TOKYO : Tokyo Gas, Japan's biggest city gas provider, on Wednesday posted 17.2 billion yen ($112 million) in first-half net profit to end-September, down 84 per cent from the same period a year earlier, hit by rising expenses and other costs. In April-September last year, Tokyo Gas reported net profit of

TOKYO : Japanese utility Kansai Electric on Wednesday posted 228.8 billion yen ($1.5 billion) in net profit for the six months ended in September, down 38 per cent from the same period a year earlier, hit by fuel price fluctuation. The company kept its forecast for net profit for the fiscal year ending i

TOKYO : Japan's second-largest brokerage and investment bank Daiwa Securities Group reported on Tuesday a 80.5 per cent jump in net profit compared with a year earlier.Net profit for the July-August period was 53.8 billion yen ($352 million).($1 = 152.8200 yen)