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BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2006

Sales of imported vehicles fall 4.8%

Sales of new imported vehicles, including those made by Japanese carmakers abroad, fell 4.8 percent in May from a year earlier to 19,611 units, down for the third consecutive month, according to preliminary data an industry group released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2006

Sompo facing partial suspension

The Financial Services Agency is set to partially suspend Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. from business for about a month over unlawful sales practices that surfaced earlier this year, FSA sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2006

Isuzu netted record profit in 2005 on strong overseas sales

Truck maker Isuzu Motor Ltd. said Tuesday it set all-time highs in group pretax and operating profit in fiscal 2005, thanks to robust sales in the United States and Southeast Asia.
BUSINESS
May 11, 2006

Softbank logs 1 trillion yen sales due to broadband

Softbank Corp. reported Wednesday that group sales reached 1.108 trillion yen in the business year that ended at the end of March, up 32 percent from a year earlier and achieving the 1 trillion yen threshold for the first time.
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2006

Nissan logs 872 billion yen record profit on global sales

Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday it posted a record operating profit of 871.84 billion yen, up 1.2 percent from the previous year, in fiscal 2005 due to brisk global sales.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Nissan reports record profit on strong sales, lower costs

Nissan Motor Co. reported Friday that it posted a record group operating profit of 411.5 billion yen for the first half of 2005, up 2 percent from the same period the previous year.
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2005

First-half sales in Japan again see Corolla on top

Toyota Motor Corp.'s Corolla remained the best-selling vehicle in Japan in the first half of the year, with sales of 80,028 units, an industry body said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2005

Big retailers seek help for slumping sales

Big supermarket chains that also sell general merchandise have been hiring consultants to show them marketing methods to help reverse their sluggish nongrocery sales.
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2005

January retail sales highest since '97

Retail sales in January expanded to their highest level in about eight years as cold weather boosted consumer spending for winter clothing, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday in a preliminary report.
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2004

Mazda boosts profit on European sales, cost cuts

Mazda Motor Corp. said Tuesday its net profit soared 68 percent in the fiscal first half from a year earlier thanks to brisk sales in Europe and vigorous cost-reduction efforts.
BUSINESS
Oct 7, 2004

Sales of imported vehicles climbed 1% in September

Sales of new imported vehicles in Japan, including those produced overseas by Japanese makers, rose 1.0 percent in September from a year earlier for the second straight monthly increase.
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2004

New car sales fell 1.6% in February

A total 361,787 new cars, trucks and buses were sold in Japan in February, down 1.6 percent from a year earlier, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Monday.
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2004

Bridgestone profits double as recall woes ebb, Europe sales soar

Profits at tire maker Bridgestone Corp. nearly doubled in the fiscal year that ended Dec. 31 as sales rose in Europe and payments related to a massive U.S. tire recall three years ago declined.
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2003

Ministry nears approval of nighttime drug sales

The health ministry is leaning toward approving nighttime drug sales on condition that instructions on medication are given to retailers by pharmacists by videophone, ministry officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2003

Clothing boutiques become a promising arena for shoe sales

At a boutique in the trendy Harajuku district of Tokyo, a young woman picked out a black pleated miniskirt and went into a fitting room to try it on. Soon after, a saleswoman brought her a pair of long white boots.
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2003

Weather still blamed for poor sales

Sales at supermarkets and department stores continued to fall in August on a year-on-year basis, primarily due to the unusually cool summer, according to industry data released Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2003

Snow Brand sales in first quarter exceed forecast

Snow Brand Milk Products Co. on Tuesday reported group sales of 80.82 billion yen for the April-June quarter, about 8 percent more than its earlier projection.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2003

Sony suffers telling fall in Vaio computer sales

Sales of Sony Corp.'s Vaio personal computer, which was a hit when introduced in fiscal 1997, have fallen off, with shipments in fiscal 2002 plunging below the previous year's levels for the first time.
BUSINESS
May 16, 2003

JR Tokai records sales decline

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said Thursday it suffered its first fall in group sales in three years in fiscal 2002. It attributed the decline to a slump in core bullet train services on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line amid an adverse business environment and intense competition with airlines.
BUSINESS
Apr 18, 2003

Tokyo Gas racks up record sales

Tokyo Gas Co. said Thursday its gas sales for fiscal 2002 grew 13.5 percent from a year earlier to a record 10.46 billion cubic meters, topping the 10 billion mark for the first time.
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2003

Electrical appliance sales dip 0.8%

Sales of home electrical appliances at major retailers slid to 171.5 billion yen in February, down 0.8 percent from a year earlier for the sixth consecutive monthly fall, the Nippon Electric Big-Stores Association said in a preliminary report Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2003

Appliance sales off 2% in January

January sales of home electrical appliances at big retailers fell 2.16 percent year-on-year to 197.7 billion yen, the fifth drop in a row, the Nippon Electric Big-Stores Association said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2003

Department store sales fall 1.4%

Sales at department stores in Tokyo slipped 1.4 percent in January from a year earlier to 167.3 billion yen, marking the 14th consecutive month of decline, an industry body said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2003

Sony posts record quarterly sales

Sony Corp. said Wednesday its group sales and net profit for the October-December period each hit record quarterly highs, bolstered by strong performance in its film, electronics and game businesses.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2002

Home appliance sales dip 2.5%

Sales of home electrical appliances at big retailers fell 2.5 percent in October from a year earlier to 169.8 billion yen, marking the second consecutive month of decline, the Nippon Electric Big-Stores Association said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2002

Cops to search Nippon Food sales offices

OSAKA -- Police in Hyogo, Ehime and Tokushima prefectures plan to search three sales offices of Nippon Food Inc. and related locations next week in connection with their investigation into a beef-mislabeling scam, police sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2002

Convenience store sales down 1.8%

Sales at convenience stores around Japan fell 1.8 percent in May from a year earlier on a same-store basis, marking the 11th consecutive month of decline, the Japan Franchise Association said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2002

Pizza, convenience store sales surge for Japan-Russia match

Pizza deliveries and convenience store sales surged Sunday before and during the World Cup Group H match between Japan and Russia.
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Nov 2, 2001

No fundraisers or bake sales? Sign me up!

I agreed to serve on the PTA of the Japanese elementary school my children attend, but on one condition: that I didn't have to do any fundraising.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
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Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
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.”
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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