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Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn. (Photo:AP)

Nissan seeks USD 91 mn in damages from Ghosn over financial misconduct charges

Ghosn had been facing criminal charges in Japan for understating his annual salary and misusing company funds.

12 Feb 2020 1:26 PM

Japan’s fourth-largest automaker posted an operating profit of 51.8 billion yen (USD 471.34 million) for the October-December quarter.

Suzuki posts 11 pc fall in third-quarter profit, hit by slowing India demand

Suzuki kept its forecast for full-year operating profit to drop 40 per cent to 200 billion yen.

07 Feb 2020 1:01 PM

Panasonic, which supplies battery cells for electric vehicles made by Tesla, posted a profit of 100.4 billion yen for Oct-Dec period.

Panasonic third-quarter profit rises 3 per cent, beating estimates

Panasonic maintained its profit forecast for the year through March at 300 billion yen.

03 Feb 2020 1:07 PM

Brent crude LCOc1 was down 37 cents, or 0.6 per cent, to USD 58.95.

Oil falls for sixth day as China virus raises global growth, demand concerns

Oil investors are concerned travel advisories, other restrictions and any sizable impact on growth.

28 Jan 2020 11:41 AM

Oil prices had fallen back in the last two weeks.

Oil jumps to highest in more than a week after Libyan shutdowns

Brent crude LCOc1 futures were up by 74 cents, or 1.1 per cent, to 65.59 by 0331 GMT, having earlier reached USD 66.00 a barrel.

20 Jan 2020 11:11 AM

Brent crude futures rose 55 cents, or 0.8 per cent, to USD 65.99 a barrel by 0109 GMT after tumbling 4.1 per cent on Wednesday.

Oil edges up after plunge, as market recovers poise

US oil added 61 cents, or 1 per cent, to USD 60.22 after falling nearly 5 per cent in the previous session.

09 Jan 2020 9:59 AM

Ghosn became an international fugitive after he revealed last week he had fled to Lebanon to escape what he called a “rigged” justice system in Japan. (Photo:AP)

Nissan says it will continue to pursue legal action against Ghosn

A Japanese government spokesman on Tuesday said Tokyo has sought cooperation from Lebanon regarding Ghosn.

07 Jan 2020 10:11 AM

Brent crude was up 16 cents, or 0.2 per cent, at USD 67.36 a barrel by 0155 GMT.

Oil rises, supported by trade deal, OPEC cuts

West Texas Intermediate was up 20 cents, or 0.3 per cent, at USD 61.31 a barrel.

26 Dec 2019 10:44 AM

2020 Tokyo's Olympic tickets continue to be very hard to find particularly in Japan. (Photo: Twitter/ Tokyo 2020)

Latest Tokyo Olympic ticket lottery: 1M offered; 23M sought

Organizers on Wednesday said there were 23 million tickets requested in the latest lottery for Japan residents only.

18 Dec 2019 2:32 PM

With eight months left for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the stadium for the mega sporting event was opened for media on Sunday. (Photo: ANI)

Tokyo 2020: Olympic stadium officially opened

The Olympics are scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 9, 2020.

16 Dec 2019 7:45 PM

Presumably, the records imply that the women referred to as 'geisha' might have come on their own, as opposed to sex slaves, who were coerced. (Photo: File | Representational)

Japan asked for 1 sex slave for every 70 soldiers in WW2 to 'prevent rape, disease'

The sex slaves issue has been a source of a painful dispute between South Korea and Japan.

08 Dec 2019 11:37 AM

Brent crude futures were up 19 cents, or 0.3 per cent, at USD 62.47 a barrel.

Oil rises amid optimism over OPEC supply cuts, hopes on US-China trade

OPEC+ on Jan 1 this year cut output by 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd), and in July, renewed the pact until March 2020.

15 Nov 2019 3:41 PM

Japanese Emperor Naruhito will be ushered into a dark wooden hall on Thursday night to celebrate his last major accession rite after becoming emperor this spring: spending the night with a goddess. (Photo: AP)

Row over Japan Emperor's last accession rite: 'Spend night' with goddess

Though the empress, dressed in robes with a long train, also appears, she does not follow him in.

14 Nov 2019 3:57 PM

Toyota Motor Corporation's quarterly sales rose 4 per cent to 7.6 trillion yen (USD 70 billion), compared to the previous year. (Photo: File)

Toyota reports 1 per cent profit growth on healthy global sales

Toyota Motor Corp's profit for the second fiscal quarter totaled USD 5.4 billion, up from 585 billion yen last year.

07 Nov 2019 2:42 PM

England and South Africa square up to each other on Saturday to determine who will be crowned champion at Japan’s first Rugby World Cup. (Photo: AFP)

Here are some incredible moments from Japan's Rugby World Cup

The Asian nation’s staging of the event, which kicked off on Sept. 20, has been a huge success.

01 Nov 2019 8:14 PM

Torrential rain that caused flooding and mudslides in towns east of Tokyo left at least seven people dead and added damage in areas still recovering from recent typhoons, officials said Saturday. (Photo: AFP)

Torrential rains, landslides kill 10 in Japan, 3 reported missing

Two weeks ago, Typhoon Hagibis caused widespread flooding and left more than 80 people dead or presumed dead across Japan.

26 Oct 2019 11:31 AM

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,. (Photo: File)

Japan to allocate 710 million yen to support Typhoon Hagibis hit areas

As per Cabinet Office, around 5,500 people remain housed in shelters and more than 2,30,000 people had been evacuated ahead of the storm.

16 Oct 2019 6:43 PM

Rescuers in Japan worked into a third day on Tuesday in an increasingly desperate search for survivors of a powerful typhoon that killed nearly 70 people and caused widespread destruction. (Photo: AP)

Clean-up, rescue efforts on in Japan as typhoon Hagibis death toll nears 70

By Tuesday morning, some 34,000 households were still without power, and 133,000 homes had no water.

15 Oct 2019 12:15 PM

Japan's military scrambled Sunday to rescue people trapped by flooding in the aftermath of powerful Typhoon Hagibis, which killed at least eleven people, caused landslides and burst rivers. (Photo: AP)

11 dead, thousands in shelters as typhoon hagibis hammers Japan

Japan's military deployed helicopters to rescue people seen in aerial footage standing on balconies waving towels to attract attention.

13 Oct 2019 9:59 AM

The US House of Representatives will launch a formal impeachment inquiry over whether Donald Trump sought help from the Ukraine to smear former Vice President Joe Biden, a front-runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Trump has denied the claims. (Photo: File | ANI)

Global stock markets rattled as Trump impeachment bid raises new risks

The dramatic move by House of Representatives Democrats compounded investors’ anxieties.

25 Sep 2019 12:55 PM

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