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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 13, 2014
Yen losing force as driver of automakers' profits
The fiscal year ending March 2015 is looking less rosy for Japanese automakers, who are unlikely to benefit any further from the weakened yen because of fierce overseas competition, experts say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 12, 2014
Maserati, others taking on Toyota at home
Maserati, Volkswagen and other foreign automakers are riding their best sales streak in years in Japan, as the economy improves and drivers like Taichi Matsukura try to stand out amid a sea of Toyotas.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 25, 2014
Sales rise boosts operating profit at Honda by 38%
Honda Motor Co. said Friday it logged a group operating profit of ¥750.2 billion, up 37.7 percent, for the business year ended March on higher sales of four-wheel vehicles and motorcycles and the yen's fall.
BUSINESS
Apr 18, 2014
Fit-based crossover gets U.S. push
Honda Motor Co. is expanding its lineup with the HR-V sport-utility vehicle in an effort to boost sales by tapping a growing U.S. market for small crossovers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 14, 2014
Automakers luring Japan's interest-hungry banks to Mexico
Investments by Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. that look set to make Mexico the biggest car exporter to the U.S. are giving Japanese banks a chance to escape from the world's lowest yields.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Mar 9, 2014
Honda's robotics tech headed for homes of the future
As technology evolves, every household is predicted to have at least one robot in the future, just as many of today's consumers feel incomplete without Internet access or a mobile phone.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 6, 2014
U.S. lawmaker pushes Japan to treat 'comfort women' as human rights issue
A key U.S. congressman who is pressing the Japanese government to issue a thorough apology for the wartime 'comfort women' system urges Tokyo to view the matter as a human rights issue, not as a political spat between nations.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 5, 2014
Japan overwhelms New Zealand in National Stadium finale
Japan came out with all guns blazing to beat New Zealand 4-2 and say farewell to National Stadium in style in a friendly on Wednesday night.
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2014
Nissan tops Asia-brand U.S. sales
Nissan Motor Co. led February U.S. sales gains for Asia-based carmakers, with its Altima passing Toyota Motor Corp.'s Camry so far this year amid severe winter weather that again was blamed for chilling demand.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2014
Abe adviser says WSJ article on military buildup is false
Etsuro Honda, a key economic adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, denies stressing that one of the main goals of 'Abenomics' is for Japan to build up a more powerful military and stand up to China, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.
CULTURE / Music
Feb 11, 2014
Cibo Matto's Yuka and Miho share the secrets to their 'second marriage'
The story of Cibo Matto's return to the public eye is, thankfully, not one powered by cold, hard cash. Not for these two.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 29, 2014
What's the worth of words?
By popular demand, Shizuoka Performing Arts Center is set to stage a revival of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," its sell-out 2011 production adapted by contemporary theater paragon Hideki Noda and directed by its own artistic diector, Satoshi Miyagi.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 28, 2014
Honda is now net exporter from U.S.
Honda Motor Co., which makes two of the three cars with the highest North American production levels, became a net U.S. exporter for the first time in 2013, shipping more vehicles overseas than it brought in from Japan.

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