May 03, 2013
BRASILIA--Japan's trade minister made a pitch on behalf of the private sector to sell Brazil a huge floating dock, or megafloat.
May 02, 2013
YAWATA, Kyoto Prefecture--An ancient shrine is going high-tech to ward off the dark and increase visitor numbers. The stone lanterns at Iwashimizu Hachimangu shrine, which have long been illuminated by candles, are now fitted with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) starting from a night event this month.
May 02, 2013
About 40 executives at Sony Corp. and its subsidiaries will forgo bonuses totaling several hundred million yen for failing to turn a profit in the company’s long-struggling electronics division in fiscal 2012.
May 02, 2013
WASHINGTON--The U.S. Trade Representative's office criticized China on May 1 for failing to stop the growing theft of American trade secrets that are the lifeblood of U.S. economic might, in the latest sign of Washington's frustration.
May 02, 2013
BEIJING--Chinese manufacturing growth slowed in April as global demand weakened, adding to signs its shaky recovery might be weakening, a survey showed on May 2.
May 02, 2013
SEOUL--South Korea has offered 300 billion won ($272.41 million) in special loans to companies affected by Pyongyang's decision last month to close a jointly run industrial zone in North Korea, a government official said on May 2.
May 02, 2013
LANCASTER, California--The first Chinese-owned vehicle manufacturer in the United States unveiled ambitious plans on May 1 to eventually build as many as 1,000 plug-in electric buses a year at a refurbished RV manufacturing plant in a wind-swept, sage-dotted corner of the Mojave Desert.
May 01, 2013
Eight electric power companies reported a combined loss of 1.59 trillion yen ($16 billion) for fiscal 2012 as the aftereffects of the Fukushima nuclear disaster continued to hammer their bottom lines.
May 01, 2013
SHANGHAI--With flagging sales in their mainland stores and increasingly price savvy consumers, luxury companies are taking a leaf out of casinos' play books by offering junkets to wealthy Chinese clients eager to splurge in their Hong Kong stores.
May 01, 2013
Japan manufacturing and employment showed slight improvements in March, buttressing hopes that the economy may be headed for a moderate recovery.
May 01, 2013
NEW YORK--The CEO of Softbank, the Japanese cellphone carrier trying to buy a majority ownership in Sprint, said April 30 that a competing bid from Dish is based on “incomplete and illusory” numbers.
April 30, 2013
Fujitsu Ltd.’s seminconductor subsidiary on April 30 signed an agreement to hand over its microcontroller chip design and development operations to U.S. chipmaker Spansion Inc. for $110 million (10.75 billion yen).
April 30, 2013
Japan's manufacturing improved slightly in March, with factory output rising 0.2 percent, while the jobless rate also fell slightly.
April 29, 2013
The factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed over 300 people this week is a stark reminder of the risks in the global retail industry's search for cheap production.
April 29, 2013
VLADIVOSTOK--President Vladimir Putin will try to court Japanese investment in the Russian Far East during his meetings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
April 29, 2013
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. said April 28 that it will export state-of-the-art cancer therapy equipment to Russia.
April 28, 2013
All Nippon Airways, the Japanese launch customer for Boeing Co.'s 787, flew its first Dreamliner in more than three months on April 28 to test reinforced batteries installed by the U.S. aircraft maker.
April 27, 2013
The Bank of Japan said it is on track to achieving its 2-percent inflation target in about two years, but doubts remain even within the bank itself over whether that goal is realistic.
April 27, 2013
Retailers in Japan will have to watch how they word their advertisements if the government has its way.
April 27, 2013
All Nippon Airways Co. and Japan Airlines Co. are set to resume services by grounded Boeing 787s in June after installing new systems to reduce the risk of in-flight fires due to problem-plagued lithium ion batteries.