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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
The dollar weakened to near ¥108.50 in Tokyo trading Wednesday after Japanese stocks lost momentum following their earlier strength. The dollar fell back to ¥108.60-61 by 5 p.m. after climbing to around ¥109.30 temporarily in the early morning. At 5 p.m. on Tuesday, the dollar was at ¥108.88-89. The euro ...
Hitachi Ltd. plans to invest about ¥300 billion ($2.8 billion) over the next three years in its “Internet of things” platform as the maker of power plants, bullet trains and elevators bets the technology will drive sales. The money will be used for acquisitions, research and development and capital spending, ...
Toyota on Wednesday warned that its annual net profit will fall by about a third as a stronger yen and a slowdown in Chinese growth and other emerging markets dent its bottom line. The surprise new forecast — which would mark Toyota’s first profit decline in five years — tipped ...
Hyperloop One startup, intent on zipping people along at near-supersonic speeds in pressurized tubes, announced Tuesday that the French national rail company had joined its growing list of backers. Hyperloop One said that it raised $80 million in fresh funding from an array of investors, including GE Ventures and France’s ...
The benchmark Nikkei average advanced for the third straight session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, thanks to buying backed by higher U.S. shares, but its upside was pressured by profit-taking. The 225-issue Nikkei average climbed 13.82 points, or 0.08 percent, to end at 16,579.01. On Tuesday, the key market ...
It’s an early weekday morning in Tokyo and the Japanese pub is already filled with a boisterous clientele, mostly pensioners. Sitting among them is Kengo Kuzuhara, taking notes. The 41-year-old wants to know how his elders spend their cash, as he runs a stock fund that invests in things they ...
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. announced Wednesday that it will raise its equity stake in Vietnam’s Bao Viet Tokio Marine Insurance Co. to 51 percent from 49 percent. The company said it has reached a definitive agreement with Vietnam’s largest insurance group to buy the additional 2 percent stake but did ...
There’s no trademark on America. Budweiser, now owned by Belgium’s AB Inbev, will rename its beer “America” this summer and alter its labels with images and phrases affiliated with the republic. The red, white and blue campaign is being launched into a very competitive market already foamy with craft beers, ...
Bitcoin operators are keenly watching the Diet as it deliberates bills to regulate the currency, believing the legislation is key to regaining the public trust’s in the virtual tender and luring more players to the industry. The bitcoin phenomenon fell under a cloud following the 2014 bankruptcy of Mt. Gox, ...
Two U.S. senators say one way to reduce long airport security lines this summer is for airlines to drop their fees on checking luggage. It’s the latest suggestion for dealing with what could be a hellish summer at the nation’s airports. Airlines are already warning passengers to arrive at least ...
Japan’s infrastructure ministry plans to order a weeklong business suspension for a construction firm for submitting falsified data on its seismic reinforcement runway work at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, ministry sources said Tuesday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism believes that Tokyo-based Toa Corp. did not carry out the ...
The FBI suspects the computer hacking theft of $81 million from Bangladesh’s central bank was in part an inside job, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Quoting sources, the Journal said FBI agents investigating the case “have found evidence pointing to at least one bank employee acting as an accomplice.” ...
The transport ministry has ordered the nation’s automakers to make further recalls of vehicles fitted with Takata Corp. air bag inflators of the kind being replaced in the United States, ministry officials said Tuesday. The instruction made by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism could result in a ...
SoftBank Group Corp. on Tuesday said operating profit rose 8.8 percent in the just-ended business year, a tad short of analysts’ estimates, pushed up by robust domestic operations and cost cuts at U.S. subsidiary Sprint Corp. The telecoms conglomerate reported profit of ¥999.5 billion ($9.19 billion) in the year ended ...
Central government debt stood at ¥1,049.37 trillion — or just over 1 quadrillion — at the end of March, up ¥4.78 trillion from three months earlier, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday. The growing debt reflects a lack of financial resources amid ballooning social security costs in rapidly aging Japan. According ...
The dollar topped ¥108.50 in Tokyo trading on Tuesday, buoyed by surging stocks. At 5 p.m., it stood at ¥108.88-89, up from ¥107.63-65 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.1390-1391, down from $1.1392-1396, and at ¥124.02-03, up from ¥122.63-64. The greenback hovered around ¥108.30-40 in the early ...
Stocks gained further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday as the dollar’s appreciation against the yen prompted continued buybacks. The Nikkei average jumped 349.16 points, or 2.15 percent, to end at 16,565.19. On Monday, it climbed 109.31 points. The Topix index rose 28.24 points, or 2.16 percent, to ...
Tsuyoshi Maruki stands out like a lone wolf in Japan, where societal intolerance for aggressive shareholder campaigns has spurred a breed of friendly activists. Not Maruki. Where persuasion does not work, he turns to techniques that include banding with other investors to oust management and filing lawsuits to overhaul corporate ...
Masayoshi Son’s promises of a turnaround for his U.S. operations and a record share buyback have not been enough to erase SoftBank Group Corp.’s $22 billion valuation gap. The billionaire founder has at least one more card to play — listing the company’s domestic telecommunications business. SoftBank has a market ...
Elon Musk’s vision of a Hyperloop transport system that carries passengers in pressurized tubes at near-supersonic speeds is on track to hit a milestone on Tuesday. Musk outlined his futuristic idea in a paper released in 2013, challenging innovators to bring the dream to life. Hyperloop Technologies, one of the ...
A father’s grief over the loss of his daughter has spawned a new industry: figurines of deceased relatives made with 3-D printing. The work of an Osaka-based printing company, the models are already proving popular and are helping families recover from bereavement. A plaster figure of a young, lively girl ...