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SALES

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 16, 2013
Improved economic signs support consumption tax hike: Hayashi
Given the improving economic climate, the 3-point consumption tax hike should go ahead as scheduled next April, agriculture minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a business conference Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 13, 2013
Big business may get tax cut with stimulus
The administration is considering a reduction in corporate income taxes as part of a stimulus package to cushion the economy from the first of two planned increases in the consumption tax, according to three sources briefed on the matter.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2013
Abe gets more ammo to proceed with tax hike
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received a boost Monday for pressing ahead with a planned sales-tax increase when most members of panels advising the government backed the move even as they urged stimulus to cushion the economic blow.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 26, 2013
Abe begins collecting feedback on tax hike before decision
A government panel kicked off a seven-day discussion Monday on whether the sales tax should be hiked next April amid concerns it could derail Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's radical efforts to end decades of deflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 20, 2013
Hot biz: stocks that climb with the temperature
The heat may be bad for your peace of mind, but it's great for the economy.
EDITORIALS
Jul 27, 2013
Modern spice routes
Online cross-border shopping is booming, but Japan seems to be lagging behind in sales on these 'modern spice routes' because of problems with English.
CULTURE / Music / MONEY AND MUSIC
Jun 6, 2013
Been down so long, it looks like up
I've been to a lot of music-industry conferences over the years, and for the past decade I've listened to the same old song: How can the recording industry fight online piracy, which it blames for plunging music sales?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 5, 2013
Nissan sees rebound in China this quarter
Nissan Motor Co., the most successful Japanese automaker in China, expects sales in the world's largest automobile market to rebound within three months as demand for Japanese-branded vehicles recovers.
EDITORIALS
Mar 15, 2013
Rules for online drug sales
The government panel tasked with regulation reform will give top priority to considering the merits of nonprescription drug sales over the Internet.
EDITORIALS
Mar 5, 2013
Abenomics isn't trickling down yet
Although sales of luxury goods are rising, only when all segments of society begin to loosen their purse strings can it be said that the economy is truly improving.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 9, 2012
Consumption tax increase: Fairness is in the eye of the beholder
How will the proposed sales tax increase really affect the average household?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 25, 2009
The Giants give you an excuse to go shopping
Big hurray for the Giants big pennant win! Bigger hurray for the department-store sales!

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