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FINANCIAL

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2020
Amazon plows through pandemic with record profits
The firm is one of the few to have kept operating during the pandemic, and has invested in COVID-19 business mitigation measures.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2020
Canon suffers first quarterly loss amid pandemic
Canon Inc. on Tuesday reported a group net loss of ¥8.8 billion for April to June due to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, suffering the first red figure on a quarterly basis since it started earnings disclosure in 2001.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2020
Nissan sees sharp sales and profit drop as business struggles
Nissan will shut three production lines and cut about 14,000 jobs globally, up from 12,500 announced a year ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 27, 2020
Nissan’s quarterly loss seen smaller on faster cost cuts
Like many other automakers, Nissan's revenue plummeted during the April-June period this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 20, 2020
Ex-Nissan boss Ghosn says Renault-Nissan financial results 'pathetic'
The low stock prices of the alliance partners are more a reflection of poor leadership than the COVID-19 pandemic, the fugitive ex-boss says.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 9, 2020
Robust sales in China keep Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing on top amid pandemic
With much of Asia having subdued the spread of COVID-19, Fast Retailing is seeing trade return to its Uniqlo stores.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 19, 2020
Sony plans to take finance arm private for about $3.7 billion
The electronics giant will offer u00a52,600 a share for part of Sony Financial Holdings Inc. that it doesn't already own, it said in a statement Tuesday.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Two crew feared dead after ASDF training jet crashes in Aichi
Self-Defense Forces personnel collect apparent parts of an Air Self-Defense Force T-4 training jet from a reservoir in Inuyama, Aichi Prefeture, on Thursday. The jet crashed shortly after takeoff a day earlier.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Tokyo Stock Exchange wants stocks to be affordable for the average investor
The Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Nihonbashi. The exchange wants companies to lower the entry cost of investing in their shares.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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