RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:10:47 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/nec-to-raise-up-to-y134-bil-via-new-share-offerings NEC Corp will raise up to 134.0 billion yen by the end of this month through new share offerings in Japan and abroad to shore… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:01:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/toyota-prius-remains-top-seller-in-japan-for-5th-month-in-row Toyota Motor Corp's Prius gas-electric hybrid car was Japan's best-selling vehicle in October with sales of 26,918 units, staying in the top slot for the… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:28:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/sumitomo-trust-chuo-mitsui-to-merge-into-japans-top-trust-bank Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co and Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc announced Friday a plan to integrate management in April 2011 that will create Japan's… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/5-nonlife-insurers-raise-profit-forecasts-for-1st-half-of-fy-2009 Five major Japanese nonlife insurance firms have revised upward their respective group net profit projections for the April to September first half of fiscal 2009… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:05:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/govt-arranging-jal-rescue-package-with-forced-pension-cuts The government is making arrangements to compile a comprehensive rescue package for struggling Japan Airlines Corp, including special legislation to enable a mandatory reduction in… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:25:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/yamaha-motor-sends-270-surplus-workers-to-toyota Yamaha Motor Co has dispatched some 270 of its full-time workforce to Toyota Motor Corp to secure jobs for workers who have become redundant due… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:58:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/tokyo-stocks-end-mixed-3 Tokyo stocks ended mixed Friday as initial gains by exporters on renewed U.S. recovery optimism were later trimmed when investors shifted to the sidelines ahead… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:41:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/govt-asks-main-creditor-banks-to-provide-bridge-loans-for-jal A government team tasked with aiding the turnaround of Japan Airlines Corp asked Friday the company's creditor banks, including the state-backed Development Bank of Japan,… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:52:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/kajima-suspected-of-using-cheap-gravel-in-runway-works-for-unfair-profit Kajima Corp, one of Japan's five largest construction contractors, is suspected of using low-priced gravel in the construction of a new runway at Tokyo's Haneda… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:08:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/toyota-logs-april-sept-net-loss-of-y559-bil Toyota Motor Corp said Thursday it incurred a group net loss of 55.99 billion yen in the April-September period, against a year-earlier profit of 493.47… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/decision-on-aid-for-jal-expected-in-january The head of a government-backed corporate turnaround body that will oversee the reconstruction of struggling Japan Airlines Corp said Thursday that a rescue package is… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:59:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/us-highway-safety-body-raps-toyota-for-spreading-misleading-info The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Wednesday issued a statement saying that Toyota Motor Corp has put out ''inaccurate and misleading information'' over a… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:39:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/govt-may-consider-tax-increase-on-less-fuel-efficient-vehicles A senior Finance Ministry official indicated Thursday the government will consider a tax increase for less fuel-efficient and other non-eco-friendly vehicles. ''The basic idea is… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:22:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/bridgestone-expects-y10-bil-net-loss-for-2009 Bridgestone Corp said Thursday it has revised downward its group net earnings projection for fiscal 2009 ending next month to a loss of 10 billion… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:17:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/tokyo-stocks-fall-as-investors-secure-gains-before-us-jobs-data Tokyo stocks fell Thursday, with the key Nikkei index closing at a one-month low, as investors secured gains ahead of U.S. jobs data and a… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:34:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/panasonic-to-launch-tender-offer-to-make-sanyo-subsidiary Panasonic Corp launched a tender offer Thursday for shares of Sanyo Electric Co, aiming to acquire more than 50% of the electronics maker's shares and… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/seven-i-kicks-off-global-private-brand-strategy-with-wine-release Seven & I Holdings Co began selling on Wednesday two private brand California wines at some 15,000 retail outlets, including about 12,300 Seven-Eleven Japan convenience… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/7-major-japanese-trading-firms-report-sales-profit-declines Seven major Japanese trading companies have reported heavy year-on-year declines in their group sales and profits in the April to September first half of fiscal… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:57:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/job-securing-rate-for-high-school-students-marks-record-drop The ratio of high school students who have secured jobs after graduation next March stood at 37.6% as of the end of September, down 13.4… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:39:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/fast-retailing-chief-yanai-chosen-intl-retailer-of-year-in-us Tadashi Yanai, chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co, is selected International Retailer of the Year for establishing his company's Uniqlo casual wear as a… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:32:00 +0100