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TORAY

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 14, 2020
Toray to supply carbon fiber materials for German flying-car maker
The deal with Lilium is spurred by expectations that flying cars could help reduce traffic congestion as well as noise and air pollution in major cities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 18, 2020
Teijin, Toray and Shiseido branch out to medical gowns and sanitizer in Japan
Major companies are branching into new fields to make medical gowns and hand sanitizer as part of an effort to ease shortages of personal protection equipment caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 23, 2018
Naomi Osaka upset by Karolina Pliskova in Toray Pan Pacific Open final
Karolina Pliskova has accomplished what 10 others have tried and failed to do over the past month: beat Naomi Osaka.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 22, 2018
Naomi Osaka cruises into Pan Pacific Open final
Naomi Osaka had punched her ticket for the Toray Pan Pacific Open final and fielded questions from the media about 10 minutes. Now, she had a question of her own. "Um, what is that on your phone?" she asked Ichika Shingyo from Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 21, 2018
Naomi Osaka rolls into Toray Pan Pacific Open semis
Naomi Osaka booked her ticket to the Toray Pan Pacific Open semifinals with a straight-sets win against Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic on Friday.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 20, 2018
Naomi Osaka boosts interest at Toray Pan Pacific Open
Naomi Osaka's presence is being felt at the Toray Pan Pacific Open this week.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 19, 2018
Naomi Osaka calls playing in front of Japanese fans "special"
Playing in front of Japanese fans for the first time as a Grand Slam winner was a special moment, newly crowned U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka said Wednesday.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 18, 2018
Ashleigh Barty outplays doubles partner CoCo Vandeweghe in Toray Pan Pacific Open singles clash
Ashleigh Barty and CoCo Vandeweghe teamed up to win the doubles title at the U.S Open earlier this month. The two friends were on the court together again on Tuesday, but only one could walk away as the winner this time.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Aug 17, 2018
Angelique Kerber set to compete in Toray Pan Pacific Open
Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber of Germany will play in September's Toray Pan Pacific Open, organizers announced Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 15, 2018
Toray to buy Dutch carbon-fiber maker TenCate Advanced Composites for €930 million
Toray Industries Inc. said Thursday it will buy Dutch carbon-fiber-maker TenCate Advanced Composites Holdings BV for €930 million ($1.15 billion) in its largest ever acquisition to expand its aircraft applications business.
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
JAPAN / Society
Dec 29, 2017
Strong community grows out of high-tech, low-effort shared farm in Kyoto
A Japanese company has developed an easy way for people in communities to participate in agriculture through the internet, with its demonstration farm becoming a gathering place for local residents in Kyoto.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 27, 2017
Lax management and staff shortages led to Toray misconduct, probe finds
Data fabrication at a Toray Industries Inc. subsidiary was caused by the management's lack of interest in quality control and a staff shortage, a report by outside experts said Wednesday.
Japan Times
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
Dec 3, 2017
Abuse of irregular but authorized shipments said behind Japan's manufacturing scandals
Long-term abuse of a customary business practice is spotted in the data-faking scandals tainting Japanu2019s manufacturing industry.
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
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 28, 2017
Toray latest in slew of Japanese firms to admit falsifying data
Toray Hybrid Cord says it identified 149 cases out of 40,000 in which two employees in charge of quality assurance modified figures.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 24, 2017
Wozniacki captures third Pan Pacific crown
Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki captured the Toray Pan Pacific Open title for the third time after beating unseeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-0, 7-5 in Sunday's final.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 23, 2017
Wozniacki storms into final
Caroline Wozniacki ended Garbine Muguruza's honeymoon as world No. 1 in clinical fashion with a 6-2, 6-0 win on Saturday to book her place in the Toray Pan Pacific Open final against unseeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 19, 2017
Pliskova at peace after splitting with coach
Former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova said Tuesday her decision to split with coach David Kotyza will be the breath of fresh air she needs down the stretch run of the season toward the WTA Finals in Singapore next month.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world