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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
The dollar was firmer around ¥123.40 in Tokyo trading late Thursday, lifted by a rise in Tokyo stock prices and growing expectations for an interest rate increase in the United States. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥123.37-38, up from ¥123.05-06 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was ...
The number of Fast Retailing Co.’s overseas Uniqlo stores outnumbered its domestic outlets for the first time at the end of November, the company said. Fast Retailing had 864 of the casual clothing stores overseas and 844 in Japan, it said Wednesday. It now plans to speed up store openings ...
Stocks wiped out earlier losses to end nearly flat on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday, thanks to buying on dips. The Nikkei rose 1.77 points, or 0.01 percent, to close at 19,939.90. On Wednesday, it fell 74.27 points. The Topix ended up 0.68 point, or 0.04 percent, at 1,602.94, after ...
JX Holdings Inc. and TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K., Japan’s two biggest oil refiners, officially announced Thursday they intend to merge in April 2017, creating a company with control of more than half the country’s gasoline market. JX’s wholly owned subsidiary JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. will merge with TonenGeneral, the ...
Japan’s usually sedate stationery sector has been rocked by a pencil supply crisis that is drawing a backlash — and panic buying — among architects and animators. The drama erupted in response to a plan by Mitsubishi Pencil — one of the nation’s oldest stationery makers — to stop producing ...
A labor group whose members include Toyota Motor Corp., Hitachi Ltd. and Panasonic Corp.’s unions said they will seek half the minimum wage increase in 2016 compared with its plans entering this fiscal year. The Japan Council of Metalworkers’ Unions said its members intend to request raises of ¥3,000 or ...
Toshiba Corp. will forgo bonuses to all 33 executive officers for the current business year as managers take responsibility for an accounting scandal, company officials said Thursday. The move is aimed at restoring trust in the company as soon as possible, the officials said. The performance-linked payment, usually paid in ...
Innovation Network Corp. of Japan has put off a plan to invest about ¥200 billion in Sharp Corp. after the government-backed fund failed to agree on terms with the struggling company’s banks, sources said. The fund, known as INCJ, instead will discuss a plan with Sharp’s creditors to spin off ...
The nation is probably set to receive more LNG than it needs, potentially forcing some purchasers in the world’s biggest user of the fuel to resell cargoes and add to a glut. Liquefied natural gas volumes contracted by Japanese buyers may exceed their combined demand from 2017 to 2021, according ...
Japan Inc.’s currency cookie jar may be just about empty. That’s the message in forecasts for the yen, whose three-year slide under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe underpinned the expansion of profits to an all-time high and a doubling of stock prices. The benefits went even further: Every year, big exporters ...
Shoppers spent more than $3 billion online this “Cyber Monday,” making it the biggest online shopping day ever. Research firm comScore said shopping by phone, laptop or tablet jumped 21 percent to $3.11 billion Monday. The 10-year-old shopping holiday has lost some of its luster as retailers push sales forward ...
Japan is closing in on becoming the fourth nation to test fly its own stealth jet, a move that could further antagonize neighboring Asian countries that oppose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s bid to strengthen the role of the Self-Defense Forces. The aircraft is scheduled to make its maiden flight within ...
U.S. regional airlines are preparing to ask the government to loosen 2013 pilot safety restrictions they say have unnecessarily caused a shortage of qualified flight crews. The airlines, which perform about half of all air-carrier flights under contract to mainline operators, want to be able to hire pilots with fewer ...
Innovation Network Corp. of Japan has put off a plan to invest about ¥200 billion ($1.6 billion) in Sharp Corp. after the government-backed fund failed to agree on terms with the struggling company’s banks, sources said Wednesday. The fund, known as INCJ, instead will discuss a plan with Sharp’s creditors ...
Japan’s usually sedate stationery sector has been rocked by a pencil supply crisis that is drawing a backlash — and panic buying — among architects and animators. The drama erupted in response to a plan by Mitsubishi Pencil — one of the nation’s oldest stationery makers — to stop producing ...
The biannual International Robot Exhibition kicked off Wednesday in Tokyo, showcasing the latest advances in robotics — including technology for use in disaster scenarios and in the nursing-care field. With a record 446 firms attending the event at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward, numerous robots are on display through ...
Toyota Motor Corp. will supply temporary hydrogen stations to California dealerships selling its Mirai fuel-cell sedan as some buyers put off taking delivery of their cars until refueling infrastructure is set up. Mobile hydrogen trailers from Air Products & Chemicals Inc. will serve as a stopgap until the state opens ...
The dollar gained ground moderately and rose above ¥123 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, thanks to a bout of buybacks. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥123.05-06, up from ¥122.86-86 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.0625-0626, up from $1.0583-0584, and at ¥130.75-77, up from ¥130.03-04. ...
India received most FDI of $6.7 bn from Singapore, followed by Mauritius ($3.6 bn), the Netherlands ($1.09 bn), and Japan ($815 mn)
Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Kikuo Iwata said Wednesday that a further slowdown in China and other emerging economies is the “most significant risk” to achieving the central bank’s 2 percent inflation target. “The bank will make adjustments without hesitation” if the slowdown has negative effects on the Japanese economy, ...
The benchmark Nikkei average slipped below 20,000 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, hit by profit-taking the day after it closed above the psychologically important line for the first time in more than three months. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 74.27 points, or 0.37 percent, to finish at 19,938.13. On ...