List/Grid Business Subscribe RSS feed of category Business
Japan’s retail sales in fastest rise since August 2010
Retail sales in Japan rose in December at their fastest pace in more than a year, official figures show, as consumer spending recovers after the earthquake and tsunami in March. more »
Nissan announces new $2 bil plant in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Nissan Motor Co announced Wednesday it is investing $2 billion to build a new manufacturing plant in Mexico. It will be the Japanese company’s third in the more »
IAEA begins inspection of nuclear power plant in Fukui
OHI — Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday began their first inspection of a Japanese nuclear power plant that has undergone official “stress tests” – a key more »
Sumitomo buys RBS aircraft leasing unit for $7.3 bil
LONDON — The state-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland announced Monday it has agreed to sell its aircraft leasing division to Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp for $7.3 billion (6.2 billion more »
‘Smart TVs’ offer new windows onto Internet
LAS VEGAS — The world’s obsession with tapping into the Internet is being played out on the biggest screen in the house, with software startups, TV makers, and technology more »
Japan Airlines aims to raise at least $6.5 billion in relisting
A Japan Airlines airplane flies past a factory’s chimney at an industrial district in Tokyo (Toru Hanai Reuters, REUTERS / January 19, 2010) TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan Airlines plans to more »
Nintendo of America confirms new Pokemon game for 2012
Will the 3DS start to catch’em all in 2012? Tucked inside a press release touting the sales of the 3DS, Nintendo confirmed that a new Pokemon title will arrive in more »
Omron smartphone app comes close to instantaneous text translations
Omron Software Co. has developed a smartphone application that translates short English, Korean and Chinese written phrases into Japanese in less than a second. The company aims to have the more »
Softbank to release record-long TV ad featuring ‘White Family’
TOKYO — Japanese cell phone giant Softbank Mobile will release a record-long 5-minute, 30-second-long television commercial featuring the “White Family” – the multiracial, multispecie nuclear family that has driven Softbank more »
LA woman takes unique road to sue Honda over mileage
TORRANCE, Calif — A Los Angeles woman who expected her hybrid Honda Civic to be a high-mileage machine wants the automaker to pay for not delivering the 50 miles per more »
