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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
It’s called the U.S. Open, and the crowd is definitely from New York, but the clothing on the court is decidedly Japanese. Stan Wawrinka, wearing Yonex, thrilled fans with a four-set victory over world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, sponsored by Uniqlo. The semifinals featured another Uniqlo athlete, Kei Nishikori, and ...
The government unveiled has unveiled a campaign to raise productivity at construction sites by 20 percent by 2025 through the use of drones and artificial intelligence. At an inaugural meeting of officials and private-sector experts tasked with formulating new growth strategy policies, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Monday to wipe ...
Samsung Electronics Co. has lost $22 billion in market value over two days as investors factor in a bigger hit to its bottom line from the widening bans and warnings issued over its Note 7 smartphones. Shares have plunged 11 percent since Friday, the biggest two-day decline since 2008, after ...
The 12 countries that signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact earlier this year agreed Monday that they will not renegotiate the deal, Japan’s TPP minister Nobuteru Ishihara said. The minister also told reporters the 12 nations confirmed they will move ahead with domestic processes quickly to adopt the U.S.-led ...
The dollar was slightly firmer around ¥102.30 in late Tokyo trading Monday amid growing expectations for an early interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve, while its topside was capped by price falls also attributed to the looming Fed decision. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥102.31-32, up ...
The benchmark Nikkei average fell back sharply Monday, dragged down by a plunge in U.S. equities late last week. The 225-issue Nikkei lost 292.84 points, or 1.73 percent, to finish at 16,672.92 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. On Friday, the key market gauge gained 6.99 points. The Topix index of ...
Core private-sector machinery orders gained for the second month in a row in July, prompting the government on Monday to upgrade its basic assessment of the key indicator for the first time in nine months. The orders, widely taken as a leading indicator of future capital spending, rose 4.9 percent ...
As virtual reality makes strides in the tech world, the next big thing is tipped to be a visual technology that can capture and show what people see in 360 degrees. “It’s like in the 1920s with Hollywood and film: There was just the brand new beginning of something new,” ...
Citigroup Inc. plans to move its Japan headquarters from Tokyo’s Shin-Marunouchi Building to a new location nearby that will bring its brokerage and banking divisions together in the city’s financial district. The U.S. bank is relocating to achieve “efficiency,” said Mika Nemoto, a Tokyo-based spokeswoman. Its investment-banking, trading, markets and ...
(Teleborsa) - Seduta pesantemente negativa per la Borsa di Tokyo, dopo le ampie vendite di venerdì scorso a Wall Street. A Tokyo, l'indice Nikkei ha chiuso con una flessione dell'1,73% a 16.672...
TOKYO - The 12 countries that signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact earlier this year agreed on Monday they will not renegotiate the deal, Japanese TPP minister Nobuteru Ishihara said.
The chain plans 12 stores this year and 200 by 2021 Japan's fast fashion retailer Miniso eyes Vietnam: report
Tesla Motors Co. Chief Executive Elon Musk said Sunday the automaker is updating its semi-autonomous driving system Autopilot with new limits on hands-off driving that likely would have prevented a fatality in May. Musk said the update, which will be available within a week or two through an “over-the-air” software ...
Forces loyal to east Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar on Sunday seized at least two key oil ports from a rival force loyal to the U.N.-backed government, risking a new conflict over the OPEC nation’s resources. Ahmed al-Mismari, a spokesman for Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), said its fighters had ...
Germany is close to an agreement with its utilities that will see the government assume the risks and liabilities of storing private-sector nuclear waste in return for a €26.4 billion ($29.6 billion) cash payment, daily Boersen-Zeitung reported on Saturday. An initial recommendation from an expert commission in April was for ...
Japan's saihan seido system may not be enough to save the country's remaining bookstores, whose advantages Amazon.jp has systematically worked to nullify over the years. The post Pricing system offers scant protection as Amazon Japan hacks away at bookstores’ benefits appeared first on The Japan Times.
Yahoo Japan Corp. proposed a merger with Yahoo Inc., but was rebuffed, with Verizon Communications Inc. eventually acquiring the U.S. company’s core assets for $4.8 billion. The post Yahoo Japan sought merger with Yahoo before Verizon deal appeared first on The Japan Times.
The U.S. government stepped into the fight over the Dakota Access oil pipeline Friday, ordering work to stop on one segment of the project in North Dakota and asking the Texas-based company building it to “voluntarily pause” action on a wider span that an American Indian tribe says holds sacred ...
The Nikkei average wiped out earlier losses to end slightly higher Friday as wait-and-see mood prevailed ahead of key monetary policy meetings in Japan and the United States. The benchmark 225-issue index gained 6.99 points, or 0.04 percent, to close at 16,965.76 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. On Thursday, the ...
The dollar traded in a relatively narrow range around ¥102.20 in Tokyo trading Friday as market-moving factors failed to set a clear direction for the dollar-yen pair. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥102.20-20, up from ¥101.59-59 the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.1272-1272, up from $1.1267-1268, ...