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US STEEL

BUSINESS / Companies
May 16, 2016
Nippon Steel to take control of Nisshin to weather China glut
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., Japan's largest steel maker, said it will take majority control of the nation's No. 4 mill, Nisshin Steel Co., as the industry consolidates in the face of a global supply glut.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 21, 2016
Toyota-linked steel maker restarts output after January explosion
Aichi Steel Corp., a steel maker affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp., restarted its plant in Tokai, Aichi Prefecture, on Monday following a more than two-month suspension that temporarily halted domestic production by the world's biggest automaker.
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2016
U.S. slaps duties on cold-rolled steel from Japan and other nations
The U.S. Department of Commerce has preliminarily decided to impose antidumping duties on imports of cold-rolled steel products from Japan and six other countries after determining that several companies sold the products at less than fair value, the department said in a statement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2016
Nippon Steel to buy Nisshin Steel to gird against fallout from China slump
Japan's biggest steel maker, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. says it will buy rival Nisshin Steel Co. in an attempt to withstand deteriorating conditions in the industry triggered by China's economic slowdown.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2016
Toyota to halt Japan output next week after steel plant explosion
Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it will suspend production at all assembly plants in Japan next week in the wake of a steel factory explosion, dealing a blow to the supply of crucial models including the new Prius hybrid.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 13, 2015
Korean court orders Japanese steel maker to compensate forced wartime laborers
A South Korean court on Friday ordered Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. to compensate seven Koreans who were forced to work at one of its predecessor companies during the war a total of 700 million won (about ¥74 million).
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 29, 2015
Japan's top steel mills slash profit forecasts on China glut
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. and JFE Holdings Inc. cut their profit forecasts for the year as the nation's top two producers respond to a global supply glut spurred by unprecedented Chinese exports.
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2015
WTO sides with EU, Japan in battle over Chinese tariffs on steel pipes
A ruling body at the World Trade Organization on Wednesday upheld a decision requiring China to review its antidumping duties on some steel pipes made in Japan and the European Union.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 6, 2015
Low-alkaline cement created with rice chaff for nuclear waste disposal
Osaka University and a cement company in Hokkaido have co-developed a low-alkaline cement utilizing rice chaff that will strengthen the durability of final nuclear waste disposal sites.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 30, 2015
Nippon Steel settles proprietary technology lawsuits with South Korean firm Posco
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. said Wednesday it has reached a settlement with major South Korean steel maker Posco and its subsidiaries over damages suits related to the Japanese company's proprietary steel sheet production technology.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 15, 2015
Tokyo Steel cuts prices as China drives supply glut
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Japan's biggest steel maker from scrap iron, cut all of its monthly contract prices for the first time in almost a year as China's overcapacity hurt its exports.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 20, 2015
Toyota, steel makers agree to cut sheet prices
Toyota Motor Corp. and major steel makers have agreed to lower prices for steel sheet for the April-September period from the previous six months, marking the first price cut in a year, industry sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2015
JFE announces participation in Vietnamese steel project
Japan's JFE Steel Corp. said Thursday it will acquire a 5 percent stake in a large-scale Vietnamese steel plant project spearheaded by a Taiwanese steelmaker and will provide the project with technical support.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2015
China opens anti-dumping probe into Japan-made electrical steel
China said Thursday it has opened an anti-dumping investigation into imports of a grade of electrical steel from Japan, South Korea and the European Union.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jun 13, 2015
David Bickle: 'Never be afraid to ask (people) questions'
BCCJ president on the challenges of doing business in Japan and playing for the national rugby team.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 3, 2015
Kobe Steel considers $800 million U.S. aluminium plant for car supplies
Kobe Steel Ltd., supplier of aluminum sheet to half of the nation's auto industry, is considering building a ¥100 billion plant in the U.S. to expand sales to Japanese carmakers operating in North America.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2015
Democrats push back, want Keystone built with domestic steel, oil used in U.S.
Senate Democrats said Tuesday they'll push amendments to legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline requiring that it's built with domestically produced steel and that the oil it carries is used in the U.S.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2015
Saying goodbye to steel production in China
As China's domestic economy slows and competition increases amid widespread disgust with air pollution, one surprisingly popular option for the massive, state-owned steel mills is to bid China goodbye.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2014
Over a dozen workers injured in blast at Nippon Steel plant in Aichi
More than a dozen steelworkers were injured when a coke oven blew up at a Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. factory in Tokai, Aichi Prefecture, police said Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 16, 2014
Toyota to delay deliveries after 23,000 vehicles are covered in soot
Toyota Motor Corp. expects to delay delivery of about 23,000 vehicles by up to a month while it cleans up soot from a Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. plant in Aichi Prefecture.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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