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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Apple Inc. said Tuesday it sourced parts worth more than ¥3 trillion ($29.2 billion) from a total of 865 Japanese companies in 2015. The maker of iPhones and iPads disclosed its trade volume with Japanese partners for the first time, highlighting the importance of its relations with suppliers including electronics ...
The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday declared an initial squadron of Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35A fighter jets ready for combat, marking a major milestone for a program that has faced cost overruns and delays. The move is another achievement for the $379 billion program, the Pentagon’s largest weapons project. The ...
The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should step up efforts to revamp the labor market, encourage businesses to raise wages and restore the nation’s debt-ridden finances through consumption tax increases as part of efforts to spur the flagging Abenomics policy mix, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday. With Japanese ...
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. failed to dig into in-house information revealing improper practices at its development division at the center of a fuel economy data manipulation scandal, according to an independent panel. After looking into the scandal, the special investigation panel also took issue with Mitsubishi Motors’ corporate culture and its ...
Toyota Motor Corp. and Daihatsu Motor Co. jointly launched two different cars in Indonesia on Tuesday, a day after Toyota acquired all of Daihatsu’s shares. “It is a new relationship between Daihatsu and Toyota,” Daihatsu President Masanori Mitsui said during the launch in the industrial town of Karawang in West ...
TOKYO - Japan's cabinet on Tuesday approved a mammoth 28-trillion yen ($273-billion) package in its latest attempt to stimulate lacklustre growth, including cash to improve infrastructure and raise the birthrate in the ageing nation.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government is embarking on its biggest spending program yet, with a financial measure worth $274 billion.
China ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing’s dominance of Uber Technologies Inc. in the China market may provide a play book for other regional rivals to fend off the biggest U.S. ride-hailing company, especially in other Asian countries. The two companies Monday confirmed the sale of Uber China to its chief competitor, ...
Nippon Express Co. has agreed to cooperate with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. in shipping Japanese products to China, company officials said Tuesday. Under the deal, Nippon Express will transport goods by air for Japanese firms doing business on Alibaba’s Tmall Global online mall, while home delivery in ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s attempt to bolster the country’s moribund economy with a ¥28 trillion stimulus package Tuesday has experts asking whether massive government spending is really the best medicine for a country with snowballing debts. Some economists see the fresh round of stimulus as a positive sign since it ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks to pull Japan out of deflation with a huge spending program. The post Cabinet backs infrastructure investment, better welfare services in ¥28 trillion stimulus package appeared first on The Japan Times.
Honda Motor Co. recorded a better-than-expected ¥174.6 billion profit ($1.7 billion) for the fiscal first quarter, as it gradually recovers from damage caused by the earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture. Honda said Tuesday that April to June profit fell 6 percent from a year ago, when the Japanese automaker earned ¥186 ...
The dollar sank below ¥102 in Tokyo trading on Tuesday, dragged down by heavy losses in Japanese equities and government bonds. At 5 p.m., the dollar was quoted at ¥101.66-66, down from ¥102.38-38 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.1199-1199, up from $1.1168-1168, and at ¥113.84-91, down ...
Major Japanese listed companies suffered sharp year-on-year declines in sales and profits in the April to June period due to the yen’s recent rises, a survey has found. According to the tally of consolidated earnings at 546 nonfinancial companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s first section released by Monday, ...
The Bank of Japan’s decision not to drag interest rates further below zero provides relief for the nation’s banks after shrinking lending profits crimped first-quarter earnings. Combined net income at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and its two mega-bank peers fell 28 percent from a year earlier to ¥505.8 billion ...
The key Nikkei average pulled back on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday, affected by falls in energy-related names and export-oriented companies, amid the yen’s appreciation versus the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei average tumbled 244.32 points, or 1.47 percent, to end at 16,391.45. On Monday, the key market gauge climbed 66.50 ...
U.S. investor Warren Buffett, speaking at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, challenged Republican Donald Trump on Monday to release his tax returns. Trump has said he would not release his returns until the Internal Revenue Service has completed an audit. “Now I’ve got news for him, ...
After designing grassy knolls and desert vistas for the landmark artsy video games “Flower” and “Journey,” there was only one place video game designer Matt Nava wanted to go next: underwater. Following the success of thatgamecompany’s 2012 indie hit “Journey,” which swept that year’s Game Developers Choice Awards and whose ...
American credibility is on the line over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Monday, urging its ratification despite growing political opposition in the U.S. to the 12-nation free trade pact. Lee acknowledged that the TPP is politically difficult in a tough election year because of American ...
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