San Francisco Travel Association Announces New Marketing Representation In Japan
The San Francisco Travel Association, in partnership with San Francisco International Airport (SFO), has retained AVIAREPS Marketing Garden Ltd. (AMG) as their new marketing representation office in ...
View ArticleSony Pictures cutting back on production
In reality, the studio is still spending, having recently bought several high-profile scripts and preparing to start production soon on a big-budget sequel to ...
View ArticleNikkei recovers in early trade
(1 hr 55 mins ago) Stocks in Tokyo opened up 0.78 percent, recovering from the previous day’s late selling upon the Bank of Japan's announcement of fresh monetary easing steps. The ...
View ArticleChina bins Japans claim of easing tension
Japan has denied that a territorial dispute exists over the islands, and Gemba said on Tuesday in Tokyo that his government is seeking to calm tensions with China in maintaining its position over the ...
View ArticleJapanese Market Rallies On Recovery Optimism
10/30/2012 10:27 PM ET The Japanese stock market opened higher on Wednesday, buoyed by the yen's decline against the U.S. dollar. Some upbeat economic data from the U.S and the overnight strong ...
View ArticleJapan’s Manufacturing Activity Contracts To 18-Month Low In October...
Japan's manufacturing activity contracted in October to an 18-month low, increasing the concerns over the slowdown in the economic growth of the world's third largest economy.According to ...
View ArticleSony Chief Film Studio Not for Sale
Kazuo Hirai to Succeed Howard Stringer at Sony Corp. (Report) Sony Pictures Entertainment is the subject of the most speculation thanks in part to the financial troubles of its Japan-based parent ...
View ArticleNikkei rallies by break
(1 hr 14 mins ago) Stocks in Tokyo rallied, jumping 0.96 percent as investors digested news of the Bank of Japan's latest monetary easing measures aimed at boosting the world's ...
View ArticleCORRECTED Tokyo stocks open up 0.78
Tokyo stocks opened up 0.78 percent Wednesday, recovering from the previous day's late selling upon the Bank of Japan's announcement of fresh monetary easing steps.The Nikkei 225 index at ...
View Article5 held in Japan over apps that stole smartphone info
Five people, including the owner of an information technology-related company, were arrested in Japan yesterday on suspicion of providing a virus built into smartphone applications that stole more ...
View ArticleJapans revised gang law put into effect
The revised Antigang Law took effect in Japan yesterday, allowing authorities to label certain designated crime syndicates as repeat offenders against companies and shops, and immediately arrest ...
View ArticleJapan airport reopens with WWII bomb still there
AFP © <p>A huge unexploded World War II bomb found at a construction site near the runway of Sendai Airport, one of Japan's busiest regional airports. A worker rebuilding drainage ...
View ArticleJapans rebuilding funds spent on non-disaster items
SENDAI, Japan - About a quarter of the $148 billion budget for reconstruction after Japan's March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster has been spent on unrelated projects, including subsidies for ...
View ArticleJapans Softbank plans $8.8 billion in capex this fiscal year
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Softbank said on Wednesday it plans 700 billion yen ($8.8 billion) if capital expenditure in the year to next March ...
View ArticleWhere a Japanese Sub Fired on Oregon Battery Russell and Fort Stevens
(Astoria, Oregon) – A tad before midnight on June 21, 1942, the quiet of the north Oregon coast was torn apart by the thunderous cacophony of shells being fired onto the beach, a few miles ...
View ArticleJapan top automakers want car taxes axed
Top executives of Japan's three biggest automakers have jointly called for two vehicle taxes to be scrapped in a bid to boost ailing sales, although their proposal has disturbed governments that ...
View ArticleToyota leads Japan charge in new Consumer Reports survey
DETROIT -- Japanese brands took the top seven spots in Consumer Reports' annual reliability rankings, pushing aside their U.S. and European rivals. Toyota Motor Corp.'s Scion, Lexus and ...
View ArticleJapan industrial output falls while unemployment steady
Japan's industrial output contracted by 4.1 percent in September from August and 8.1 percent from a year earlier as automakers and steel mills cut production due to shrinking demand and ...
View ArticleMitsubishi Motors profit improves on slashed costs nets 10.1 bil. yen in Q2
TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Motors' fiscal second-quarter net profit improved 60 percent to 10.1 billion yen (US$126 million) on cost cuts as the Japanese automaker recovered from last year's ...
View ArticleJapans Komatsu logs profit drop on weak China demand and strong yen
TOKYO -- Japan's top construction machinery maker Komatsu said Tuesday its net profit dropped 30.2 percent in the first six months to September, citing weak demand in China and the yen's ...
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