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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
The Vatican said Saturday it had ordered the first external audit of its assets as part of a drive by Pope Francis to bring transparency to its finances where millions of euros have gone unrecorded without any central oversight. Papal spokesman Federico Lombardi said auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers would start work immediately. ...
Economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari said Sunday that the country’s quarter-on-quarter real gross domestic product growth in the July to September period is expected to be revised up to around zero percent from minus 0.8 percent at an annual rate. Amari showed the estimate in a television program ...
Greek lawmakers approved a “tough” 2016 budget early Sunday, forecasting near zero growth for 2015 and a small contraction next year for the debt-ridden country in its sixth year of austerity. The coalition government, which enjoys a narrow majority, managed to push the budget through with 153 votes for and ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping told African leaders on Friday his country would pump $60 billion into development projects, cancel some debt and boost agriculture under a three-year plan that will extend Beijing’s influence in the continent. Xi said China would not interfere in African countries’ internal affairs, a stance that ...
The government and ruling bloc plan to slash the effective corporate tax rate to 29.74 percent in the fiscal year starting April 2018 from the current 32.11 percent, sources said Friday. This would be the second of a two-stage tax cut aimed at encouraging firms to increase capital investment and ...
Toyota Motor Corp. is harboring big ambitions to become a significant player in the growing market for robots that help the elderly and others get around in everyday life. The company believes it can use its manufacturing expertise to become as crucial in a field it calls “partner robots” as ...
U.S. employment increased at a healthy pace in November, in another sign of the economy’s resilience, and will most likely be followed by the first Federal Reserve interest rate rise in a decade later this month. Nonfarm payrolls rose 211,000 last month, the U.S. Labor Department said on Friday. The ...
China will crack down on illegal reproduction of online news, the country’s media watchdog said, days after an influential Chinese news magazine complained publicly about what it described as unauthorized republishing of its stories. China’s government has long vowed to rein in intellectual property infringement, from knock-off goods to the ...
China’s former leader Deng Xiaoping famously quipped that it doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice. When it comes to environmentally friendly cars that might help clear up the nation’s polluted skies, China has ignored Deng’s advice — to the detriment of ...
The three firms are reported to be in talks on consolidating their personal computer businesses to create a behemoth with a large market share. The post Toshiba, Fujitsu, Vaio reportedly discussing massive PC merger appeared first on The Japan Times.
The dollar slipped below ¥123 in Tokyo trading on Friday due to selling triggered in part by its plunge against the euro after the European Central Bank’s latest monetary easing steps failed to meet high investor expectations. The euro gained ground sharply against other major currencies on massive buybacks prompted ...
Stocks tumbled on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday, with investor sentiment dampened after the European Central Bank’s monetary easing steps failed to meet high market expectations. The Nikkei average dived 435.42 points, or 2.18 percent, to end at 19,504.48. On Thursday, the index rose 1.77 points. The Topix finished ...
Salaries grew 0.7 percent in October from the previous year to an average of ¥266,309, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said in a preliminary report Friday. The fourth consecutive month of salary growth reflects the pay-scale hike decided at this year’s shunto spring labor-management negotiations as well as an ...
It may take a few more meetings between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and India’s Narendra Modi before the two countries seal a civil nuclear agreement. Modi will use Abe’s visit next week to lobby Japan to join the list of countries India can rely on for nuclear technology or fuel ...
Embattled Volkswagen AG is seen as likely to lose its title as the nation’s leading car importer as the scandal involving faked emissions tests takes its toll. The post Emissions scandal likely to end Volkswagen’s 14-year streak as top importer appeared first on The Japan Times.
Japan Airlines Co. plans to replace all aircraft flown by domestic subsidiary J-Air Corp. with the new fuel-efficient Mitsubishi Regional Jet. Chairman Masaru Onishi explained the move in a recent interview with Kyodo News, saying the swap-out could be complete just over a decade from now. J-Air primarily serves routes ...
Ruling bloc lawmakers plan to file a bid to hike the tobacco tax in a drive to improve public health ahead of the Olympics. A group of lawmakers from the Liberal Democratic Party plans to submit a joint proposal with Komeito, its coalition partner, to raise the levy, which now ...
Tired of those unsightly smudges and other dirt on your bacteria-laden smartphone? A Japanese firm says it has the solution with what it describes the world’s first smartphone that can be washed with soap and water. Waterproof smartphones have been on the market for a while. But telecom company KDDI ...
Toyota Motor Corp. expects record U.S. auto- industry sales for 2015 followed by another two years of strength as gasoline prices remain low and the U.S. economy continues on a path of stable growth. The industry’s deliveries this year are poised to overtake the current annual record of 17.4 million ...
Honda Motor Co. is not considering extending support to Takata Corp. hit by massive recalls of its faulty air bags, the president of the Japanese automaker has said. “The direction of the company’s management is something that Takata needs to decide on,” Honda President Takahiro Hachigo said in a recent ...
The Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, broadly agreed Thursday to establish an invoice system for the country’s consumption tax increase from the current 8 percent to 10 percent in April 2017. The invoice system is set to be used as an accounting method for the introduction of ...