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How is Japan's government connected with Russia's biggest cigarette maker?

Business / Corporate Apr 8, 2022

How is Japan's government connected with Russia's biggest cigarette maker?

by Rocky Swift

The company said it would suspend some operations but continue manufacturing unless 'unprecedented' challenges force it to stop.

Uniqlo does a U-turn and joins global shunning of Russia

Business Mar 11, 2022

Uniqlo does a U-turn and joins global shunning of Russia

by Michael Holden, Praveen Menon and Karl Plume

The two companies had been notable standouts among major brands, saying they would continue doing business in Russia amid the imposition of massive trade and banking sanctions.

Japan Tobacco halts Ukraine plant as fighting intensifies

Business / Corporate Feb 25, 2022

Japan Tobacco halts Ukraine plant as fighting intensifies

by Kanoko Matsuyama and Grace Huang

The safety of all 900 workers at the facility has been confirmed and the company is monitoring developments closely, a spokesman wrote in an email Friday.

Standing out above the old boys: Forging a path as a woman in corporate Japan

Business | Women at Work Dec 21, 2021

Standing out above the old boys: Forging a path as a woman in corporate Japan

by Nobuko Kobayashi

Ryoko Nagata of Japan Tobacco was adamant she didn’t want to work with cigarettes, and went on to prove her worth to the firm in other sectors.

Japan Tobacco to allow remote work part-time in post-pandemic revamp

Business / Corporate Jul 9, 2021

Japan Tobacco to allow remote work part-time in post-pandemic revamp

by Corinne Gretler

JTI joins the growing ranks of companies rethinking work arrangements after many employees successfully spent more than a year doing their jobs from home.

Cigarette sales in Japan dove in 2020 on shift to vaping amid pandemic

Business Jun 27, 2021

Cigarette sales in Japan dove in 2020 on shift to vaping amid pandemic

In the year that ended in March, sales of rolled tobacco products plunged by a record 16.3% from the year before to 98.8 billion sticks.

Japan Tobacco to let 8,700 domestic employees telecommute as safeguard against virus

Business / Corporate Feb 27, 2020

Japan Tobacco to let 8,700 domestic employees telecommute as safeguard against virus

Japan Tobacco Inc. said Thursday it has started to allow its domestic employees to work at home, in principle, to prevent them from being infected with the new coronavirus. They include contract and other nonregular workers, said the firm, which employs 8,700 nationwide. The measure ...

Japan Tobacco's Canada unit gets court protection after potentially crushing legal defeat in Quebec

Business / Corporate Mar 11, 2019

Japan Tobacco's Canada unit gets court protection after potentially crushing legal defeat in Quebec

Japan Tobacco Inc.'s Canadian unit was granted creditor protection by the Ontario Superior Court after a legal defeat over the risks of smoking threatens the existence of tobacco companies in the country. The court extended protection in favor of JTI-Macdonald Corp. after the company argued ...

Japan Tobacco, British American Tobacco and Philip Morris lose appeal in $13 billion Quebec lawsuits

National Mar 2, 2019

Japan Tobacco, British American Tobacco and Philip Morris lose appeal in $13 billion Quebec lawsuits

Subsidiaries of Japan Tobacco Inc., British American Tobacco PLC and Philip Morris International Inc. were ordered to pay damages of more than 17 billion Canadian dollars ($12.8 billion) after losing an appeal of class-action lawsuits filed by smokers in Quebec. The Quebec Court of Appeal ...

In smoker's paradise Japan, 81-year-old Bungaku Watanabe has spent decades leading a war on tobacco

National / Social Issues Jan 24, 2019

In smoker's paradise Japan, 81-year-old Bungaku Watanabe has spent decades leading a war on tobacco

by Andrew McKirdy

"Is it OK if I smoke during the interview?" I ask Bungaku Watanabe, reaching into my coat pocket. A look of incandescent outrage flashes across the 81-year-old's face, before I quickly reassure him that I was joking. "No. No. No," he says firmly, breaking into a ...

Business / Corporate Aug 14, 2018

Japan Tobacco seeks approval for price hikes from Finance Ministry

Japan Tobacco Inc. on Tuesday filed for Finance Ministry approval of its plans to raise the prices of most of its products in line with the tobacco tax hike set for Oct. 1. If approved, its cigarette prices would go up by ¥20 to ¥40 ...

Turkish lira crash may affect some Japanese companies with operations there

Business Aug 14, 2018

Turkish lira crash may affect some Japanese companies with operations there

by Tara Patel

Your next vacation in sun-drenched Turkey may now be a lot cheaper. On the flip side, corporate profits from selling goods locally are dwindling by the day when converted to home currencies. The effects of the imploding Turkish currency are now rippling through the boardrooms ...

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