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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 2, 2009

Asian antique sales rocket in New York

NEW YORK — Any trends in the American market for Asian antiques were eclipsed by Asia Week in New York last month when, suddenly, the appetite for Chinese art and antiques could not be sated.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2009

Sony TV sales may exceed target

Sony Corp.'s domestic television sales may exceed its estimate, helped by government incentives to buy energy-saving home appliances, an executive said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2009

Platinum bar sales tripled in first half

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., Japan's biggest precious metals retailer, said sales of platinum bars to local investors more than tripled in the first half from a year earlier as lower prices boosted demand.
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2009

Komatsu sees strong China sales

Komatsu Ltd. said sales in China are exceeding its forecasts, as Beijing's $585 billion stimulus plan fuels demand.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2009

Retail sales dropped 2.9% in April

Retail sales across the nation fell in April for the eighth straight month as worsening job prospects and declining wages deterred shoppers.
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2009

Power sales dim most since '72

Industrial power sales suffered their worst slump on record, plunging 19 percent in January as exporters led by automakers and steel companies closed plants and reduced output.
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2008

Suffering sales drop, Honda revamps Life minicar

Honda Motor Co. revamped its Life minicar for the first time in five years after posting the biggest drop in domestic minicar sales among the country's carmakers.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2008

Retailers' sales see first decline in 14 months

Retail sales dropped for the first time in 14 months in September as tumbling stocks and stagnant wages discouraged households from spending.
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2008

MOS Food seeks overseas expansion to offset falling domestic sales

MOS Food Service Inc. plans to double the number of its overseas outlets in five years to offset declining domestic sales.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2008

Toshiba gunning for ¥750 billion in LCD TV sales for business 2010

Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it is aiming for ¥750 billion in TV sales in the fiscal year ending March 2011.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2008

Firm plugs consumers into funny USB goods

Working in an office during the summer can be an uncomfortably sweaty experience, and Hiroyasu Yamamitsu, president of humorous PC accessories maker Thanko Inc., spotted a business chance there.
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2008

Canon to cut profit, sales forecasts

Canon Inc. said Thursday that it will reduce its full-year profit and sales predictions because a stronger yen has eroded the value of its exports.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2008

Chugai Pharma profit plunges 50% on low Tamiflu, Epogin sales

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., the Japanese unit of Roche Holding AG, said first-quarter profit fell 50 percent from a year earlier because of a drop in sales of Tamiflu and Epogin, two of its three best-selling medicines.
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.
Nissan says it will not take new U.S. orders for Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs
A Nissan manufacturing complex in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Nissan says it will not take new orders from the United States for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs following new auto tariffs levied by the U.S.
Japan digs deep to address 'national crisis' caused by Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on April 1. He has said that Japan is facing a "national crisis" following the introduction of new tariffs by the United States.
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.
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.
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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