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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
The dollar lost ground to move around ¥113.40 in Tokyo trading late Tuesday, pressured chiefly by position-adjustment selling. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥103.45-45, down from ¥113.64-65 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.1028-1028, up from $1.0941-0945, and at ¥125.12-12, up from ¥124.34-41. After falling ...
The electronics maker said it received 16 reports of the battery pack having combusted between March 2015 and this April. The post Panasonic recalls 280,000 tablet PC battery packs due to fire risk appeared first on The Japan Times.
Stocks turned slightly higher Tuesday, thanks to an advance overnight on Wall Street. The Nikkei 225 average gained 49.97 points, or 0.25 percent, to close at 19,919.82. On Monday, the key market gauge fell 14.05 points. The Topix, which covers all first-section issues, rose 4.23 points, 0.27 percent, to end ...
Carlos Ghosn, chief executive officer of Renault S.A., said Tuesday it is too early to evaluate what impact the new French administration could have on the automaker, which is partially government-owned. “I think it is too early to judge or assess what’s going to happen because there are so many ...
Britain may have to wait – and hope – for every single one of its European Union neighbours to give full legislative consent before it can fully benefit from any post-Brexit free trade deal, EU judges ruled today. In a verdict that may also delay and potentially obstruct a string of ...
Japan and China increased their holdings of U.S. Treasuries as overall net foreign purchases in March reached their strongest level in a year. China increased its ownership of U.S. government bonds, notes and bills to $1.09 trillion in March, up $27.9 billion and remaining the second-largest foreign holder of American ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he could be open to joining the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank if questions surrounding its projects’ environmental impacts and other issues are resolved. Abe made the remark following China’s hosting of a two-day international forum on the “One Belt, One Road” cross-continental infrastructure ...
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Co. plans to invest as much as $15 billion in SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund and start two new venture capital funds to build its technology holdings. The SoftBank fund will be “wrapped up” in two to three weeks with about $95 billion of commitments, according ...
Companies led by SoftBank Group Corp. and Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd. are bringing India some of the cheapest solar power in the world, helping Prime Minister Narendra Modi reach his ambitious clean-energy goals. In two auctions this week for renewable energy power-purchase contracts, bids from companies to supply clean ...
Japan and New Zealand confirmed they will aim to reach an agreement with other signatories to move the Trans-Pacific Partnership forward by November despite the withdrawal of the United States. “What is important now is whether the (remaining) members can share a view about the future direction of the TPP ...
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said he is “quite sure” the central bank can smoothly exit from its massive monetary stimulus when the appropriate time comes. But he also said the BOJ “always” has room to expand monetary stimulus to achieve its 2 percent inflation target, indicating that wages ...
American International Group Inc. named Brian Duperreault, one of the most experienced managers in the property-casualty insurance industry, to be the company’s seventh chief executive officer since 2005 and improve results at the operation selling coverage to commercial clients. Duperreault, who spent time at AIG earlier in his career, will ...
The Samsung brand is best known for its smartphones and wide-screen TVs. Yet behind the scenes the conglomerate is also making a name as a contract manufacturer of complex medicines to treat diseases like cancer. On a piece of reclaimed land along the western coast of South Korea, Samsung BioLogics ...
Four of Japan’s five major banking groups posted lower profits for the year through March 31, due largely to the worsening business performance of major borrower Toshiba Corp. and extremely low interest rates, according to earnings reports. The five banks, including the three mega-bank groups — Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group ...
The world’s biggest ransomware attack leveled off on Monday after wreaking havoc in 150 countries and causing political acrimony, with Russian President Vladimir Putin blaming U.S. intelligence services. The indiscriminate attack struck hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide Friday by exploiting known vulnerabilities in older Microsoft computer operating systems. Microsoft’s ...
Japanese carmaker Toyota has announced its backing for a group of engineers who are developing a flying car.
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. has adopted a different model for hiring temporary workers at one of its plants, completely eliminating the role of middlemen, according to top company officials. The subsidiary of Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corp. and India’s largest carmaker is now hiring temporary workers directly, using the same selection ...
The dollar moved on a firmer note around ¥113.60 in Tokyo trading late Monday, thanks to news reports about an agreement between Saudi Arabia and Russia to extend crude oil production cuts. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥113.64-65, up from ¥113.59-60 at the same time Friday. The euro ...
Japan Post Holdings Co. logged a group net loss of ¥28.98 billion for fiscal 2016, its first red ink since its privatization in 2007, due to a massive write-down of its Australian logistics arm. The postal and financial services provider said Monday it booked a loss of ¥400.33 billion in ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday urged major multilateral institutions to join his new “Belt and Road” Initiative, stressing the importance of rejecting protectionism in seeking global economic growth. Addressing other world leaders at a summit on the initiative in Beijing, Xi said it was necessary to coordinate policies with ...
Stocks lost further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday, weighed down by the yen’s strengthening against the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei average fell 14.05 points, or 0.07 percent, to end at 19,869.85. On Friday, the key market gauge lost 77.65 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues finished ...