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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s renewed pursuit of the Trans-Pacific Partnership may eventually benefit Japan as the likely accompanying trade expansion would provide a boost to Japan’s economic growth. At their meeting in Hanoi on Sunday, ministers from the 11 TPP countries agreed to complete preparatory work by November to put ...
When Masayoshi Son was a boy growing up in Kyushu, he kept a notebook to scribble down inventions he hoped to create one day. Today, the SoftBank founder has almost $100 billion to invest in making the next big thing a reality. Son’s SoftBank Group Corp. closed the first round ...
A South Korean retail giant has shelved controversial expansion plans, while a large bank made hundreds of contract jobs permanent after President Moon Jae-in took office vowing to reform the family-run conglomerates that dominate the economy. The 64-year-old liberal leader campaigned on a platform of curbing the power of the ...
Hitachi Ltd.’s elevator and escalator distributor in Thailand is projecting aggressive sales growth to restore its top position in the local market in the next three years. Michael Tang, vice president of Hitachi Elevator (Thailand) Co., who has taken on a new role as head of its sales and marketing ...
(Teleborsa) - Si riduce il surplus della bilancia commerciale del Giappone, a causa di un aumento delle importazioni più forte dell'export. Avanzo ridotto anche rispetto al mese...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s budget proposal, set to be unveiled on Tuesday, will include cuts to Medicaid and propose changes to other assistance programs for low-income citizens, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump’s proposal follows on a ...
As the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performed its second-to-last show Sunday afternoon, a group of retired and former circus performers sat across the street at a hotel bar, laughing and hugging and sharing memories of tours past. “There’s a lot of mixed emotions, said the Rev. George ...
The United States ruled out returning to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and said on May 21 it only wanted bilateral agreements in Asia, as Japan and other members agreed to more talks on pressing ahead themselves.
SoftBank Group Corp. has secured the first capital commitment to a $100 billion fund organized with Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi that would eventually put its founder Masayoshi Son in charge of one of technology’s biggest investment vehicles. The telecom conglomerate is investing $28 billion and has agreements with Saudi ...
Trade ministers from Japan and 10 other signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement unite over trying to resuscitate the free trade pact. The post Led by Japan, Pacific Rim nations agree to pursue revival of TPP appeared first on The Japan Times.
In a surprise, nearly 70 percent of shoppers in a Fukuoka town agreed to provide their names, addresses, purchase histories and other personal information for the government’s first experiment with electronic receipts, it has been learned. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, which conducted the trial in March, said ...
Sony Corp. is betting on self-driving cars as way to boost its semiconductor business and ensure sustainable growth, given the volatility in the smartphone market. The electronics giant has developed a highly sensitive CMOS image sensor for automotive cameras to more precisely interpret signals from traffic lights and tail lamps ...
Understaffed Japanese restaurants and food chains are trying to make their uniforms more stylish to attract more young female workers. B-R 31 Ice Cream Co., the local franchise of American ice cream chain Baskin-Robbins, replaced its uniform in February with a new one designed by Wego Co., an apparel chain ...
A couple of things about the “WannaCry” cyberattack are certain. It was the biggest in history, and it is a scary preview of things to come — we are all going to have to get used to hearing the word “ransomware.” But one thing is a lot less clear: whether ...
The Asia-Pacific region kicked off a major trade meeting Saturday to discuss the changing global trade landscape after U.S. President Donald Trump upended the old order with an “America First” policy that has sparked fears of protectionism. The two-day gathering is the biggest since Trump took office in January and ...
Yamato Holdings Co., the nation’s leading door-to-door parcel delivery provider, has announced that it will increase basic shipping fees for its door-to-door parcel delivery service from Oct. 1. It will be Yamato’s first rate hike in 27 years in a move triggered by a serious staff shortage and surge in ...
A Japanese consortium of major automakers and energy firms said Friday it is considering setting up a company this year to spur the construction of hydrogen stations to stimulate sales of fuel cell vehicles. The group — consisting of 11 companies including Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co., Honda Motor ...
Broadcom and a group led by KKR are emerging as the two leading bidders for Toshiba’s semiconductor unit as of Friday’s deadline for second-round offers, according to people familiar with the matter. Broadcom, based in San Jose, California, is offering about ¥2.2 trillion ($20 billion) and would face simpler regulatory ...
Stocks bounced back slightly on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday thanks to buybacks after the previous day’s plunge. The 225-issue Nikkei average advanced 36.90 points, or 0.19 percent, to finish at 19,590.76. On Thursday, the key market gauge tumbled 261.02 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues ended up ...
The dollar rose to around ¥111.40 in Tokyo trading on Friday, aided by higher stock prices and U.S. long-term interest rates. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥111.46-46, up from ¥110.91-92 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.1138-1140, up from $1.1132-1132, and at ¥124.15-17, up from ...
A record-high 97.6 percent of new university graduates had landed jobs as of the April 1 start of the 2017 business year, government data showed Friday, reflecting demand from companies amid Japan’s labor shortage. The rate increased 0.3 percentage point from a year earlier, up for the sixth consecutive year, ...