Japan
Toshiba suffers loss of $102m due to fall in sales
TOKYO: Pedestrians walk past a logo of Toshiba Corp outside an electronics retailer in Tokyo. Toshiba yesterday reported a loss...
Japan’s import of office furniture rises in July
TOKYO: Japan's imports of office furniture rose in July marking the first increase in imports since January this year. However,...
Japan post new records for broiler meat consumption in 2015
TOKYO: Japan will post new records for broiler meat production, consumption, and importation in 2015, a recent report from the...
Toshiba posts Q1 loss of Y12.27 bln after sales fall in Japan
TOKYO: Toshiba on Monday reported a first-quarter loss of 12.27 billion yen after sales fell to a two-and-half-year low, in...
Japan ready to boost oil import from Iran to 350,000b
TOKYO: Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Amir Hossein Zamaninia said Japan has expressed willingness to boost its oil import from Iran...
Japan bank MUFG wants to buy more US commercial lenders, asset management firms
TOKYO: Japan's biggest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), wants to buy more U.S. commercial lenders and asset management firms,...
Japanese businesses seek new deal in Vietnam
DA NANG: Japanese businesses in Da Nang have urged the central city to dismantle barriers and make the investment environment...
Japan decreases 0.3% imports of knitwear from India
TOKYO: India’s knitwear exports have declined with a market share of a meagre 0.3 per cent of the total knitwear...
Japan Post launches IPO to lift $11.5bn
TOKYO: Japan Post Holdings, the state-owned titan that employs 200,000 staff and controls both the country’s largest bank and insurance...
Japanese exports forecast to rise at slower pace for second straight month in August
TOKYO: Japanese exports are forecast to have risen at a slower pace for the second straight month in August, pressured...
Toyota delay output at 3 Japan plants due to heavy rains
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp said it had canceled the day shift at three factories in northeastern Japan due to heavy...
Philippine exports in July fall 1.8%
TOKYO: Philippine exports in July fell 1.8 percent, almost unchanged from June, the statistics office said on Thursday. Electronics and...
Japan to imports 12,690T feed wheat, barley via tender
TOKYO: Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture said it would import 11,690 tonnes of feed-quality wheat and 1,000 tonnes of barley for...
Japan welcome proposal to increase imports of Iranian oil to 350,000 bpd
TOKYO: Iran says Japan has welcomed a proposal to increase imports of Iranian oil to as high as 350,000 barrels...
Japan’s wholesale prices dip 3.6% in Aug
TOKYO: Japan's wholesale prices in August declined 3.6 percent from the same period last year, marking the fifth consecutive monthly...
Japan: NSSMC places order for 9 super-capesize vessels
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (NSSMC), the largest steel producer in Japan, intends to replace its fleet of chartered-in...
Japan’s Nikkei Stock jumps most in nearly 7 years
TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average jumped the most in nearly seven years on Wednesday, as a rebound in regional markets,...
Cosmo oil, showa shell invest 7.6MW PV plant in Japan
TOKYO: Japanese oil companies Cosmo Oil Co Ltd (TYO:5007) and Showa Shell Sekiyu KK (TYO:5002) officially marked the completion of...
Japanese plywood supply falls 14% in H1 of 2015
TOKYO: Total Japanese plywood supply for the first six months of the year is 2,859,600 cbms, 14% less than the...
Exports of products hit $2b by 2018 in Japan
TOKYO: Bangladesh is looking to export $2 billion worth of products to Japan over the next three years, Commerce Minister...
