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UPDATE: Struggling Sharp inks investment deal with...
A large plot remains vacant where Sharp Corp. had planned to expand its plant in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Sharp Corp. announced on March 6 that it will sign a capital tie-up with Samsung Electronics Co.’s subsidiary in Japan, which will help Sharp provide liquid-crystal display...
GOLF/ Ryo Ishikawa scores record contract with...
Ryo Ishikawa poses on his follow-through with his new driver as he announces the signing of a contract with U.S. golf equipment maker Callaway Golf Co. in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 10. (Kenichiro Hatanaka)
Popular Japanese professional golfer Ryo Ishikawa has signed a multi-year contract with Callaway Golf Company to play the company's clubs and wear its apparel, Callaway...
Baseball/ Japan's Iwakuma extends deal with Mariners
Hisashi Iwakuma extends deal with Mariners. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Japanese pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma has been given an extended contract by the Seattle Mariners, keeping the right-hander at the Major League Baseball club through the 2014 season.
BIZ BRIEF: Yokogawa lands contract with thermal...
Yokogawa Electric Corp. said its subsidiary, Yokogawa India Ltd., has won an order from Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd. in India to supply a control system for the Jaypee Nigrie ...
BIZ BRIEF: Japan-Taiwan consortium wins power plant ...
Three Japanese companies and one from Taiwan have jointly won a contract to build two power generating units at the Talin Thermal Power Plant in the Kaohsiung District in...
Many companies refusing to pay higher TEPCO rates
TEPCO CEO Toshio Nishizawa explains rising electricity rates on Jan. 17. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
About 30 percent of Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s corporate customers have been refusing to renew their contracts since electricity rates were hiked in April, sources close to...
BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba to supply India with steam...
Toshiba Corp. announced May 9 that it has been awarded a contract for two units of its 660MW super-critical steam turbine and generator islands by Meja Urja Nigam Ltd, a joint...
BIZ BRIEF: JFE Steel wins pipeline contract
JFE Steel Corp. announced on April 16 that it will provide 100,000 tons of high-strength steel pipe for an oil pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico.
BIZ BRIEF: Toyo awarded contract for ethylene plant ...
Toyo Engineering Corp. has been jointly awarded with ENPPI, an engineering company under the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum, a contract to build a 460,000 tons-a-year ethylene...
BIZ BRIEF: Mitsubishi Electric wins elevator...
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced Feb. 29 it has received an order to install nine elevator units--including some of the fastest in India--in the 53-story residential Ahuja...
BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba wins contract for power plant in ...
Toshiba Corp. said Feb. 9 that it has won a contract to supply a 195-megawatt steam turbine and generator for a natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant built by U.S....
BASEBALL/ Igawa hangs on to MLB dream as Yankee...
Kei Igawa plays catch in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Much like a hitter staring down a full count with the bases loaded late in a tight game, it's crunch time for Kei Igawa.
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