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BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2001

Wholesale, retail sales slide 1.2%

Combined sales by Japanese retailers and wholesalers slipped 1.2 percent in February from a year before to 42.27 trillion yen, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2000

Surging arms sales exacerbate Third World poverty

NEW YORK -- In recent public statements, world leaders such as the pope, U.S. President Bill Clinton and World Bank President James Wolfensohn have called attention to the urgent need to end world poverty. Almost lost among their proposals to remedy the situation was any mention of the need to curb arms...
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2000

Imported car sales fell 6.8% in July

Sales of imported motor vehicles in Japan fell 6.8 percent in July from a year earlier to 22,050 units, snapping a two-month rising streak, the Japan Automobile Importers Association announced on Friday.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

Suzuki '99 sales set record but group pretax profits fall

Suzuki Motor Corp. scored record sales on a consolidated basis for fiscal 1999, but its group pretax profits fell due the strengthening of the yen, company executives announced Wednesday.
BUSINESS
May 13, 2000

Honda reports decline in pretax profit and sales

Honda Motor Co. on Friday reported the first declines in six years in both pretax profit and sales on a consolidated basis for fiscal 1999, due chiefly to the yen's appreciation and rising costs of research and development.
BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2000

Minicar sales hit record high in '99

Sales of new minicars in 1999 jumped 21.2 percent from the previous year to 1.88 million units, the highest annual figure since the Japan Mini Vehicles Association started taking statistics in 1967, the association said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 1999

Commercial sales fall for 25th month in row

Domestic commercial sales fell 4.7 percent in July to 46.25 trillion yen from the same month a year ago, marking the 25th consecutive month of declining sales, according to a preliminary report issued Monday by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
JAPAN
May 14, 1999

Honda posts record sales, profits for fiscal '98

Thanks to growing sales in the North American market, Honda Motor Co. set new record highs both in consolidated sales and profits in fiscal 1998, despite dwindling sales at home, Honda officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 1998

Auto sales headed below 6 million units

Domestic automobile sales for 1998 are now projected to drop 12.3 percent from last year to 5.9 million units, slipping below the 6 million level for the first time in 12 years, an industry group said on Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 1998

Imported auto sales drop 16.9% in 17th down month

The nation's imported vehicle sales dropped 16.9 percent in August to 15,597 units from the same period last year, down for the 17th straight month, the Japan Automobile Importers Association announced Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2022

Japan beer sales fell 32% in October following price hikes

Year on year sales decreased both for household consumption and for restaurants and bars.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 2, 2022

Sony bumps up profit outlook as weak yen juices sales

A boost in streaming sales from its music publishing business helped fuel the earnings revision, making up for lackluster momentum in its games and image sensor businesses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2021

Moderna cuts 2021 sales forecast for COVID-19 vaccine; shares tumble

Moderna said it was now expecting sales of between $15 billion and $18 billion from $20 billion estimated previously.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2020

Japan's retailers gain as sales data hints at post-outbreak rebound

Nitori same-store sales jumped 47 percent in June from the same month the previous year, the most on record in data going back to 2012.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2020

Oracle expects flat sales on fewer corporate software deals

Oracle's software for managing data, corporate finances, employees and customers require elaborate and often expensive installations.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2020

Japanese vehicle sales in South Korea fell 22% in 2019 amid boycotts

The number of Japanese vehicles sold in South Korea in 2019 fell 22.0 percent from the previous year, according to data from the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2019

Asahi Breweries to stop disclosing sales volume data amid strengthening competition for top spot

Asahi Breweries Ltd. says it will stop releasing sales volume data for its beer and quasi-beer products this month, switching in January to the disclosure of the value of sales.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2019

Apple's holiday sales forecast to top analysts' estimates

Apple Inc.'s new iPhones are expected to help the technology giant return to growth in the key holiday period, supported by a growing collection of other products and services.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2019

Amid growing diplomatic row, sales of Japanese cars in South Korea slump

Sales of Japanese-brand autos in South Korea slumped in July amid the worsening diplomatic row that has led to consumer boycotts and efforts by Seoul to cut the economy's reliance on imports from Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 2, 2019

New auto sales in Japan up slightly in January-June from year before

Sales of new automobiles across the country rose 0.8 percent during the January-June period from a year earlier to 2.75 million units.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2019

Trump is winning and Putin is losing in global arms sales

If you take arms sales as a proxy for influence, the U.S.'s global dominance looks to be resilient.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 12, 2019

Apple iPhone sales in China fell by 20% last quarter as Huawei units surged 23%: IDC

Apple Inc. iPhone sales in China fell 20 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2018, while sales for smartphones made by home-grown rival Huawei soared by 23 percent, according to data from industry research firm IDC.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2018

Apple warns on holiday sales, sending value below $1 trillion

Apple Inc. on Thursday warned that sales for the crucial holiday quarter would likely miss Wall Street expectations, which Chief Executive Tim Cook blamed on weakness in emerging markets and foreign exchange costs.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2018

Lottery tickets in Japan will be sold online from October in bid to boost sales

Aiming to boost slumping sales, the internal affairs ministry said Friday that starting in October, people will be able to purchase tickets online for most public-run lotteries.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2018

Trump to call on Pentagon, diplomats to play bigger role on arms sales, sources say

The Trump administration is nearing completion of a new "Buy American" plan that calls for U.S. military attaches and diplomats to help drum up billions of dollars more in business overseas for the American weapons industry, going beyond the assistance they currently provide, U.S. officials said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2016

Yanai relents on Fast Retailing sales target amid slowing growth

Fast Retailing Co. Chairman Tadashi Yanai caved in to reality and scrapped his 8-year-old target for the Uniqlo casual-wear owner to hit ¥5 trillion ($48 billion) in annual sales by fiscal year 2020.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
As many as nine dead after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day festival, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver on Saturday.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
‘Wildcat Dome’ challenges Japan's historical narratives
On the surface, "Wildcat Dome" tells a personal story of damaged children — now adults — bound together by tragedy. Underneath, there’s a constant undercurrent of political consequence, invisible and pervasive like radioactive particles.
Reclaiming Sanya, one meal at a time
Magokoro Yoshihira (center) is the managing director of Yui Associates, which operates the neighborhood fixtures of Sanya Cafe and Juyoh Hotel. Yusuke Takahashi (left) met Yoshihira during a difficult period in his life and now works as the cafe’s chef. Nancy Anne (right) has worked for over 10 years at Juyoh Hotel and enjoys the multicultural environment.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.

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