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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Just like Hannibal in ancient times, Swiss engineers have conquered the Alps. More than 2,200 years after the commander from the ancient North African civilization of Carthage led his army of elephants and troops over Europe’s highest mountain chain, the Swiss have completed another gargantuan task: Burrowing the world’s longest ...
GIAPPONE Tokyo 02/06/2016. La crescita degli investimenti esteri in India arrivati nel biennio2015-2016 al loro livello più alto del 7,6 per cento è sintomo della cercante fiducia nell'India nonostante la crisi globale. Leggi tutto...
Abe’s decision suggests fiscal policy is not working as envisaged, writes Hisao Tonedachi
Executives of Japanese firms, especially retailers and food makers, voiced support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s announcement Wednesday of his decision to defer the consumption tax hike, for the second time, by 2½ years to October 2019. But there are also calls for the government to go ahead with the ...
The dollar lost ground to around ¥110 in Tokyo trading Wednesday, dragged down particularly by speculative selling in the afternoon. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥110.05-05, down from ¥111.13-17 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.1152-1152, up from $1.1125-1126, and at ¥122.73-75, down from ¥123.65-65. ...
The nation’s major minicar makers, including Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Nissan Motor Co., saw their sales tumble in May in what is believed to be fallout from the fuel economy cheating scandal, data from an industry body showed Wednesday. Mitsubishi Motors was the major loser for the month, reporting a ...
The benchmark Nikkei average fell for the first time in six sessions on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, pressured by stepped-up profit-taking activities amid the yen’s rally against the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 279.25 points, or 1.62 percent, to end at 16,955.73, the first close below 17,000 in ...
Mobile messaging service provider Line Corp. will likely make its debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in July, with the bourse set to soon approve the listing, sources said Wednesday. Line is expected to have a market capitalization of around ¥600 billion when it debuts, probably on the First Section ...
SoftBank said Wednesday it will sell at least $7.9 billion of its stake in Chinese online shopping giant Alibaba, as the mobile carrier looks to pay down its whopping debt load. The sale will reduce SoftBank’s 32.2 percent holding in Alibaba to about 28 percent, it said. It will earmark ...
Capital spending by Japanese firms climbed 4.2 percent in the January to March period from a year earlier for the 12th straight quarterly increase, but declining profits dampened prospects for business expenditure, government data showed Wednesday. Business investment by all nonfinancial sectors for purposes such as building plants and introducing ...
Simplex Asset Management Co. is taking some lessons from Tokyo’s iconic wholesale fish market as it starts a fund to invest in companies looking to move their listings to the Topix index. The new fund is betting that companies moving their listings to the Topix will benefit from a broader ...
While the prime minister’s decision was widely expected, it amounts to an acknowledgment that the country’s economy remains fragile.
(Teleborsa) - Rallenta ancora l'attività industriale in Giappone, soprattutto a causa della frenata degli ordinativi e delle esportazioni sui timori per un rallentamento dell'economia globale....
General Mills is recalling about 10 million pounds of its flour over a possible link to an E. coli outbreak in 20 states. The recall is for several varieties of Gold Medal and Signature Kitchens flour that were sold at Safeway, Albertsons and other supermarkets. General Mills said E. coli ...
The nation’s companies are targeting mergers and acquisitions abroad as the third-largest economy stagnates, yet it is crisis management that is driving deal volume in the country this year, not international expansion. Announced acquisitions involving Japanese firms as the target or asset seller in the first five months of 2016 ...
Developing countries spent more on renewable power than rich ones for the first time last year, driving the fastest increase in sources of green energy on record, a study said Wednesday. Global investment in renewable power was more than double the amount spent on new coal and natural gas-fired power ...
Trump University instructed employees on how to play on peoples’ emotions to get them to buy more expensive seminars for succeeding in real estate, according to nearly 400 pages of court documents unsealed Tuesday. The “playbooks” for the now-defunct business owned by Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, ...
Libyan security forces captured a second town in as many days from Islamic State, a spokesman said, pushing the militant group back toward its stronghold of Sirte and away from positions near major oil terminals. The Petroleum Facilities Guard took control of Nawfiliyah, about 130 km (80 miles) from Sirte, ...
Toyota Motor Corp. suspended Tuesday operations at four domestic plants, including those of subsidiaries, citing possible parts shortages following an explosion the previous day at a brake parts supplier, company officials said. The automaker plans to expand its output suspension early Wednesday, halting production on 14 lines at nine factories ...
Tokyo: Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak clarified Thailand's stance on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Tuesday, saying the country is ready to join the regional trade bloc as soon as it is open for new membership.
Panasonic Corp. has decided to withdraw from TV panel production amid fierce competition from foreign rivals, in particular in China and South Korea, company sources said Tuesday. The Osaka-based company will end production at its sole liquid crystal display plant in the city of Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, by the end ...