Sony lifts outlook after Spider-Man and games fuel growth
The Tokyo-based company now expects ¥1.87 trillion in operating income for the year through March, raising its guidance by 15%.
The Tokyo-based company now expects ¥1.87 trillion in operating income for the year through March, raising its guidance by 15%.
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Toyota Motor Corp. on Thursday lifted its net profit outlook for the year through next March to 3.57 trillion yen ($23 billion) due t
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Thursday, as investors sold off technology shares and shifted funds to non-technology shares amid concerns a
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's National Police Agency said Thursday it will begin sharing details of accounts used in scams with 807 financial institutions
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- NTT Docomo Inc. said Thursday it is experiencing service disruptions across Japan and investigating the cause of the problem.The majo
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TSUKUBA, Ibaraki -- Some 350 people recently joined a farmers' rally and tractor demonstration in this east Japan city, calling for measures to protec
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TOKYO -- Japan's Finance Ministry proposed reviewing administrative support, including possible termination, for specific health checkups and guidance
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TSU, Japan (Kyodo) -- A seven-year prison term was finalized on Thursday for a former truck driver whose use of a smartphone while driving caused a mu
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How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Nov. 5 to test your news knowledge. Ready?What did the local weath
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Bank of Japan policymaker said at its September monetary policy meeting that the central bank had entered a new phase in which the
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TOKYO -- A new place for visitors is opening at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3. It is the Ote Rest House, near Ote-mon Gate on the east side o
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TOKYO -- The mayor of the suburban Tokyo city of Hachioji, a former member of the Self-Defense Forces, took a hunting license examination amid a spate
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You can walk into a sumo stable in Tokyo in 2026 and see roughly the same training patterns and methods as you would have in 1826.
