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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. says it will make automatic emergency braking standard on almost all Toyota and Lexus models sold in the U.S. by the end of 2017. Toyota’s announcement Monday came days after the U.S. government announced a voluntary deal with 20 car companies to make automatic braking standard on ...
Apple unveiled a small new iPhone, a new iPad tablet for business use and price cuts for its Apple Watch at a product event Monday. The announcements, which were largely expected, aim to keep up the company’s commercial momentum in the face of mounting challenges. The company could use a ...
European aircraft maker Airbus is conducting a test flight for its first airplane made in the United States. A twin-engine A321 passenger jet took off Monday from the company’s new assembly plant at Brookley Field in Mobile, Alabama. Airbus says the three-hour flight over the Gulf of Mexico will include ...
The European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan are trying to push down the values of their respective currencies with the use of negative interest rates, former Bank of England Gov. Mervyn King said. “There are clearly limits” to the effectiveness of negative rates, King said Monday. “I think ...
Japan urged China on Monday to scrap its import restrictions on agricultural, forestry and fisheries products and food that have been in place since the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Kazuyoshi Honkawa, vice minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, made the request at a bilateral subcabinet-level dialogue in Beijing on ...
China’s central bank last year asked the U.S. Federal Reserve to share its playbook for dealing with Wall Street’s 1987 crash, emails show. The post China sought urgent advice from Fed to deal with 2015 market plunge appeared first on The Japan Times.
Clock ticking as Taiwanese firm pours over information on deal for troubled Japanese company. The post Hon Hai-Sharp deal’s nearly monthlong delay raises risk of rupture appeared first on The Japan Times.
Aichi Steel Corp., a steel maker affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp., restarted its plant in Tokai, Aichi Prefecture, on Monday following a more than two-month suspension that temporarily halted domestic production by the world’s biggest automaker. Aichi Steel resumed operations at the plant — where an explosion occurred on Jan. ...
Businesses around the world are set to spend more on Internet advertising than on television commercials for the first time in 2017, forecaster ZenithOptimedia said on Monday. Zenith said it expects Internet advertising to grow at more than three times the rest of the industry in 2016, driven by demand ...
It wouldn’t be an Apple event without some hoopla. But the company’s upcoming product announcement on Monday doesn’t seem to be stirring much passion. Apple has invited tech reporters and analysts to its Silicon Valley headquarters, where CEO Tim Cook is expected to unveil some new additions to its current ...
Online lodging service Airbnb is allowing travelers from around the world to book stays in private homes in Cuba after the San Francisco-based company received a special authorization from the Obama administration, Airbnb announced Sunday. Airbnb was the first major American company to enter Cuba after Presidents Barack Obama and ...
Daniel Craig’s favorite Bond car isn’t an Aston Martin. It’s a Toyota. Craig famously said he loved the Toyota 2000GT Sean Connery drove in “You Only Live Twice” for its long Coke-bottle shape and the fresh drop-top aesthetic. Investors love it for its reliability and aggressive driving style. “This is ...
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has had a rare meeting with China’s propaganda chief, even as Chinese authorities are tightening control over their cyberspace. The official Xinhua News Agency reported that Liu Yunshan told Zuckerberg that he hopes Facebook can share its experience with Chinese companies to help “Internet ...
New iPhone and iPad models likely to be unveiled Monday are aimed at helping Apple keep momentum in the fast-evolving mobile device market. The media gathering at the company’s intimate Town Hall auditorium in Silicon Valley will also give Apple a chance to restate its case for fighting a U.S. ...
Japan and Vietnam pledged to work together to expand trade and promote investment by Japanese companies’ in the Southeast Asian nation on Saturday in Hanoi at the first meeting held by a special committee formed to boost bilateral economic cooperation. “By using this committee as a springboard, we want to ...
The China Development Forum this weekend may be the most important economic summit you have never heard of. The CEOs of companies ranging from Facebook to Rio Tinto gather in Beijing with top academics and politicians for a pay-to-play event promising audiences with China’s top leadership. Participants are invited to ...
Prime Minister Abe told Diet members he will make the decision on the consumption tax hike planned for April 2017 after “carefully” assessing current economic conditions. The post Abe to decide after G-7 summit on whether to hike consumption tax: aide appeared first on The Japan Times.
TOKYO — Japan's tourism sector represents a rare bright spot for the country's economy thanks to an increasing number of foreign visitors, many of whom are venturing beyond the well-trodden "golden route" encompassing Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.
Hanging from a highway overpass two hours’ drive from the Siberian border, a local government banner reads like a last-gasp exhortation to this exhausted coal community: “Improve our structure, change our methods, transform our city.” This area has transformed in dire ways as China has retreated from coal and heavy ...
The pay scale hikes agreed to during this year’s shunto (spring wage negotiations) were averaging ¥1,478 per month as of Friday morning, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, said. The average, obtained two days after major companies announced their fiscal 2016 pay policies en masse, is down about ...
The government has decided to hammer out more economic stimulus measures to address the rising uncertainty over the economy, officials said Friday. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to announce the measures around the Group of Seven summit in Mie Prefecture in late May, the officials said. The economy is ...