Ongoing RRP volume growth supported by a Ploom X device price reduction. The Ploom X international expansion is underway. On a reverse P/E estimate, Japan Tobacco's valuation looks full. BAT is ...

The latest update is out from Shionogi & Co ( (JP:4507) ).

TOKYO (Reuters) - British American Tobacco will expand sales of its "glo" tobacco-heating device to Tokyo and Osaka from July and roll it out nationwide by year-end, intensifying a battle with Philip ...

British American Tobacco PLC made a $47 billion takeover offer to buy the 58% of Reynolds American it has yet to acquire, to create the world's largest tobacco company. WSJ's Lee Hawkins explains. “We ...

Japan Tobacco is the third-largest player in a highly concentrated tobacco industry, behind British American Tobacco and Philip Morris. Compared to its peers, at 15x earnings, Japan Tobacco's ...

Wide-moat Japan Tobacco’s 2914 second-quarter results were ahead of our expectation and its internal targets thanks to solid volume and continued pricing strength. The results again validate our ...

TOKYO – Two tobacco giants are seeing strong demand for their reboots of the e-cigarette in Japan, with Philip Morris International twice postponing a nationwide rollout and Japan Tobacco suspending ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Tobacco Inc (2914.T) has agreed to pay $5 billion (3.3 billion pounds) for Reynolds American Inc's (RAI.N) premium Natural American Spirit tobacco brand outside the United ...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan Tobacco Inc <2914.T> said on Wednesday it hoped to catch up with Philip Morris International Inc in smokeless tobacco by expanding the number of smoke-free restaurants and ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Marlboro maker Philip Morris International says its e-cigarette has rapidly captured close to 3 percent of Japanese tobacco sales, making inroads into a market Japan Tobacco (JT) ...

Competition to sate Japanese nicotine addicts is heating up. Philip Morris International Inc. and Japan Tobacco Inc. have rolled out products that are heated -- not burned -- in battery-charged ...