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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Lotte Holdings Co. shareholders voted to leave Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin in his post of director of the holding company, Lotte Group said in a statement, rejecting a third bid by his brother to seize control of the family-run South Korean conglomerate amid a government probe into possible bribery ...
Asia’s equity markets were the first to suffer through a Brexit-fueled rout. Old Mutual PLC and Citi Private Bank are betting they may be the first to recover. As Britain’s shock decision to leave the European Union saw asset managers desert stocks across the world, RS Investment Management says declines ...
In the wake of Britain's historic vote to leave the European Union, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tells the Finance Ministry and the Bank of Japan to ensure the stability of financial markets. The post Abe instructs Aso to take necessary steps in currency markets at emergency government-BOJ meeting appeared first on ...
A Malaysian woman has died after the air bag in her Honda Civic ruptured in a minor collision, a safety official said Monday. The incident Sunday came days after Honda Malaysia announced an additional recall of more than 145,000 vehicles to replace defective front passenger air bag inflators. Fire and ...
The transport ministry plans to adopt an internationally standardized method of testing car fuel economy, beginning in 2018. The standardized method will cut costs for automakers and help them provide consumers with fuel efficiency figures closer than ever to actual on-road performance, ministry officials said. The reduced burden on automakers ...
The promise of good, blue-collar jobs in a depressed area is running headlong into environmental sensitivities as officials in Northern California consider a plan to build a marine terminal that would serve as a gateway for Utah-mined coal heading to Asia. The terminal is in West Oakland, a historically black ...
The transport ministry plans to adopt an internationally standardized method of testing car fuel economy, beginning in 2018. The standardized method will cut the costs of automakers and help them provide consumers with fuel efficiency figures closer than ever to actual performance on roads, ministry officials said. The reduced burden ...
A giant Chinese-chartered freighter nudged its way into the expanded Panama Canal on Sunday to mark the completion of nearly a decade of work forecast to boost global trade. Thousands of people cheered and waved flags as they watched the vessel, especially renamed COSCO Shipping Panama, inaugurate the widening of ...
The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be different from institutions like the World Bank because it has a greater understanding of the developing world’s needs, officials said Sunday at its first annual meeting. Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the bank two years ago and it began operations in ...
China’s finance minister and leading economists on Sunday voiced concerns about Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, with the policymaker saying it has heightened market uncertainty, though some expect a limited impact on the Chinese economy. The Brexit decision “will cast a shadow over the global economy. … The ...
Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will sit on an international advisory committee to the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The post Former Japanese leader Hatoyama to buck precedent, join advisory panel of China-Led AIIB appeared first on The Japan Times.
The British were warned for weeks that a vote to leave the European Union would result in economic pain. Now they’ll find out whether it will. U.K. financial leaders are scrambling to reassure households, businesses and investors that they can contain the doom and gloom they had predicted in case ...
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's struggling national automaker Proton Holding Bhd, once the country's sales leader, recently saw its fortunes slip further by seeing its market share usurped by Japan's Honda Motor Co.
A new Chinese-led development bank has approved its first loans and expects to suffer no impact from Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, the bank’s president said Saturday at its first annual meeting. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, launched in January with 57 member governments, already has received expressions ...
The United Kingdom’s exit from the EU is creating a lot of losers: London’s finance industry. British Prime Minister David Cameron. The pound. The grand cause of European integration. But out of all of the market turmoil and uncertainty will emerge at least one big winner: China. In the short ...
SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son aims to stay at the helm of his company longer than originally planned to focus on the burgeoning business field of artificial intelligence, but is now under increased scrutiny over his longer-term strategy after the surprise departure of his successor. Son faces a number ...
What the falling standard of living in Japan means is that anyone who can sell food more cheaply is enjoying a larger pool of dedicated customers. The post Restaurants slash prices and frills as living standard in Japan drops appeared first on The Japan Times.
Japanese companies operating in Britain are likely to be forced to rethink their business strategies in Europe following the vote to leave the EU. The post Japanese firms in U.K. face uncertainty after Brexit vote appeared first on The Japan Times.
Japanese companies, which have embarked on a $210 billion global acquisition spree over the past three years, are getting a surprise bargain out of Brexit. The yen soared Friday to its highest in more than two years, boosting local firms’ purchasing power for deals abroad and potentially saving them hundreds ...
Democrats on Friday voted down an amendment to the party’s platform that would have opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, avoiding an awkward scenario that would have put its statement of values at odds with President Barack Obama. Members of a Democratic National Convention drafting committee defeated a proposal led ...
Britain’s vote to leave the European Union adds a heavy dose of uncertainty to a world economy that is still struggling to reach full speed years after the global financial crisis. The most immediate pain will be felt in Britain. But economists say the ripples could be felt much farther ...