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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Political negotiations between the nation’s ruling coalition are approaching a showdown over the unpopular consumption tax, which is set to rise to 10 percent from 8 percent in April 2017. A sweetener being considered has drawn scathing criticism from many economists. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito are in ...
Myanmar officially launched its first modern stock exchange Wednesday, but without a single stock to trade, as the nation’s latest drive for economic revitalization struggles to take flight. Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy party swept elections last month, boosting confidence in the former junta-run nation’s reforms. Myanmar’s launch of a ...
The dollar slid to levels around ¥122.70 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday as the benchmark Nikkei stock average extended its fall amid growing risk aversion among investors due to oil price slumps. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥122.71-72, down from ¥123.10-10 at the same time Tuesday. The euro ...
Stocks lost further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, pressured by slumping crude oil prices. The 225-issue Nikkei average fell 191.53 points, or 0.98 percent, to close at 19,301.07. On Tuesday, the key market gauge shed 205.55 points. The TOPIX index of all first-section issues ended down 13.15 points, ...
Lotte Holdings Co. on Wednesday announced the public listing of its confectionery unit Lotte Co. as early as next year, as it seeks to improve management transparency amid a struggle for control by the sons of the group’s founder. It would be the largest listing of a confectionery company in ...
Japan will more than double its quota for imports of South Korean nori to 2.7 billion sheets, the Fisheries Agency said Wednesday. The increase will take place in stages by fiscal 2025. It is the result of an agreement reached with the South Korean government aimed at ending a dispute ...
Core private sector machinery orders expanded a seasonally adjusted 10.7 percent in October from the previous month for the second straight monthly increase, the government said Wednesday. The figure suggests a recovery in capital investment. The value of orders, widely regarded as a leading indicator of future capital spending, totaled ...
Major convenience store operators are gearing up to make electronic money more usable for payments in a bid to attract more customers and boost sales. Increasing the types of e-money accepted at outlets and adding e-money functions to existing reward cards are among the measures being considered. Lawson Inc. will ...
Shares of U.S. gun makers have surged in the wake of the massacre of 14 people in California last week, following a pattern that has grown more common in recent years when high-profile mass shootings have spurred firearms sales as well as calls for gun control measures. Since last Thursday’s ...
Australian police raided the Sydney home and office on Wednesday of a man named by Wired magazine as the probable creator of bitcoin and holder of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the cryptocurrency, witnesses said. More than a dozen federal police officers entered a house registered on the ...
This would be the second successful case of Japan exporting its bullet train technology to a foreign market
Sharp Corp. is closer to spinning off its struggling liquid crystal display business and integrating the unit into rival Japan Display Inc. in a state-backed deal, sources said Tuesday. Main lenders for the electronics maker have entered final talks with public-private fund Innovation Network Corporation of Japan for the potential ...
Flashing some interplanetary gold bling and sipping “space water” might sound far-fetched, but both could soon be reality, thanks to a new U.S. law that legalizes cosmic mining. In a first, President Barack Obama signed legislation at the end of November that allows commercial extraction of minerals and other materials, ...
Nearly 30 years after Honda’s founder started developing the product and after more than a dozen years of testing, the company best known for its cars and motorcycles is about to start delivering its first aircraft. The Japan-based company this week is expected to receive a crucial Federal Aviation Administration ...
Japanese exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products as well as other foods are expected to hit a record high in 2015, agriculture minister Hiroshi Moriyama said. Exports of such products from January to October reached ¥602.9 billion, jumping 23.2 percent from the year before, and it is certain this ...
Toshiba Corp. will likely seek more than ¥1 billion in total from five former executives in a damages suit filed by the company to hold them accountable for negligence that led to an accounting scandal, sources said. The amount is more than triple the ¥300 million being sought by the ...
The government said on Tuesday that the economy grew at a relatively robust pace last quarter, which could relieve the pressure on Japan’s central bank to do more to support growth.
Japan is expected to win the right to construct India's first bullet train, after losing an Indonesian high-speed rail deal to China, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday. Japan will offer $8.11 billion in loans to construct bullet train, according to the report.
All Nippon Airways Co. will launch flights between Narita International Airport and the Chinese city of Wuhan, Hubei province, on April 28. ANA will operate one round-trip flight per day on the route. Flights from Japan are scheduled to depart Narita and arrive at Wuhan in the evening. The return ...
China has brought to an end Japan’s dominance of Asia’s high-technology exports, according to the Asian Development Bank. China’s share of Asia’s exports of high-tech goods such as medical instruments and aircraft and telecommunications equipment rose to 43.7 percent in 2014 from 9.4 percent in 2000, the ADB said. Japan’s ...
The dollar fell to just above ¥123 in Tokyo trading on Tuesday, as risk-averse investors bought the yen amid a plunge in crude oil prices. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥123.10-10, down from ¥123.28-28 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.0867-0867, up from $1.0857-0857, and ...