Tanita donates heatstroke meter to Tajimi City

Tanita donates heatstroke meter to Tajimi City

GIFU, Japan - Index meters for heat disorders donated by Tanita Corp. to Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, are seen in the photo taken on July 17, 2014. Tajimi is one of the hottest places in Japan.

Tanita donates heatstroke meter to Tajimi City

Tanita donates heatstroke meter to Tajimi City

GIFU, Japan - Tajimi Mayor Masanori Furukawa (R) and Senri Tanida, president of Tanita Corp., hold a heat disorders index meter donated by the company at Tajimi City Hall in Gifu Prefecture on July 17, 2014, with the city's mascot character "Unagappa." Tajimi is one of the hottest places in Japan.

Toymakers Takara, Tomy to merge next March

Toymakers Takara, Tomy to merge next March

TOKYO, Japan - (From R to L) Takara Co. Chairman Keita Sato, Tomy Co. President Kantaro Tomiyama and Index Corp. Chairman Masami Ochiai pose for photos during a news conference in Tokyo on May 13. Takara, Japan's No. 2 toymaker, and Tomy, the third largest, agreed to merge March 1 next year. Index Corp. is Takara's largest shareholder.

Nikkei recovers 10,000-mark

Nikkei recovers 10,000-mark

TOKYO, Japan - The price board at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Nihombashi shows the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average closed above 10,000 on Sept. 14 for the first time in three days. The index jumped 395.80 points on news that Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank will stop providing financial assistance to ailing supermarket chain Mycal Corp. The news immediately sent stock prices to negative territory, but they later picked up as investors digested the report as a positive factor for banks.

Nikkei recovers 10,000-mark

Nikkei recovers 10,000-mark

TOKYO, Japan - The price board at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Nihombashi shows the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average closed above 10,000 on Sept. 14 for the first time in three days. The index jumped 395.80 points on news that Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank will stop providing financial assistance to ailing supermarket chain Mycal Corp. The news immediately sent stock prices to negative territory, but they later picked up as investors digested the report as a positive factor for banks.

Toymakers Takara, Tomy to merge next March

Toymakers Takara, Tomy to merge next March

TOKYO, Japan - (From R to L) Takara Co. Chairman Keita Sato, Tomy Co. President Kantaro Tomiyama and Index Corp. Chairman Masami Ochiai pose for photos during a news conference in Tokyo on May 13. Takara, Japan's No. 2 toymaker, and Tomy, the third largest, agreed to merge March 1 next year. Index Corp. is Takara's largest shareholder. (Kyodo)

Tanita donates heatstroke meter to Tajimi City

Tanita donates heatstroke meter to Tajimi City

GIFU, Japan - Index meters for heat disorders donated by Tanita Corp. to Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, are seen in the photo taken on July 17, 2014. Tajimi is one of the hottest places in Japan. (Kyodo)