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Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal adopts 'inclusive' trade name minus second part of its official moniker

Business Apr 1, 2019

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal adopts 'inclusive' trade name minus second part of its official moniker

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., the world's third-biggest steelmaker, changed its name to Nippon Steel Corp. on Monday to start afresh with an "inclusive" trade name as it aims to further expand overseas operations. Japan's largest steelmaker was created through the merger of Nippon ...

National / Crime & Legal Feb 15, 2019

South Korean lawyers to start sale of Nippon Steel's assets over wartime labor

Lawyers visiting from South Korea say they will soon liquidate assets seized from Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp. in a wartime labor ruling to compensate the four plaintiffs.

South Korea plaintiffs eye liquidating assets seized over wartime labor case

National Feb 14, 2019

South Korea plaintiffs eye liquidating assets seized over wartime labor case

A lawyer for South Korean plaintiffs who won a wartime forced labor case against Japanese steel-maker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. last year indicated Thursday they will soon begin the process of liquidating the company's seized assets, possibly by the end of February, ...

Next Nippon Steel chief Eiji Hashimoto aspires to secure top global spot

Business / Corporate Jan 11, 2019

Next Nippon Steel chief Eiji Hashimoto aspires to secure top global spot

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.'s Executive Vice President Eiji Hashimoto expressed his ambition to make his company the world's top steel-maker after being appointed to become the next chief of the Japanese steel giant on Thursday. "There is a fair chance that we can ...

Japan seeks talks with South Korea on asset seizure after forced labor ruling

National / Politics Jan 9, 2019

Japan seeks talks with South Korea on asset seizure after forced labor ruling

The Foreign Ministry summons South Korea’s ambassador after a South Korean court approved the seizure of Nippon Steel assets for failing to comply with a court order on wartime forced labor.

National / Crime & Legal Jan 2, 2019

South Korean forced labor plaintiffs seek Nippon Steel asset seizure

Lawyers representing South Korean plaintiffs in a wartime forced labor case said they have launched procedures to seize South Korean assets of Japanese steelmaking giant Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., according to an official statement released Wednesday. The lawyers on Dec. 31 specifically requested ...

Civic group proceeds with seizure of Nippon Steel assets in S. Korea over forced labor ruling, after firm ignores deadline

National Dec 24, 2018

Civic group proceeds with seizure of Nippon Steel assets in S. Korea over forced labor ruling, after firm ignores deadline

A civic group supporting South Korean plaintiffs who secured a ruling against Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. over wartime forced labor has said it will proceed with steps to seize the steel giant's South Korean assets after the firm ignored a Dec. 24 ...

Lawyers in South Korean wartime labor case set deadline for response from Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal

National Dec 4, 2018

Lawyers in South Korean wartime labor case set deadline for response from Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal

Lawyers representing South Korean plaintiffs in a World War II labor court case against Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. have set a Dec. 24 deadline for the firm to show willingness to discuss a court verdict on compensation. If the firm fails to ...

South Korean lawyers representing wartime laborers rebuffed by Nippon Steel in Tokyo

National Nov 12, 2018

South Korean lawyers representing wartime laborers rebuffed by Nippon Steel in Tokyo

Their attempt to sit down with the mill’s executives in Tokyo did not go well.

Business / Corporate Aug 14, 2018

Nippon Steel to boost output of automotive flat sheets in Indonesia

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. will step up local production of automotive flat steel products in Indonesia to meet growing demand from Southeast Asia's largest auto market. PT Krakatau Nippon Steel Sumikin — the Japanese steelmaker's joint venture with the state-backed PT Krakatau Steel ...

NSSMC to change name to Nippon Steel next year as it prepares for global competition

Business / Corporate May 16, 2018

NSSMC to change name to Nippon Steel next year as it prepares for global competition

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) will change its name to Nippon Steel Corp. next April as the group pushes ahead with streamlining, the company said. Japan's biggest steel-maker said Wednesday it will turn its 51 percent held Nisshin Steel Co. subsidiary into a ...

Steel giant trying to get with it in Shibuya to woo young Japanese talent

Business / Corporate May 30, 2017

Steel giant trying to get with it in Shibuya to woo young Japanese talent

by Masumi Suga

Convincing teenagers in Japan that working for a giant 116-year-old manufacturer is a sexy career choice seems like a tough sell. It's even more difficult if the target audience can't figure out the company's name. That's the challenge for Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. ...

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