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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 5, 2022

Toyota surpasses GM to take U.S. sales crown for first time

To retake its leadership position, GM will have to return to something closer to the 2.5 million vehicles the company delivered in 2020.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2012

Toyota on verge of seizing sales crown as Volkswagen, GM vie for second

Toyota Motor Corp. is poised to take back the title of world's biggest automaker for 2012, as Volkswagen AG fights General Motors Co. for second place heading into the final weeks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2003

Limp summer sales at big stores blamed on weather

Sales at supermarkets and department stores continued to fall in July, according to industry data released Monday.
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2002

June sees retail sales decline for 15th consecutive month

Retail sales across the country fell 3.7 percent in June from a year earlier for the 15th straight month of decline, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Thursday in a preliminary report.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2002

Wholesale and retail sales still on downward path

Retail sales plummeted 4.1 percent in April from a year earlier, while wholesale sales fell 2.7 percent, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jan 29, 2002

Retail sales fall for fifth year in row

Retail sales in Japan fell 2.2 percent in 2001 for the fifth straight year of decline, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2001

Wholesaler, retailer sales slip for ninth year in row

Combined sales by Japanese retailers and wholesalers slid 0.7 percent in 2000 from the previous year to 553.17 trillion yen, making it the ninth straight year of decline, the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2017

Nissan expands sales to rental companies, but analysts warn of risk

When his car needed weeks of transmission work and his dealer was out of loaners, Myles Arnett was sent to a nearby Hertz rental car lot. He had his pick of Nissan Altima and Sentra sedans to choose from — and little else.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2013

Price cuts help boost Nissan's U.S. sales 25%

Nissan Motor Co.'s U.S. sales surged 25 percent in May, triple the industrywide gain, after cutting prices and increasing incentives.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 5, 2013

Nissan sees rebound in China this quarter

Nissan Motor Co., the most successful Japanese automaker in China, expects sales in the world's largest automobile market to rebound within three months as demand for Japanese-branded vehicles recovers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2012

Toyota's U.S. sales top estimates as Kia surges

Toyota Motor Corp.'s December sales gain beat analysts' estimates and Kia Motors Corp. had the biggest increase among Asia-based brands, capping the U.S. auto industry's best year since 2008.
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2011

Toyota, Honda U.S. sales buck rosy forecasts

Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. posted U.S. sales declines for October, rather than the increases they had forecast, while Nissan Motor Co. and Hyundai Motor Co. led gains among Asian carmakers amid improving demand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2011

Toyota, Honda lose market share in U.S. sales rebound

Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co., still struggling to deliver enough vehicles to dealers, lost share of the U.S. market as Nissan Motor Co. grew more than expected and industrywide sales were the best since April.
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2011

Toyota sales rebound in U.S. adds to gains by Asia-based carmakers

Toyota Motor Corp. led U.S. gains for Asia-based automakers in January after sales rebounded from a recall that halted some deliveries a year earlier. The world's largest automaker said Tuesday that sales in the U.S. jumped 17 percent last month, beating the 16 percent average of four estimates compiled...
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2006

Bad weather kept May retail sales rise to 0.1%

Retail sales inched up 0.1 percent in May from a year earlier to 10.56 trillion yen after a 0.8 percent fall in April, as bad weather affected sales of summer clothing and food, and vehicle sales were weaker than the previous year, the government said Wednesday.
Investors in Japan have filed a lawsuit against Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s joint venture brokerage with Morgan Stanley, seeking to recover losses from Credit Suisse's riskiest debt.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 1, 2023

MUFG joint-venture brokerage sued over Credit Suisse AT1 sales

Investors are demanding ¥5.2 billion ($36 million) in compensation from Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities.
Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani steals second base against the Oakland Athletics during the fifth inning at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California, on Sept. 3.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 30, 2023

Ohtani becomes first Japanese player to lead MLB season jersey sales

Now those jerseys might be collector's items as Ohtani is expected to sign a new contract with another MLB team for the 2024 campaign.
Toyota President Koji Sato speaks next to an FT-3e electric vehicle at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 25.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 1, 2023

Toyota raises profit forecast 50% on weak yen, record sales

With an unprecedented 5.6 million vehicles sold in April-September, Toyota is on track for its 11.4 million-unit goal.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 27, 2023

Japan to start trial of over-the-counter sales of morning-after pills

The health ministry will allow 145 stores nationwide to sell morning-after pills until the end of March.
The ASML headquarters and factory in Veldhoven, Netherlands
WORLD / Politics
Jan 2, 2024

U.S. pushed Dutch tech company to block Chinese sales

ASML had licenses to ship three top-of-the-line deep ultraviolet lithography machines to Chinese firms until January, when new Dutch restrictions took full effect.
Nintendo has raised its forecast for Switch console sales and its overall operating profit for the year ending in March.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 6, 2024

Nintendo raises sales and profit forecasts after strong holiday earnings

The Kyoto-based firm's shares are at an all-time high this year, with expectations for a next-generation Switch also playing into the lofty valuation.
A Starbucks logo adorns a store in Los Angeles in 2015.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 1, 2024

Starbucks posts first sales drop since 2020 amid global pullback

Consumers growing more hesitant to spend money has given Starbucks "perhaps the worst set of results of any large company so far," an analyst said.
Breads developed to be eaten cold are displayed during an event in Tokyo in April.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 13, 2024

Shops promoting 'cold bread' hope to boost sales in summer

One company is promoting cat-shaped bread that can be eaten frozen.
Toyota's business is feeling the strain of intense competition over hybrid cars in the U.S. and locally made electric vehicles in China.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 25, 2024

Toyota sales stagnate as factory glitches compound weaker demand

Vehicle sales totaled 984,348 units last month, the Japanese automaker said Wednesday, down 0.2% year-on-year.
Japan considers all possible options as Trump threatens new auto tariffs
Subaru cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama on Thursday.
Massive quake kills at least 150 in Myanmar and Thailand
Medical workers treat a earthquake survivor on a bed in the compound of a hospital in Naypyitaw on Friday, after an earthquake in central Myanmar.
Tokyo police seek public's help on Setagaya family murder 24 years ago
Police seek information from the public on a high-profile murder case, in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday
Student suicides in Japan hit all-time high
A volunteer handles an incoming call at the Tokyo Befrienders call center, a suicide hotline center in Japan's capital.
Copyright questions loom as ChatGPT's Ghibli-style images go viral
A screenshot of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Ghibli-style profile picture on X
Recent spate of wildfires in Japan and South Korea linked to climate change
Smoke and flames rise from a wildfire in Andong, South Korea, on Tuesday.
Hanami season to have record ¥1.39 trillion economic impact on Japan
Cherry blossoms along a road in Tokyo on Tuesday. The 2025 cherry blossom season is expected to have an economic impact of around ¥1.39 trillion on Japan.
Rise and shine with ‘The Wakey Show’
“The Wakey Show” is NHK’s first new daily children’s program in three years, and it carries on the station’s storied past in youth-centric educational entertainment.
Tokyo Series proves to be big business for MLB — and Japanese companies
An advertisement featuring Shohei Ohtani in Tokyo.
New SDF command will be key for contingency planning, Australian commander says
A Maritime Self-Defense Force SH-60K "Super Auk" from JS Shiranui prepares to land on HMAS Brisbane during Exercise Malabar 2023 while off the coast of New South Wales, Australia.

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