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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 24, 2017

Realtors say Tokyo's housing boom fading as sales to Chinese slow

Evidence is mounting that Tokyo's housing boom is nearing an end.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 28, 2016

Mitsubishi Motors logs ¥36 billion quarterly loss as mileage scandal slashes sales

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on Friday reported its first quarterly operating loss in nearly six years as the automaker struggles to recover from a slump in domestic sales after admitting to overstating the mileage of its vehicles.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2016

A conduit to China, Japan dodges pressure to ban ivory sales

Defying international pressure, Japan has stopped short of deciding to shut down its market for elephant ivory, traditionally used to carve hanko (personal seals). Instead it is promising to put trade on a tighter leash.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 15, 2016

"Graduation Song"; "Natsuko Kira, Sales Manager"; Hearthstone

Based on a true story, the new drama series "Aogeba Totoshi" ("Graduation Song"; TBS, Sun., 9 p.m.) takes place at a high school in Kanagawa Prefecture in the 1980s.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 29, 2016

Sony raises sales, margin targets for games ahead of virtual reality launch

Sony Corp. expects the profitability of its games division to rise this fiscal year as the company prepares to launch a virtual reality headset to complement the PlayStation and streaming services.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 20, 2016

OECD's chief economist urges Japan to consider alternative rollout for sales tax hike

Amid debate over whether the sales tax hike slated for next April should be delayed, the OECD's chief economist on Friday said the government should consider more options and even look beyond a 10 percent rate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 20, 2016

Gap's Old Navy will exit Japan as chain copes with sales decline

Gap Inc.'s Old Navy is pulling out of Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 4, 2016

Facebook to ditch tax-reducing U.K. sales structure

Facebook said it would stop booking sales to U.K. clients via Ireland, a practice which reduced its taxes, following the British government's introduction of a new tax on profits shifted offshore.
WORLD
Jan 6, 2016

Obama's move to control gun sales turns on a murky definition of who is a dealer

What makes a gun dealer?
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 11, 2015

Islamic State bagged $1.5 billion from bank looting, oil sales, key U.S. Treasury official says

Islamic State militants have looted up to $1 billion from bank vaults in Syria and Iraq and has made at least another half a billion dollars from black market oil sales, senior U.S. Treasury official Adam Szubin said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 9, 2015

Predictable pattern: As U.S. gun sales shoot up after California carnage, makers' shares spike

Shares of U.S. gun makers have surged in the wake of the massacre of 14 people in California last week, following a pattern that has grown more common in recent years when high-profile mass shootings have spurred firearms sales as well as calls for gun control measures.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 14, 2015

Toshiba logs first-quarter net loss; sales at lowest since December 2012

Toshiba Corp. posted a net loss for the first quarter as sales of televisions and personal computers slumped and profit fell at its division that makes chips.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 29, 2015

Retail sales fall for first time in three months

Retail sales nationwide declined for the first time in three months in June, sapping an economy that analysts say struggled last quarter amid sluggish exports and production.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2015

Japan's automaker association warns of 'downward spiral' in China sales

China's vehicle market has shown signs of a "downward spiral" that will eventually hit Japanese carmakers, according to the head of Japan's auto association.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 30, 2015

Sony to raise about ¥440 billion in sales of shares and convertible bonds

Sony Corp. plans to raise about ¥440 billion ($3.6 billion) in a sale of shares and convertible bonds to help finance an increase in production of image sensors used in smartphones.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 30, 2015

Komatsu CEO says sluggish construction sales show worsening China slump

Komatsu Ltd.'s customers in China are reluctant to buy construction equipment because they are unsure when building projects will start, underscoring the challenges the Japanese supplier and its peers face in a market that is cooling more than expected.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2015

Why arming U.S. allies can be like sending weapons to the enemy

There are two ways the U.S. can arm an ally such as the Kurds. It can donate, or sell cheap, the latest U.S.-made weaponry. Or it can send foreign-made weaponry — Russian usually — through a middleman.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Dec 5, 2014

What's really behind the drop in home sales?

Thanks to the upcoming snap election, which is being called a referendum for the government's economic policies, everyone is aware that Japan's GDP has worsened since the consumption tax was raised last April. A large portion of this drop is being attributed to declining sales of new houses and condominiums....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2014

Firms overwhelmingly want Abe to delay sales tax hike, poll shows

Companies overwhelmingly want Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to delay or scrap the consumption tax increase planned for next October, a Reuters poll shows, highlighting concerns the hike could derail a fragile recovery.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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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