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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Takata Chairman Shigehisa Takada says he will step down from his post in response to the ongoing global recall of air bag inflators. The post Takata chief says he’ll quit after guiding air bag maker toward recovery appeared first on The Japan Times.
The founding family of Idemitsu Kosan Co. opposes its planned merger next April with Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., the family’s representative said Tuesday, clouding the outlook of the creation of one of the largest oil distributors in Japan. The founding family, which owns a 33.92 percent stake in Idemitsu, can ...
Shareholders urged nine power companies Tuesday to end nuclear power generation, reflecting safety concerns lingering since the 2011 Fukushima disaster. However, the proposals were turned down at the firms’ shareholders meetings. The companies, including Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex, are ...
The dollar was capped around ¥102.20 in Tokyo trading on Tuesday, as stock markets in Japan and abroad remained unstable in the wake of Britain’s shock decision late last week to leave the European Union. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥102.23-23, up from ¥102.02-02 at the same time ...
Japan is likely to include assistance for small businesses in an economic stimulus package it will compile after Britain’s shock vote to leave the European Union, Economy Minister Nobuteru Ishihara said on Tuesday. Policymakers also said financial markets are starting to calm down after the Brexit vote last week, but ...
The benchmark Nikkei average ended an unstable session slightly higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, helped by continued buybacks after Friday’s tumble attributed to concern over Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. The 225-issue Nikkei average climbed 13.93 points, or 0.09 percent, to close at 15,323,14. On ...
Global efforts to tackle corporate tax avoidance are set to get new momentum on Thursday, when nations meet in Kyoto to discuss and possibly sign up to international rules introduced last year. The two-day meeting by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Committee on Fiscal Affairs will take place ...
Japanese drugmaker SSP Co. will be put under the wing of Sanofi as the French health care titan and Germany’s Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH announced an asset swap agreement Monday. Under the deal, Sanofi will acquire Boehringer’s consumer health operation, including SSP, in exchange for its animal health business. The transaction ...
Britain suffered further blows to its economic standing on Monday as two top ratings agencies downgraded its sovereign credit score, judging last week’s vote to leave the European Union will hurt its economy. Standard & Poor’s stripped Britain of its last remaining top-notch credit rating, dropping it by two grades ...
The U.S. International Trade Commission said Monday it will investigate Sony Corp. over the alleged violation of patents on magnetic data storage tapes and cartridges made by Fujifilm Corp. The investigation will follow a complaint by Fujifilm, based on section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which prohibits unfair ...
The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant said Tuesday a power outage halted some systems but that no problems were detected in the cooling of the three melted-down reactors. Machinery affected included cooling equipment for an underground ice wall, which is being set up around four ...
South Korea’s government said Tuesday it will soon present to parliament a supplementary budget of around 10 trillion won ($8.44 billion) as the nation grapples with weak exports, turmoil from Brexit in financial markets, and a corporate overhaul of the country’s shipping and shipbuilding industries. The funds for the extra ...
Olympus Corp. said Monday its group firm in China was involved in wining and dining a customs official as well as giving gifts to the person but said no illegal act such as bribery had occurred. An internal investigation found that an employee of Olympus (Shenzhen) Industrial Ltd. had spent ...
Volkswagen would repair or buy back polluting diesel vehicles and pay each owner as much as $10,000 under a $14.7 billion deal the carmaker has reached to settle lawsuits stemming from its emissions cheating scandal, a person briefed on the settlement talks said Monday. The figure would be the largest ...
Britain’s vote to leave the European Union sent new shockwaves through financial markets, with the pound falling despite the country’s leaders’ attempts to ease the political and economic turmoil it has unleashed. Finance minister George Osborne said on Monday the British economy was strong enough to cope with the volatility ...
Scendono ancora le quotazioni della sterlina. Come conseguenza della vittoria del leave al referendum sulla Brexit, sono scese ancora le quotazioni della sterlina sui mercati asiatici. Rispetto alla giornata nera di venerdì 24 giugno, la sterlina ha perso un ulteriore 2,6 per cento sul dollaro (una sterlina vale 1,34 dollari) ...
The Development Bank of Japan has formed an alliance with travel website Ikyu Corp. to promote the use of traditional Japanese houses as tourist facilities. Under the alliance, the government-affiliated bank will provide financing for projects to renovate traditional houses. It will use a ¥5 billion investment fund established in ...
A mother of two has died, likely due to a ruptured airbag made by Takata Corp., after the Honda City she was driving was involved in a minor accident in Malaysia on Sunday, authorities said. Mohamed Sabri Shamsudeen, head of the fire department in the Sungai Buloh district on the ...
The dollar traded on a weak note around ¥102 in Tokyo on Monday, as investors remained risk-averse following the U.S. currency’s dive late last week that came after British citizens opted to leave the European Union in a historic national referendum. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥102.02-02, down ...
Stocks staged a powerful rally on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday after plummeting on the previous trading day following a historic British referendum in which voters chose the country’s exit from the European Union. The 225-issue Nikkei average rallied 357.19 points, or 2.39 percent, to end at 15,309.21. On ...
In delaying its IPO by two years, Japanese messaging app company Line Corp. bought time to correct weak financial reporting controls, work on its business plan, bolster staffing — and left billions of dollars on the table as its valuation shriveled. Line’s initial public offering in the next three weeks ...