The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission has searched locations related to Thai-based investment fund Asia Partnership Fund Group over its unit’s alleged fictitious investment in a listed Japanese company, according to sources. The company,…
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Sony bounced back to profit last quarter and raised its full-year earnings forecast, fueled by stronger demand for its PlayStation 3 game consoles, personal computers and televisions. The Tokyo-based electronics and entertainment giant said Thursday i…
The mummified corpse apparently of a man born in 1899 who may have died more than 30 years ago was found in his home in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, after relatives barred repeated attempts to determine if he was still alive, investigative sources said Thursday…
Softbank Corp. announced Thursday it will jointly create a new company with U.S.-based Zynga Game Network Inc. and provide “social game” services on the firm’s mobile devices later this year. Softbank, the exclusive provider in Japan of Apple’s iPhone…
Osamu Motojima has been tapped as the new director general of the ITER Organization for an international project to build a nuclear fusion reactor in France, replacing Kaname Ikeda, according to science ministry officials. The appointment was made at …
A computer glitch hit All Nippon Airways’ check-in system for international flights at Narita, Chubu, Hong Kong and San Francisco airports Thursday morning, Japan’s second-largest air carrier said. Nine international flights leaving Narita airport for…
OSAKA (Kyodo) Sharp Corp. on Thursday began selling 3-D televisions, joining competitors Panasonic Corp. and Sony Corp. in the emerging market of TVs that can project 3-D images. Sharp rolled out the Aquos Quatron 3D TV LV series in 40- to 60-inch scr…
Bad weather hampered the search Thursday in Hokkaido for a missing single-engine plane with two men aboard. The Cessna TU206G, registered with Aichi Prefecture-based Nakanihon Air Service Co., disappeared from radar around 10:40 a.m. Wednesday while f…
In a rare case of police cooperation with Spain, Madrid will likely agree to transfer custody of a Montenegrin member of the “Pink Panther” robbers believed involved in a Ginza jewelry shop heist in 2007, government sources said Wednesday. Tokyo polic…
Japan has told the United States that it is ready to negotiate on a possible increase in its outlays for moving U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam, government sources said Thursday. Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa has already sent a letter to his U.S…
PayPal, the online payment unit of Internet commerce firm eBay Inc., is planning to break into the Japanese market — the first time it has entered a region without eBay’s powerful auction business. Acquired by eBay in 2002, PayPal in most markets re…
NEW YORK — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said Wednesday he hopes to utilize his upcoming visits to Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombings to push forward his goal of realizing a world free of nuclear arms. “During…