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TOSHIBA

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2016
Toshiba reportedly mulling battery plant in Australia as Japan seeks sub deal
The government has enlisted Toshiba Corp. to help it try to win Asia's biggest defense contract, a $36 billion deal to build a dozen submarines for Australia, three sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 22, 2016
Toshiba scraps smart glasses days before launch date
Cash-strapped Toshiba Corp. on Monday scrapped a glasses-type device days before it was scheduled to go on sale.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2016
Toshiba loss outlook grows amid accounting scandal fallout
Toshiba Corp. widened its full-year loss forecast as the industrial group cuts jobs and sells businesses to deal with fallout from an accounting scandal.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 2, 2016
Embattled Toshiba to buy land near Mie factory in focus on flash memory chips
Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday it will acquire land adjacent to its chip plant in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, for ¥3 billion as the electronics maker aims to boost production of 3-D NAND flash memory chips.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 27, 2016
Struggling Toshiba may spin off ailing Japan nuclear power business
Scandal-hit Toshiba Corp. will consider splitting off its flagging nuclear power business in Japan and rebuilding it as a separate company as part of a sweeping restructure following an accounting scandal, sources said.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jan 24, 2016
Panasonic captures Top League title
Panasonic Wild Knights survived an almighty late scare to become Top League champions for the third straight season after beating Toshiba Brave Lupus 27-26 in Sunday's LIXIL Cup final.
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2016
State fund eyes triple white goods alliance comprising Hitachi, Toshiba, Sharp
A government-backed fund mulls asking Hitachi Ltd. to join the envisaged alliance of white goods firms owned by Toshiba and Sharp.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2016
Toshiba unveils remote-controlled device to remove reactor 3 fuel assemblies at Fukushima No. 1
Toshiba Corp. on Monday demonstrated a device it anticipates will be used to remove fuel-rod assemblies from the spent fuel pool in the reactor 3 building at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 16, 2016
The elephant in the room for Toshiba is nuclear
Japanese press outlets often cover scoops from competing outlets, but it's rare to build on a competitor's story with original reporting, especially when the scoop is a few years old. In December, the weekly magazine Aera, which is affiliated with the Asahi Shimbun, ran an article about a secret meeting that took place between representatives of Japan, Mongolia and the United States almost five years ago. This meeting was first reported by Haruyuki Aikawa in the May 9, 2011, issue of the Mainichi Shimbun.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 30, 2015
Fujifilm eyes purchase of Toshiba medical unit: sources
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. is interested in buying a medical equipment subsidiary of Toshiba Corp., which is restructuring group businesses amid an accounting scandal, sources close to the matter said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Dec 30, 2015
Electronics makers may be set for rethink after Toshiba scandal
Japanese electronics makers may be in for a rethink of the country's manufacturing strategy as Toshiba Corp. is set to proceed with an overhaul of loss-making operations in the wake of an accounting scandal.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 25, 2015
Toshiba fined record ¥7.3 billion over accounting scandal
The Financial Services Agency on Friday imposed a record ¥7.37 billion fine on scandal-hit Toshiba Corp. for falsifying financial reports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Dec 23, 2015
Toshiba faces turnaround that strikes at heart of its identity
Toshiba Corp. is embarking on a revamp that will leave the one-time technology pioneer a shadow of its former self. An accounting scandal has left the conglomerate in tatters, facing record losses, thousands of job cuts and potential spinoffs that may include the consumer electronics unit that made it a global player.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 22, 2015
Moody's lowers Toshiba's credit rating two levels to junk status
Toshiba Corp.'s long-term senior bond rating has been cut two levels by Moody's Investors Service to Ba2, its second-highest junk rating, from Baa3.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 21, 2015
Toshiba sees record ¥550 billion loss; more job cuts planned
Toshiba Corp. forecasts a record ¥550 billion loss for the current fiscal year and is now planning 7,800 job cuts and restructuring businesses that include TVs, personal computers and home appliances.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 19, 2015
Toshiba likely to suffer huge net loss in fiscal 2015
Toshiba Corp. expects a record group net loss of around ¥500 billion for the business year ending in March, as it makes greater efforts to streamline operations following its profit-padding scandal, a company source said Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2015
Toshiba to use crisis for profit-building overhaul
The biggest crisis in Toshiba Corp.'s 140-year history gives President Masashi Muromachi an opportunity to push through painful reforms from layoffs to business closures, accelerating the industrial conglomerate's move away from consumer electronics.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2015
Ailing Toshiba weighs spinoff of mainstay memory chip business in bid to raise funds
Toshiba Corp. is considering spinning off its mainstay flash memory chip business as a separate company to allow it to raise funds on its own, sources have said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 15, 2015
Toshiba eyes thousands of job cuts and sale of Toshiba Tec in major restructuring
Toshiba Corp. is considering slashing several thousands of jobs worldwide as it aims to restructure its loss-making, television, personal computer and white goods businesses, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 11, 2015
Scandal-hit Toshiba to unveil restructuring steps later this month
Toshiba Corp. plans to unveil restructuring steps for its loss-making TV, personal computer and white goods businesses around Dec. 21, sources familiar with the matter said Friday.
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.
Three men rearrested over brokering of overseas prostitution
A woman speaks of her experience of being sent to Macau by an overseas prostitution broker during an interview in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 8.
Ex-METI bureaucrat given 10-year sentence for drugging and raping women
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former industry ministry bureaucrat to 10 years in prison for drugging six women with sleeping pills and then raping or groping them in 2022.
Money stolen via online transfers up fivefold in Tokyo
Special fraud cases in Tokyo in which stolen money was sent via online banking services grew some fivefold from the previous year in 2023.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.

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