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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
The dollar gained ground to rise above ¥110 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, chiefly aided by higher stock prices in Japan and abroad. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥110.03-03, up from ¥109.53-53 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.1145-1146, down from $1.1182-1182, and at ¥122.63-65, ...
Criminals who stole millions of dollars from automatic teller machines across Japan in a three-hour spree probably chose the country because banks consider it a low fraud risk, security experts say. The gang used counterfeit Standard Bank credit cards to withdraw ¥1.4 billion in 14,000 transactions from ATMs at 7-Eleven ...
Toyota Motor Corp. said it is making a strategic investment in Uber Technologies Inc. as automakers race to align themselves with the fast-growing ride-hailing industry. The companies will also work together on offering auto leases to Uber drivers. The investment is small, and Toyota has no interest in taking a ...
Stocks staged a rebound on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, shored up by the yen’s drop against the dollar and an overnight rise in U.S. equities. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 258.59 points, or 1.57 percent, to end at 16,757.35. On Tuesday, the key market gauge fell 155.84 points. ...
Nomura Holdings Inc. cut pay for its top executives by 18 percent to the lowest level in three years after profit at Japan’s biggest brokerage slumped and losses abroad swelled. The seven executives, including Chief Executive Officer Koji Nagai, were awarded an average of ¥166.4 million in base salary, bonuses ...
Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will build a new plant in Malaysia to meet the future domestic vehicle demand expected to increase in line with the country’s economic growth. Toyota plans to start operations at the new plant in early 2019, with its annual production capacity expected to be ...
The Diet enacts a law on operators of virtual currency exchanges to help ensure better protection for users. The post Diet OKs bill to regulate virtual currency exchanges appeared first on The Japan Times.
It has been almost three and a half years since the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched its economic policy known as Abenomics. What I would like to suggest here is that Abenomics is moving in the right direction and that real successes have been achieved. Ever since 2009 ...
In 1999, we proposed that part of the solution to Japan’s demographic crisis is higher female labor participation, which — at 57 percent at the time — was among the lowest in the developed world. Japan stood out from its developed country peers with its pronounced “M-curve” of female employment, ...
A Chinese state-owned company has signed a “preliminary” deal with Sudan to build the east African country’s first nuclear power plant, an official in Khartoum said on Tuesday. The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) signed a memorandum of understanding with the electricity ministry on Monday to build nuclear reactors that ...
Sony Corp. said its group net profit will likely fall to ¥80 billion ($733 million) this year due to the major earthquakes in Kyushu in April that forced an image sensor manufacturing plant to stop operating. That figure is down 45.9 percent from the ¥147.79 billion profit that Sony posted ...
The dollar was around ¥109.50 in Tokyo trading late Tuesday after recouping earlier losses, while the market was generally swathed in a wait-and-see mood ahead of key economic events later this week, including the Group of Seven summit in Mie Prefecture. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥109.53-53, compared ...
Stocks lost further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday in thin trading ahead of key events later this week. The 225-issue Nikkei average fell 155.84 points, or 0.94 percent, to close at 16,498.76. On Monday, the key market gauge lost 81.75 points. The Topix index of all first-section ...
As this summer’s Upper House election draws near, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces the difficult problem of when to make the final decision on a planned consumption tax increase. Speculation is growing that Abe will again postpone the consumption tax hike, currently planned for next April, as personal spending is ...
For major Japanese hoteliers, the impending merger between Marriott International Inc. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. signifies the opening of a cutthroat turf war with what will be the world’s largest hotel operator in their home territory. Marriott is poised to expand its business in Japan ahead of ...
Squse Inc., a maker of robotic hands that can handle food, plans an initial public offering in Tokyo as early as next year to fund overseas expansion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Kyoto-based Squse, partly owned by state-backed Innovation Network Corp. of Japan, is considering seeking a ...
It seems empty storefronts in Singapore’s prime shopping district may become a more common sight. Vacancies in the city’s main Orchard Road area, a magnet for tourists lured by malls and Japanese department stores such as Takashimaya, have risen to a five-year high and are soaring to the highest since ...
Sharp Corp. is set to retain its struggling solar panel business, judging that it can become profitable with the help of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., according to an in-house document. In the document posted Monday on its website for employees, Sharp President Kozo Takahashi and Hon Hai Vice ...
Toyota and Volkswagen announced separate partnerships Tuesday with ride-share companies Uber and Gett, in the latest such moves by major carmakers. Toyota and ridesharing titan Uber said they had entered into a memorandum of understanding to explore collaboration, starting with trials in countries where ride-sharing is expanding. “Through this collaboration ...
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. President Yasuyuki Yoshinaga says the company plans to expand its annual automobile production capacity at home and abroad by some 100,000 units to 1.13 million units by the end of March 2019. “Our automobile sales have been brisk in the United States, and the momentum is ...
Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 1.6 million vehicles in the U.S. to replace potentially faulty front passenger air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. of Japan. The action expands what was already the biggest automotive recall in U.S. history. The U.S. government announced earlier this month that 17 automakers ...