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FINANCIAL RESULTS

BUSINESS / Companies
May 12, 2016
Sharp's losses, liabilities underscore challenge for Hon Hai
Sharp Corp. posted a second straight annual loss and said its liabilities exceeded its assets, highlighting the turnaround challenge facing new owner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., also known as Foxconn Technology Group.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 12, 2016
McDonald's Japan quarterly loss narrows after menu changes
McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan)'s first-quarter loss narrowed as the fast-food chain won back some customers after being hit by a series of food safety scandals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2016
Mitsubishi skips forecast, says domestic orders have halved
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on Wednesday abstained from releasing a forecast for fiscal 2016 as a scandal involving falsified fuel efficiency figures threatened to be a road wreck for the automaker.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2016
Nomura suffers net loss in fourth quarter, first in red since 2011
Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan's biggest brokerage, said it slid to its first quarterly net loss since 2011 as its wholesale division fell into the red, its retail division weakened and its overseas operations lost money for a sixth straight year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2016
Toshiba probe stretches to U.S. as Westinghouse accounting comes under scrutiny
Toshiba Corp. is under investigation by the United States over allegations that it hid $1.3 billion (¥146 billion) in losses at its nuclear power operations, according to two people familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2015
Asahi Kasei cuts profit target, says piles scandal hard to cost
Construction subcontractor Asahi Kasei Corp. lowered its annual forecast by 14 percent on Friday, but said the figure excludes a probe into its work on building foundations.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 29, 2015
Tepco second-quarter profit slides amid lower electricity use
Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, reported a 26 percent decline in second-quarter operating profit due to fuel-price adjustments, as its users consumed less energy.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2015
Sharp slashes operating profit forecast on slumping demand in China
Sharp Corp. lowered its operating profit forecast on slumping demand for smartphone displays in China and said it will not forecast net income until the results of reforms are clearer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 18, 2015
Pressure to show a profit led to Toshiba's accounting scandal
Manufacturing giant Toshiba Corp.'s president and seven other directors were forced to resign when an investigation revealed in July that the firm had doctored the books and had padded its profits over the past seven years to the tune of hundreds of billions of yen.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 14, 2015
Toshiba logs first-quarter net loss; sales at lowest since December 2012
Toshiba Corp. posted a net loss for the first quarter as sales of televisions and personal computers slumped and profit fell at its division that makes chips.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 1, 2015
Toshiba probing 10 new accounting issues, including at U.S. unit
Toshiba Corp. has uncovered 10 new cases of accounting problems, including at a U.S. unit, prompting it to miss a regulator's deadline for submission of its fiscal 2014 earnings release.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 7, 2015
Sumitomo Metal Mining cuts profit target as China demand slows
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., the largest domestic nickel producer, cut its first-half profit forecast as China's slower demand weakens commodity prices more than anticipated, the company said in a statement Friday.
BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2015
Japan banks likely to report gains in fees, overseas lending: analysts
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. probably led a slight increase in first-quarter profit at Japan's biggest banks as gains in fee income and overseas lending made up for shrinking loan profitability at home.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2015
Tepco returns to profit amid lower global energy prices
Tokyo Electric Power Co. returned to profit in the fourth quarter, as lower energy prices helped offset a weaker yen and one-off gains boosted net income.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 22, 2015
Sony beats estimates as Hirai revamp fuels earnings growth
Sony Corp. raised its profit forecast for the second time since February as Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai's revamp stokes earnings from games and financial services.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 25, 2015
Trader Sumitomo braces for worst losses since 1997
Sumitomo Corp. said it expects an annual loss of ¥85 billion ($711 million), more than four times the number forecast by analysts, after the trading house posted additional write-downs on its resources investments.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 17, 2014
Sony hikes expected annual loss as smartphone business falters
Consumer electronics maker Sony Corp. is running out of ways to reverse its declining fortunes as the Tokyo-based company's smartphone business struggles to compete.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2014
Mitsubishi UFJ profit falls less than estimated on lending, fees
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., the nation's biggest bank, reported Thursday a smaller-than-estimated decline in first-quarter profit as lending income and fees rose, shrugging off an equity-market slowdown.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2014
Docomo takes hit in first quarter but slows loss of customers
NTT Docomo Inc. said Friday that sales and profits dropped in the first quarter compared with the previous year, on slumping voice call revenue and discounts for two-year contracts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 5, 2014
Mitsubishi Estate profit up 73% on home sales
Mitsubishi Estate Co. said Wednesday its nine-month net income rose 73 percent as profit margins of its residential business improved.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
CDP leader criticizes ‘Japanese First’ policy and calls for inclusive society
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda said it is obvious that Japanese society could not function without the help of foreign workers in manufacturing, health care, construction and public transportation.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

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