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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Not even a month into his presidency, Donald Trump is moving to dismantle seven decades of American policy built on trade deals and multinational alliances that help fuel the U.S. and global economies. And no one is sure what will replace them. The void risks intensifying uncertainty at home and ...
Ahead of a three-day weekend in the United States, the dollar drifted generally below ¥113.50 in Tokyo trading Friday after sliding to near ¥113 in overseas trading on overnight falls in long-term U.S. Treasury yields. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥113.42-42, down from ¥113.94-95 at the same time ...
Stocks lost further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, with investor sentiment dampened by the yen’s rise. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 112.91 points, or 0.58 percent, to finish at 19,234.62. On Thursday, the key market gauge shed 90.45 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues closed down ...
Mitsubishi Estate Co. has named Senior Executive Officer Junichi Yoshida as its new president. Yoshida, 58, will succeed Hirotaka Sugiyama, 67, who will step aside to take up the post of chairman at the major Japanese real estate developer, the company said in a news conference Thursday. The appointments will ...
Hitachi Ltd. has partnered with Exelon Corp. to promote a nuclear power project in Britain, as it seeks to use the largest U.S. nuclear power plant operator’s expertise in running a reactor, Hitachi said. Horizon Nuclear Power Ltd., Hitachi’s nuclear unit in Britain, is cooperating with Exelon Generation to operate ...
Hidden beneath the headlines about Japan’s continual failure to reach its inflation target is a quiet reflation of its economy. It took almost two decades, but Japan finally notched a record for the size of its economy in 2016, one of the most significant signs yet that Prime Minister Shinzo ...
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida asked his British counterpart Boris Johnson on Thursday to ensure “transparency and predictability” with regard to Britain’s planned exit from the European Union. In a meeting in Bonn, Germany, Kishida requested that Brexit not affect Japanese companies operating in Britain, according to the Foreign Ministry. Johnson ...
Toshiba Corp., seeking to make up for a huge write-down in its nuclear-equipment unit, finally took the drastic step of putting its crown jewel — its chip business — up for sale. Finding a buyer might prove to be even more difficult. The Tokyo-based conglomerate had been entertaining offers for ...
For its next trick, an internet-beaming balloon factory that was spun out of Google believes it can outmaneuver the wind. In doing so, the 4-year-old “Project Loon” says it will be able to bring remote parts of the world online more quickly with a smaller fleet of the balloons than ...
If the shinkansen system is selected for a high-speed rail project set to connect Malaysia and Singapore, Japan is ready to train local staff, a senior diplomat said. “In addition to offering high-tech trains, indirectly we will also offer human resource development and employment opportunities,” Ambassador to Malaysia Makio Miyagawa ...
Daiwa Securities Group Inc. said Friday that it has been ordered by a British court to pay roughly $152.8 million in damages over a money transfer by its subsidiary in England. The Japanese brokerage and financial service group said that as a result of the order, issued Thursday, it may ...
Sharp Corp. on Friday upgraded its earnings outlook for the year through March on a decline in sales-related costs, forecasting a group operating profit of ¥47.4 billion ($418 million). That is up from the revised projection of ¥37.3 billion announced on Feb. 3. Sharp, in the process of restructuring under ...
Mark Zuckerberg’s long-term vision for Facebook, laid out in a sweeping manifesto, sometimes sounds more like a Utopian social guide than a business plan. Are we, he asks, “building the world we all want?” While most people now use Facebook to connect with friends and family, Zuckerberg hopes that the ...
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced law school dean R. Alexander Acosta as his new labor secretary nominee, one day after his original pick abruptly withdrew from consideration. Trump said Acosta, who did not appear with the president, “has had a tremendous career.” He noted that, unlike Andrew Puzder, Acosta ...
Boeing workers’ overwhelming anti-union vote at the aviation giant’s 787 Dreamliner plant in South Carolina is a big victory for Southern politicians and business leaders who have lured manufacturing jobs to the region on the promise of keeping unions out. It’s also a win for the company that will host ...
The government plans to compile guidelines for self-driving cars in fiscal 2017 starting in April as it prepares to rework the existing legal framework ahead of the rollout of such vehicles, officials said Thursday. Japan is seeking to promote the spread of automated driving in the run-up to the 2020 ...
Executives at Toshiba Corp.’s troubled U.S. nuclear unit pressured subordinates to understate losses related to nuclear plant construction, sources said Thursday. Toshiba now faces the risk of having to pay damages to those former employees of the U.S. nuclear power unit Westinghouse Electric Co. if they file suits claiming harassment ...
Not even a month into his presidency, Donald Trump is moving to dismantle seven decades of American policy built on trade deals and multinational alliances that help fuel the U.S. and global economies.And no one is sure what will replace them.The void risks intensifying uncertainty at home and abroad. Without ...
If you’re reading this in China and you bought a Prius in December, congratulations — you were the only one. While Toyota Motor Corp.’s iconic gas-electric hybrid car continues to sell in other markets almost two decades after the first one was sold in Japan in late 1997, Chinese consumers ...
The dollar sagged below ¥114 in Tokyo trading on Thursday, shrugging off positive news including strong U.S. economic indicators released overnight. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥113.94-95, down from ¥114.47-51 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was at $1.0611-0612, up from $1.0573-0574, and at ¥120.92-92, down from ...
All Nippon Airways Co. said Thursday it will appoint Yuji Hirako, a corporate executive officer and a director of parent ANA Holdings Inc., as its new president effective April 1. Hirako, 59, will succeed Osamu Shinobe, who will become vice chairman of the holding company. Shinobe, 64, has been president ...