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EARNINGS

BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 3, 2013
Japanese firms post sharp profit rises
Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange posted sharp net profit increases for the April-June quarter, largely due to the weakening of the yen and stock gains resulting in part from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's credit-easing policies, according to SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 2, 2013
Toyota ups profit forecast on yen fall
Toyota Motor Corp., Asia's biggest carmaker, on Friday raised its full-year profit forecast by 8 percent, as the weaker yen bolsters the value of Japanese cars sold overseas.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 1, 2013
Sony rides weak yen to beat profit estimates
Sony Corp., considering Daniel Loeb's push for a partial sale of its entertainment assets, said Thursday it posted first-quarter earnings that beat estimates after cutting costs, introducing new smartphones and benefiting from a weaker yen.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2013
Tepco logs ¥437.9 billion April-June net profit
Tokyo Electric Power Co. reported Wednesday a group net profit of ¥437.93 billion for the April-June quarter, but fuel costs for thermal power generation to make up for the loss of atomic energy due to the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant catastrophe that started in 2011 continued to weigh heavily on the utility.
EDITORIALS
Jul 25, 2013
Economic turnaround to what?
Although a government white paper lauds the prime minister's 'Abenomics' policy, it's not clear whether stronger business earnings will lead to higher wages.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 1, 2013
Tepco reports ¥685 billion net loss for 2012 as redress claims take toll
Tokyo Electric Power Co. reports a group net loss of ¥685.29 billion for the business year ended in March, its third straight year in the red due to the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
BUSINESS
May 11, 2011
Softbank logs a record net profit on robust mobile phone revenue
Softbank Corp. almost doubled its group net profit in fiscal 2010 from to a record ¥189.71 billion on robust operations in its mainstay mobile phone service division.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 22, 2009
Comparative payoffs
Considering housing as an investment in Japan? You might want to compare the PER (price earnings ratio) in different areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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