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BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2006

ANA weathers fuel price storm; sales, profit soar

All Nippon Airways Co. shrugged off higher jet fuel prices, reporting Monday that sales and operating and net profit all hit record highs in the first quarter of 2006.
BUSINESS
Apr 29, 2006

ANA's sales and operating profit soar; net profit falls

All Nippon Airways Co. reported Friday record-high consolidated pretax profit, operating profit and sales for fiscal 2005, thanks to strong demand for domestic air travel, which more than offset the impact of higher fuel prices.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2006

Police question Huser president

Police on Tuesday questioned Susumu Ojima, president of failed condominium developer Huser Ltd., on a voluntary basis about suspicions the firm sold units in a condominium building in Kanagawa Prefecture despite being aware it was built using fabricated quake-resistance data, investigative sources said....
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2006

Cell phones for crime-wary kids see brisk sales

With the cell phone market saturated with 90 million contracts, handset makers and phone companies are moving to create new demand by focusing on children and safety.
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2006

IC-tagged produce coming to a grocer near you

Supermarkets are following department stores in introducing integrated circuit tags for their goods, believing that easing the payment process will make shopping more convenient for customers and help increase profits.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2006

Toray profit up 4.6% on strong sales

Toray Industries Inc. said Tuesday its group net profit in the April-December period rose 4.6 percent to 28.0 billion yen on sales of products that include textiles, plastics, chemicals and carbon fiber composite material.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2006

Toyota No. 2 in sales for third year

The Toyota Motor Corp. group increased its combined global vehicle sales by 8.0 percent in 2005 to a record high of 8.11 million units, the automaker said Thursday as the industry released its sales, production and export numbers for last year.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2006

Cultist sent up for 'organized crime' salve sales

The Tokyo District Court sentenced a past key Aum Shinrikyo figure to 30 months in prison Friday and fined him 2 million yen for unlicensed sales of skin ointment in 2003 and 2004.
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2006

Tokyo department store sales rise

Sales at department stores in Tokyo rose 2.1 percent in December from a year earlier on a same-store basis to 223.4 billion yen, an industry body said Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2005

Beer, suds wannabe sales rise 2.5%

Shipments of beer and beerlike alcoholic beverages from the five major domestic brewers rose 2.5 percent in October from a year earlier for the third straight year-on-year increase as higher temperatures stimulated demand, industry groups said Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 7, 2005

Seven-Eleven helps set Ito-Yokado sales record

Ito-Yokado Co. said Thursday its group sales during the first half of its business year to August came to a record high of 1.88 trillion yen, up 4.5 percent from the previous year, due largely to brisk performance by the group's Seven-Eleven Japan Co.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2005

Retail sales up for sixth month in row

Japanese retail sales climbed 1.5 percent from a year earlier to 10.30 trillion yen for the sixth straight monthly rise, chiefly boosted by rising oil prices, the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2005

Livedoor sales post three-fold rise

Internet business operator Livedoor Co. said Thursday its group sales in the first nine months of its 2005 business year saw a threefold jump from a year before to 52.28 billion yen due mainly to a 3.5-fold sales leap at its Net-based financing segment.
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2005

FSA takes aim at shady sales ploys

A Financial Services Agency panel released a report Thursday proposing blanket legislation to protect consumers from improper sales and canvassing of investment products.
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2005

Yoshinoya sales surge, 'gyudon' or no

Yoshinoya D&C Co. said Monday that sales grew 9.6 percent in June from a year earlier, marking the first upturn since November 2002.
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2005

'Cool Biz' blitz expected to heat up clothing sales

The government's "Cool Biz" campaign to encourage casual office attire this summer is expected to give the economy a 100 billion yen boost, a private think tank said Friday.
BUSINESS
May 11, 2005

Bandai profit falls on weak U.S. sales

Bandai Co. said Tuesday its net profit fell 21 percent to 11.23 billion yen for the year ended in March, dragged down by a weak performance in the United States.
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2005

1.9% rise in vehicle sales eyed in '05

Sales of cars, trucks and buses in Japan in fiscal 2005 are projected to rise 1.9 percent over the previous year to 5,935,000 vehicles, an industry body said Thursday.
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.
Takaichi poised to become Japan's first female PM after winning LDP poll
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday.
A Japanese ski resort town is roiled by a debate over immigration
A Swedish snowboard instructor works at the Niseko ski resort area on Hokkaido, in Kutchan, in December 2022
Tokyo's newest stationery store sells 'a slower, more human rhythm'
Plotter's signature customizable leather binder is just one of many products contributing to the ongoing boom in the popularity of Japanese stationery.
One dead, one missing in Japan after bear attack
A bear warning sign. More and more wild bears have been spotted in Japan in recent years, even in residential areas, due to factors including a declining human population and climate change.
Japan’s jobless rate edges up to highest in over a year
August’s unemployment figures showed a slight tempering of Japan's job market, but the data still points to overall firmness amid an ongoing labor shortage.
The summer kabuki came roaring back
Kabuki has been trying for years to attract a new generation of fans. One way to do this has been to adapt manga and anime franchises, such as “Naruto,” for the stage. 
Tea ceremony experts see matcha boom as a big opportunity
Atsuko Mori, founder and director of Kyoto-based tea salon Camellia Tea Ceremony, prepares matcha during a tea ceremony in Kyoto.
Japan's far-right party courts Trump allies and vows not to get 'wacky'
Sanseito party leader Sohei Kamiya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 25.
How Ohtani has boosted Japan's soft power and made LA even more baseball-obsessed
Fans at Dodger Stadium pose in front of a mural highlighting the Dodgers' Japanese stars from past and present during a game earlier this year.
Japan faces fresh energy challenge as it seeks to expand power-hungry data centers
Data storage tapes at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center facility in Berkeley, California. Data centers consume massive amounts of electricity and water, and that will only rise as generative artificial intelligence takes off in earnest.

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