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That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Apple has to pay up to €13 billion ($14.5 billion) — plus billions more in interest — in back taxes to Ireland after the European Union found Tuesday that the U.S. technology giant contributed almost no tax across the bloc’s 28 countries for 11 years. The ruling is a dramatic ...
Air bag maker Takata Corp.’s troubles worsened Monday as the company confirmed that a truck carrying its inflators and a volatile chemical exploded last week in a Texas border town, killing a woman and injuring four others. The truck, operated by a subcontractor, crashed, caught fire and exploded Aug. 22 ...
The transport ministry says it has found that mileage figures for eight Mitsubishi Motors Corp. models affected by a fuel-efficiency scandal was up to 8.8 percent poorer than their catalog data. The post Fuel data was 8.8% worse than Mitsubishi Motors claimed for eight models appeared first on The Japan Times.
In the latest of a long series of gaffes, Finance Minister Taro Aso has hit out at brokerage workers — a profession he’s responsible for overseeing. “People have a preconception that investing in bonds and stocks is dangerous, and that’s correct,” Aso said at a forum Tuesday in Tokyo. “Most ...
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. said it is sticking to the schedule of handing over its first plane in 2018 after issues with the jet’s air conditioning ventilator this weekend grounded the plane from further test flights. The company is working with United Technologies Corp., the maker of the air conditioning system ...
In a major policy shift, the Liberal Democratic Party plans to abolish the decades-old spousal tax break that critics say has long dissuaded wives from seeking full-time work. The post LDP to scrap spousal tax break in bid to get more women into full-time work appeared first on The Japan Times.
In 2009, anime fans were delighted when a life-size statue of a Gundam robot was unveiled in Tokyo’s Odaiba district. The statue has now become a landmark attraction in the shopping and entertainment area. And this year, there’s finally some action as Gundam fights with another robot, something you get ...
The dollar firmed modestly to levels close to ¥102.40 in late Tokyo trading on Tuesday amid a growing wait-and-see mood ahead of U.S. employment data on Friday. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥102.37-37, up from ¥102.29-30 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.1168-1169, down from ...
Stocks turned slightly lower in thin trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday, pressured by profit-taking after the previous day’s sharp rebound. The Nikkei average dipped 12.13 points, or 0.07 percent, to end at 16,725.36. On Monday, it shot up 376.78 points. The Topix index lost 0.43 points, or 0.03 ...
Household spending fell for a fifth straight month and retail sales also dropped, underscoring the weakness in domestic demand. The jobless rate was the lowest since 1995. Household spending fell 0.5 percent in July from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday. Retail sales fell 0.2 percent from ...
Source: Asian Development Bank Country: WorldBy 2050, 3.4 billion people could be living in water-stressed areas in Asia and the Pacific while water demand will increase by 55%, states new report. Asia Pacific Shows Progress in Water Security, But Challenges Remain – ADB STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – Water security in Asia and Pacific has ...
Source: World Food Programme Country: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, WorldAs schools resume this autumn, widening financial constraints will force the United Nations food agency – the top sponsor of such initiatives – to reduce its reach.DAKAR – As schools resume this autumn, more than ...
[Focac] Q: According to Kyodo News, the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) held in Kenya adopted the Nairobi Declaration on August 28, which promised to maintain rule-based maritime order and move forward reforms at the UN Security Council. Kyodo News said that the declaration comes as tensions remain ...
[ANGOP] Luanda -A statement that lays out the guiding principles of the Tokyo International Conference on Africa's Development (TICAD VI) was adopted last Friday in the venue of the gathering, Kenya's capital Nairobi, a meeting in which Angola was represented by the Economy minister, Abrahão Gourgel.
[AIM] Nairobi -Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi declared on Saturday that the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), held in the Kenyan capital, was an excellent opportunity for business and brought many gains for Mozambique.
Forget Bitcoin. There’s a new digital currency that is surging as online drug-dealers begin adopting it to conduct business with more anonymity. The two-year-old currency Monero has more than quadrupled this month after gaining support from prominent websites that anonymously peddle drugs. It spiked to as much as $10 on ...
When President Barack Obama travels to Asia next week, he will try to reassure leaders in the region that he still has the clout to deliver U.S. approval for the sweeping Trans-Pacific Partnership, even though the two candidates vying to succeed him and a congressional leader have said the 12-nation ...
Ethnic food on Korean Air Korean Air set a new record for its daily production of in-flight meals on July 30, producing meals for 84,936 passengers — the most since it started the service in 1969. The company says it makes 1,400 types of food, providing meals for 49 global ...
Federal aviation officials estimate there will be 600,000 commercial drone aircraft operating in the U.S. within the year as the result of new safety rules that opened the skies to them on Monday. Michael Huerta, head of the Federal Aviation Administration, said at a news conference that the rules governing ...
Shimadzu Corp. launched on Monday a near-infrared camera system to help diagnose metastatic breast cancer, making a foray into the Japanese medical camera market. Lightvision, the new product, allows surgeons to identify easily the positions of lymph nodes to be removed for diagnosis, by creating a real-time visualization that makes ...
Asahi Group Holdings said Monday that it will recall some 60,000 packs of baby food products sold by its Asahi Group Foods Ltd. unit, after some were found to contain pieces of resin. Slices of blue resin, the largest about 4 cm, were detected in two rice porridge products under ...