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Kaho Shimizu
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2004
New JAL mileage card to double as e-ticket
Japan Airlines Corp. said Thursday it will launch new mileage cards early next year that customers will be able to use as electronic tickets to bypass the check-in counter.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2004
MMC logs further quarterly loss
Scandal-laden Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Wednesday its group net loss expanded to 54.7 billion yen in the April-June quarter from a loss of 51.1 billion yen a year earlier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2004
JAL to chase individual domestic travelers
Japan Airlines Corp. will step up efforts to woo individual domestic travelers to better compete with rival All Nippon Airways Co., JAL President Toshiyuki Shinmachi said in a recent interview.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2004
Toyota net profit up 29% on cost cuts, global sales
Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday its group net profit in the April-June quarter rose 28.8 percent from a year earlier to 286.6 billion yen due to robust overseas sales and rigorous cost-reduction efforts.
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2004
JAL narrows loss; ANA logs profit
Japan Airlines Corp. said Friday it posted a group net loss of 40.7 billion yen in the April-June quarter, compared with a 77.2 billion yen loss in the same period a year earlier.
JAPAN / BY THE NUMBERS
Jul 30, 2004
Antitheft devices now not just for luxury cars
A few years ago, car-security devices were found mainly in luxury vehicles. But as crimes involving vehicles increase, security gadgets are becoming more widely used, even in economy cars.
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2004
Honda posts 12% increase in first-quarter profit
Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday its group net profit for the April-June quarter rose 12.2 percent from a year earlier to a record 114.2 billion yen, due mainly to robust sales in Asia and Europe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2004
Automakers get in touch with their feminine side
Automakers used to think cars in pastel colors with floral-patterned seats were key to attracting female buyers.
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2004
Toyota expects record global output this year
Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it expects its group's global production for calendar 2004 to hit a record 7.54 million units 260,000 more than an earlier forecast thanks to brisk overseas sales.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2004
Mitsubishi Fuso tries to clean up its act
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. said Monday it will sack a senior quality control manager responsible for making a false report last week on defects found in clutch housings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2004
Honda unveils Edix minivan in Tokyo
Honda Motor Co. on Wednesday unveiled its new Edix minivan, featuring an unconventional seating layout.
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2004
Toyota launches remodeled Crown Majesta luxury sedan
Toyota Motor Corp. on Monday launched a remodeled version of the Crown Majesta luxury sedan, hoping to make it one of the firm's top cars.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2004
Recent vehicle fires not linked to structural defects: MMC
Fires that broke out from four Mitsubishi Motors Corp. vehicles in separate incidents over the weekend are probably not linked to structural defects, the automaker said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2004
MMC apologizes to shareholders, seeks tax breaks
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. chief executive Yoichiro Okazaki said Tuesday that the company plans to start negotiations with the government in July to receive favorable tax treatment for its revival plan under the Industrial Revitalization Law.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2004
Mazda aims high with new compact
Mazda Motor Corp. on Monday launched the Verisa compact, looking to create a new high-grade category in this growing sector.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2004
Toyota, Daihatsu team up on compact
Vying for a bigger share of the increasingly competitive market of compact cars and minivehicles, Toyota Motor Corp. and its subsidiary Daihatsu Motor Co. on Monday launched a jointly developed compact car.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2004
H.I.S. to expand overseas operations, help foreign travelers
The new president of H.I.S. Co. said Tuesday he will work hard to increase the travel agency's global presence by expanding its overseas operations.
JAPAN
May 27, 2004
Mitsubishi Fuso announces more recalls
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. announced the recall Wednesday of about 75,200 large vehicles due to defective clutch housings that have caused a number of accidents, including a fatality.
JAPAN
May 27, 2004
Mitsubishi Fuso announces more recalls
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. announced the recall Wednesday of about 75,200 large vehicles due to defective clutch housings that have caused a number of accidents, including a fatality.
JAPAN
May 22, 2004
Embattled MMC unveils 'last chance' survival plan
Japan's crisis-hit Mitsubishi Motors Corp. unveiled a survival plan Friday featuring a 450 billion yen cash injection, relocation of its head office from Tokyo to Kyoto and major cuts in its global workforce and Australian output.
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
Thanks, tourists. Views of Mount Fuji are now blocked.
Tourists pose in front of a convenience store with Mount Fuji on Friday in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. Local residents are upset over littering, overcrowding and the inconvenience caused by the visitors.
Is Modi’s party heading for a stunning election loss?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign tactics have escalated, including anti-Muslim rhetoric and fearmongering, reflecting his ruling party's desperation.
Two more arrested over brutal murder of couple in Tochigi
A vehicle carrying Seiha Sekine, the 32-year-old common-law husband of the deceased Tokyo couple's first daughter, leaves a police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Tuesday.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Stormy seas ahead as Beijing and Manila trade barbs over secret deal
Philippine Marines wave to Philippine Navy personnel and the media during a resupply mission at their military outpost, the BRP Sierra Madre, a warship run aground in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in 1999, in the South China Sea, in March 2014.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Xi bristles as Macron and von der Leyen urge China to do more on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen walk after their meeting in Paris on Monday.
How a Japanese scientist is turning the climate crisis into music
A screencap of a performance of Hiroto Nagai's “String Quartet No. 1 ‘Polar Energy Budget’” by the PRT Quartet

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