Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan) articles from August 2004

Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan) archives from August 2004

Firms listed on Japan's Osaka Securities Exchange sinks to 23-year low.
August 1, 2004

Chief of Japanese farm lobby backs WTO accord on agriculture.
August 1, 2004

Japan's July auto sales fall for sixth month; Mitsubishi sees 60 percent drop.
August 2, 2004

Japan financial giant UFJ officially declines proposal for merger talks.
August 2, 2004

Big Japanese banks post profit in April-June quarter.
August 2, 2004

Japan banks upgrade weekend services.
August 2, 2004

Heat wave drives up Japan beer, 'happoshu' sales by 8-9 percent in July.
August 2, 2004

CSK asks Tokyo court to ban Bellsystem24's purchase of call-center operator.
August 2, 2004

Japan credit-card firm ties up with online brokerage on investment-trust sales.
August 2, 2004

Japan researchers develop organic TFT LCD display with highest image vividness.
August 2, 2004

Japan mayonnaise maker receives papers from police over alleged illegal hiring.
August 2, 2004

Higher crude oil prices force Japan materials makers to raise prices.
August 2, 2004

Japan Steel Works posts 15.1 percent group sales rise for April-June quarter.
August 2, 2004

Singapore Telecommunications tops Asia-Pacific mobile providers outside China.
August 2, 2004

Toyota to sell mobile phones equipped with security buzzer in September.
August 2, 2004

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to build Japan's biggest wind turbine.
August 2, 2004

Japan's top 4 automakers score strong results in April-June quarter.
August 3, 2004

Japan firm to add multimedia automotive-electronics plant in China.
August 3, 2004

Mitsubishi Tokyo, UFJ eye merging bank units before full integration.
August 3, 2004

Japan bank Sumitomo gets preliminary approval to open Shanghai, China, branch.
August 3, 2004

Shareholders sue failed Ashikaga Bank, former management.
August 3, 2004

Japan food company Yoshinoya to offer lottery to customers to help boost sales.
August 3, 2004

13 electronics firms to devise specifications for playback-only 'Blu-ray Disc'.
August 3, 2004

Star Wars studio Lucasfilm establishes base in Singapore.
August 3, 2004

Former British envoy to Japan to become Hitachi's top executive in Europe.
August 3, 2004

Japan may slap punitive tariffs on South Korean semiconductor maker Hynix.
August 3, 2004

McDonald's Holdings boosts profit, sales in Jan.-June first half.
August 3, 2004

Shares in Japan music label Avex climb over former executive's planned return.
August 3, 2004

Chief of Japan music label Avex steps down.
August 3, 2004

Japan official seeks drastic rehabilitation plan for embattled retailer Daiei.
August 3, 2004

Japan retailer Daiei to dispose of 30 group firms under rehabilitation plan.
August 3, 2004

Japan firm Kyocera achieves record conversion for solar-power generation.
August 3, 2004

Toyota scores record net profit in April-June period.
August 3, 2004

Toyota sets up export-oriented automobile-parts factory in India.
August 3, 2004

Tokyo utility returns to black in first quarter on restart of nuclear plants.
August 3, 2004

Toyota sets record for U.S. sales in July, passes Chrysler.
August 4, 2004

Japanese retailer, bank seek to form credit card alliance.
August 4, 2004

Japan Tobacco to ask some domestic growers to quit cultivation.
August 4, 2004

Mitsubishi Fuso finds 14 other clutch housing problems in large vehicles.
August 4, 2004

Japanese retailer's creditor banks eye help from government fund.
August 4, 2004

Sapporo, Japan, developing ways to use winter snow to cool buildings in summer.
August 4, 2004

Suzuki Motors to recall 70,000 vehicles over gearshift defects.
August 4, 2004

Chinese manufacturer to buy longtime Japanese machine tool maker+.
August 4, 2004

Japanese toy maker to recall stuffed dolls on needle fears.
August 4, 2004

Sales of imported vehicles in Japan down 2.2 percent in July.
August 5, 2004

Kyodo News International, Tokyo, business briefs column.
August 5, 2004

Corolla remains best-selling vehicle for 6th straight month.
August 5, 2004

Continental to inaugurate Nagoya, Japan-Honolulu flights in December.
August 5, 2004

Hitachi to introduce 5 new flat TV models.
August 5, 2004

Gateway mulls reentering Japanese market.
August 5, 2004

German weekly magazine says Microsoft interested in buying Nintendo.
August 5, 2004

Japan Airlines to begin card-based ticketless service.
August 5, 2004

Head of Japan-based consumer loan firm finds trouble with taxation bureau.
August 6, 2004

Hitachi, Matsushita eye joint production of large LCD panels.
August 6, 2004

Mitsubishi reduces American sales estimate by 50,000.
August 6, 2004

Sony, Bertelsmann launch new music venture in New York.
August 6, 2004

Japan's Asahi Breweries sees first-half profits jump 87.4 percent.
August 6, 2004

Japan's Sapporo Holdings reports net profit for first half 2004.
August 6, 2004

UFJ still plans to merge with MTFG, despite Sumitomo Mitsui offer.
August 9, 2004

Electronic dictionaries selling well, diversifying in Japan.
August 9, 2004

Japan economy watchers' index up in July on hot summer, Olympics.
August 9, 2004

Austrian wines gain international acclaim.
August 9, 2004

Japan bans imports of South African poultry.
August 9, 2004

Japan, U.S. to hold insurance talks.
August 9, 2004

Japan Tobacco returns to profitability in quarter.
August 9, 2004

McDonald's Japan to invite 5 to 6 foreign executives to assume posts.
August 10, 2004

Japan minister hints at delay in fixing beef trade issue with U.S.
August 10, 2004

China drops Samurai bond plan due to poor ties with Japan.
August 10, 2004

Chinese forced laborers sue Japan government, Mitsubishi Materials.
August 10, 2004

Tokyo stocks rise on buybacks following recent sharp declines.
August 10, 2004

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries wins engine maintenance contract for Thai Airways.
August 10, 2004

Bank of Japan holds monetary policy steady, notes oil price hike.
August 10, 2004

Japan's key consumer sentiment index hits 13-year high in July.
August 10, 2004

Daiei told by 3 creditors to seek help from state-backed development group.
August 10, 2004

Libya committed to urging N. Korea to abandon weapons of mass destruction.
August 10, 2004

Nikon posts sharp increases in profits, sales in quarter.
August 10, 2004

Japanese utilities ordered to inspect nuclear plants after fatal accident.
August 10, 2004

Tokyo-based Softbank posts first-quarter loss of 17.88 billion yen.
August 11, 2004

Tokyo maker of textiles, foods posts 27 percent lose in first-quarter sales.
August 11, 2004

Staff of Japanese nuclear plant followed manual despite signs of trouble.
August 11, 2004

Regulations on pipes at Japanese nuclear plants to be revised after accident.
August 11, 2004

Tokyo-based oil company to acquire 20 percent interest in exploration off Bali.
August 11, 2004

Osaka, Japan, taxi drivers wage intense fare wars.
August 11, 2004

New generation of Japanese virtual pet goes on sale in New York, San Francisco.
August 11, 2004