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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2023

Japan beer sales grew for the first time in 18 years in 2022

But total sales were still down around 10% compared with 2019 despite a recovery in sales to restaurants and bars as COVID-19 restrictions eased.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 24, 2022

Nintendo breaks sales record with new Pokemon games on Switch

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet were released simultaneously on Nov. 18 and sold over 4 million units at home in Japan, also setting a new domestic record.
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2022

Drop in Japan’s retail sales adds to fears of stalled recovery

Japan's retail sales fell for a third straight month in February.
BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2021

New Nintendo Switch’s Japan debut bodes ill for global sales

While Nintendo grapples with supply challenges, there's also concern about the strength of long-term demand for the OLED model.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 29, 2021

Pandemic boost for global car sales to spark surge in oil demand

The car renaissance could be the latest example of how COVID-19 will leave a lasting impact on our lives.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 25, 2020

Japan retail sales drop as Tokyo prices fall most since 2010

Slumping energy costs and record virus cases that kept shoppers home darkened the recovery outlook, delivering sales declines that doubled analysts' forecasts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2020

Renault bolsters electric lineup after squandering sales lead

Renault SA’s promotional blitz for its growing electric lineup may be too late for the maker of Europe’s best-selling EV to stay atop the region’s expanding market for battery-powered cars.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 29, 2020

Japan factory output and retail sales slump as pandemic hits autos

Official data Friday showed factory output slipped 9.1 percent in April from the previous month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2020

Lunar New Year department store sales plummet in Japan amid coronavirus outbreak in China

Japanese department store operators saw duty free sales slump during the key Lunar New Year holiday, one of the first indications of how hard the nation's retail sector will be hit by the coronavirus outbreak in China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 9, 2020

Paris shops' sales halved as strikes bring chaos to the city

Five weeks into strikes crippling French transport, Emile Sebbag is agonizing over how to keep afloat his two Parisian clothing stores, deserted by shoppers as the backlash against France's pension reform drags on.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2019

Airbus sees strong sales haul this year on Asia demand and long-range A321

Airbus is on course to end 2019 with a rise in its order backlog after netting more sales than deliveries across its major products, a senior executive said on Wednesday, thanks partly to strong demand in Asia.
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2019

Irregularities suspected in sales of around 10,000 Japan Post insurance policies

The number is far bigger than the 6,327 contracts highlighted in an interim report in September on inappropriate sales practices at the group.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 8, 2019

China's 'Golden Week' consumer spending offers weakening economy rare respite

Spending on retail goods and dining during China's week-long National Day holidays returned to growth this year, offering unexpected respite to an economy that has been expanding at its weakest pace in almost three decades.

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