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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Leading parcel delivery provider Yamato Holdings Co. is aiming to hire about 9,200 new workers in the current year through next March to reduce overtime among delivery personnel, company sources said Wednesday. The sharp increase over the previous year will lead to substantially greater personnel costs, but the company plans ...
Cars with automatic braking and other systems to prevent accidents caused by drivers’ errors are becoming increasingly popular in Japan, where such accidents involving elderly drivers are on the rise. Just on Tuesday, a car driven by a woman in her 70s rammed into a hospital in Oita Prefecture, injuring ...
The chief executive of United Airlines apologized Tuesday on Capitol Hill for an incident in which a passenger was dragged off a flight, calling it “a mistake of epic proportions” as frustrated lawmakers warned airline executives to improve customer service or face congressional intervention. House Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, ...
Microsoft is taking aim at Google as it introduced a Surface device for students and slimmed down Windows for the classroom. The new Surface Laptop is the first Surface device without a detachable keyboard. Microsoft says the new laptop will have up to 14.5 hours of battery life, compared with ...
The dollar rose to top ¥112 for the first time in about a month in Tokyo trading Tuesday thanks in part to an overnight rise in U.S. long-term interest rates. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥112.17-17, up from ¥111.84-88 at the same time Monday. The euro was at ...
Stocks gained further ground Tuesday, with investors taking heart from a recent spate of robust corporate earnings reports. The Nikkei 225 average rose 135.18 points, or 0.70 percent, to end at 19,445.70. On Monday, the key market gauge climbed 113.78 points. The Topix, covering all first-section issues, closed 10.53 points, ...
Amazon.com Inc.’s Japan unit said it will partially suspend a deal with a major book distributor next month in an apparent bid to challenge longtime industry distribution practices by asking more publishers to make their works available to the online retailer. Amazon Japan K.K. notified major publishing companies in writing ...
Western Digital Corp.’s earnings showed the value of its SanDisk acquisition and how much it has to lose if a partnership with Toshiba Corp. is disrupted by the desperation sale of the Japanese company’s chip unit. Western Digital has posted results that topped estimates every quarter since completing the $15.8 ...
SG Holdings Co. is in talks with major corporate clients to raise shipping fees for door-to-door parcel delivery services amid soaring wages due to a shortage of drivers, according to a company executive. SG Holdings is aiming to raise the delivery cost per parcel by ¥7, raising the average cost ...
Isuzu Motors Ltd. is preparing to double its heavy-duty truck production capacity in Thailand this year in hopes of increasing exports to Southeast Asian markets. The company recently invested further in its heavy truck plant in Thailand’s central province of Chachoengsao to double its annual production output of 25,000 to ...
Canada is hosting a round of exploratory negotiations on the future of the Trans Pacific Partnership after the U.S. bowed out. Senior trade officials from every remaining signatory country will convene the so-called TPP-minus-one talks in Toronto on Tuesday and Wednesday. While ministers won’t attend, the event is expected to ...
Listed companies project an aggregate recurring profit rise of 5.9 percent for fiscal 2017, based on an estimated 4.4 percent growth in sales, according to an interim Jiji Press survey. The survey covered 272 nonfinancial companies listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange that had released fiscal ...
The OECD is set to appoint Masamichi Kono, a former senior official at the Financial Services Agency, as deputy secretary-general, according to informed sources. Kono, 61, will succeed Rintaro Tamaki, 63, whose term is scheduled to expire at the end of July. Kono, an expert in international finance, served as ...
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said Tuesday various international entities, including a newly created Chinese-led investment bank, are a welcome addition to infrastructure building in Asia amid the region’s robust demand. Speaking in Yokohama, Kuroda said it is “good” that the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which is often ...
Twitter is launching a 24-hour streaming news channel in partnership with the Bloomberg Media, in a major expansion of the social media firm’s video operations, the two firms announced Monday. The new streaming channel “will combine the vast global editorial and newsgathering capabilities of Bloomberg with the digital power of ...
President Donald Trump on Monday endorsed the possibility of higher gasoline and diesel fuel taxes, suggesting an increase could pay for his ambitious infrastructure plan. “It’s something that I would certainly consider,” Trump told Bloomberg News in an interview. The president indicated that the additional money would be directed toward ...
A survey by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. has found that the average monthly sum that a married person can spend freely is ¥25,082, the lowest since the survey began in 2007. The amount was ¥4,421 less than the ¥29,503 logged in 2016, when the monthly allowance rose for the ...
The 20th European Corporate Governance Conference – Special Interview with Edwin Ward, Director at the Institute of Directors Malta. Standard Publications is the Media Partner for the 20th European Corporate Governance Conference being held in Malta at Le Méridien on 4 May. The event is sponsored by EY EAME, EY Malta ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, where she is expected to press royals on a number of sensitive issues, including taking in refugees, while also boosting important business ties in her first visit to the country in seven years. Merkel met King Salman in the Red ...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hiked wages and handed out hundreds of free homes Sunday amid his efforts to counter a strengthening protest movement seeking his removal. On his regular Sunday television show, Maduro ordered a 60 percent increase in the country’s minimum wage starting Monday. It was the third pay ...
Airbnb Inc.’s Chinese rival Tujia is in talks to raise more than $300 million, putting pressure on the U.S. home-sharing startup less than a month after it officially debuted in the country. Tujia Holdings is one of China’s biggest platforms for property owners seeking to turn their homes into temporary ...