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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
A Japanese team comprising Tokyo-based startup ispace and Tohoku University expects to complete its moon-bound robot contestant for Google Inc.’s exploration contest by next January. Hakuto will compete against 15 other teams from around the world to win the Google Lunar X Prize, the world’s first private-sector competition to explore ...
Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy have affirmed the readiness of the two countries’ governments to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact “at an early date.” During a courtesy call by the U.S. envoy on Thursday, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yamamoto told Kennedy he ...
Mitsubishi Motors Corp., raided three times by the transport ministry over its decades-long fuel economy scandal, could be searched again by the regulator as a planned rescue by Nissan Motor Co. falls behind schedule. The ministry may raid Mitsubishi Motors’ offices a fourth time if the evidence collected during its ...
In Japan’s carefully choreographed corporate world, public power struggles are generally frowned upon. Shosuke Idemitsu, 89, apparently doesn’t roll that way. At an Idemitsu Kosan Co. shareholder meeting in June, investors were expected to vote in favor of reappointing directors who support the government-backed, $1.7 billion merger with rival Showa ...
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A decade ago, California vowed to dramatically slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. With the nation’s most populous state on pace to meet that target, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday charted a new goal to further cut carbon pollution by extending and expanding the landmark climate change law. It will ...
In an apparent bid to prevent customers from jumping ship to budget mobile phone services, SoftBank Corp. said Thursday it will cut monthly rates for its smartphone data plans. A new plan dubbed the “Giga Monster” will offer 20 GB a month for ¥6,000 and 30 GB for ¥8,000 starting ...
Sharp Corp. said Thursday that it has verified the ability of its Plasmacluster air-purifying technology to reduce the risk of tuberculosis infection in humans. The Japanese consumer electronics maker made the verification through a test conducted at Georgia’s National Center of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases in Tbilisi. At a hospital ...
The focus of this year’s Tokyo International Gift Show is an animal that has become a purring and recurring issue in the news recently: cats. A variety of cat-themed products ranging from cushions and slippers to bags and saucers seems to be drawing more passionate cat lovers to stores these ...
The dollar edged up to around ¥101.60 in Tokyo trading on Thursday, aided by position-adjustment purchases in the absence of fresh trading incentives. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥101.59-59, up slightly from ¥101.54-54 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was at $1.1267-1268, up from $1.1241-1241, and at ...
Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Hiroshi Nakaso said Thursday that expanding the central bank’s negative interest rate policy is still a key tool that could be used to pave the way to its 2 percent inflation target, but emphasized the undesirable impact of the controversial measure. The negative interest rate ...
Sudden storms called “guerrilla downpours” have been hitting with increasing frequency over the past five decades and are now considered a growing disaster threat. As municipalities struggle to deal with the increase in floods, companies are proposing new technology based on what they say is their only useful lead in ...
Sony Corp. has released two new versions of its PlayStation 4: the PlayStation 4 Pro and a slimmer, more efficient version of the PlayStation 4. The post New PlayStation 4 models change life cycle of gaming consoles appeared first on The Japan Times.
The first insurance product in the nation to cover the cost of fertility treatments will be launched on Oct. 2, Nippon Life Insurance Co. said. The company hopes the new product will help counter the nation’s declining birthrate, it said Monday. When those insured receive in-vitro or micro-fertilization, they will ...
Vending machines that link people’s smartphones to bonus points, photos and other perks are proliferating. The growth in beverage sales at convenience stores has left vending machines at a plateau. So beverage makers are trying to increase sales per machine by reaching out to customers’ smartphones. Coca-Cola (Japan) Co. has ...
Apple Inc. unveiled a new water- and dust-resistant iPhone 7 with high-resolution cameras at its fall product event Wednesday, and said that a “Super Mario” game was coming to the new phone and that “Pokemon Go” would feature on its upgraded Apple Watch. The excitement at the Bill Graham auditorium ...
Honda Motor Co. said Thursday it is recalling an additional 668,816 cars in Japan in order to replace passenger-seat air bag inflators manufactured by auto parts maker Takata Corp. The recall covers 16 models, including the Fit compact car, produced between January 2009 and December 2011, according to the filing ...
Stocks lost further ground Thursday as fresh market-moving factors eluded, with the Nikkei average closing below 17,000 for the first time in about a week. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 53.67 points, or 0.32 percent, to end at 16,958.77 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. On Wednesday, the key market gauge ...
Japan’s economy expanded at a better-than-estimated 0.7 percent annualized pace in the April-June quarter, according to revised data showing private demand was stronger than earlier reported. An earlier estimate put annualized growth in the quarter at 0.2 percent. The economy grew at a 2.1 percent annualized pace in the previous ...
[Ethiopian Herald] President Dr. Mulatu Teshome said that Japan is a genuine development partner for deepening the popular KAIZEN philosophy in the country.
Japan's economy grew faster over April-June than initially estimated, the Cabinet Office said on Thursday.