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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
American International Group Inc., the insurer that’s shrinking to free up capital for shareholder buybacks, said it expects to book a loss of about $430 million on the previously disclosed deal to sell Fuji Life Insurance Co. in Japan. That loss will be partly cushioned by a gain of $300 ...
No-frills fashion. Cheap and cheerful. Call it what you will, Shimamura Co. has a money-making formula for selling clothes in Japan’s moribund economy. Growth in operating income at the country’s second-largest clothing chain has outpaced bigger rival Uniqlo-owner, Fast Retailing Co., for the past five quarters. The reason may come ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday told the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit that free trade is a source of global economic growth and Tokyo intends to keep promoting the policy, a Japanese government spokesman said. The comment comes after Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election this month ...
After more than 10 years of planning, Philadelphia is taking the first steps in transforming an abandoned, overgrown rail line that cuts through the heart of the city into a lush and lively public park. Officials broke ground last month on the first phase of the Rail Park, the City ...
Pacific Rim leaders pledged Sunday to advance free trade and regional economic integration in the face of rising protectionism with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump opposed to a major regional free trade deal. The leaders of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum vowed to “resist all forms of protectionism” and reaffirmed ...
Lawmakers and the Abe administration are mulling a plan that would offer tax breaks to incentivize the renovation of aging houses, Jiji Press learned Sunday. The government and the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling coalition believe the improvements will boost the quality of older houses and strengthen the housing market at ...
Trying to tie up loose ends of his foreign policy agenda, President Barack Obama on Saturday instead found world leaders more focused on someone else: President-elect Donald Trump.Global hand-wringing over America's next president has taken much of the wind out of Obama's final overseas trip. Adopting an altruistic tone, Obama ...
Medipost Co., a South Korean biotechnology firm, said Sunday it has set up a joint venture in Japan to sell stem cell-ba
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged further economic opening on Saturday as leaders of Asia-Pacific countries sought new free trade options following Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president on promises to scrap or renegotiate trade deals. All eyes were on China at this year’s APEC summit in Peru just over a ...
The leaders of the 12 member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreed Saturday to step up efforts to implement the free trade agreement in a veiled counter to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over his protectionist stance. In a meeting in Lima, the leaders affirmed their intention to advance domestic procedures ...
An expected U.S. economic retreat from Latin America under Donald Trump is causing the region’s leaders to look halfway around the world to China for help weathering the possible financial headwinds. They will have the perfect opportunity to make their appeal this week when Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a ...
A second Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. passenger jet arrived in the United States on Friday to conduct required flight tests in order to get a safety certification in Japan, the company said Saturday. The subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. plans to send two more Mitsubishi Regional Jets, the country’s first ...
A summit of top world leaders was urged Friday to fight rising protectionism after Donald Trump’s election victory stoked fears that free trade and the global economy are under threat. Trump, who triumphed in the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential vote, tapped the anger of working-class voters who feel left behind ...
Hokkaido Railway Co. said Friday it has difficulty maintaining half of its railways by itself. At a news conference at JR Hokkaido’s head office in Sapporo, President Osamu Shimada said the company finds it hard to continue operating 13 money-losing sections of 10 lines on its own. The 13 sections ...
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” A friend in the UK sent me this quote the day after Hillary Clinton’s stunning loss to Donald Trump in the U.S. elections.A white standup comedian, George Carlin ( 1937-2008 ) from New York said so.But another white friend in ...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino says the Club World Cup could expand to a 32-team tournament played in June.Infantino says in interviews published on Friday in Italian and Spanish newspapers that a revamped club competition could start in 2019.A 32-team event played in the last three weeks of June would be ...
A panel discussing reforms for Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is increasingly seeing a need for the utility to merge its nuclear and power grid operations with those of other companies, the chairman of the panel has said. The panel commissioned by the industry ministry has been discussing how ...
A state-backed fund is considering lending more than ¥70 billion ($630 million) to struggling Japan Display Inc. to help it boost production of interior display screens for vehicles, sources close to the matter said. The loan from Innovation Network Corporation of Japan would be given to enable the manufacturer to ...
Japan's decision to revise its import tariff privileges is unlikely to affect Thai exports as the value of shipments under the system is already low, a trade official said.
China will position itself as free trade’s new champion at an Asia-Pacific summit this weekend, with the Communist government seeking to project economic leadership as the Trans-Pacific Partnership languishes under President-elect Donald Trump. Beijing aims to capitalize on the Trump-induced coma of the U.S.-led Pacific Rim trade pact, with President ...
The United States has not given up hope of ratifying the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the 12-nation trade deal President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to scrap once he takes office in January, Secretary of State John Kerry told Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday. During a meeting in Lima, Kerry cited high ...