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BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2004

Tokyo department store sales down

Tokyo department store sales in October fell a preliminary 2.8 percent from a year earlier to 161.71 billion yen, marking the eighth monthly decline in a row, the Japan Department Stores Association said Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2004

Okuda ups sales forecast by 1 million

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Okuda said Monday that Japan's top automaker plans to sell 8.5 million vehicles worldwide in 2006 and to double its overseas production in the 2010s.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2004

Coalition parties look to ban prepaid mobile phone sales

The Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, New Komeito, decided Wednesday to submit legislation to the current Diet session to ban sales of prepaid mobile phones, which are often used in fraud crimes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / BY THE NUMBERS
Jul 14, 2004

Brewers hope to bask in suds sales as mercury rises

The mood at breweries goes up with the mercury -- when it's blazing hot, ice-cold beer is irresistible and sales skyrocket.
BUSINESS
Jul 13, 2004

MMC's used vehicle sales off 4.8%

Sales of used vehicles by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. in the first half of this year fell 4.8 percent from a year earlier to a combined 199,795 units, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2004

Unlicensed medicine sales net Aum arrests

Senior Aum Shinrikyo member Naruhito Noda and five others from the cult were arrested Tuesday over the alleged unlicensed sale of medicine.
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2004

Sales of electrical appliances up

Sales of household electrical appliances at Japan's major retailers rose 0.37 percent in May from a year earlier, hitting 150.83 billion yen, the Nippon Electric Big-Store Association said Friday in a preliminary report.
BUSINESS
Jun 11, 2004

Sales of used vehicles down 14%

Sales of used motor vehicles in Japan in May dropped 14 percent from a year earlier to 379,706 units, logging the biggest year-on-year fall on record, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2004

Tainted MMC sees sales fall 19%

Scandal-tainted Mitsubishi Motors Corp. was the only company of Japan's five biggest automakers to see a double-digit decline in domestic sales in April from a year earlier, according to figures released by the companies Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 20, 2004

Yanase to absorb seven sales units

Imported car dealer Yanase & Co. said Wednesday it will absorb seven sales subsidiaries Aug. 2 in a bid to increase the efficiency of operations within its group.
COMMENTARY / World
May 5, 2004

China can't stop counterfeit DVD sales

LONDON -- Some months ago I was coming out of a classroom at Fudan University in Shanghai when a man sprinted past me with a suitcase under his arm. He was closely followed by a policeman, who suddenly leaped at him in a rugby tackle and brought him down. The suitcase went up in the air and came crashing...
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2004

Temporary magazine sales ban threatens freedom of expression

The Tokyo District Court's temporary injunction banning the sale of the weekly Shukan Bunshun over an article about the private life of a Diet lawmaker's daughter triggered debate over the issue of privacy vs. freedom of expression.
BUSINESS
Jan 8, 2004

Linux sales increase 37.5% to 2.6 billion yen

Sales chalked up by Linux under licensing agreements totaled some 2.6 billion yen in Japan in 2003, up a sharp 37.5 percent from the previous year, a high-tech research firm said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2003

Video-based drug sales get qualified ministry OK

A health ministry panel has compiled a draft report conditionally removing the ban on overnight videophone-based sales of over-the-counter drugs by retailers.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2003

Toshiba forecasts heavier losses

Toshiba Corp. warned Tuesday that its group net loss for the first half is likely to widen to 25 billion yen due to weak personal computer sales.
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2003

Don Quijote to dispense free drugs in emergency

Discount retailer Don Quijote Co. said Wednesday it will dole out free medicine to night-time shoppers in times of emergency when pharmacists are not available at any of 10 selected outlets in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2003

Pentax, Seiko to merge sales units

Optical products maker Pentax Corp. said Tuesday it will merge its eyeglass sales unit with a similar Seiko Corp. subsidiary to boost its presence in the high-end optical market.
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2003

Japanese hemophiliacs invited to join U.S. suit over tainted-blood sales

LOS ANGELES -- A class action lawsuit was filed in a San Francisco federal court Monday on behalf of 15 European hemophiliacs suing seven firms, including a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Pharma Corp., for selling contaminated blood products that exposed them to HIV and hepatitis C, their lawyer said Tuesday....
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2003

Japanese hemophiliacs invited to join U.S. suit over tainted-blood sales

LOS ANGELES -- A class action lawsuit was filed in a San Francisco federal court Monday on behalf of 15 European hemophiliacs suing seven firms, including a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Pharma Corp., for selling contaminated blood products that exposed them to HIV and hepatitis C, their lawyer said Tuesday....
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2003

Suzuki sales agents to deal in just three auto insurers

Suzuki Motor Corp. has told sales companies under its direct management to handle only auto insurance offered by three select property and casualty insurance houses, sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2003

Volkswagen aims for sales boost

The Japanese unit of German carmaker Volkswagen AG said Thursday it hopes to increase sales to 62,000 units in Japan in 2003 by introducing attractive new models and reinforcing its sales network in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2002

Seven-Eleven Japan thanks extra stores for 3.3% sales growth

Seven-Eleven Japan Co., the nation's largest convenience store chain, said Thursday its sales rose 3.3 percent to 2.11 trillion yen in the business year through February.
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2002

JAMA says sales of autos will rise

Fiscal 2002 will see 5.86 million autos sold domestically, up 0.1 percent from the current fiscal year, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2002

Beer, 'happoshu' sales post 3.5% rise

Shipments of beer and "happoshu," a low-malt, low-cost, beer-like beverage, rose 3.5 percent in February from a year earlier to 434,770 kiloliters, according to data released Tuesday by Japan's five top brewers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2002

Jewelry 'middle market' slipping away

Following the pattern seen in Japan's clothing and accessories industries, in which ultra-expensive designer bags by Louis Vuitton are snatched up with as much vigor as cheap clothing from Uniqlo stores, the "middle market" is rapidly disappearing from the nation's gemstone and jewelry industry.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2001

Asahi Mutual hawking sales division to Tokio Marine

Troubled life insurer Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co. said Tuesday it is in talks to sell off its sales division to a Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co. subsidiary in the face of policy-holder flight and dismal market prospects.

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