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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Quando partecipò alla maratona delle Olimpiadi di Stoccolma del 1912, Shizo Kanakuri era uno dei più importanti atleti giapponesi. A metà della corsa, affaticato dal caldo soffocante e dal lungo viaggio che aveva fatto per arrivare in Svezia,... Leggi
Japan buys 119,415 tonnes food wheat via tender.
London isn’t the only city with an iconic bus. In Tokyo it’s yellow, named after a pigeon, and should be a welcome sight to stock investors. That’s because Hato Bus Co.’s seats are increasingly filled with Chinese sightseers, giving the company reason to be optimistic that the slowdown in Asia’s ...
Commercial facility management company Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart Co. is to buy a major ski resort in Hokkaido for ¥18.3 billion. China-based Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart said it will acquire all outstanding shares in Hoshino Resorts Tomamu, a ski resort in the village of Shimukappu, Hokkaido, from Hoshino Resorts Inc. ...
Japan, the United States and increasingly China are among the few nations driving global innovations like 3-D printing, a United Nations agency said Wednesday. It urged more investments in such fields as they may drive future economic growth. In a report on the role vanguard innovation plays in economic growth, ...
Chinese Internet users spent billions of dollars in the planet’s biggest online shopping splurge Wednesday, as “Singles Day” hit new heights, despite slowing growth in the world’s second-largest economy. The cumulative national bill for the day-long commercial orgy dwarfed Americans’ online spending over the five-day frenzy from Thanksgiving to Cyber ...
The dollar hovered just below ¥123 in Tokyo trading late Thursday as a wait-and-see mood strengthened ahead of speeches by U.S. Federal Reserve officials including Fed Chair Janet Yellen later in the day. At 5 p.m., it stood at ¥122.92-93, almost unchanged from ¥122.93-94 at the same time Wednesday. The ...
The Nikkei cut early losses on buying on dips to close slightly higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday, extending its winning streak to a seventh session. It climbed 6.38 points, or 0.03 percent, to close at 19,697.77, achieving the longest bull run since the 12-day spurt that lasted until ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Wednesday to cut the corporate tax rate next fiscal year beyond current targets, paving the way for bringing it below 30 percent to boost investment and wages. Abe told a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy that the government will also find ...
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to set up an insurance system to cushion the blow for farmers when the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact comes into effect, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. It will be among measures to be decided on or around Nov. 25 to support Japan’s ...
McDonald’s Holdings Co. (Japan) on Wednesday reported a group net loss of ¥29.28 billion for January-September, the worst result for the nine-month period since its stock listing in 2001. Attributed in part to a series of incidents involving inedible items found in its food, the figure is far greater than ...
Core private-sector machinery orders rose a seasonally adjusted 7.5 percent in September for the first gain in four months, led by increased orders from the nonmanufacturing sector, the government said Thursday. The value of the orders, widely regarded as a leading indicator of future capital spending, totaled ¥816.4 billion ($6.6 ...
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. shareholders on Thursday approved the resignation of President Takuji Yamamoto and the appointment of new management to win back public trust after revelations that substandard earthquake shock absorber pads were fitted to buildings. Senior Corporate Officer Takashi Shimizu, 54, will replace Yamamoto, 58, while Katsumi ...
The producer price index was down 3.8 percent in October from a year earlier, declining for the seventh straight month, the Bank of Japan said Thursday. The index, previously called the corporate goods price index, stood at 101.5 against 100 for the base year of 2010, the central bank said ...
Small shops in the town of Crickhowell in southeast Wales are drawing up plans to minimize their tax bills that mimic the avoidance tactics of the biggest multinational corporations. Several small businesses, including a baker, a bookseller and an optician, are attempting to publicly exploit tax loopholes in an effort ...
GIAPPONE - Tokyo 11/11/2015. Il primo aereo commerciale del Giappone prodotto in mezzo secolo ha fatto il suo primo volo il 11 novembre. Leggi tutto...
GIAPPONE - Tokyo 11/11/2015. Il Giappone ha registrato un avanzo delle partite correnti di 1,47 trilioni di yen (11,92 miliardi di dollari) nel mese di settembre. Leggi tutto...
Crude oil prices fell after industry data showed an increase in US stockpiles, while fears that Japan's economy may have fallen into recession added to demand woes
The New York state attorney general on Tuesday ordered the fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel to stop accepting bets in New York, saying the operations are essentially illegal gambling, according to copies of letters to the companies seen by Reuters. DraftKings and FanDuel have been at the center of ...
Lufthansa has canceled 930 flights scheduled for Wednesday at three hubs in Germany after efforts failed to halt an ongoing strike by flight attendants. The cancellations affect 100,000 travelers going to or from Frankfurt, Munich and Duesseldorf. They were announced even as the airline and the union said late Tuesday ...
The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan’s first domestically produced passenger jet, will make its maiden flight Wednesday morning at Nagoya Airport, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. said. Mitsubishi Aircraft, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., had said the first flight of the small passenger jet would take place between Monday and Friday. ...