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TORAY INDUSTRIES

BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2018
METI to increase fine for defying industrial standards to ¥100 million
The industry ministry plans to raise the maximum fine for failing to meet industrial standards to ¥100 million ($894,000), 100 times the current level, in light of the continuing string of product data scandals marring Japanese companies, officials said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 30, 2017
Toray president admits learning of subsidiary's product data manipulation 16 months ago
Toray Industries Inc. President Akihiro Nikkaku was aware that product data was being manipulated at a subsidiary in August 2016, two months before he received a formal report on the misconduct, informed sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 24, 2017
Toray gets OK to make, sell kidney drug amid feline 'nekonomics' boom
Toray Industries Inc. said it will sell medicine to treat chronic kidney disease in cats as the popularity of feline pets grows in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2016
Toray Industries pushes health-monitoring textile
Toray Industries Inc. will launch a health care service as early as next month to enable companies to monitor the health of their employees using a new material capable of measuring a person's biometric signals, its president announced.
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Dec 12, 2014
Volleyball player arrested for cash theft at Tokyo pachinko
Police have arrested a Japan national team volleyball player on suspicion of stealing money from a wallet at a pachinko pinball parlor in Tokyo, police said Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 17, 2014
Toray wins ¥1 trillion carbon fiber order from Boeing, sources say
Toray Industries Inc. is set to seal a ¥1 trillion deal to supply carbon fiber for Boeing Co. jets and will spend around ¥100 billion to build a new U.S. plant to produce the material, sources said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 19, 2014
Group aims to detect 13 cancers in a single test
A new five-year project involving the National Cancer Center, private companies and universities in Japan aims to devise a blood test that can detect 13 kinds of cancer.
New JAL chief concerned about yen’s ‘excessive’ weakness
Mitsuko Tottori became Japan Airlines’ first female CEO on April 1, having risen through the ranks as a flight attendant and heading the flight attendant and customer experience divisions.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.

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