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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
A city near Tokyo has joined hands with the central government and other partners to commercialize a drone-based delivery service it calls “the first step of an industrial revolution in the air.” “We want to get a head start in the building of a future-oriented community and disseminate the idea ...
The coincident index of economic indicators fell for the first time in three months in August, the government said in a preliminary report Friday. The coincident index, which reflects the current state of the economy based on industrial output, retail sales, new job offers and other factors, fell 0.1 point ...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is considering selling its real estate subsidiary Ryoju Facility and Properties Co. for around ¥100 billion as part of efforts to streamline its less competitive businesses, sources familiar with the matter said Friday. Mitsubishi Heavy, which has been focusing on investment in growth areas such as ...
The pit crew of the McLaren Honda Formula One auto racing team will use Japanese-made hitoe sensor clothing, according to Ron Dennis, chairman and chief executive officer of British luxury automaker McLaren Technology Group. The team’s aim is to shorten the working time of its pit crew during races, including ...
Japan needs a double dose of monetary and fiscal stimulus, including further easing by the central bank next month, says Etsuro Honda, one of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic advisers. Honda, one of the architects of Abenomics, Abe’s economic policy based on “three arrows,” said fiscal restraint limited the effectiveness ...
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. on Thursday said it is recalling about 300,000 vehicles across Japan, North America and Europe due to a defect in the exhaust gas system of four models. The automaker informed the transport ministry that 102,781 vehicles will be recalled in Japan across four models — Legacy, ...
Fourteen senators are calling on the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation of Wells Fargo executives after revelations that bank employees opened millions of fake bank and credit card accounts. A bank teller who steals bills from a cash drawer is likely to face charges, the senators said in ...
An industry group has estimated costs for decontamination work at the disaster-struck Fukushima nuclear plant and compensation for nuclear damage to be around ¥8 trillion ($77.10 billion) more than the current official projection, a source said Thursday. The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan, which consists of the country’s ...
The airline industry agreed Thursday on a framework for reducing its carbon footprint at a U.N. meeting in Montreal, the first time a commercial sector has voluntarily tackled climate change. Six years of negotiations culminated in the agreement at the International Civil Aviation Organization’s plenary session. Malaysia’s aviation chief, Azharuddin ...
An interactive toy that promoters hope will take the world by storm revealed its secret on Thursday after months of speculation. The egg-shaped product, named Umarete Woomo in Japan and Hatchimals in English, is developed by Canada-based Spin Master and hits the market Friday. It made its public appearance earlier ...
Pepper, SoftBank Corp.’s humanoid robot, greeted customers at a Taiwan bank and a life insurer on Thursday, one of the first countries outside Japan to use the shiny machine in a front-line role with clients. The robot was handed an employee ID card at a First Commercial Bank branch in ...
Fujitsu Ltd. is considering integrating its personal computer business with China’s Lenovo Group Inc., the world’s biggest PC manufacturer, a source said Wednesday. Lenovo is likely to invest in the PC business Fujitsu spun off earlier this year. If the investment is realized, Lenovo will probably take a majority stake, ...
Blue Origin, the aerospace company headed by Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos, ran a successful test Wednesday of an emergency escape function, aimed at saving space travelers’ lives in case of catastrophe. The New Shepard rocket blasted off from a Texas launchpad, then its unmanned capsule separated in midair about 45 ...
The dollar advanced to levels around ¥103.70 in Tokyo on Thursday, after brisk U.S. data. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥103.69-69, up from ¥102.78-82 on Wednesday. The euro was at $1.1196-1196, down from $1.1219-1223, and at ¥116.09-10, up from ¥115.32-34. The dollar topped ¥103.60 in morning trade in ...
Seven & i Holdings Co. and H2O Retailing Corp. said Thursday they have agreed on a capital and business tie-up, with Seven & i selling some of its department stores to the operator of the Hankyu and Hanshin department stores. Seven & i said it will negotiate sales of two ...
Stocks extended their winning streak to a fourth session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday, backed by the yen’s further drop against the dollar and a brighter U.S. economic outlook. The Nikkei average rose 79.86 points, or 0.47 percent, to finish at 16,899.10. On Wednesday, it gained 83.59 points. ...
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Japan’s biggest lender, will join foreign peers in using advanced technology to spot illegal activity, sources close to the matter said. The bank will partner with British giant HSBC and Singapore’s OCBC Bank in using the latest information technology and financial services software to prevent money ...
Steps toward developing an artificial intelligence were a central theme at the nation’s biggest annual IT and electronics show, and the crowds found no disappointment in Omron Corp.’s table-tennis-playing robot. Forpheus is appearing at CEATEC for the third year running. Now it doesn’t just return shots; it adjusts to the ...
Jin Kawaguchiya gave up a career in finance to help revive Japan’s ailing dairy industry, one robot at a time. In a country that relies increasingly on imported foods like cheese and butter, Japan’s milk output tumbled over two decades, touching a 30-year low in 2014. Costs rose faster than ...
An overheated Samsung device created smoke that caused a plane to be evacuated at Louisville International Airport on Wednesday, an official said. The smoke prompted Southwest Airlines to evacuate the plane before it departed for Baltimore, Louisville Metro Arson Capt. Kevin Fletcher told news outlets. A total of 75 people, ...
Yahoo on Wednesday rejected allegations of mass email surveillance amid an outcry from privacy activists over a report that it created a special scanning program at the behest of U.S. intelligence. The report, which said the U.S. internet giant had secretly scanned hundreds of millions of email accounts to help ...