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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Asian and European markets, which advanced for a third day ahead of policy reviews by Bank of Japan and the US Federal Reserve, kept sentiment upbeat. Besides, weak industrial production also couldn't stifle new bets despite declining for a third consecutive month in January.
Donald Trump has promised to shred America’s trade deals and impose fines on imports from Mexico and China. He has gone so far as to swear off Oreos to protest Nabisco’s transfer of cookie production from Chicago to Mexico. By attacking trade agreements, the Republican presidential front-runner is channeling the ...
The Nikkei average closed at the highest level in some six weeks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday, helped by higher equities abroad and the yen’s fall against the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei average climbed 294.88 points, or 1.74 percent, to close at 17,233.75, the highest finish since Feb. 2. ...
The Bank of Japan kicked off a two-day policy meeting Monday to examine the effects of its surprise January decision to adopt a negative interest rate. BOJ policymakers are expected to discuss financial developments since the nine-member board voted in favor of imposing a 0.1 percent charge on part of ...
Sakie Fukushima remembers the novelty of being the only woman on Korn/Ferry International’s board of directors, which she joined in 1995. Ditto when she joined the Sony Corp., Kao Corp. and Benesse Corp. boards years later. Even now, three years after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made increasing women’s participation in ...
Just before the New Year holiday in Japan, ads for a smartphone game called Granblue Fantasy began appearing on television and in magazines. Granblue was already huge in Japan with more than 7 million people downloading it to fly giant airships and battle an evil empire with swords and magic. ...
A hydrogen fueling station for fuel cell vehicles will open tomorrow at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture. The station, the first such facility set up by oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co., will open at 9 a.m. It is the second hydrogen fueling station to be established within the premises ...
Japan’s core private-sector machinery orders jumped a seasonally adjusted 15 percent in January from the previous month for the second straight monthly gain, led by large orders from the steel industry, the government said Monday. The orders, widely regarded as a leading indicator of future capital spending, totaled ¥934.7 billion ...
The dollar was capped below ¥114 in Tokyo trading on Monday, with traders waiting to see the outcome of a two-day policy-setting meeting of the Bank of Japan through Tuesday. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥113.76-76, compared with ¥113.72-73 at the same time Friday. The euro was at ...
The Bank of Japan’s policy board is set to discuss this week whether to exempt $90 billion in short-term funds from its newly imposed negative interest rate, people familiar with the matter said, after the securities industry warned that investment money would be driven into bank deposits. Some in the ...
To support the explosive growth of information and communications technology, wireless Internet connectivity is now considered essential infrastructure and is sometimes referred to as the fourth utility, after electricity, water and gas. Along with such technologies as 4K/8K ultrahigh definition videos and the so-called Internet of Things (IoT) — the ...
The country’s household and small business electricity market will be deregulated from April 1, allowing individuals to choose their electricity provider. Optimists, especially renewable energy advocates and small entrepreneurs, hope the development will break the stranglehold that the country’s 10 regional utilities have on a market worth an estimated ¥8 ...
Asia needs to take a leadership role in the global economy that reflects the continent’s growing clout, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Saturday in New Delhi. Asian officials should keep monetary policy supportive, while using fiscal policy to boost growth and macro-prudential measures to protect financial stability, ...
Japan Post Holdings Co. President Taizo Nishimuro is set to step down, with the head of the postal group’s banking unit likely to succeed him. The post Japan Post chief Nishimuro to quit; successor likely to come from banking unit appeared first on The Japan Times.
Airlines, travel agents and the Hawaiian tourist industry are betting big that the postwar Japanese love affair with Hawaii will endure. The post Japanese tourists’ longing for Hawaii is still worth banking on appeared first on The Japan Times.
Nearly all Japanese have converted to using seated toilets since 1977 when they first overtook the squatting versions. For future growth, Japan’s largest toilet—maker Toto Ltd. is looking toward neighboring China. “Just like Japan when I was growing up, not many people owned houses and apartments were small,” said President ...
The dollar recouped much of its early losses to trade around ¥113.70 in Tokyo trading late Friday, chiefly pushed up by a rebound in Tokyo stock prices. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥113.72-73, up from ¥113.57-59 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.1142-1144, up from ...
Stocks gained further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, as investors welcomed the European Central Bank’s stronger-than-expected monetary easing measures. The 225-issue Nikkei average climbed 86.52 points, or 0.51 percent, to end at 16,938.87. On Thursday, the key market gauge climbed 210.15 points. The Topix index of all first-section ...
Business sentiment among major Japanese companies in January-March turned negative for the first time in three quarters, affected by stock price falls and the yen’s rise earlier this year, a quarterly government survey showed Friday. The business sentiment index for companies with capital of ¥1 billion or more stood at ...
Hedge funds have boosted their bearish bets on Japanese technology companies such as Nikon Corp. and Casio Computer Co. as the industry struggles to deliver the next killer product. Technology companies account for eight of the 10 Japanese stocks that are most targeted by short sellers, who have collectively wagered ...
A key economic adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who has been a strong advocate of monetary stimulus will become Japan’s ambassador to Switzerland, according to a notice issued by the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday. Etsuro Honda, 61, a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat who has known Abe for decades, ...