RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:33:39 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/october-convenience-store-sales-down-for-5th-month Japan's convenience store sales in October dipped 5.5% from a year earlier to 616.46 billion yen on a same-store basis for the fifth consecutive monthly… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:04:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/meiji-dairies-to-launch-new-yogurt-brand-with-frances-yoplait-group Meiji Dairies Corp will launch a new brand of yogurt products together with the world No. 2 Yoplait Group of France amid hopes for continued… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:01:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/yamato-to-begin-parcel-delivery-service-in-singapore Yamato Holdings Co said Friday it will commence a service similar to its domestic ''Takkyubin'' parcel delivery operation in Singapore in January in light of… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:50:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/dbj-other-creditors-agree-to-suspend-jals-debt-repayment State-owned Development Bank of Japan and other creditors agreed Friday to suspend repayment of debts held by struggling Japan Airlines Corp as it seeks an… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:43:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/sumitomo-trust-chuo-mitsui-merger-to-reinforce-asian-operations The giant trust banking group to be created through the management integration of Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co and Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc in… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:11:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/nikkei-falls-below-9500-on-hi-tech-exporter-losses Tokyo stocks were mixed Friday, with the key Nikkei index closing below 9,500 for the first time in four months on declines led by high-tech… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/american-airlines-warns-jal-of-enormous-risks-in-switch-to-skyteam American Airlines Inc warned Thursday of ''enormous risks'' for Japan Airlines Corp in switching to the rival SkyTeam alliance, striking back at a lucrative financial… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/head-of-beaujolais-nouveau-winemakers-raps-sales-in-plastic-bottles The chief of the Beaujolais-Beaujolais Village winemakers association on Thursday condemned the marketing in Japan of the seasonal French red wine in plastic bottles. Daniel… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:14:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/nissans-new-fuga-luxury-sedan-goes-on-sale Nissan Motor Co's all-new Fuga luxury sedan went on sale in Japan on Thursday, offering consumers improved fuel efficiency and other features designed to help… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:01:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/kyoto-pref-to-employ-high-school-graduates-without-jobs-for-4-months The Kyoto prefectural government said Thursday it has decided to employ for four months some 100 high school graduates who cannot find jobs after their… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:22:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/department-store-sales-log-20th-straight-monthly-fall Japan's department store sales in October dropped 10.5% from a year earlier on a same-store basis, posting the 20th consecutive month of decline as the… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:21:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/employment-rate-of-prospective-university-graduates-stands-at-625 The employment rate for students expected to graduate from university next spring stood at 62.5% as of Oct 1, a sharp decline of 7.4 percentage… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:17:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/october-steel-output-down-for-13th-straight-month Japan's crude steel output in October declined 12.9% from a year earlier to 8.8 million tons, slipping below the year-before level for the 13th straight… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:44:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/nikkei-falls-to-4-month-low The key Nikkei stock index fell sharply Thursday to a four-month closing low near 9,500 and the broader Topix tumbled to its worst level since… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:50:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/delta-skyteam-offer-1-billion-to-japan-airlines Delta Air Lines and its alliance partners said Wednesday they are making a billion dollar offer intended to lure loss-making Japan Airlines from its affiliation… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:21:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/beaujolais-nouveau-released-in-japan-at-low-prices This year's Beaujolais Nouveau was released in Japan midnight Wednesday, with the wine 10% cheaper than a year earlier as the global economic slump has… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/mitsubishi-ufj-profit-up-53 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group reported a 53% jump in fiscal first half profit and disclosed plans to raise up to 1 trillion yen as it… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:15:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/starting-pay-for-new-graduates-rises-in-2009 Average starting pay for new employees who have just graduated from universities or high schools rose this year despite the recession, according to data released… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:58:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/japan-suspends-imports-of-french-poultry-products-due-to-bird-flu The farm ministry said Wednesday it has suspended imports of poultry products from France, where avian influenza has broken out on a duck farm. The… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:03:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/ford-subaru-vw-win-us-insurance-industry-picks Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen sit atop the U.S. insurance industry's annual list of the safest new vehicles, according to a closely watched assessment used by… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:21:00 +0100