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PROFIT

BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2016
Honda upgrades profit forecast as SUVs lead surge in China sales
Honda Motor Co. raised its forecast for full-year profit as demand for Vezel and XR-V sport utility models surged in China, the carmaker's second-largest market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 7, 2016
Warm winter means damp profits for Fast Retailing
Fast Retailing Co. cut its full-year operating profit forecast as unseasonably warm weather worldwide hurt sales of winter clothes for the retailer's Uniqlo brand of casual wear, the Yamaguchi-based company said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2015
Honda profit falls short of estimates amid Takata-related outlays, domestic demand slump
Honda Motor Co. reported quarterly profit that missed analysts' estimates on quality-related expenses and slumping demand in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 2, 2015
Nissan raises full-year profit forecast as demand takes off in U.S.
Nissan Motor Co. raised its full-year profit forecast as Japan's second-biggest automaker benefits from an increase in demand in the U.S., the company said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 24, 2014
Sony expected to lower profit outlook again
Nintendo Co. shocked investors last week by lowering its profit forecast for the year. Analysts are concerned Sony Corp. could be next.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2013
Mizuho group raises profit forecast by 20%
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. raised its full-year profit forecast 20 percent as the stock market rally spurred fee income and the value of its share-holdings.
EDITORIALS
Aug 22, 2013
Plugging international tax loopholes
An international effort has started to prevent multinational corporations from avoiding their fair share of taxes in the respective countries where they do business.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 26, 2013
Sony raises profit forecast on asset sales, weaker yen
Sony Corp. raised its annual profit forecast Thursday amid a weaker yen and gains from selling offices and stock holdings.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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