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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Toyota Motor Corp. resumed production Friday at its domestic assembly plants that had remained idle since a series of strong earthquakes in southwestern Japan in mid-April disrupted parts supplies, company officials said. The resumption means that all of the automaker’s 30 vehicle assembly lines in the country are now back ...
New Yorkers will soon have to pay for disposable plastic and paper bags in a city that consumes billions of them each year. The City Council voted on Thursday to require shoppers to pay 5 cents for each disposable bag they use in certain stores. The measure, adopted after heated ...
The U.S. International Trade Commission said Thursday it will investigate 18 electronics makers, including Japan’s Sony Corp. and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co., over alleged patent infringements related to portable electronic devices, such as smartphones. The investigation is based on a complaint filed in March by Creative Technology Ltd. of ...
Mitsubishi remained in America after the earthquakes and tsunami of 2011 in Japan, and now its new-car sales are growing, helped by affordable models.
A video game that allowed players to zap marching aliens with dot lasers and another that gave them flamethrowers and put them in the driver’s seat in a violent 3-D world are among six games inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. “Space Invaders” and “Grand Theft Auto ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday he was ready to respond to excessive currency moves if needed, adding that he may raise the issue of foreign exchange volatility at a meeting of Group of Seven leaders in Japan later this month. With the yen having strengthened about 12 percent this ...
Militants attacked a Chevron platform in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region late on Wednesday, the U.S. energy company said on Thursday, amid growing fears of a revived militant campaign in the region. It is the latest in a series of attacks on oil facilities in Africa’s top oil exporter. President ...
More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but the totals stayed near historic lows in a sign that the recent slowdown in economic growth has yet to spark layoffs. The numbers: Weekly applications for jobless aid rose 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted 274,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The ...
More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but the totals stayed near historic lows in a sign that the recent slowdown in economic growth has yet to spark layoffs. The numbers: Weekly applications for jobless aid rose 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted 274,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The ...
As part of cost-cutting efforts, struggling electronics maker Sharp Corp. plans to relocate its headquarters to Sakai, in Osaka Prefecture. The post In cost-cutting move, Sharp plans to relocate headquarters from Osaka to Sakai appeared first on The Japan Times.
Two deaths in Malaysia are linked to ruptured air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. It is also working to comply with a U.S. order to expand a record recall. The post Takata’s survival gets harder due to Malaysian deaths, expanded recall in U.S. appeared first on The Japan Times.
U.S. auto safety regulators on Wednesday ordered Japanese manufacturer Takata to recall between 35 million and 40 million more air bags installed in U.S. cars, in a push for the replacement of dangerously explosive inflators. The decision comes after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration concluded that the inflators are ...
The owner of the group that includes The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday rejected a takeover bid by rival Gannett to create a national newspaper powerhouse, saying it undervalues the publisher. The $815 million bid “understates the company’s true value and is not in the best interests of our shareholders,” ...
In early winter, after most tourists have fled Alaska, another kind of visitor flies in: bald eagles, up to 4,000 of them. In the world’s largest congregation of bald eagles, they gather along the Chilkat River in southeast Alaska to feast on salmon carcasses washed downstream after spawning. Well after ...
General Motors is on track to resume full operations at four North American plants where vehicle assembly has been halted because of supply chain interruptions caused by earthquakes in Japan. GM spokesman Tom Wickham confirmed Wednesday that manufacturing that was put on hold on April 25 is expected to resume ...
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has been tabbed as the keynote speaker for the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference that will be held later this month in Bismarck, an oil industry group said Wednesday. The Williston Basin Petroleum Conference is scheduled for May 24-26 at the Bismarck Civic Center. North Dakota ...
Sharp Corp. is considering moving its headquarters to a plant in Osaka Prefecture, jointly operated with Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., which has agreed to take over the struggling electronics maker, sources close to the matter said Wednesday. The envisaged relocation within the prefecture from the city of Osaka ...
San Francisco city leaders have approved a $3.45 million settlement from Asiana Airlines involving a fiery 2013 airport crash that killed three people and injured nearly 200 others. The city attorney had called the proposed settlement the final chapter in the tragedy caused when Asiana Flight 214 clipped a seawall ...
Abe and European Union leaders agree to expedite negotiations for a free trade deal to reach an accord by year’s end. The post Japan, EU leaders agree to accelerate free trade talks appeared first on The Japan Times.
The finance ministers and central bank heads of Japan, China and South Korea on Tuesday agreed to enhance monitoring of capital outflows from emerging economies that suffer from economic deceleration. “Global growth remains modest and uneven, and downside risks and uncertainties to the global outlook persist against the backdrop of ...
America’s love of trucks and SUVs helped push most automakers to healthy sales gains last month as Honda and Nissan reported best-ever April sales. Ford posted record SUV sales, while Toyota broke a record for SUV and truck sales. Honda led major automakers with a 14.4 percent sales increase as ...