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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2018
Sharp to buy Toshiba's PC business for ¥4 billion
The electronics firm announced Tuesday it will acquire an 80.1 percent stake in the personal computer subsidiary in a bid to make a comeback in the PC market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 3, 2018
State-backed INCJ, DBJ to start investment talks on Toshiba Memory
Two government-backed bodies plan to start talks this month to invest in Toshiba Memory Corp., which Toshiba Corp. has sold to a consortium led by U.S. investment fund Bain Capital, informed sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 15, 2018
Toshiba books first net profit in four years
The firm said it improved its balance sheet by recording u00a5783.1 billion in shareholders' equity at the end of March, staving off a risk of being delisted.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 23, 2018
Toshiba weighs chip-unit options as Chinese regulators look set to delay sale to Bain beyond deadline
Toshiba Corp. is all but guaranteed to miss a May 1 deadline to sell its memory chip business to a Bain Capital-led group, people familiar with the matter said, raising the chances it may consider other options that could yield billions of additional dollars for the unit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 3, 2018
New Toshiba CEO says chip unit sale will proceed despite eased delisting fears
New Toshiba Corp. Chairman and CEO Nobuaki Kurumatani emphasized Tuesday that the company does not intend to change plans to sell its lucrative memory chip unit even now that it has staved off financial woes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 30, 2018
Toshiba set to miss deadline on ¥2 trillion chip sale, pushing back Bain Capital deal by at least a month
After waiting more than a year to learn the fate of its memory chip business, Toshiba Corp. investors are going to have to hold on a little longer.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2018
Nissan to take over as main sponsor of 'Sazae-san' as troubled Toshiba ends long run
Nissan Motor Co. will take over as main sponsor of the popular TV anime "Sazae-san," sources said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 5, 2018
Brookfield agrees to buy Westinghouse's global nuclear business from Toshiba
The future of Westinghouse Electric Co.'s global nuclear business now rests in the hands of Brookfield Asset Management Inc.'s private equity arm.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2017
The top business news stories of 2017
The Japan Times newsroom selected these economy and technology stories as the most important of 2017.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 19, 2017
China officials reportedly concerned with Hynix role in Toshiba memory chip deal
Antitrust officials in China's Ministry of Commerce are concerned about the role SK Hynix Inc. will play in the sale of Toshiba Corp.'s memory chip business as the country commences a review of the deal, according to sources.
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more U.S. firms say retailers turning away products
Empty shelves with "Buy Canadian Instead" signs are seen in the American Whiskey section of the BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 10.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
Trump unveils 10% global tariff, with Japan levy set at 24%
Trump tosses a MAGA hat to the crowd during an event in which he unveiled new tariffs in the White House on Wednesday.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
On defense, Japan may avoid Trump's worst impulses — for now
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth chat after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.

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