a state-owned enterprise that was privatized into Japan Railway companies in 1987. The special tobacco surtax, one of the four types of taxes levied on cigarettes, was created in October 1998 to ...

Amid the delicate balance of Zen gardens and bullet trains, Japan stands on the verge of a historic misstep. As heated ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Japan Tobacco on Thursday reported a 9. ... The company, which makes Benson & Hedges and Winston cigarettes, said it expects operating profit and revenues to rise by a further ...

Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT ... The company manufactures and markets cigarettes and deals in discount tobacco products. The company reported sales for the fiscal year ending in December 2023 of ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. -- Japan's tobacco monopoly is dealt with in the annual report of United States Vice Consul Sharp at Kobe, recently received. The law relating to the monopoly of leaf tobacco ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Japan Tobacco International expects a shift towards cheaper cigarette brands in the United States to reach more than 40% of the market by 2027, its finance chief told Reuters.

A man has been arrested for allegedly using a counterfeit version of a newly issued banknote, police said, in the first arrest of its kind involving a renewed bill touted as having improved security ...

Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of the Japan women's artistic gymnastics team, withdrew from the squad for the Paris Games after violating the team's code of conduct by smoking, the Japanese ...

Japan decries China harassment over Fukushima ... I am writing in response to the rise in popularity of e-cigarettes. SKE, an e-cigarette brand, has been accused of targeting children in its ...