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BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2000

Matsushita sets sights on 2003

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Thursday that it expects to raise annual group sales to about 9 trillion yen in fiscal 2003, up about 20 percent from the current level.
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2000

Sumitomo insurers eye policy sales cooperation

Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. and casualty insurer Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance Co. are considering selling each other's policies and jointly developing insurance products, officials of the two firms said Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2000

Car sales help February industrial output leap 3%

Industrial output grew 3 percent in February from the previous month, thanks to strong sales of new-model automobiles and extra working hours because of the leap year, according to a preliminary report issued Wednesday by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2000

Gateway tweaks sales strategy by applying Dilbert principle

Gateway is bullish on Japan, especially on the smaller businesses it is targeting, and the computer maker is counting on a perhaps unlikely character to help make the sale: a mouthless, bespectacled, befuddled -- yet likable -- dweeb named Dilbert.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 1999

Mazda Motor to raise output, sales

Mazda Motor Corp. plans a slight increase in production and sales of its vehicles next year, President and CEO James Miller told a press conference Thursday. According to the plan, the automaker, based in Hiroshima Prefecture, will manufacture 825,000 units in Japan, up 6.2 percent from this year's...
JAPAN
Nov 26, 1999

Meiji Life policy sales take 20% dive

Meiji Life Insurance Co. logged a 20.2 percent year-on-year decline in sales of new personal insurance and annuity policies during the April-September period, the firm announced Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 1998

Mazda Demio hits record sales mark

Amid prolonged sluggishness in the domestic auto market, Mazda Motor Corp. said Wednesday that its popular five-door wagon Demio has hit record high monthly sales of 14,249 units in March, up 53.2 percent from the same period in 1997.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 1998

Stores fear stale sales will befall Valentine's Saturday

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JAPAN
Jan 13, 1998

Isuzu forecasts 11% drop in auto sales

Sales at Isuzu Motors Ltd. for 1998 will drop 11 percent to 631,000 units amid the economic slump in the domestic market and Southeast Asia, the company said Tuesday.Isuzu produced 705,029 vehicles last year and plans to produce 623,000 this year, down 12 percent. The economic crisis in Thailand will...
JAPAN
Aug 6, 1997

PC sales, exports remain at last year's levels

Domestic shipments and exports of personal computers by the nation's 23 major PC manufacturers totaled 2 million units in the April-June period this year, unchanged from the same period last year, an industry group reported August 6.
JAPAN
May 29, 1997

ANA posts increase in sales and profits for '96

Amid the turbulence that led to the resignation of its three top officials, All Nippon Airways reported pretax profits of 17.3 billion yen in the business year that ended March 31, up 2.9 percent from the previous year.
JAPAN
May 20, 1997

Honda posts record net sales of 5.29 trillion yen

Backed by strong sales of its cars in Japan and major overseas markets, Honda Motor Co. posted record-high consolidated net sales of 5.29 trillion yen in the 1996 business year, up 24.5 percent from the previous year, the automaker announced May 20.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 1996

Nintendo machine sales said safe despite switch

Nintendo Co.'s loss of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, two popular home video game series, will not affect sales of its 64-bit video game machine, Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi said Feb. 3 in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 9, 2023

Japan watchdog seeks penalty for regional banks over bond sales

The agency said the banks sold the bond products without properly checking customers’ investment preference and experience, or explaining the risks involved.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2023

Eastern Japan train operators to limit sales of Suica and Pasmo cards due to chip shortage

JR East and other railway operators said in a statement that they will limit sales of the IC cards “for the time being” since the card manufacturer is finding it difficult to secure chips.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 10, 2023

Mitsubishi Motors to stick with China despite poor sales

The automaker’s retail sales in China dropped to 32,000 units in the third quarter, and those numbers are expected to decline again for the quarter that ended in March.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 8, 2023

Toyota suspends sales of Yaris Ativ in Thailand after safety test issue

Toyota's CEO for the Asia region said the problem may have occurred due to pressure during the development of the Ativ model, adding that the vehicles customers are using are safe.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jun 27, 2023

Competition growing over sales of energy-saving goods in Japan

Many consumers are buying new air conditioners to replace old ones as the hot and humid season gets underway.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 9, 2022

South Korea’s arms sales double amid Russia’s war in Ukraine

South Korea is now the world's eighth largest weapons exporter, with plans to become No. 4 by 2027, amid trailing exports and a chip slump.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2022

Tencent unveils first sales fall as economy sinks

Tencent Holdings' sales fall has underscored the extent to which China's worsening economy is hurting its biggest corporations.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 17, 2022

Japan set to permit online sales of COVID-19 test kits

The move is aimed at reducing the number of people visiting so-called fever clinics in order to be tested and comes amid the nation's largest wave of infections.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 10, 2022

SoftBank steps up asset sales from sinking portfolio

The Vision Fund exited a swathe of assets in the second quarter — including ridehailer Uber Technologies and property platform Opendoor Technologies — for a realized gain of $5.6 billion
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2022

U.S. bolstering capabilities of Asia-Pacific allies with latest missile sales

The two missile sales approved for Australia and Japan over the past five days come amid heightened tensions with China.
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2022

Ticket sales for Studio Ghibli theme park to start Aug. 10

The tickets will be sold using a lottery system via online ticket service Boo-Woo Ticket, followed by a second phase of sales starting Sept. 10.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2022

EU approves end of combustion engine sales by 2035

The plan is intended to help achieve the continent's climate objectives, particularly carbon neutrality by 2050.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 26, 2022

Samurai bond sales rise from record low as BOJ holds down yields

Samurai bond issuance is rebounding from a record low as selling debt in yen for foreign issuers turned more favorable.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2021

Japan joins coordinated oil sales with tiny initial offering

A government tender offered Oman crude from the strategic reserves in Shibushi for delivery between March and June.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
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