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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
JAKARTA: Foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia rose 10.7% to 11.52 million people last year but those from some countries, including Japan, decreased due to concerns over terrorism as well as prevailing economic conditions, according to official data.
American and United have started selling cheaper “basic economy” fares as they battle discount airlines for the most budget-conscious travelers. American announced early Tuesday that it began selling the new fares for flights starting March 1 on 10 different routes from its hub airports in Dallas, Miami, Philadelphia and Charlotte, ...
Japanese department stores posted a record ¥21.7 billion in sales of duty-free goods to foreign visitors in January, industry data showed Tuesday. Sales of such items rose 24.8 percent from a year before on a same-store basis, the Japan Department Stores Association said. The previous monthly record, of ¥19.7 billion, ...
East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday that it will standardize the appearance of tourist information centers at stations in the Tohoku region so foreign tourists can recognize them more easily. JR East plans to launch the project from a tourist information center at its Akita Station, whose renovation will be ...
Yahoo is taking a $350 million hit on its previously announced $4.8 billion sale to Verizon in a concession for security lapses that exposed personal information stored in more than 1 billion Yahoo user accounts. The revised agreement, announced Tuesday, eases investor worries that Verizon Communications Inc. would demand a ...
From specialty shops in Rome to supermarkets around the world, lovers of Italian olive oil are in for some sticker shock this year, with prices due to jump by as much as 20 percent. The combination of bad weather and pests hit the harvest in Southern Europe, most of all ...
Michael Schwarz is a self-employed business owner who buys his own health insurance. The subsidized coverage Obamacare offers provides protection from life’s unpredictable changes and freedom to pursue his vocation, he says. Brett Dorsch is also self-employed and buys his own health insurance. But he gets no financial break from ...
La nuova piattaforma di gioco della casa di Kyoto è come al solito diversa dal resto del mercato videoludico, ma forse non abbastanza. Riuscirà Nintendo a replicare il successo della Wii? Leggi
A joint venture between two major Japanese electric power companies is looking to explore more business opportunities in India’s energy market with a particular focus on renewable energy, joining a growing list of investors betting big on the country’s clean energy sector. “We have just taken our first step in ...
The dollar rose above ¥113.50 in Tokyo on Tuesday, lifted by higher stock prices and speculation over an early interest rate increase in the United States. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥113.53-53, up from ¥113.14-15 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.0576-0578, down from $1.0615-0616, ...
Royal Dutch Shell will build seven fueling stations for hydrogen cars in California through a partnership with Toyota Motor, as the state eyes 100 retail sites by 2024. The post Shell to build California fueling stations to remain in step with Toyota’s hydrogen program appeared first on The Japan Times.
Embattled Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. is selling its stake in a medical equipment leasing company to Canon Inc. for ¥31.4 billion ($277 million). Toshiba said Tuesday it is selling its entire 65 percent stake in Toshiba Medical Finance Co. to Canon, a Japanese camera maker, effective March 31. Tokyo-based ...
Stocks gained further ground Tuesday, supported by the yen’s easing. The Nikkei 225 average rose 130.36 points, or 0.68 percent, to end at 19,381.44. On Monday, the key market gauge climbed 16.46 points. The Topix, covering all first-section issues, closed 8.59 points, or 0.56 percent, higher at 1,555.60 after a ...
Toshiba Corp. is looking to raise at least ¥1 trillion ($8.8 billion) from the sale of its memory chip business and will aim to complete the transaction by March 2018, according to a source familiar with the matter. The deal will likely result in Toshiba relinquishing majority control over the ...
Oasis Management Co.’s Seth Fischer has increased his pressure on Panasonic Corp. to sweeten its offer for listed subsidiary PanaHome Corp., calling the transaction a test case of whether Japan’s corporate governance overhaul is working. Oasis will ask the courts to rule on whether the price is fair if shareholders ...
(Teleborsa) - Rallenta il passo l'economia giapponese, con l'indice dell'attività complessiva che si mostra in calo. Secondo il Ministero dell'economia e dell'industria, l'indicatore ha segnato...
(Teleborsa) - Segnali di forte espansione giungono dall'attività industriale giapponese. Nel mese di febbraio, la stima flash dell'indice PMI manifatturiero, a cura di Markit, si è...
The Associated Press and two other news organizations asked a judge Monday to force the federal government to reveal how much it paid for a tool to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters. The news organizations said in a court filing there was “no ...
Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta street full of cars, buses, bicyclists and college students, as the city vies with other communities nationwide to test the emerging technology. Atlanta would become one of the largest urban areas for testing self-driving vehicles if plans come together for a ...
Authorities in Gibraltar say they have seized one of the largest and most advanced superyachts in the world over an unsettled bill dispute between its owner and its German builder. The Gibraltar Chronicle newspaper reports that shipbuilder Nobiskrug claims €15.3 million ($16.2 million) in overdue payments for the 143-meter (468-foot) ...
All 20 major cities across Japan have drafted budgets bigger than last year due to the transfer of revenue from prefectural governments for teacher pay. The revenue shift is part of power decentralization by the central government. Starting with fiscal 2017, which gets underway April 1, salaries for elementary and ...