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Vai alla Scheda Paese »That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
The new Train Suite Shiki-shima — which East Japan Railway says will provide a cruise ship-like experience — is nearing its May 1 debut, with the operator on Wednesday giving members of the press a chance to experience the luxury sleeper. While sleeper trains as a means to get to ...
The benchmark Nikkei average extended its winning streak to a fourth session and closed at a one-month high on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, supported by an overnight rise in U.S. equities and the yen’s weakening against the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 210.10 points, or 1.1 percent, to ...
Hitachi may work with a British investment fund to acquire Swiss power-meter maker Landis+Gyr, a Toshiba unit being considered for sale, sources said. The acquisition is expected to cost more than ¥200 billion. A recent proposal calls for CVC Capital Partners to acquire a majority stake in Landis+Gyr, with Hitachi ...
McDonald’s Corp. said it’s shelving plans to sell a stake in its Japan unit that has seen a turnaround since the company announced it was looking for a buyer more than a year ago. After a review, the world’s largest restaurant chain has “made the decision to not proceed with ...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has cut the number of workers on its turbocharger production lines west of Tokyo by more than 80 percent, as manufacturers from carmakers to electronics producers push further into automation. Such advances explain why Japan’s factory productivity growth ranked highest among Group of Seven nations over the ...
Police in Thailand on Wednesday said they would discuss how to expedite taking down “inappropriate online content” after a man broadcast himself killing his 11-month-old daughter in a live video on Facebook. Two videos, which were available for nearly 24 hours before they were taken down, show Wuttisan Wongtalay hanging ...
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. opened an assembly plant Tuesday in Indonesia capable of producing 160,000 vehicles a year, as it strives to almost double its share of Southeast Asia’s largest car market to 10 percent within three years. Some of the vehicles produced at the factory on the outskirts of Jakarta ...
TOKYO: Japan's growing labour shortage threatens the nation's ubiquitous convenience stores, whose business model relies on an army of part-timers packing bento lunch boxes, manning cash registers and delivering goods 24/7.
Uber said Tuesday it wants to launch a system of flying cars to move people around cities, with a goal of putting demonstration projects in place by 2020. The ridesharing giant announced a series of partnerships to manufacture “vertical takeoff and landing” (VTOL) vehicles and put networks in place, a ...
Trade tensions spiked between Washington and Ottawa Tuesday as President Donald Trump accused Canada of being “very rough” on its southern neighbor and threatened to retaliate against new restrictions on U.S. dairy products. Trump also touted his administration’s surprise decision late Monday to rekindle an old trade conflict with America’s ...
A one-of-a-kind solid gold Darth Vader mask is going on sale for ¥154 million ($1.4 million). Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry on Tuesday showcased the 15-kg (33-pound) sculpture, which has been commissioned to mark the 40th anniversary of the release of “Star Wars.” The sculpture of science fiction’s most famous villain will ...
Wells Fargo’s top management faced a series of protesters and apologized to investors Tuesday, but board members kept their jobs — albeit barely in some cases — at the first big shareholder meeting since a scandal over sales practices erupted. Shareholders clearly were irritated or angry at Wells’ management. In ...
Yamato Transport Co., Japan’s leading door-to-door parcel delivery service provider, is making final arrangements to raise its base shipping fees by up to 20 percent in September, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The rate hike would be the first in 27 years, except for increases made in line ...
Ivanka Trump drew groans and hisses Tuesday from an audience in Berlin while defending her father’s attitude toward women, but she brushed it aside as “politics” during her first overseas trip as a White House adviser. Appearing on a high-powered panel at a conference to push for more support for ...
A Thai man filmed himself killing his 11-month-old daughter in two video clips posted on Facebook before committing suicide, police said Tuesday. People could access the videos of the child’s murder on her father’s Facebook page for roughly 24 hours, until they were taken down around 5 p.m. in Bangkok ...
Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, took a business trip to Japan in a move to orchestrate SK Hynix's attempt to acquire Toshiba's semiconductor business. This is his first overseas trip in five months after he visited oil-rich countries in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab ...
The softening of President Donald Trump’s protectionist economic agenda has eased fears of a global trade war. It also spares China from having to assert itself as defender of the existing global economic order or being forced to take the lead in forging a new one. An improving growth outlook ...
The government announced Tuesday that it has appointed a deputy foreign minister as chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, with an eye to bringing the deal into force without the United States. Keiichi Katakami takes up the post while still holding his deputy ministerial role. The post ...
Japan Post Holdings Co. is set to fall into the red for the first time since it was privatized in 2007, posting a net loss of about ¥40 billion for the business year that ended March 31, the postal giant announced Tuesday. The reversal from its earlier estimate of a ...
Stocks gained further ground Tuesday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on the back of overnight rises in European and U.S. equities, with the Nikkei 225 average retaking 19,000 on a closing basis for the first time in about a month. The Nikkei climbed 203.45 points, or 1.08 percent, to end ...
The dollar was firmer above ¥110 in Tokyo trading late Tuesday, inspired by the strength of Japanese stock prices, which drove up benchmark Nikkei 225 average above the 19,000 threshold. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥110.31-31, up from ¥110.07-07 at the same time Monday. The euro was at ...