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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Computers may have us beat at chess and checkers, but new research suggests our brains still have an edge when it comes to solving certain tricky problems thanks to a very human trait: intuition. Scientists in Denmark have found that people who played a game that simulated a complex calculation ...
The nation’s financial markets would have been in worse shape if the Bank of Japan had not adopted a negative interest rate, BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said, rejecting suggestions the new policy has been counterproductive. “I really don’t think that the introduction of the negative interest rate backfired or caused ...
Sharp Corp. has announced the launch of a small humanoid smartphone that responds to voice commands and can project movies on a wall. Debuting May 26, RoBoHon resembles a robot and has a screen that reflects its cellphone ancestry. It is priced at ¥198,000 with an additional monthly usage fee, ...
The dollar climbed above ¥109 in Tokyo trading on Thursday, as a rally on the stock market allayed investors’ risk-averse sentiment, but the currency’s topside was capped by moves to lock in profits. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥109.30-31, up from ¥108.92-92 at the same time Wednesday. The ...
The Nikkei average surged to a two-week high on Thursday, boosted by an overnight rise in U.S. equities and a pause in the yen’s ascent against the dollar. The Nikkei jumped 529.83 points, or 3.23 percent, to close at 16,911.05, its highest finish since March 29. On Wednesday, it surged ...
Slightly more people have been riding the new Hokkaido Shinkansen Line than expected, but not enough to avoid losses, according to the bullet train’s operator. The line, which opened March 26, saw average seat occupancy of 27 percent in its first 16 days, JR Hokkaido Co. President Osamu Shimada said ...
For the past three years, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could usually count on surging corporate earnings to back up the case that his policies were turning around Japan, but that is no more. Pretax profit at the biggest companies will drop about 10 percent in the three months ending June, ...
The nation needs a fresh, double-dose of stimulus to counter mounting signs of economic weakness, according to one of the key members of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s brains-trust of pro-reflation advisers. The government should assemble a ¥10 trillion fiscal package, and the central bank should add the same amount to ...
Tim Burrack, a northern Iowa farmer in his 44th growing season, has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds. Along with other farmers in this vast agricultural region, he has upped his vigilance ever since Mo Hailong and ...
The top executive of Japan’s biggest bank delivered a rare criticism of the central bank on Thursday, saying its negative-interest-rate policy has contributed to anxiety among households and companies and prolonging it may weaken financial institutions. “Both households and businesses have become skeptical about the effectiveness of policy measures to ...
Two ex-Googlers are upping the ante in a high stakes game of brinkmanship to take control of Yahoo, The Post has learned. In one corner is Tim Armstrong, once Google’s head of ad sales and now running Verizon’s AOL unit. In the other is Nikesh Arora, the president of Japan’s ...
Tokyo, April 14, 2016 (AFP) -Tokyo shares pushed higher at the start of trade on Thursday, extending a two-day rally following a strong lead from other global equity markets.
Tokyo, April 14, 2016 (AFP) -Tokyo shares pushed higher at the start of trade on Thursday, extending a two-day rally following a strong lead from other global equity markets. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 1.52 percent, or 248.61 points, to 16,629.
The International Monetary Fund urged Japan on Wednesday to raise the consumption tax rate as planned next April so the country can secure funds for stimulus measures to prop up its faltering economy. In the semiannual Fiscal Monitor report, the Washington-based lender called for an increase in the consumption tax ...
The nation’s highway safety watchdog says U.S. cars and trucks have about 85 million Takata air bag inflators in them that haven’t been recalled. Takata’s inflators can explode with too much force and spew shrapnel into drivers and passengers. All of the inflators would have to be recalled if Takata ...
Emirates, already the biggest buyer of Airbus Group SE’s A380 superjumbo, agreed to take two extra aircraft originally commissioned by Japan’s Skymark Airlines Inc., swelling its order tally to 142 of the planes. The initial deal was canceled after the Asian budget carrier fell behind on payments prior to a ...
The nation needs a fresh, double-dose of stimulus to counter mounting signs of economic weakness, according to one of the key members of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s brains-trust of pro-reflation advisers. The government should assemble a ¥10 trillion ($92 billion) fiscal package, and the central bank should add the same ...
Times are tough for Hong Kong retailers. And even worse for those with links to Japan. Shares of CEC International Holdings Ltd. which runs the 759 chain of stores, have tumbled 32 percent this year, compared with a 0.5 percent retreat in the MSCI Hong Kong Index. International Housewares Retail ...
Money supply in Japan hit a record high in fiscal 2015 amid signs of an improving business environment, Bank of Japan data showed Wednesday. The average daily balance of the M3 gauge, which includes cash in circulation, deposit money and certificates of deposit, grew 2.9 percent from the previous year ...
Convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. aims to catch up with industry leader Seven-Eleven Japan Co. by developing unique products and services such as day care nurseries and karaoke parlors, Chairman Junji Ueda said in a recent interview. “We’ll concentrate on creating unique products and services that Seven-Eleven can’t offer,” said ...
President Barack Obama says he looks forward to a time when girls are “astonished” that women once made less than men and a female had never occupied the Oval Office. Obama and other Democrats on Tuesday seized on Equal Pay Day, a symbolic event marking how much longer it takes ...