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Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 5, 2021

Biden plans shift in arms policy to add weight to human rights concerns

The United States is easily the world's biggest arms merchant, selling over $100 billion in weapons, services and training a year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Mar 12, 2021

Despite government help, business realities limit 3/11 recovery

Even with subsidies, many Tohoku firms have struggled to restructure debt and adapt their operations in the wake of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2020

How Moderna execs are cashing in during the race to develop COVID-19 vaccine

Biotech firm Moderna Inc. could reap tens of billions of dollars in sales and stock appreciation if it wins the race for a COVID-19 vaccine. If it loses, the early-stage company’s value could crash.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 9, 2020

Hard sell: Japan’s retail sector may need to reinvent itself in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

A sea change in shopping habits amid the new coronavirus outbreak could impact marketing and distribution across the country for years to come.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 1, 2020

Nissan shakes off virus woes with April rebound in China, sources say

The data reinforces growing optimism that the world's biggest car market is stabilizing fast as businesses return to normal in China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2018

Trump, U.S. defense industry work to save much-touted $110 billion Saudi arms deal

The Trump administration and the U.S. defense industry are scrambling to save the few actual deals in the much-touted $110 billion arms package for Saudi Arabia as concerns rise about the role of the Kingdom's leadership over the death of a prominent critic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2017

Toyota, Nissan, Honda beat U.S. forecasts as local makers grapple with post-campaign dip

Toyota Motor Corp. stood out as the only major automaker to increase U.S. sales last month, while Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. both beat projections, as demand at traditional U.S. automakers slumped.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 2, 2013

Toyota ups profit forecast on yen fall

Toyota Motor Corp., Asia's biggest carmaker, on Friday raised its full-year profit forecast by 8 percent, as the weaker yen bolsters the value of Japanese cars sold overseas.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2013

Not all, but sundry find niche in China

Even as anti-Japan rioters were busting the windows of Japanese stores and demolishing Japanese cars in Beijing and other cities in China in mid-September, young fathers in the subprovincial city of Xi'an were taking lessons in how to bathe their newborns with soap and lotion developed by Japanese baby...
CULTURE / Music
Aug 9, 2012

Music industry takes baby steps toward digital content

Will it be the "carrot and stick" or just "the stick" that revives flagging digital-music sales in Japan?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2012

Strife-idled plant hits Maruti's dominance

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. is weighing options for restoring production of its most popular models as recurring labor disputes at one of its plants threaten the company's lead in Asia's third-largest car market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 10, 2012

Place your bets: Local governments pray for a jackpot

A lottery win can be a jackpot for the local government where the tickets were sold.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2012

Honda surprises with gain in resurgent U.S.

Honda Motor Co. ended eight months of shrinking U.S. sales with an unexpected January gain as recovering auto demand also buoyed growth for Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and Hyundai Motor Co.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2011

Luxury mart ending four-year slump

Japan's luxury market is set to grow for the first time in four years as status-conscious consumers help rebuild the economy, encouraging expansion by Gianni Versace SpA and Mulberry Group PLC.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2010

Recalls nonissue in lifeline growth markets

Toyota Motor Corp. is stricken by massive recalls in the U.S. and stalled sales at home, but it is not without a lifeline — big, fast-growing markets like China and Southeast Asia, where drivers seem unfazed by what is troubling consumers in the West.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 17, 2009

Choice, chic, cheap — no one feels fleeced

Times are difficult for many retailers. Conspicuously not among them, however, is Fast Retailing Co., which posted both record sales of ¥685 billion and operating profit of ¥108.6 billion for the business year that ended in August.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2009

Grandson to inherit a carmaker in decline

Akio Toyoda, grandson of Toyota Motor Corp.'s founder and the company's next president, will confront a challenge largely unknown to his ancestors — decline.
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2008

Sony operating profit tumbles 90%

Sony Corp. said Wednesday that its group operating profit tumbled 90.1 percent to ¥11 billion for the July-September quarter from a year earlier, as the global economic slowdown hit sales of its gadgets and the surging yen ate into its profits.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 2, 2008

Against high odds, masses chase luck

What would you do if you won ¥400 million? Would you buy a convertible, a new house, start a business? All of the above?
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2008

Honda posts record ¥200 billion profit for quarter

Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday that its group net profit for the third quarter of business 2007 jumped 38.1 percent from a year earlier to a record high ¥200 billion, backed by brisk sales in overseas markets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 20, 2007

Japan carmakers find an opening in U.S. market on the skids

LOS ANGELES — High oil prices may be driving down U.S. car sales, but Japanese automakers that depend on the U.S. market for the largest portion of their profits say the adverse conditions could present them with a business opportunity.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2007

PCs getting pushed aside by other, powerful gadgets

Masaya Igarashi wants ¥20,000 headphones for his new iPod Touch, and he's torn between Nintendo Co.'s Wii and Sony's PlayStation 3 game consoles. When he has saved up again, he plans to splurge on a digital camera or flat-screen TV.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2007

Toyota rides to record quarterly profit

Buoyed by strong overseas demand, cost-reduction efforts and a weak, yen Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday reported a 19.2 percent increase in operating profit for the third quarter of fiscal 2006, hitting a record 574.7 billion yen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2006

'Life insurance ladies' thrown in limbo

In Japan's still male-dominated business world, there is at least one industry in which women have long made their mark: life insurance.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2006

MMC operating profit may signal end to dark days

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. reported Thursday it had an operating profit of 6.8 billion yen in fiscal 2005, its first profit in three years and a sign the firm may finally be coming out from under the weight of its defect coverup debacle.
Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito (left) urged Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to resolve the slush funds scandal during their meeting on Saturday at the Prime Minister's Office.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 14, 2024

Upper House LDP members hope to face ethics panel over scandal

LDP lawmakers in the Lower House are generally opposed to such moves.
Lecanemab was developed by drugmakers Eisai of Japan and Biogen of the United States.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 15, 2024

European agency switches to recommending new Alzheimer's drug

The committee judged that the efficacy of lecanemab outweighs the risk for some patients.
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.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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