Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan) articles from December 2006

Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan) archives from December 2006

Hitachi's stake in Clarion to increase to 63% through tender offer.
December 1, 2006

Sanyo Electric to end sponsor contract for All-Star baseball games.
December 1, 2006

Sony chief traces battery overheating to lack of crisis management.
December 1, 2006

Yoshinoya resumes daily sales of 'gyudon' beef bowl.
December 1, 2006

Livedoor to sell stake in used car sales unit to Solid Acoustics.
December 1, 2006

Duskin sets IPO price at 1,750 yen.
December 1, 2006

Sanrio to offer Hello Kitty set for 18.9 million yen.
December 1, 2006

FSA punishes Daiwa for failing to prevent insider trading.
December 1, 2006

Meiji Yasuda eyes reversal of dwindling premium revenue.
December 1, 2006

Nippon Paper, Hokuetsu form business tie-up to boost competitiveness.
December 1, 2006

JR East's automated gate system fails to read data from Suica cards.
December 1, 2006

Robot to provide feeding assistance shortlisted for Robot Award.
December 1, 2006

Honda establishes solar cell subsidiary.
December 1, 2006

2 NTT firms to levy special fees from February for universal service.
December 1, 2006

Isuzu, Itochu to set up customer service firm for commercial vehicles.
December 1, 2006

Nippon Steel chief meets head of China's Baosteel in Tokyo.
December 2, 2006

Appliance retailer Gigas K's Denki to take over Denkodo in April.
December 4, 2006

Sumitomo invests in 2 Vietnam anthracite coal mining firms.
December 4, 2006

SK-II cosmetics go back on sale in China.
December 4, 2006

533 shareholders file criminal complaint against Kanebo execs.
December 4, 2006

Nippon Life to hike pledged group annuity policy effective yields.
December 4, 2006

NTT East, NTT West to cut rates for calls to mobile phones.
December 4, 2006

Nomura Holdings likely to miss targets in online brokerage business.
December 4, 2006

Sumitomo Mitsui to issue preferred securities to overseas investors.
December 4, 2006

SBI to launch nighttime stock market using system adopted overseas.
December 4, 2006

U.S. SEC unit to inspect 5 major Japanese audit firms.
December 5, 2006

Akebono Brake to build new plant in Gunma Pref.
December 5, 2006

ANA, Asiana to hike weekly code-sharing flights to 154.
December 5, 2006

Sumitomo Trust to stop charging remittance fees among own accounts.
December 5, 2006

MHI to halve number of H2-A rocket models.
December 5, 2006

8 telecom service providers name largest alliance in Asia.
December 5, 2006

Toyota vehicles make top 3 in sales rankings for 2nd month in Nov.
December 6, 2006

Lion raises FY 2006 group net profit estimate by 5 bil. yen.
December 6, 2006

Idemitsu-Mitsubishi, Mitsui planning LPG alliance.
December 6, 2006

KDDI raided over Kinmirai Tsuushin telecom fraud allegations.
December 6, 2006

Bridgestone's U.S. unit agrees to acquire Bandag in cash merger.
December 6, 2006

JAL plans asset sales to stay in black.
December 7, 2006

KDDI to end Tu-Ka brand cellphone operation in March 2008.
December 7, 2006

FTC questions Softbank's Son over mobile service ad.
December 7, 2006

Elpida to build DRAM plant in Taiwan.
December 7, 2006

6 major Russian retailers threaten to boycott Panasonic products.
December 7, 2006

Steel Partners raises stake in Nissin Food to 8.75%.
December 7, 2006

Nintendo's Wii not in competition with rival game consoles: president.
December 7, 2006

Nifty debuts on TSE, ends below IPO price.
December 7, 2006

Court asked to declare Kinmirai Tsuushin bankrupt.
December 7, 2006

Advantage Partners sells half of Daiei stake to Lehman Brothers.
December 7, 2006

NTT DoCoMo suffers 1st net fall in subscriber numbers in November.
December 7, 2006

Toshiba to buy majority stake in Chinese vacuum valve maker.
December 7, 2006

Toyota group eyes setting 2007 global auto sales goal at 9.4 mil.
December 11, 2006

Lehman to sponsor University of Tokyo finance course from 2007.
December 11, 2006

Nissan to launch new diesel engine cars, own hybrid cars in FY 2010.
December 11, 2006

Tokyo Electric, Marubeni to acquire Philippine power supplier.
December 11, 2006

Major seafood firms Maruha, Nichiro to merge in October.
December 11, 2006

Hino Motors to sell trucks via Scania's S. Korean subsidiary.
December 11, 2006

Toyota's Yaris compact car production reaches 1 mil. units in Europe.
December 12, 2006

MUFG to hire 100 people to enhance compliance checks.
December 12, 2006

Duskin debuts on TSE, ends 1st day below IPO price.
December 12, 2006

Hitachi targets $12 bil. sales in China in FY 2010.
December 12, 2006

Sompo Japan to buy 30% stake in Malaysian nonlife insurer.
December 12, 2006

Softbank Mobile warned of misleading phone rate campaigns.
December 12, 2006

Patagonia, Toray to cooperate in recycled nylon-made clothing.
December 12, 2006

Minister calls Maruha-Nichiro merger a plus for fishing industry.
December 12, 2006

KDDI, Rostelecom to lay fiber-optic cables between Japan, Russia.
December 12, 2006

M'bishi Electric launches air conditioner with user-detecting sensor.
December 13, 2006

GE Aviation signs $550 mil. deal with Shanghai Airlines.
December 13, 2006

ANA to hike int'l fares by 5-7%.
December 13, 2006

Mitsubishi Motors, former execs found not guilty over coverup.
December 13, 2006

Toyota to recommend term workers to group firms as full-time employees.
December 13, 2006

Marubeni buys minor stake in Australian coal miner.
December 13, 2006

Shareholders sue Kanebo executives, demanding 42.53 bil. yen damages.
December 13, 2006

Advantage Partners reports successful tender offer for Rex.
December 13, 2006

Sanyo to sell stake in LCD-making affiliate to Seiko Epson.
December 13, 2006

Gov't to punish moneylender Sanyo Shinpan for falsifying business records.
December 13, 2006

Yahoo Japan files 34 mil. yen damages suit over phishing.
December 13, 2006

Gakken takes over cram school Asunaro Gakuin.
December 13, 2006

Police raid JTB over suspected copyright infringement.
December 13, 2006

Isuzu eyeing new assembly plant for small trucks in N. America.
December 13, 2006

Qantas accepts revised A$11.1 billion buyout offer.
December 14, 2006

Aeon to allow China UnionPay cardholders to use ATMs in Japan.
December 14, 2006

Toyota suspected of discharging alkaline sewage into Yokohama port.
December 14, 2006

Japan 8-bank group, foreign firms to bid for Ashikaga on Fri.
December 14, 2006

SMFG to issue 308 billion yen in preferred securities abroad.
December 14, 2006

Toshiba, Sony, NEC Elec. unveil technology to make 45-nm system chip.
December 14, 2006

S&P cuts Sanyo Electric's long-term credit rating to BB-minus.
December 14, 2006