Nissan expects 650 bil. yen net loss for FY 2025

Nissan expects 650 bil. yen net loss for FY 2025

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Ivan Espinosa holds a press conference at the automaker's headquarters in Yokohama near Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2026, after the company announced it expects a net loss of 650 billion yen ($4.25 billion) for the business year through March 31 due to restructuring costs.

US: Airport Fire Expands In Southern California, Destroys Homes 3

Airport Fire burning in Orange and Riverside Counties, Southern California has grown to more than 23,000 acres as of Wednesday morning, September 11. The fire injured at least seven people and destroyed homes.

UFJ cuts earnings forecast, seeing net loss of 650 bil. yen

UFJ cuts earnings forecast, seeing net loss of 650 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihide Mizuno, a UFJ Holdings Inc. director, speaks to reporters about the UFJ group's earnings forecast for the business year ending March 31, at the head office of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on March 27.

Suzuki Motor to sell large-scale scooter

Suzuki Motor to sell large-scale scooter

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. will launch on June 1 a large-scale scooter which it claims has the world's biggest engine capacity for an ordinary scooter. The Sky Wave 650 has an engine capacity of 638 cc compared with 600 cc for conventional scooters. Priced at 859,000 yen, it features gear shifts that can be alternated between manual and automatic.

CAS rules decision to omit Chiba from Olympic team valid

CAS rules decision to omit Chiba from Olympic team valid

TOKYO, Japan - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) opens a hearing in Tokyo on Aug. 3 in which Japanese swimmer Suzu Chiba (2nd from R) claimed the Japan Amateur Swimming Federation (JASF) (L side) unfairly omitted her from the roster for the Sydney Olympics. CAS arbitrators ruled the decision was valid, but ordered the JASF to pay 10,000 Swiss francs (650,000 yen) to her as partial compensation for expenses incurred in connection with the appeal, saying the dispute could have been avoided if the organization had disclosed its selection policy.

Beanie Babies go on sale in downtown Tokyo

Beanie Babies go on sale in downtown Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Beanie Babies, tiny stuffed-animal dolls with cute eyes made by U.S. toy maker Ty, are put on sale at the Sony Plaza shop in downtown Tokyo on Aug. 14. About one hundred customers, including a 77-year-old man who was first in line at 5 a.m., queued for the 11 a.m. opening of the Ginza shop. Ty Japan LLC, the Japan unit of the U.S. company, began selling some 260 varieties of 100,000 popular dolls priced at 650 yen apiece throughout the nation on the same day. One U.S. dollar is worth 120 yen.

UFJ cuts earnings forecast, seeing net loss of 650 bil. yen

UFJ cuts earnings forecast, seeing net loss of 650 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihide Mizuno, a UFJ Holdings Inc. director, speaks to reporters about the UFJ group's earnings forecast for the business year ending March 31, at the head office of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on March 27. (Kyodo)

U.S. demanded Japan pay $650 mil. for Okinawa reversion costs

U.S. demanded Japan pay $650 mil. for Okinawa reversion costs

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese diplomatic documents declassified on Feb. 18, 2011, show the United States in 1969 demanded Japan pay $650 million, worth some 234 billion yen based on the exchange rate at that time, to finance unspecified costs related to the 1972 reversion of Okinawa from U.S. control to Japanese sovereignty. (Kyodo)

Baseball: Sugano equals NPB's highest salary

Baseball: Sugano equals NPB's highest salary

Yomiuri Giants pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano attends a press conference at the baseball club's office in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2018, after signing an estimated 650 million yen contract for the next season and equaling former Yokohama BayStars closer Kazuhiro Sasaki for the highest-ever reported deal for a Japanese player. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Sugano equals NPB's highest salary

Baseball: Sugano equals NPB's highest salary

Yomiuri Giants pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano attends a press conference at the baseball club's office in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2018, after signing an estimated 650 million yen contract for the next season and equaling former Yokohama BayStars closer Kazuhiro Sasaki for the highest-ever reported deal for a Japanese player. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Suzuki Motor to sell large-scale scooter

Suzuki Motor to sell large-scale scooter

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. will launch on June 1 a large-scale scooter which it claims has the world's biggest engine capacity for an ordinary scooter. The Sky Wave 650 has an engine capacity of 638 cc compared with 600 cc for conventional scooters. Priced at 859,000 yen, it features gear shifts that can be alternated between manual and automatic.

Beanie Babies maker to offer new Japanese teddy bear

Beanie Babies maker to offer new Japanese teddy bear

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the ''Nipponia the Bear,'' a new teddy bear U.S. toymaker Ty Inc. will launch exclusively for the Japanese market on Sept. 9. About 20 centimeters tall and bearing the Japanese flag on its chest, the blue-colored Nipponia will retail for 650 yen apiece, Ty officials said.

Beanie Babies go on sale in downtown Tokyo

Beanie Babies go on sale in downtown Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Beanie Babies, tiny stuffed-animal dolls with cute eyes made by U.S. toy maker Ty, are put on sale at the Sony Plaza shop in downtown Tokyo on Aug. 14. About one hundred customers, including a 77-year-old man who was first in line at 5 a.m., queued for the 11 a.m. opening of the Ginza shop. Ty Japan LLC, the Japan unit of the U.S. company, began selling some 260 varieties of 100,000 popular dolls priced at 650 yen apiece throughout the nation on the same day. One U.S. dollar is worth 120 yen.