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BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2003

Isuzu improves but Nissan Diesel bleeds more red

Two truck makers saw their consolidated earnings go in opposite directions in the first half of fiscal 2003, with Isuzu Motors Ltd. returning to profitability and Nissan Diesel Motor Co. widening losses.
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2003

Sega first-half profit explodes 64%

Sega Corp. said Wednesday its group operating profit in the first half jumped 64.3 percent to 7.57 billion yen due to cost reductions in its video game software business.
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2003

Daihatsu first-half net profit almost triples to 3.8 billion yen

Daihatsu Motor Co. said Monday its consolidated net profit nearly tripled to 3.78 billion yen in the first half of fiscal 2003 from the previous year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2003

Ford sees Mazda as key to energizing worldwide operations

MAKUHARI, Chiba Pref. -- Ford Motor Co., which has suffered losses the past two years, said Wednesday it will take advantage of its Japanese partner, Mazda Motor Corp., to bolster its global presence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 7, 2003

Matsumoto Kiyoshi finds train stations bring in customers

Ginza, Shibuya and Tokyo's other well-known commercial districts are coveted by retailers for their ever-present shopping crowds.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2003

Bandai logs 4 billion yen profit in first quarter

Bandai Co. said Tuesday it posted a group net profit of 4.01 billion yen in the April-June quarter on sales of 58.12 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2003

Honda saw net profit fall 5.4% in first quarter

Honda Motor Co. reported a consolidated net profit of 101.82 billion yen in the April-June quarter, down 5.4 percent from the same period last year, company officials said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2003

Daihatsu posts 1.52 billion yen profit

Daihatsu Motor Co., an affiliate of Toyota Motor Corp., said Monday it posted a group net profit of 1.52 billion yen in the April-June quarter on sales of 238.87 billion yen.
BUSINESS
May 20, 2003

Nissan units plan establishment of light-truck venture

Nissan Motor Co. and Nissan Diesel Motor Co. will set up a joint venture this fall to develop light trucks as part of their efforts to attain a bigger share of the global truck market, the automakers said Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 29, 2003

Hitachi swings back into the black

Hitachi Ltd. said Monday it returned to profitability in fiscal 2002, thanks to cost-cutting measures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2003

Smaller electronics stores use personal touch to keep retail giants at bay

Hiroshi Fujita was shocked two years ago to learn that a large electronics chain store would open across the street from his small shop in Tokyo's Meguro Ward.
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2003

MMC pursues performance-linked wages

The union and management of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. have agreed to replace the seniority-based wage structure with a performance-based system, sources close to the talks said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2003

Yanase, BMW join hands

The Japan-based units of German automaker BMW AG and import car dealer Yanase & Co. said Monday they will work together to promote sales of BMW cars in Japan.
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2003

Nissan unveils Teana sedan

Despite the increasing popularity of small cars in recent years, Nissan Motor Co. on Monday unveiled its Teana luxury sedan to tap into the market for larger vehicles.
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2002

Construction firms savaged by economic slump

Hit by shrinkages in both the public and private sector markets, four of the nation's five largest construction companies on Tuesday reported sharp falls in both sales and profits in the fiscal first half.
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2002

Ricoh profit rises 18% in first half

Office machine maker Ricoh Co. said Thursday its consolidated net profit logged a year-on-year rise of 18 percent to 33.53 billion yen in the first half.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INDUSTRY TRENDS
Sep 6, 2002

Demographic shift prompts toy makers to reach out to adults

Faced with an ever declining number of children, Japan's toy makers have started courting their parents, alluring them with frothy beer dispensers and matchbox luxury sedans.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2002

Kumagai Gumi reports first profit in nine years

Kumagai Gumi Co. on Monday said it posted a net profit of 2.55 billion yen for the 2001 business year, the first time in nine years that black ink flowed onto its books.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jan 13, 2002

No recovery in sight for Japanese book publishing industry

One often sees references in the Japanese media to the "lost decade" that followed the burst of the speculative bubble in the early 1990s, but the publishing world has only suffered a half decade of negative growth. After five consecutive years of falling sales, however, it can no longer ignore systemic...
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2002

Prepared foods seen growing in popularity

The popularity of prepared food, known as "sozai," is rocketing in Japan, with an increase in working women apparently helping to boost sales of the food.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 3, 2002

Newly noticed whiskey makers forced to diversify products

It's winter, the perfect season to sip a glass of whisky on a long, quiet night to warm up, as well as a good time to sample the variety of quality whiskeys available on the market.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2001

Creator of the Z car returns with his revived brainchild

Yutaka Katayama has witnessed Japan's automobile industry grow from the ashes of devastation in World War II to become the best in the world by the end of the 20th century.
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2001

Toyota net profit zooms up 82%

Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday its consolidated net profits for the first half through Sept. 30 jumped 82.4 percent from the same period a year ago, hitting a record 291.11 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2001

Major electronics makers suffer first-half losses

Five electronics makers swung into losses in the first half of the 2001 business year, plagued by the global slump in the information technology industry, according to interim earnings reports released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2001

Uniqlo to open first U.K. stores

Uniqlo casual clothing will open four of its first overseas stores in and around London on Sept. 28, the operator of the chain said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2001

Capital spending increases 2.5% in quarter

Capital spending by Japanese companies expanded 2.5 percent in the January-March quarter from a year earlier to 13.3 trillion yen, marking the fifth increase in a row, the Finance Ministry said Thursday in its quarterly survey.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2001

Isuzu to cut jobs, close Kawasaki plant

Isuzu Motors Ltd. announced Monday that its group of companies will cut one-quarter of its 38,000 workforce over three years to help ease its debt burden.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2001

Mitsubishi Motors posted record loss of 278 billion yen during fiscal 2000

Mitsubishi Motors Corp., hit hard by the repercussions of a recall coverup scandal, suffered consolidated net losses of 278.14 billion yen for fiscal 2000 -- the biggest in the firm's history -- due to smaller sales and extraordinary losses.
COMMUNITY
Feb 8, 2001

Adults fuel freebie figure boom

Until several years ago, grownups collecting freebie figures from candy or snack boxes would have been labeled otaku -- geeks. Now they're practically normal.
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.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
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
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
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.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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