four largest construction companies on Tuesday reported bolstered earnings for the year through March, with the fruits of cost-cutting more than offsetting flat or even declining revenue.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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