Mitsukoshi takes stake in Shochiku
January 1, 2006Department store chain Mitsukoshi Ltd has begun taking a stake in movie company Shochiku Co to reinforce relations over some of Shochiku's strong points — kabuki and other traditional Japanese entertainment, Mitsukoshi officials said Sunday. ...
Daiei's December sales up 5%
January 1, 2006Daiei Inc said Sunday its same-store sales rose 5% in December from a year earlier, posting a second straight month of sales increases from year-before levels for the first time in 25 months. The supermarket chain operator, currently restructuring...
Business leaders optimistic for 2006
January 1, 2006Business leaders vowed Sunday to create a vigorous Japan in 2006 by further promoting structural economic reforms. "We want to accelerate reforms and make 2006 a year for a new leap," Okuda Hiroshi, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known in...