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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
China will further tighten its internet regulations with a pledge Sunday to strengthen controls over search engines and online news portals, the latest step in President Xi Jinping’s push to maintain strict control over content by the Communist Party. Xi has made China’s “cybersovereignty” a top priority in his sweeping ...
Speedier investing and stronger cooperation with the private sector are key for the Asian Development Bank to continue supporting further growth in the Asia-Pacific region, its president says. The post Faster investing, stronger private-sector cooperation key to ADB’s support of regional growth: Nakao appeared first on The Japan Times.
The finance chiefs of Japan and China resumed their bilateral dialogue for the first time in two years Saturday, agreeing to deepen economic and financial ties. “Both sides emphasized the need to further deepen bilateral pragmatic cooperation in finance, (and to) scale up financial cooperation and support collaborations in the ...
The State Bank of India sees great opportunity in Japan and hopes to lure small and medium-size Japanese companies to invest in India, SBI Chairwoman Arundhati Bhattacharya said in Yokohama on Friday. “There is no doubt that we want to improve our Japan strategy,” Bhattacharya said. She and other SBI ...
The U.S. International Trade Commission has said it has determined that imports of a steel product from Japan and seven other economies and sold in the United States at less than fair value have “materially injured” the U.S. steel industry and antidumping duty orders will be issued on imports of ...
Reflecting on U.S. President Donald Trump’s first 100 days, his policy toward East Asia and what lies ahead, foreign affairs experts said Saturday that his unpredictability has left many Asian leaders troubled, a trend likely to continue so long as his overall Asia policy remains unclear and focused on bilateral ...
Japan offers funds to help introduce advanced technology for growing needs of Asia’s developing nations. The post Japan pledges $40 million to ADB fund for infrastructure development appeared first on The Japan Times.
Unemployment in the world’s largest economy fell to the lowest rate in 10 years due to a strong rebound in job creation in April, bringing relief to Donald Trump after disappointing economic data early in his presidency. After a slow March, when hiring likely was held down by a winter ...
YOKOHAMA, Japan (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy will gain further momentum after the presidential election set to t
Finance Minister Taro Aso on Friday voiced concern about the adverse effects of interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve, including a potential outflow of capital from emerging economies. “Money moves to a country where interest rates are high from a country where interest rates are low,” Aso said ...
East Asia’s top three finance chiefs show up the G-20 by taking an uncompromising stance against the protectionist polices espoused by U.S. President Donald Trump. The post Finance chiefs of Japan, China, South Korea pledge to ‘resist all forms of protectionism’ appeared first on The Japan Times.
A young man pulls on a denim jacket, tucks his smartphone into an inside pocket, puts on headphones and mounts his bike. Riding through San Francisco, he occasionally taps or swipes his right hand over the left cuff of his jacket as he listens to directions. The above is from ...
Washington singles out Japan and Mexico for causing trade deficits to expand to intolerable levels in March. The post U.S. raps Japan after March trade deficit hits $7.2 billion appeared first on The Japan Times.
Japan proposed a new type of bilateral currency swap arrangement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Friday that would provide up to $40 billion for short-term liquidity crunches during times of crisis. The proposal — made during a session between the Japanese and ASEAN finance leaders at the ...
A California family says they were forced off a Delta plane and threatened with jail after refusing to give up one of their children’s seats on a crowded flight. A video of the April 23 incident was uploaded to YouTube on Wednesday and adds to the list of recent encounters ...
Finance ministers and central bank governors of South Korea, China and Japan will hold talks to coordinate policies and
China is expected this week to conduct the maiden test flight of a homegrown passenger jet built to meet soaring domestic travel demand and challenge the dominance of Boeing and Airbus. The C919, built by state-owned aerospace manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC), was set to take wing over ...
The governor of Puerto Rico announced Wednesday that the U.S. territory would seek a form of bankruptcy protection to restructure its $70 billion debt, the largest municipal restructuring in U.S. history. By declaring bankruptcy, the territory can prevent any interruption in services to island inhabitants, Gov. Ricardo Rossello said at ...
An idea has emerged that the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact can take effect among at least five nations, including Japan, Australia and New Zealand, negotiations sources said Wednesday. The idea cropped up as the 11 states involved discussed what to do with the pact, from which the United States ...
Facebook is stepping up its efforts to keep inappropriate and often violent material — including recent high-profile videos of murders and suicides, hate speech and extremist propaganda — off of its site. On Wednesday, the world’s biggest social network said it plans to hire 3,000 more people to review videos ...
Their health care bill teetering on the brink, House Republican leaders and President Donald Trump intensified their already-fierce lobbying Wednesday to save the long-promised legislation, agreeing to changes that brought two pivotal Republicans back on board. Democrats stood firmly united against the health bill, but they generally applauded a separate ...