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FINANCIAL RESULTS

BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 31, 2020
NTT Docomo's revenue and profits fell from April to December last year
Major mobile phone carrier NTT Docomo Inc. reported Thursday that both group sales and profits fell year-on-year in the April-December 2019 period, mainly due to new discount plans introduced in June last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 29, 2020
Line in 2019 logs biggest net loss since stock market listing
Free messaging app provider Line Corp. on Wednesday reported a group net loss of ¥46.9 billion for the business year that ended in December last year, the biggest such loss at the firm since its stock market debut in 2016.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 10, 2020
Uniqlo sees worst drop in overseas sales in decade amid Hong Kong unrest and South Korea row
Political flare-ups in Asia are putting the brakes on Fast Retailing Co.'s overseas momentum, as the Uniqlo operator reported the worst decline in its quarterly revenue in a decade for its international segment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2019
Asahi Breweries to stop disclosing sales volume data amid strengthening competition for top spot
Asahi Breweries Ltd. says it will stop releasing sales volume data for its beer and quasi-beer products this month, switching in January to the disclosure of the value of sales.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 15, 2019
Japan Post Holdings' sales dropped 4.8% for April-September amid insurance scandal
Japan Post Holdings Co. said Thursday its group revenue in the April-September half dropped 4.8 percent from a year earlier to ¥5.96 trillion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 12, 2019
Nissan reports 70% profit slump in second quarter and slashes full-year outlook
Nissan, whose financial performance has been in the doldrums for nearly two years, also cut its forecast for operating profit by u00a580 billion for the year through March.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2019
SoftBank's Son says it's business as usual after record loss, but Tokyo traders aren't buying it
Masayoshi Son wants investors to believe that a record loss from investments in money-losing startups WeWork and Uber Technologies Inc. is but a bump in the road. Some aren't buying it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2019
Asahi to again slash full-year forecast as overseas push leaves brewer vulnerable
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. lowered its annual sales and profit forecast again as its $22 billion push into overseas markets makes Japan's largest brewer more vulnerable to currency swings.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 2, 2019
Six major Japanese electronics makers see net profits plummet amid U.S.-China trade war
Six of seven major Japanese electronics makers suffered year-on-year drops in group net profits in April-September, according to earnings reports released Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2019
Apple's holiday sales forecast to top analysts' estimates
Apple Inc.'s new iPhones are expected to help the technology giant return to growth in the key holiday period, supported by a growing collection of other products and services.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 29, 2019
Sony records strongest Q2 profit as image sensor demand offsets slide in gaming earnings
Sony Corp. on Wednesday said operating profit jumped 16 percent in its strongest-ever result for a second quarter, as robust sales of image sensors offset a tumble in earnings from its gaming division.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 21, 2019
Renault's weaker outlook raises odds for deal on Nissan stake
Renault SA's growing litany of woes could nudge the French carmaker to reduce its stake in Nissan Motor Co., a step that would help ease their strained relations.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 22, 2019
Tokyo FM Broadcasting admits fiddling the books to hide subsidiary's losses
Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co. said Wednesday that it engaged in improper accounting practices to hide a subsidiary's losses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 15, 2019
Companies that employ the most women get the best returns, Morgan Stanley report shows
Employing more women brings a stock market boost, according to Morgan Stanley research on how diversity influences share prices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2019
Shares fall as Samsung reveals profit plunge and warns outlook unclear due to Japan export curbs
Samsung Electronics Co. warned Wednesday that Japanese controls on the export of chip-making materials was blurring its outlook and said it would delay a plan to return money to shareholders due to “significant new challenges.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2019
Huawei posts 23% sales growth as U.S. sanctions set to bite
Huawei Technologies Co. reported a 23 percent rise in revenue to 401.3 billion yuan (¥6.3 trillion) in the first half as the Chinese telecommunications giant withstood U.S. efforts to curb its business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2019
Renault's troubled ties to Nissan are hurting the bottom line
For months, Renault SA's partnership with Nissan Motor Co. has been a strain on management and a public relations nightmare. Now the Japanese carmaker's woes are hitting where it really hurts: the bottom line.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2019
737 Max jetliner grounding crisis pushes Boeing to biggest-ever loss near $3 billion
Boeing Co. posted its largest-ever quarterly loss on Wednesday, diving nearly $3 billion into the red as it wrestles with a longer-than-expected grounding of its best-selling 737 Max.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 24, 2019
Citing weakening profitability, lower margins, Moody's downgrades Nissan's credit rating to A3
Nissan Motor Co.’s credit rating was cut a notch by Moody’s Investors Service, which cited the automaker’s weakening profitability and margins over the past two years.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 16, 2019
Japan's mega-banks see challenging year ahead as profit drivers wane
Japan's biggest banks have warned investors of a tough year ahead.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
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