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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Major trading houses are strengthening their electricity businesses to take advantage of growing overseas demand and the liberalization of power retailing in Japan that started this month, industry officials say. Sumitomo Corp. has revised down its consolidated net profit estimate for the year that ended in March, citing losses on ...
The unfolding scandal over fuel economy test cheating by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. may cost the company more than ¥100 billion just over the four minivehicle models confirmed to have been involved, analysts said. The figure compares with the company’s current consolidated net profit projection of ¥100 billion for the latest ...
Stocks extended their losing streak to the third consecutive session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, with investors awaiting monetary policy decisions in the United States and Japan. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 62.79 points, or 0.36 percent, to close at 17,290.49. On Tuesday, the key market gauge shed 86.02 ...
Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan’s biggest brokerage, said it slid to its first quarterly net loss since 2011 as its wholesale division fell into the red, its retail division weakened and its overseas operations lost money for a sixth straight year. Two weeks after it warned it would cut some overseas ...
The twin quakes that slammed Kyushu this month caused at least ¥23.6 billion of damage to agricultural and forestry businesses in Kumamoto Prefecture, the local government said Tuesday. And that is not counting damage in the worst-hit areas, which the prefectural government has yet to survey. Likewise, it has been ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday his Cabinet will approve a supplementary budget next month to help Kyushu overcome the damage caused by twin earthquakes this month. Abe told a meeting with business leaders from Kyushu that the Cabinet aims to approve the budget and submit it to the Diet ...
Stocks tumbled, the yen strengthened and bond yields melted away after Japan moved to negative interest rates, but the head of the country’s giant pension fund is far from fazed. The Government Pension Investment Fund is still assessing whether rates below zero will be effective in bolstering the economy, and ...
For the second time in about a decade, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. faces a scandal that poses an existential threat. The automaker has improperly tested the fuel economy of its cars for the past quarter century, widening the scope of misconduct that executives initially said dated back to 2002. The Mitsubishi ...
Apple says quarterly revenue fell for the first time in more than a decade, as iPhone sales fell compared with a year ago. That’s putting more pressure on the world’s most valuable public company to come up with its next big product. Apple sold more than 51.2 million iPhones in ...
Toshiba Corp. has said it plans to book an asset impairment loss of around ¥260 billion in its results for the year to March 31 by writing down the value of its U.S. nuclear power subsidiary Westinghouse Electric Co., which it acquired in 2006. But Toshiba, reeling from a scandal ...
Individuals and companies in Japan, including major trading firms Marubeni Corp. and Itochu Corp., were listed as shareholders or directors of at least 270 entities in offshore tax havens, the so-called Panama Papers show. The names of some 400 individuals who live in Japan appear in the documents, including the ...
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development will hold a meeting in Kyoto in late June to address tax avoidance, government officials said Wednesday. The meeting will come on the heels of the so-called Panama Papers scandal, which cast a spotlight on tax avoidance by prominent politicians and business leaders. ...
The embattled automaker admits that its method of testing fuel efficiency much longer than it had previously stated. The post Mitsubishi Motors admits using unapproved efficiency tests for 25 years appeared first on The Japan Times.
The dollar sagged below ¥111 in Tokyo trading on Tuesday in a cautious mood ahead of policy-setting meetings at the Japanese and U.S. central banks this week. At 5 p.m., the dollar was at ¥110.81-86, down from ¥111.21-22 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.1282-1282, up from ...
Decision a blow to Japan’s ambitions to develop arms export industry
La Mitsubishi ha condotto test truccati sui consumi delle auto dal 1991. È una nuova ammissione dell’azienda automobilistica giapponese che lo scorso 20 aprile ha riconosciuto di aver manipolato i dati sui consumi di carburante di 600mila veicoli venduti in Giappone. Da allora le azioni Mitsubishi Motors sono calate di ...
Stocks dropped further in Tokyo on Tuesday, with investors cautious prior to monetary policy meetings in the United States and Japan this week. The Nikkei average shed 86.02 points, or 0.49 percent, to end at 17,353.28. On Monday, it fell 133.19 points. The Topix index finished down 10.14 points, or ...
Newspaper publisher Gannett wants to buy Tribune Publishing for more than $388 million, a deal that would give the owner of USA Today control of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and several other newspapers. But Gannett said Monday that Tribune has refused to start “constructive discussions” since it first ...
Online shopping giant Rakuten Inc. is venturing into the uncharted territory of drone delivery, enabling golfers to order snacks, beverages and golf equipment while playing a round. Rakuten on Monday announced the nation’s first drone delivery service, a monthlong experiment from May 9 at Camel Golf Resort in Chiba Prefecture. ...
Toshiba Corp. on Tuesday revised its earnings forecast for fiscal 2015, projecting a smaller loss than previously estimated after booking profits from selling some noncore operations as part of restructuring. The struggling electronics maker now expects a net loss of ¥470 billion for the year against a loss of ¥710 ...
Wacoal Holdings Corp. announced Monday a recall of around 10,000 pairs of potentially flammable pyjamas sold by its subsidiary. The underwear maker will recall five kinds of pyjamas sold under the name Unna Kuru. The garments were sold from its shops and via catalog shopping websites between October 2014 and ...