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BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2003

Department store sales continue to fall

Sales at department stores in Japan fell 3.2 percent on a same-store basis in May from a year earlier to 633.2 billion yen, down for the 14th consecutive month, the Japan Department Stores Association said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
May 15, 2003

Tokyo department store sales drop

Tokyo department store sales fell 5.6 percent in April from a year earlier to 157.21 billion yen, down for the 17th consecutive month, an industry body said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
May 14, 2003

NTT back in the black but sales on the slide

NTT Corp. on Tuesday reported a consolidated net profit of 233.36 billion yen for the business year to March 31, marking a dramatic turnaround from its 834.67 billion yen group net loss in fiscal 2001.
BUSINESS
Apr 29, 2003

Combined wholesale, retail sales down 2.2% last year

Combined wholesale and retail sales fell 2.2 percent in fiscal 2002 from the previous year to 581.37 trillion yen, logging a second consecutive year of decline and underscoring the continued deflationary trend, the government said Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2003

Mobile phone sales dropped 3% in 2002

Domestic mobile phone sales in 2002 dropped 3 percent from the previous year to 39.39 million units for the second straight year of decline, Gartner Japan Ltd. said Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2003

Imported car sales surged last year

Sales of automobiles built overseas rose 2.5 percent in fiscal 2002 from the previous year to 279,381 units, marking the first increase in two years, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2002

As plasma-display TVs come down in price, sales go up

After an inauspicious debut just a few years ago, plasma-display TVs have become one of the hottest home appliances around.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2002

Toyota raises outlook for global sales by 5%

Toyota Motor Corp. has raised its 2002 global sales projection from 5.3 million units to 5.5 million, up 5 percent from last year, Toyota President Fujio Cho said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2002

Honda, Nissan increase sales as rivals' pace slows

Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. posted increases in domestic auto sales in May, while the three other major Japanese automakers saw their sales slip, according to data released Friday by the carmakers.
BUSINESS
Jun 11, 2002

Advertising sales bottom out while cinema sales flicker

Falling sales at advertising agencies in April began to show signs of bottoming out, while the fading effects of a popular animation film led to a downturn for cinema operators, a survey of the nation's service industries showed Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 27, 2002

U.S. sales surge gives Honda a record-breaking fiscal 2001

Honda Motor Co. posted record consolidated sales and profits in the 2001 business year, the automaker said Friday.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2002

Yoshinoya beats mad cow with record sales

Despite the outbreak of mad cow disease in September, Yoshinoya D&C Co., Japan's largest operator of "gyudon" beef bowl restaurants, scored record sales and profits on both a consolidated and unconsolidated basis for the business year through February, company officials said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2002

Sales of imported autos slumped 1.6% last year

Sales of imported motor vehicles fell 1.6 percent in fiscal 2001 from the previous year to 272,560 units after rising in fiscal 2000 for the first time in four years, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2002

Honda alone sees rise in domestic sales

Honda Motor Co. chalked up gains in domestic auto sales in January, while the four other top Japanese automakers saw their sales decline, according to data released Monday by the firms.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2001

GM sales in Asia rise 20% on year

General Motors Corp.'s car sales in the Asia-Pacific region rose 20 percent during the first nine months of this year over last year, and the company is continuing to increase its presence in the region, GM Chairman John. F. Smith Jr. said Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2001

New car sales jumped 5% in August

Sales of new motor vehicles rose 5.3 percent in August from a year earlier to 255,954 units, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Monday.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2001

Automakers' sales results split for July

Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. saw domestic sales rise in July, while sales for Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. fell, according to data released by the companies Monday.
BUSINESS
May 16, 2001

Department store sales turn up

Sales at department stores in Tokyo's 23 wards rose 2.7 percent from a year earlier in April, the first rise in four months, to 174.9 billion yen, an industry association said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2001

Tokyo store sales continue decline

Sales at department stores in Tokyo's 23 wards fell in March by 0.6 percent from a year earlier to 189.87 billion yen for the third straight month of decline, the Japan Department Stores Association said in a preliminary report Monday.
BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2000

Honda to surpass Nissan in domestic sales

Honda Motor Co. is likely to surpass Nissan Motor Co. to become the second largest automaker in terms of domestic sales this year for the first time since its establishment in 1948, according to reports released Monday by the automakers.
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2000

Sales up 0.2% at Tokyo department stores in November

Sales at department stores in Tokyo's 23 wards inched up 0.2 percent in November from a year earlier to 189.3 billion yen, following a 1.8 percent fall the previous month, the Japan Department Stores Association said Friday.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2000

'Nabe' sales rise laid to weather, single lifestyles

Sales of sets for making traditional "nabe" stews have been rising fast with the sudden onset of cold weather, with some stores reporting close to a 50 percent increase in sales.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2000

Yamaha revs up group sales, profit records

Yamaha Motor Co. scored record sales and pretax profits on a consolidated basis in fiscal 1999, which ended March 31, due in part to reduced operation costs, the company said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2000

Domestic auto sales on the rise

Auto sales in Japan have posted year-on-year increases for January and February, the first two consecutive increases since the April 1997 consumption tax hike, an industry leader said Monday. Hiroshi Takikawa, chairman of the Japan Automobile Dealers Association, told a news conference that Feb. 1-25...
JAPAN
May 26, 1999

NTT reports sales, profit fall in '98

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. on Wednesday reported a decline in sales and pretax profit on a non-consolidated basis for the business year that ended March 31 following a decrease in revenue from ordinary telephone use.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1999

Coupons fail to spur shopping, but 'dango' sales up

Although municipalities have finished distributing the central government's shopping coupons to the public, the result of the hard-fought effort to boost domestic demand seems as flat as the vouchers themselves.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1998

Honda reports record sales, income for fall quarter

Buoyed by strong sales overseas, Honda Motor Co. on Wednesday reported record high net income and sales for the 1997 October-December quarter.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 1997

NEC, Toshiba blame tax for midterm sales results

The consumption tax increase in April has had a negative impact on half-year financial results announced Oct. 24 by NEC Corp. and Toshiba Corp., the nation's two major electronics manufacturers.Despite increased exports supported by the weak yen, poor sales of personal computers and home-use electric...
JAPAN
Jun 2, 1997

Domestic auto sales dropped 9.4% in May

Japan's domestic auto sales dropped 9.4 percent to 319,940 vehicles in May from a year earlier for a second consecutive month, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said June 2.
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