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JAPAN
May 25, 1999

Sales tumble as consumers remain missing in action

Consumers continued to rein in their spending in April as the nation's total sales slipped 2.9 percent from a year before to 45.657 trillion yen, the 22nd month of consecutive decline, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 1999

Nissan Diesel revises sales projection

Ailing truck maker Nissan Diesel Motor Co. announced Wednesday that it has revised downward its earnings projection for fiscal 1998 from 230 billion yen to 220 billion yen, blaming the domestic economic slump that has taken a big bite out of truck sales.
JAPAN
Jan 8, 1999

Minicars secure No. 2 sales spot for Honda

Pushed down by the serious economic slump, domestic sales of new minivehicles dropped 4.1 percent to 1,551,330 units in calendar 1998, an industry group said on Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 1998

September minivehicle sales slipped 16%

Sales of minivehicles in Japan fell 16.3 percent in September from a year earlier to 123,945 units, marking the 12th straight month of decline, the Japan Mini Vehicles Association said Tuesday.Minivehicle sales during the first half of fiscal 1998 through September totaled 686,672, down 7.7 percent...
JAPAN
Jun 1, 1998

Domestic auto sales declined 8 percent in May

Reflecting a continued economic slump, domestic auto sales declined 8 percent in May to 294,211 units against the same period last year, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 1997

Auto sales in '98 won't reach level of '96, industry says

Japan's total auto sales in 1998 will mark a slight 3 percent rise over this year but remain much lower than the 1996 level, according to a forecast by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers' Association.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1997

Nonmanufacturers see fall in sales, profits for quarter

Sales for nonmanufacturing firms fell 1 percent in the April-June quarter from the same period last year, while current profits dropped 4.9 percent, according to the results of a quarterly Finance Ministry survey released Sept. 9.
JAPAN
Jun 5, 1997

Sales of imported autos drop further

Sales of imported vehicles in May fell 27 percent from a year ago to 22,919 units, due in part to April's consumption tax increase to 5 percent from 3 percent, the Japan Automobile Importers' Association said June 5.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 1996

Domestic vehicle sales still on a roll

Domestic sales of cars, trucks and buses in January rose 14.9 percent from a year before to 336,642 units, maintaining double-digit year-on-year growth for the third month in a row, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association reported Feb. 3.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2023

Japan beer sales grew for the first time in 18 years in 2022

But total sales were still down around 10% compared with 2019 despite a recovery in sales to restaurants and bars as COVID-19 restrictions eased.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 24, 2022

Nintendo breaks sales record with new Pokemon games on Switch

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet were released simultaneously on Nov. 18 and sold over 4 million units at home in Japan, also setting a new domestic record.
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2022

Drop in Japan’s retail sales adds to fears of stalled recovery

Japan's retail sales fell for a third straight month in February.
BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2021

New Nintendo Switch’s Japan debut bodes ill for global sales

While Nintendo grapples with supply challenges, there's also concern about the strength of long-term demand for the OLED model.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 29, 2021

Pandemic boost for global car sales to spark surge in oil demand

The car renaissance could be the latest example of how COVID-19 will leave a lasting impact on our lives.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 25, 2020

Japan retail sales drop as Tokyo prices fall most since 2010

Slumping energy costs and record virus cases that kept shoppers home darkened the recovery outlook, delivering sales declines that doubled analysts' forecasts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2020

Renault bolsters electric lineup after squandering sales lead

Renault SA’s promotional blitz for its growing electric lineup may be too late for the maker of Europe’s best-selling EV to stay atop the region’s expanding market for battery-powered cars.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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