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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
A Ukrainian alleged to be the ringleader of the world’s biggest online piracy site, Kickass Torrents, was hit with U.S. criminal charges Wednesday, accused of distributing over $1 billion worth of illegally copied films, music and other content. The Justice Department unveiled a criminal complaint against Artem Vaulin, 30, of ...
Five years ago, Olympus Corp. was caught up in the oddest of corporate scandals. Its then-CEO, Michael Woodford, uncovered an accounting scandal at the company that went undetected for years, besmirching the name of a once-proud Japanese maker of digital cameras and medical equipment. The challenge of getting the company ...
When Saori Ito went on maternity leave last year and stopped getting a regular paycheck from her cosmetics company, she became worried about her future — and wondered if this kind of anxiety is what awaits her after retirement. The 34-year-old married mother of a 1-year-old girl had doubts about ...
(Teleborsa) - Peggiora l'indice dell'attività complessiva in Giappone relativo al mese di maggio, segnalando un indebolimento dell'economia, a causa della debolezza del settore industriale e del...
Vendors flog everything from Trump whoopee cushions to bobble-head dolls, pamphlets decry Sharia law and proselytizers preach of Jesus: Welcome to the world outside the gates of the Republican convention. A man dancing in his underpants, a musician strumming Trump tunes and women offering free hugs — a bustling street ...
Apple Inc. stands to rake in $3 billion in revenue from the “Pokemon Go” craze in the next one to two years as gamers buy “PokeCoins” from its app store, brokerage Needham & Co. said. “Pokemon Go,” the augmented reality game from Japan’s Nintendo Co. Ltd., can be downloaded for ...
Daihatsu Motor Co. said Wednesday it plans to recall around 800,000 of its Tanto minicars after a minor injury due to a broken rear door stay. Daihatsu said it will notify the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism soon about the recall covering Tanto minicars produced between December 2007 ...
The Japanese government is arranging to compile a stimulus package of at least ¥20 trillion ($188 billion) to help the domestic economy emerge from deflation and fend off the possible adverse effects of Brexit, sources said Wednesday. The government initially envisaged compiling a stimulus package of somewhat more than ¥10 ...
Gaming console maker Sony Corp. is betting big on virtual reality, with a new headset and a slew of games set for release later this year, while rival Microsoft Corp. is also developing its own hardware to make use of the immersive technology. Shawn Layden, president of Sony Interactive Entertainment ...
McDonald’s Japan admitted Wednesday that it has a collaboration plan linked to the blockbuster smartphone game “Pokemon Go.” But the news release does not say when the game will be released in Japan, where fans of the Nintendo character are jealously watching the game’s rollout overseas. It only says the ...
DeNA Co. and Yamato Transport Co. announced Wednesday they plan to start trials on a delivery service that will utilize self-driving vehicles. The two firms aim to start testing what they envision turning into an on-demand delivery service in March 2017 in special deregulated zones designated by the government. They ...
The dollar advanced to levels around ¥106.30 in Tokyo Wednesday following stronger than expected U.S. data, while a wait-and-see mood was spreading ahead of central bank meetings in Japan and the U.S. next week. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥106.33-34, up from ¥105.95-95 at the same time Tuesday. ...
Stocks snapped a six-session winning streak on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, weighed down by selling to lock in gains. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 41.42 points, or 0.25 percent, to end at 16,681.89. On Tuesday, the key market gauge advanced 225.46 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues ...
Finance chiefs of the world’s 20 leading economies are expected to vow further cooperation this weekend to ensure economic and market stability after Britain voted to leave the European Union last month. At a two-day meeting starting Saturday in the Chinese city of Chengdu, the Group of 20 finance chiefs ...
Major Japanese breweries Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Asahi Breweries Ltd. reached a court settlement Wednesday over Suntory’s claim that its rival infringed on its patent for nonalcoholic beer. The deal means both can continue making and marketing their respective beverages. Under the settlement reached at the Intellectual Property High Court, ...
Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. is expanding into the Cambodian market, which will make it the first Japanese life insurer to do business in the Southeast Asian country, informed sources said Wednesday. The insurer plans to open a representative office in Phnom Penh by the end of July, with the aim ...
The first two years were hard for realtor Yuta Suzuki, the president of Japanese property sales, management and consulting company SU Partners, Inc. He got into the business more than a decade ago, but being unable at first to pull big-name clients and lacking particular skills, Suzuki stayed in the ...
New York state and Massachusetts are suing Volkswagen and its affiliates Audi and Porsche over diesel emissions cheating, alleging that the German automakers defrauded customers by selling diesel vehicles equipped with software allowing them to cheat emissions testing. The lawsuits, announced Tuesday, allege that Volkswagen and its affiliates sold more ...
Japan’s imports of eels are peaking ahead of the July 30 Day of the Ox, when many people in the country enjoy grilled eel in the belief the dish helps them cope with the summer heat. According to a Narita, Chiba Prefecture-based eel trading company, called Marukatsu, its imports of ...
The International Monetary Fund scrapped its forecast for a pickup in global growth this year, citing Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, and warned the damage could worsen if confidence falters among investors and companies. The IMF sees global gross domestic product rising 3.1 percent this year, down from ...
Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp. manipulated air bag test data that it supplied to major client Honda Motor Co., sources said Tuesday, citing a third-party panel’s investigation. The panel examined the data after Takata, which has faced massive recalls of defective vehicle air bags worldwide, acknowledged that parts of ...