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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 12, 2014
NASA Mars rover Curiosity reaches base of target mountain
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has arrived at the base of a mountain of layered rock that scientists suspect holds clues about whether the planet most like Earth in the solar system had the ingredients to support and preserve signs of microbial life.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2014
Sharp pushes system to better manage electricity usage in U.S.
Sharp Corp., which stopped making solar panels in the U.S. and the U.K., is betting power users in the United States will benefit from a device to store energy and control demand when it's needed the most.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2014
Sharp to pull out of last overseas solar panel venture
In a further reorganization of its solar business, Sharp Corp. is pulling out of its Italian solar venture, its last overseas panel manufacturing plant.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 18, 2014
Sharp plans elliptical smartphone screens
Sharp Corp. is developing flat-panel displays in different shapes as it wins orders from Chinese smartphone makers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 15, 2014
Panasonic, Sharp pull up as Sony lags
Vigorous streamlining efforts paid off for Panasonic Corp. and Sharp Corp., two of Japan's three major electronics firms, in fiscal 2013, but Sony Corp. struggled to rebuild as its mainstay businesses continued to lose money.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 12, 2014
Sharp logs ¥11.5 billion net profit after a harrowing two-year slump
Sharp Corp. posted its first net profit in three years in fiscal 2013, earning ¥11.5 billion after losing a staggering ¥545.3 billion in fiscal 2012, the electronics maker said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 22, 2013
Sharp seeks exit from Foxconn cellphone venture
Sharp Corp. is considering ending a contract with Foxconn Technology Group under which the Taiwanese manufacturer makes Sharp-branded phones for sale in China, according to a source.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 22, 2013
Sharp holds off on share sale to mull its outlook
Sharp Corp. may delay a plan to raise about ¥100 billion through public and private share sales amid concern about its growth outlook, two sources said.
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.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
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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