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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $55 million to a woman who claims its talcum powder caused her ovarian cancer, the second such judgment against the manufacturer in three months. The ruling in St. Louis late Monday comes amid ongoing debate about the link between the bathroom staple ...
U.S. auto safety regulators are in talks with Takata Corp. to add tens of millions of air bag inflators to what already is the biggest auto recall in American history, three people briefed on the matter said Tuesday. The government’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants the Japanese company to ...
Jim Beam has filled and sealed its 14 millionth barrel of bourbon since the 1933 repeal of Prohibition, achieving a first in the bourbon industry. Seventh-generation master distiller Fred Noe and Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin sealed the barrel Monday at the company’s flagship distillery in Clermont, Kentucky, about 20 miles ...
Economies across large swaths of the globe could shrink dramatically by midcentury as fresh water grows scarce due to climate change, the World Bank reported on Tuesday. The Middle East could be hardest hit, with its gross domestic product slipping as much as 14 percent by 2050 unless measures are ...
A Chicago woman is suing Starbucks for more than $5 million, claiming the coffee giant is underfilling its popular hand-blended iced coffee, tea and other drinks, making customers overpay for beverages. In a lawsuit seeking a jury trial and class action status, alleging false advertising and consumer fraud, Stacy Pincus ...
A sweeping free trade deal being negotiated between the European Union and the United States would lower food safety and environmental standards, Greenpeace said on Monday, citing confidential documents from the talks. But the European Commission said the documents reflected negotiating positions, not any final outcome, and the EU’s chief ...
Mobile carrier NTT Docomo Inc. will look to rejuvenate its leadership team by appointing Senior Executive Vice President Kazuhiro Yoshizawa as new president and the successor to current Chief Executive Officer Kaoru Kato, company sources said Tuesday. Yoshizawa, 60, joined Docomo’s predecessor in 1992 from parent Nippon Telegraph and Telephone ...
The dollar fell against all of its major peers Tuesday, with the yen hitting 105.91 against it on the Sydney foreign currency market, the highest-level since October 2014. The post Dollar extends decline as most Asian stocks fall appeared first on The Japan Times.
The first U.S. cruise ship to travel to Cuba in half a century docked in Havana Monday, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between the old Cold War foes. A crowd of onlookers waved Cuban and American flags and filmed with their cellphones as the Adonia, a Carnival cruise ...
Mitsubishi Motors might compensate parts makers left in a lurch by its decision to suspend an Okayama minicar plant caught embroiled by its fuel-efficiency scandal. The post MMC mulls compensation for parts makers stung by mileage scandal appeared first on The Japan Times.
Takata Corp. said Monday it will book an additional special loss of around ¥20 billion ($188 million) for the year ended March due to costs related to the global recall of its potentially lethal air bag inflators. Automakers are recalling 60 million cars because inflators made by the Japanese supplier ...
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday reaffirmed support for Japan’s investment in rail-development projects during talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida.
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has asked the Thai government to create a conducive investment atmosphere for Japanese investors.
A U.S. senator is calling for a federal investigation into an outdoor advertising company’s latest effort to target billboard ads to specific consumers. New York Sen. Charles Schumer has dubbed Clear Channel Outdoor Americas’ so-called RADAR program “spying billboards,” warning the service may violate privacy rights by tracking people’s cellphone ...
Greenpeace on Sunday said it was in possession of leaked documents showing that a planned huge free trade deal between the United States and the European Union poses “major risks for climate, environment and consumer safety. The campaign group said it would on Monday publish 248 pages of classified documents ...
The dollar fell to an 18-month low below ¥106.20 in Tokyo trading Monday, after the U.S. government late last week effectively warned against yen-weakening intervention by Japanese authorities. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥106.40-44, down from ¥108.39-40 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.1467-1468, up ...
Australian tech entrepreneur Craig Wright told the BBC on Monday he was the creator of controversial digital currency bitcoin, ending years of speculation about a person who until now has gone by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. The BBC said Wright gave technical proof supporting his claim to using bitcoins known ...
Stocks suffered hefty losses on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday, with the key Nikkei average briefly falling below 16,000, dampened by selling of mainstay export-oriented issues after the yen’s rise to an 18-month high against the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei average nose-dived 518.67 points, or 3.11 percent, to end ...
Mitsubishi Motors Corp.’s fuel economy testing fraud has hit its partner Nissan Motor Co. in domestic showrooms, with the latter automaker posting a steeper plunge in April minicar sales and overall market share. Nissan’s minicar deliveries tumbled 51 percent last month, as the nation’s second-largest automaker stopped sales of the ...
Japan on Monday began its annual “Cool Biz” campaign, which encourages workers to dress more casually to help reduce energy use, with government offices allowing polo shirts, Hawaiian-style aloha shirts and similar attire. Cool Biz, a campaign to set air conditioners at 28 degrees Celsius, will run until the end ...
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. officials are in talks with its labor union on a plan to cut wages for some 1,300 employees in charge of minivehicle production at its key plant in Okayama Prefecture, according to sources familiar with the situation. Following revelations of data manipulation related to fuel economy tests ...