If you're searching for Japanese companies likely to beat earnings forecasts this quarter, one good place to start is the currency assumptions. Take Mitsubishi Electric Corp., the industrial giant that makes everything from rice cookers to satellites. In February, the company gave a profit forecast that ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's victory in the snap Lower House election earlier this month, an endorsement of his economic policies, may help the nation's biggest companies get richer while extending a surge in bankruptcies among smaller ones. Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. are ...
Japanese companies are headed toward their highest profits ever, as the falling yen boosts exporters from Toyota Motor Corp. to Uniqlo-operator Fast Retailing Co. Aggregate net income at 195 of the largest listed companies will expand 10 percent to a record ¥17.5 trillion this fiscal ...
Kei Nishikori's historic run at the Australian Open generated a torrent of publicity for his sponsor, Fast Retailing Co., but Sony Corp. and Adidas AG both missed out after declining to renew endorsement deals with Japan's top tennis player. NHK purchased the rights to air ...
