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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Now that the central bank has added negative rates to its record monetary stimulus program, it’s time for the Abe government to double down on reform efforts, said Deputy Gov. Hiroshi Nakaso. “The Bank of Japan has taken monetary easing one step further,” Nakaso said in a speech in Okinawa ...
The U.S. Department of Commerce has preliminarily decided to impose antidumping duties on imports of cold-rolled steel products from Japan and six other countries after determining that several companies sold the products at less than fair value, the department said in a statement. The products are used in a range ...
In a quest to reduce their reliance on one of the world’s least profitable banking markets, Japanese lenders are setting their sights on a much more lucrative one: Mexico. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Mizuho Financial Group Inc. are among so-called megabanks expanding in Mexico, riding the coattails of ...
Toyota Motor Corp. is handing non-Japanese executives major promotions in the third overhaul of its complex business structure in six years, as President Akio Toyoda seeks ways to make the world’s largest automaker more nimble. Didier Leroy, appointed to the highest rank for a non-Japanese executive a year ago, adds ...
Toyota Motor Corp said Wednesday it is expanding by 331,200 cars worldwide its recall involving potentially defective Takata Corp. air bag parts. Toyota earlier on Wednesday said the new recalls totaled 356,000 globally but later lowered the figure. An estimated 29 million Takata air bag inflators have been recalled in ...
Declaring that strong encryption is essential to the nation’s security, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told a tech industry audience Wednesday that he’s “not a believer in back doors,” or encryption programs that leave openings for outsiders to read coded files. Carter said he wasn’t commenting on the FBI’s legal battle ...
China aims to lay off 5 million-6 million state workers over the next two to three years as part of efforts to curb industrial overcapacity and pollution, two sources said, Beijing’s boldest retrenchment program in almost two decades. China’s leadership, obsessed with maintaining stability and making sure redundancies do not ...
East Japan Railway Co. has opened a pop-up shop for ekiben (train boxed meals) at Paris station Gare de Lyon in an effort to promote Japanese food culture globally from one of the world’s gourmet capitals. The shop is slated to remain open until the end of April. It is ...
Sony Corp. said Wednesday it is recalling more than 58,000 battery packs manufactured by Panasonic Corp. for use in Vaio notebook computers, as they could catch fire. Fujitsu Ltd. and Toshiba Corp. are also recalling Panasonic battery packs installed in their computers due to the risk of fire. The Sony ...
With its return to Japan Friday after 19 years, U.S.-based hamburger chain Carl’s Jr. says it is confident it can penetrate the market amid increasing demand for better burgers. “We’re extremely confident about our brand and our business. We have a best-in-class menu platform that really positions us well against ...
The dollar shot up to around ¥114.20 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, with risk appetite among investors perked up by stronger-than-expected U.S. manufacturing data released overnight. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥114.24-25, up from ¥112.95-95 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.0859-0861, slightly down from ...
Stocks surged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, backed by a strong rally on Wall Street overnight and the yen’s drop against the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei average climbed 661.04 points, or 4.11 percent, to close at 16,746.55. On Tuesday, the key market gauge gained 58.75 points. The Topix index ...
Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Uniqlo casual wear chain stores, welcomed about 400 new recruits with an initiation ceremony at its Tokyo office Wednesday morning, holding the event about a month ahead of the April 1 date common for most major Japanese firms. As a whole, a record high ...
An energetic market for sports utility vehicles and pickups drove record sales in the U.S. for Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. in February, while Honda Motor Co. notched up double-digit percentage growth in passenger car sales, data showed Tuesday. Drawn by low gas prices and interest rates, U.S. ...
FBI Director James Comey told a congressional panel on Tuesday that a final court ruling forcing Apple Inc to give the FBI data from an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters would be “potentially precedential” in other cases where the agency might request similar cooperation from technology ...
The U.S. unit of Japan’s camera and hospital equipment maker Olympus agreed to pay $646 million Tuesday to settle charges it gave hospitals and doctors kickbacks to buy its endoscopes. To boost its sales, Olympus Corp. of the Americas gave free trips to Japan to doctors who got their hospital ...
(Teleborsa) - Finmeccanica, attraverso la propria Divisione Elicotteri, ha oggi annunciato nel corso del salone Heli-Expo 2016 (Louisville, Kentucky) contratti per 26 elicotteri dedicati...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will convene an advisory panel to consider an extra budget for the coming fiscal year, sources said days after the Group of 20 nations urged more fiscal spending to support the ailing global economy. Abe announced the plan Tuesday, saying the panel would help him prepare ...
The Government Pension Investment Fund said it posted an investment profit of ¥4.73 trillion in October-December, swinging from a record loss in the previous quarter. The GPIF marked an investment return of 3.56 percent in the third quarter of fiscal 2015 thanks to rebounds in stock prices in Japan and ...
The dollar was around ¥113 in Tokyo trading late Tuesday after shedding earlier losses, backed by Japanese stocks’ resilience. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥112.95-95, little changed from ¥112.99-113.00 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.0875-876, down from $1.0956-0957, and at ¥122.85-86, down from ¥123.79-81. ...
Stocks wiped out earlier losses to close higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, supported by buybacks on the back of a pause in the yen’s rise. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 58.75 points, or 0.37 percent, to finish at 16,085.51. On Friday, the key market gauge lost 161.65 ...