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BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2008

Consumers slow pace of retail sales

Growth in retail sales slowed in August as higher prices of daily necessities discouraged consumers from spending.
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2008

Sony Financial aims to boost policy sales to ¥36 trillion

Sony Financial Holdings Inc. aims to boost policy sales 15 percent to ¥36 trillion by March 2011 as Japan's insurers struggle to counter declining demand.
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2008

Elpida posts third straight quarterly loss as sales slide

Elpida Memory Inc., the nation's largest maker of computer memory chips, reported Thursday its third consecutive quarterly loss after a glut drove down prices.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2008

Marubeni targets 43% jump in carbon-credit sales by 2012

Marubeni Corp., the only Japanese trading house that's a member of the European Climate Exchange, is targeting a 43 percent increase in carbon-credit sales as the country approaches a 2012 deadline to reduce emissions under the Kyoto Protocol.
BUSINESS
May 30, 2008

Retail sales rise slowest since July

Retail sales rose at the slowest pace in nine months as higher prices for food and energy prompted consumers to spend less on clothing, the government said Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2008

Nissan aims to up China unit sales 64%

Nissan is hoping to raise sales at its Chinese ventures at least 64 percent by 2012 as the country's surging economic growth boosts demand for cars and trucks.
COMMENTARY
May 26, 2008

Second wind for cigarette sales

At the initiative of the Finance Ministry, the government has introduced a system to verify the age of anyone using a cigarette vending machine. But the system reportedly is not widely used.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 8, 2008

Market promising if MHI gets regional jet off ground

Backed by growing global demand for small, energy-efficient aircraft, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. officially decided last month to enter the promising market.
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2008

Ferrari to open subsidiary as luxury car sales boom

Ferrari SpA announced Friday it will open a Japanese subsidiary on July 1, transferring importer rights from dealer Cornes & Co. in an effort to cash in on the growing Japanese luxury market.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2007

Tepco may boost bond sales by 50%

Tokyo Electric Power Co. is set to raise 50 percent more through bond sales than it had planned because borrowing costs remain low in Japan, according to a company official.
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2007

Canon shoots for top in SLR sales

Canon Inc. said Monday it expects two new cameras to help it reclaim the title of Japan's largest producer of digital single-lens reflex models by yearend.
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2006

DoCoMo's profit drops 17% after slow sales stunt growth

Japan's largest mobile phone service operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc., said Friday profit dipped 17 percent in the most recent quarter as sluggish phone sales and higher costs offset modest growth in its mobile services.
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2006

ANA weathers fuel price storm; sales, profit soar

All Nippon Airways Co. shrugged off higher jet fuel prices, reporting Monday that sales and operating and net profit all hit record highs in the first quarter of 2006.
BUSINESS
Apr 29, 2006

ANA's sales and operating profit soar; net profit falls

All Nippon Airways Co. reported Friday record-high consolidated pretax profit, operating profit and sales for fiscal 2005, thanks to strong demand for domestic air travel, which more than offset the impact of higher fuel prices.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2006

Police question Huser president

Police on Tuesday questioned Susumu Ojima, president of failed condominium developer Huser Ltd., on a voluntary basis about suspicions the firm sold units in a condominium building in Kanagawa Prefecture despite being aware it was built using fabricated quake-resistance data, investigative sources said....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2006

Cell phones for crime-wary kids see brisk sales

With the cell phone market saturated with 90 million contracts, handset makers and phone companies are moving to create new demand by focusing on children and safety.
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.
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.
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
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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