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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Stocks advanced slightly on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday in thin trading amid a lack of fresh market-moving factors. The 225-issue Nikkei average climbed 44.35 points, or 0.26 percent, to close at 17,081.98. On Monday, the key market gauge gained 111.95 points to close above 17,000 for the first ...
Japan’s business sentiment worsened in August, as typhoons and extreme heat dampened the agriculture sector, according to a private research firm. The diffusion index measuring business conditions dropped 0.1 points from the previous month to 42.3, its first decline in two months, Teikoku Databank Ltd. said in a monthly survey ...
Sales of new imported cars, trucks and buses, including those made abroad by Japanese carmakers, rose 5.3 percent in August from a year earlier to 23,531 units, an industry body said Tuesday. While sales of foreign-brand vehicles added a mere 0.5 percent to 19,782 units over the period, those of ...
Toyota Motor Corp.’s Prius hybrid was the best-selling car in August, its ninth straight month at the top, data released by industry bodies showed Tuesday. Toyota sold 17,503 units of the fuel efficient car, marking a roughly 2.6-fold year-on-year increase, ahead of Honda Motor Co.’s N-Box minicar that sold 13,276 ...
SoftBank Group Corp.’s debt — which is set to swell as its latest global acquisition became effective Monday — is nearing a level at which Moody’s Investors Service has said it will consider a rating downgrade. The Japanese wireless carrier’s purchase of British semiconductor designer ARM Holdings PLC for about ...
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. is liquidating a Japan-focused hedge fund after investors withdrew money following poor performance, according to people familiar with the matter, adding to the list of casualties as the industry suffers its biggest outflows since 2009. The firm’s asset-management unit is liquidating its Sumi Trust Japan ...
Leaders of the Group of 20 economies stressed their commitment to achieving “strong, sustainable, balanced and inclusive growth,” even as they face mounting structural and other challenges standing in the way of reaching their goals. Chinese President Xi Jinping, the chair of this year’s meeting, hailed the outcome of the ...
How much did Nintendo pay to land that dream marketing opportunity at the Rio Olympics closing ceremony, where Japan’s prime minister popped out dressed as the red-hatted plumber Super Mario? Zero. The Japanese video game maker behind “Pokemon” and “Zelda” got the coveted stage that corporate sponsors pay millions for ...
[Daily News] One of the ways through which Japan supports Tanzania is the ABE Initiative. This is African Business Education Initiative for youth.
U.S. President Barack Obama is set Tuesday to call for early enforcement of a yet-to-be-ratified Pacific free trade deal as part of efforts to advance his policy of strategic “rebalance” to Asia, an initiative widely seen as a counter to the rise of China. Obama will make a pitch for ...
Truckers, farmers, dock workers and merchants angry at the disruption caused by thousands of migrants in their midst in the northern French city of Calais blocked the main access route to Britain on Friday to press authorities to set the date to raze an overcrowded makeshift camp. The action is ...
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. Federal Reserve is keeping interest rates low to prevent an economic downturn and “at some point” the rates must change. “They’re keeping the rates down so that everything else doesn’t go down,” Trump said in response to a reporter ...
Global economic leaders stepped up warnings that the populist mood sweeping many developed nations is a threat to trade and growth, calling from the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit for governments and businesses to fight to keep goods flowing across borders. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde ...
Toshiba Corp. and Canon Inc. are starting separate drone-based services for corporate clients. Toshiba said Monday it will partner with auto parts manufacturer Alpine Electronics Inc. to commercialize a system by March 2018 to inspect remote infrastructure such as power cables and steel towers. Their service will combine Alpine Electronics’ ...
Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies voice their opposition to protectionism and advocate free trade to support global economic growth. The post G-20 leaders join hands against protectionism appeared first on The Japan Times.
The first increase in base wages in four months is unlikely to offer much relief to the Bank of Japan as it undertakes a review of policies meant to stoke inflation and growth. Average monthly base pay, excluding overtime and bonuses, rose 0.4 percent in July from a year earlier ...
Internet giant Line Corp. on Monday made its foray into mobile phone services, launching low-cost smartphone and SIM card packages that offer subscribers free use of its messaging app. Branded Line Mobile, the service, excluding the cost of handsets, will cost between ¥500 and ¥3,220 a month, depending on data ...
The benchmark Nikkei average closed above 17,000 for the first time in about three months Monday, backed by a rise in U.S. equities late last week and the yen’s drop. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 111.95 points, or 0.66 percent, to end at 17,037.63 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, its ...
The dollar gave up early gains and fell below ¥103.50 in late Tokyo trading Monday, failing to maintain its upward momentum as Japanese stocks grew top-heavy. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥103.36-36, down from ¥103.57-58 at the same time Friday. The euro was at $1.1176-1176, down from $1.1192-1196, ...
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda dismisses views that he has exhausted his policy options. The post As BOJ rethink looms, Kuroda dismisses calls to halt aggressive easing campaign appeared first on The Japan Times.
When massive tsunami swept away entire towns in northeastern Japan five years ago, Taizo Son filled three shipping containers with emergency supplies and sent them to help the relief effort. Later, he bet almost $100 million of his own money on startups, seeking to transform everything from transportation and education ...