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BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2015
Japan Tobacco to quit drinks business after 26 years
Japan Tobacco Inc. will exit the drinks business that it has built over the past 26 years, as an "increasingly challenging" operating environment in Japan makes it difficult for the unit to turn a profit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2015
Skymark eyes another airline's assistance for rehabilitation
Bankrupt Skymark Airlines Inc. is eyeing seeking another airline's assistance for its rehabilitation plan involving cost-cutting steps such as joint procurement of fuel, according to a document filed with the Tokyo District Court.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 2, 2015
Skymark shares plunge 88% on Tokyo Stock Exchange
Shares in Skymark Airlines Inc., which filed for bankruptcy last week, suffered a record plunge Monday after the Tokyo Stock Exchange scrapped the daily price fluctuation limit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2015
Japan Post, Rakuten to offer delivery lockers
Japan Post Co. and e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. are teaming up to offer lockers where customers can pick up items purchased online at their own convenience, sources said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 14, 2015
Why isn't Japan Inc. doing more to help Japan?
If Abenomics is going to succeed, Japanese leaders need to harness the strengths of the private sector they have, not the one they remember.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2014
Oil firm Idemitsu mulls acquisition of rival Showa Shell
The nation's No. 2 oil distributor might acquire No. 5 rival Show Shell in a deal that could trigger an industrywide consolidation as oil demand shrinks.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 12, 2014
Volleyball player arrested for cash theft at Tokyo pachinko
Police have arrested a Japan national team volleyball player on suspicion of stealing money from a wallet at a pachinko pinball parlor in Tokyo, police said Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 12, 2014
ANA reveals Narita-Houston route, more frequent flights to Singapore, Bangkok
All Nippon Airways Co. said Thursday it will expand its international service from Tokyo's Narita airport in the business year starting April by adding a daily service to Houston and doubling the number of flights on two existing Asian routes.
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2014
Vanilla Air becomes first Japan budget carrier to sell monthly passes
Vanilla Air Inc. said Monday it will start selling monthly passes for its route linking Narita International Airport and Amami-Oshima Island in southwestern Japan, becoming the first Japanese budget airline to offer this kind of pricing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 25, 2014
Sony's mobile business wants to reduce costs 30% by March 2017
Sony Corp.'s mobile communication business aims to cut costs by 30 percent over the next two years to meet its goal of reversing the division's losses.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 16, 2014
Takata case shows Abe faces an uphill battle
if Abe is going to get traction with policies to make corporate Japan more vibrant and productive, executives have to drop the ignore-deny-obfuscate mindset of old.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2014
Panasonic, Polypore to collaborate on new battery technology
Polypore International Inc. said its Celgard LLC subsidiary and Panasonic Corp. will jointly develop a component for use in advanced lithium-ion batteries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2014
Tesla opens temporary showroom in Osaka as interest grows
Tesla Motors begins showcasing its electric vehicles in Osaka before establishing a permanent store in the city next spring.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 30, 2014
Skymark says it may collapse if forced to pay A380 contract fine
Skymark Airlines Inc., the nation's third-largest carrier, repeated it is at risk of going out of business should it have to pay Airbus Group NV a penalty after its planned purchase of six A380 superjumbos fell through.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 30, 2014
Nintendo's first health care device will be sleep and fatigue tracker
Video game maker Nintendo Co. will develop a device to measure people's fatigue and map their sleep, Chief Executive Satoru Iwata said Thursday in announcing the first offering from the company's newly created health care division.
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2014
Japan Tobacco looks at closing some European plants
Japan Tobacco Inc. may close some European manufacturing facilities after taxes and illegal trade triggered an industry slowdown in a number of countries in the region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2014
Aeon to buy rest of rival Daiei and delist supermarket chain's stock
Aeon Co. said it will buy the remaining shares in Daiei Inc. to make the struggling supermarket chain a wholly owned subsidiary next year, as part of efforts to turn around the company.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 24, 2014
As festival's renown goes global, director hails its local role
Since its launch in 2010, Kyoto Experiment has steadily come to rival, if not even surpass, Festival/Tokyo as the nation's leading annual showcase for cutting-edge performances.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / EXECUTIVE DECISIONS
Sep 18, 2014
MetLife banks on trust to succeed in Japan
As Japan's life insurance market matures, many companies are looking overseas for opportunities to expand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 8, 2014
Rakuten falls most in four months on talks to acquire Ebates
Rakuten share prices fell further Monday than they had in four months after the owner of Japan's largest online mall said it is in talks to buy U.S. website operator Ebates Shopping.com Inc.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Man suspected of using smart glasses to cheat on Waseda University exams
The Waseda University campus in Tokyo. An 18-year-old male test-taker is suspected of using smart glasses to cheat during the university's entrance exam.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.

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