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That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
The Japanese government on Wednesday slashed its domestic economic growth projection for this fiscal year due to the expected run on purchasing not eventuating after the postponement of the consumption tax hike, previously planned for next April. The government now expects the world’s third-largest economy to grow 0.9 percent in ...
Game fans in Japan vent in unison over delayed launch of 'Pokemon Go' in the birthplace of the 20-year-old series. The post Fans frustrated over delayed release of ‘Pokemon Go’ in series’ birthplace appeared first on The Japan Times.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., the maker of New York City subway trains, is seeking to buy a train maintenance company in the U.S. to help increase its services lineup and boost profit margins. “The costs for maintenance are largely fixed,” Yoshinori Kanehana, president of the company, said in an interview ...
In bright news for the world’s balding men and women, Kyocera Corp., the startup firm Organ Technologies Inc. and the government-affiliated scientific research institute Riken are joining hands to find a treatment for alopecia, or hair loss. Under the partnership, the three will work on developing technologies and products that ...
A key economic adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said boosting fiscal and monetary stimulus at the same time would be a good strategy, while playing down the likelihood of employing so-called helicopter money. Japan needs to keep various policy options open, including coordinated action by the government and ...
The nation’s top business leaders urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday to seek ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact during an extraordinary Diet session expected to be held in September. Business leaders submitting the written request to Abe at the Prime Minister’s Office included Japan Business Federation ...
The dollar gave up some of its early gains to trade narrowly around ¥104.30 in Tokyo trading late Wednesday, hit by profit-taking. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥104.22-22, up from ¥103.01-01 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.1046-1047, down from $1.1109-1110, and at ¥115.12-13, up ...
Nissan Motor Co. on Wednesday unveiled its new Serena model minivan featuring self-driving technology. The van, which goes on sale next month, includes some autonomous capabilities that allow it to control steering, gas and brakes on single-lane highways, regardless of traffic conditions, Nissan said. The technology is called Propilot, which ...
Stocks rose for the third straight day on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, supported by an overnight advance on Wall Street and weakening yen. The Nikkei average gained 135.78 points, or 0.84 percent, to close at 16,231.43. On Tuesday, it jumped 386.83 points. The Topix ended up 14.53 points, ...
The government is expected to cut its consumer inflation forecast for the current fiscal year and produce an estimate for fiscal 2017 that is much lower than the central bank’s 2 percent target, government sources said. The gloomy assessment may add to market doubts over the Bank of Japan’s optimistic ...
A Democratic U.S. senator on Tuesday asked the software developer behind Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s “Pokemon Go” to clarify the mobile game’s data privacy protections, amid concerns the augmented reality hit was unnecessarily collecting vast swaths of sensitive user data. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota sent a letter to Niantic Chief ...
Mitsui Fudosan Co. said Tuesday that Toronto-based Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts will open a hotel in a high-rise building being constructed as part of a redevelopment project in central Tokyo’s Otemachi business district that involves the major Japanese real estate developer. The luxury hotel is slated to open its ...
The government is expected to cut its growth projection for the Japanese economy for fiscal 2016 to 0.9 percent in price-adjusted terms from 1.7 percent due to the absence of last-minute purchases, given the postponement of the consumption tax hike, sources said Tuesday. Before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said last ...
The global rollout of Pokemon Go is being held back by the unexpected popularity of the game, which has shot to the top of download charts since it debuted less than a week ago. Niantic Inc., which developed Pokemon Go with Nintendo Co. and Pokemon Co., is working to boost ...
Over 60 percent of households across Japan found themselves facing financial difficulties last year, according to a government survey. The proportion stood at 60.3 percent as of July 2015, the fourth-highest level since the survey started in 1986, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Tuesday. The highest rate was ...
The three major convenience store operators struggled with low profitability in March-May despite record-high sales. Sales for industry leader Seven-Eleven Japan Co., a core unit of Seven & I Holdings Co., grew 5.4 percent from a year before to ¥1.1 trillion after it revamped its product lineup. But operating profit ...
The Fair Trade Commission has fined Fujitsu Ltd. and Oi Electric Co. a total of ¥402.91 million for repeated bid-rigging for communications equipment for Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. The FTC on Tuesday also issued a cease-and-desist order to the two electronic equipment producers to prevent similar misconduct. Of ...
Source: International Organization for Migration Country: SomaliaUsing DTM, IOM and the government aim to improve information management in fluid displacement situations, thereby enhancing timely prioritization in the delivery of aid.Somalia - IOM has identified 430,062 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in seven districts in Somalia after piloting its Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) ...
Honda Motor Co. said it is introducing a motor for hybrid vehicles that will not need heavy rare earth minerals, as the nation’s carmakers look to circumvent sourcing the materials from China. Magnets developed by Daido Steel Co. without heavy rare earth minerals will be used starting with the Freed ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered economic revitalization minister Nobuteru Ishihara on Tuesday to draft a range of economic measures to bust deflation and raise Japan’s growth potential, including with a supplementary budget for fiscal 2016. The government will submit the budget draft for fiscal 2016 to an extraordinary Diet session ...
The dollar rose above ¥103 in Tokyo trading on Tuesday, lifted by higher stock prices. At 5 p.m., it stood at ¥103.01-01, up from ¥101.89-89 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.1109-1110, up from $1.1025-1026, and at ¥114.43-50, up from ¥112.34-35. After moving around ¥102.60-70 in early ...