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BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2002

Matsushita managers to learn sales

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will send midlevel managers to large-scale household appliance retailers for about a month this spring to give them firsthand experience with sales of the company's product range, company officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 10, 2002

Mycal launches clearance sales at Saty, Vivre stores

OSAKA -- Failed supermarket chain Mycal Corp. on Wednesday started a clearance sale featuring some 10 billion yen worth of stock at discounts of up to 80 percent at all 104 of its Saty retail outlets and Vivre apparel stores.
BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2001

IHI raises forecast after land sales

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. said Tuesday it has revised upward its earnings forecast for the current fiscal year as it will book an additional extraordinary profit from the sale of real estate holdings.
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2001

Teijin, Enron begin study on electricity sales

Major textile maker Teijin Ltd. said Monday it has begun a feasibility study with the Enron group of the United States to improve the output of Teijin's private power generator and sell the excess to other corporate users.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2001

Daikyo, Mori Trust to set up high-quality condo sales unit

Leading condominium builder Daikyo Inc. will establish a joint venture with Mori Trust Co. to sell high-quality condominiums in Tokyo's downtown areas, Daikyo said Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 22, 2001

Toshiba drives up its sales targets

Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday that it has set its consolidated sales target for fiscal 2003 at 7.9 trillion yen, up more than 30 percent from fiscal 2000.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2001

New alcohol sales law invoked

Police will soon send papers to prosecutors on the owner and an employee of a convenience store in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, for selling alcoholic drinks last week to a minor who died in a scooter accident soon afterward, police sources said Thursday.
LIFE / Digital
Aug 16, 2000

Online content migrates offline into book sales

In the era of the Internet, self-publishing online is easy. Yet for those who still want the added legitimacy (and legacy) of hard copies, there is good news.
JAPAN
May 29, 2000

G7 finance ministers to back creation of Internet sales tax

Finance ministers of the Group of Seven economic powers will agree on the need to tax the sale of data such as software, music and other digital information via the Internet, at their meeting scheduled for July in Fukuoka, sources close to negotiations told Kyodo News on Sunday.
JAPAN
May 18, 1999

Digital camera sales continued steep ascent in '98

Domestic sales and exports of digital still cameras increased dramatically in fiscal 1998, with shipments jumping 36 percent in terms of units and 78 percent in terms of value, an industry association said Monday.
JAPAN
May 11, 1999

Electronic music sales rocking the boat

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JAPAN
Nov 12, 1998

KDD posts 5.8% dip in sales

Sales at Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co. fell to 144 billion yen on an unconsolidated basis in the first half of fiscal 1998, down 5.8 from the same period last year, the nation's biggest international telecommunications carrier announced Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 1998

Toyota begins sales of restyled Vista

Toyota Motor Corp. announced Wednesday that it has started sales of its fully remodeled Vista, a medium-class luxury vehicle that has been redesigned with more space and improved fuel economy.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 1997

Seven suspected in land sales fraud

Police arrested six people and put another on a wanted list Monday on suspicion of swindling 10 million yen from elderly people who had earlier suffered losses from fraudulent sales of undeveloped rural property.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 1997

KDD sees sales decline

KDD, the country's leading international telecommunications carrier, reported on Thursday a decline in sales to 153 billion yen for the April-September period, an 8.1 percent fall from the same period last year.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 1997

Business group suggests simpler taxes to spur land sales

The nation's land-related taxes should be simplified to spur sluggish real estate sales, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai) said July 31.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1997

Midsize insurers' sales drop 4.6%

The combined revenues from premiums at the nation's eight medium-size life insurers for the year that ended in March came to 6.045 trillion yen, a drop of 4.6 percent from the previous year, business reports showed June 10.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 1997

JR halts some Orange Card sales

Six Japan Railway group companies will discontinue sales of its prepaid Orange Card priced at 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen Mar. 27, the companies announced Mar. 26.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2023

Regional banks given business improvement orders over risky bond sales

The Financial Services Agency made the order after judging the institutions hadn't warned customers about the risks of structured bonds.
German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil and China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng shake hands during a high-level meeting at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Monday.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Nov 21, 2025

EU to toughen trade stance on China as Germany pivots

The European Commission will review its trade defense arsenal and decide if it must do more to deal with threats such as China’s squeeze on rare earths and a combative U.S.
Insurance premium revenues rose 30.4% from a year earlier at Meiji Yasuda, 13.4% at Nippon Life and 4.0% at Sumitomo.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 21, 2025

Three major Japan life insurers see revenue growth in April-September

Insurance premium revenues rose 30.4% from a year earlier at Meiji Yasuda, 13.4% at Nippon Life and 4.0% at Sumitomo.
The Tiffany & Co. store on Fifth Avenue in New York in 2023
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 28, 2025

Tiffany workers mock forced 'joy' that exacerbated staff exits

When Tiffany & Co. executives were looking for ways to boost staff morale, they rolled out an internal social app called "Tiffany Joy.” It didn’t take long to turn into a chore.
Attendees hold their smartphones as the new Xiaomi electric SUV YU7 is unveiled onstage, at the Chinese smartphone maker's launch event in Beijing on May 22.
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Sep 18, 2025

China is sending its world-beating auto industry into a tailspin

The sector is showing symptoms of a vastly oversupplied market — and point to a potential shakeout mirroring turmoil in country's property and solar industries.
People visit the Volkswagen booth at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, on April 25.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 24, 2024

Volkswagen is reeling in China. Can EVs help it grow in the U.S.?

Volkswagen CFO Arno Antlitz said the company expects to continue losing China market share and hopes to merely maintain its position in Europe.
BYD's Neta S is presented at the 2025 Bangkok International Motor Show on Monday. China, led by BYD, has become the global EV leader, while other countries, including Japan, struggle to keep up with the shift toward electric vehicles.
EDITORIALS
Mar 28, 2025

In the EV race, China's BYD is leading the pack

BYD’s strong performance reflects its dominance in China’s domestic auto market, the world’s largest and most competitive for electric vehicles.
Signage at a Tesla store in Colma, California, on Monday. Tesla shares plunged to their worst day in more than four years, extending a slide in 2025 amid growing concerns on Wall Street about demand for the company's electric cars.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 11, 2025

Tesla’s stock defied gravity for years. Is Elon Musk’s EV party over?

The bulk of Tesla's worth rests on hopes for autonomous vehicles it hasn't yet delivered, despite Musk's continued promises.
A Laopu Gold store on Canton Road in the Tsim Sha Tsui area of Hong Kong. Laopu Gold's e-commerce sales have surged more than 1,000% during the first three quarters of this year compared with two years ago.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 17, 2025

Why Chinese shoppers are choosing local luxury over LVMH and Gucci

Economics aside, homegrown labels in China are also touting the message that modern luxury can be proudly Chinese.
Honda raised its full-year net profit forecast to ¥930 billion.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 9, 2023

Honda and Nissan hike full-year forecasts

The car giants, however, also pointed out that fierce price competition in China was posing a challenge for Japanese automakers.
Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the Wonderlust event at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 12, 2023.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 3, 2024

Apple unveils record $110 billion buyback as results beat low expectations

Apple's quarterly revenue fell, but less than analysts had expected, and CEO Tim Cook said revenue growth would return in the current quarter.

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