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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
The Japanese government is considering staying involved in Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s business management longer than currently planned, given larger-than-expected costs for scrapping the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, sources close to the matter said Saturday. A delay in the process for reactivating the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in ...
The impact of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union has been felt by businesses at home and abroad, and London-based sellers of Japanese food are among those reeling from the resulting shift in exchange rates. The pound fell nearly 15 percent against the yen after the national referendum in ...
Son Jeong-ui (or Masayoshi Son), chairman of SoftBank in Japan, will invest up to 5 trillion won (US$4.55 billion) in Korea for the next ten years. He is reportedly interested in making a large-scale investment in non-memory semiconductor chips so that he could propose a partnership model between Korea and ...
A subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. may delay the initial delivery of the first passenger jet to be developed in Japan due to technical problems, a source familiar with the matter said Saturday. Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., an entity 64 percent owned by Mitsubishi Heavy, told its customers that it ...
All Nippon Airways Co. is aggressively strengthening international operations with the 787 Dreamliner, but its heavy reliance on Boeing Co.’s high-tech plane appears to be a double-edged sword. ANA adopted the Boeing 787 in 2011, becoming the first airline in the world to do so. It received its 50th 787 ...
Takata Corp. received offers for initial investment of $1 billion to $2 billion from each of the five suitors seeking to buy the troubled air bag maker, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The Japanese company behind the auto industry’s biggest recall ever may be leaning toward ...
China’s yuan is joining the International Monetary Fund’s basket of reserve currencies as of Saturday, a milestone for the government’s campaign for recognition as a global economic power. The yuan joins the dollar, euro, yen and pound in the IMF’s special drawing rights (SDR) basket, which determines currencies that countries ...
Another potentially deadly problem has surfaced with Takata air bags, this one forcing BMW to recall over 4,000 SUVs in the United States and Canada. The new problem was traced to improper welds, and it’s separate from the trouble that has caused the largest automotive recall in U.S. history. The ...
Over the course of the 2016 presidential election, trade has been thrust into the spotlight. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump described the North American Free Trade Agreement as “the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere, but certainly ever signed in this country” during the first presidential debate on Sept. ...
The government and the ruling bloc started talks Friday on a proposed insurance program to cover possible falls in farmers’ income stemming from free trade deals. The insurance scheme is intended in particular to help cushion any impact on farmers when the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement comes into effect. The farm ...
Department store Tokyu Hands Inc. disclosed Friday that information on 861 customers was stolen after its online store for handmade products was accessed without authorization. The stolen data included credit card numbers for 529 customers, and more than 10 are already likely to have been used for illegal purchases, the ...
Household spending fell for the sixth straight month in August, reflecting weak consumer sentiment, though the unemployment rate remained low at 3.1 percent, up 0.1 percentage point from the previous month, government data showed Friday. Average household spending, a key indicator of private consumption, fell a seasonally adjusted 4.6 percent ...
Japanese fund managers slightly increased exposure to equities in their model portfolios in September and trimmed their bond holdings after the Federal Reserve refrained from hiking interest rates, underpinning demand for riskier assets, a Reuters survey showed. The survey of five Japan-based fund managers conducted between Sept. 15 and Sept. ...
The dollar fell back below ¥101 in Tokyo trading on Friday, as the yen attracted purchases from rise-averse currency players amid worries about Deutsche Bank AG’s financial woes. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥100.88-88, down from ¥101.53-53 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.1184-1186, down ...
Hoping to turn golden oldies into silver, Nintendo Co. is to relaunch its hit Famicom gaming console, 33 years after the device first gripped the nation. The new version has a similar appearance but is significantly smaller than the original. Named Nintendo Classic Mini Family Computer, it will come loaded ...
The Bank of Japan’s decision to target the yield curve and allow consumer prices to overshoot its 2 percent goal are welcome steps in the nation’s long battle to encourage inflation, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers has said. Targeting the yield curve will keep interest rates low enough to ...
Nissan wants Britain to pledge compensation for any tax barriers resulting from its decision to leave the European Union or the automaker could scrap a potential new investment in the country’s biggest car plant, its CEO said Thursday. Carlos Ghosn’s remarks indicate growing concern among global carmakers that Britain could ...
Stocks retreated sharply on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday, dragged down by profit-taking after the previous day’s surge, amid reignited worries about Deutsche Bank’s business conditions. The 225-issue Nikkei average tumbled 243.87 points, or 1.46 percent, to end at 16,449.84. On Thursday, the key market gauge soared 228.31 points. ...
Sharp Corp. is investing ¥57.4 billion for the development of organic LED display production facilities, with the goal of starting output by June 2018. The funds will be used for equipment and to deliver sample products to customers, the Osaka-based company said in a statement Friday. The investment will be ...
Takahiro Kusakari went from being a self-described bum getting by on bit-part acting roles in Tokyo to calling the shots at a $2.7 billion stock fund. His life changed in 2007 when the then 28-year-old stumbled into a seminar by the legendary investor Atsuto Sawakami, the founder of Japan’s biggest ...
Trace the roots of most modern Japanese tech companies back far enough and there’s a good chance you’ll stumble across a little-known venture capital firm called Jafco Co. Since its inception in 1973, Japan’s oldest and largest VC (venture capital firm) has quietly backed almost 4,000 companies, including giants like ...