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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
Rikio Kozu, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), has stressed that the labor side will push for hikes in regular monthly wages in this year’s shunto annual wage negotiations. While Japan’s biggest business lobby, the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), has said it will increase wages “on an annual ...
Costly delays, growing complexity and new safety requirements in the wake of the three meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 plant are conspiring to thwart a new age of nuclear reactor construction. So-called generation III+ reactors were supposed to have simpler designs and safety features to avoid the kind of ...
Twitter announced Tuesday that it is expanding efforts to protect its users from abuse and harassment, the latest milestone in a broader, growing corporate campaign to crack down on online hate. The social media giant said it has begun identifying people who have been banned for abusive behavior and it ...
The Army said Tuesday that it will allow the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota, clearing the way for completion of the disputed four-state project. However, construction could still be delayed because the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, which has led ...
Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. has bid to invest in the flash memory division of struggling Japanese electronics and machinery giant Toshiba Corp., it was learned Tuesday. The move by Hon Hai comes after the company, also known as Foxconn Technology Group, acquired Japanese electronics maker ...
Norihiro Takahashi, president of the Government Pension Investment Fund, said Tuesday that the Japanese public pension management body will consider disclosing the amounts of its infrastructure investment by country and region. He made the remark at a meeting of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives in response to ...
A defective axle broke and caused a 2013 train derailment that led to a series of explosions just a quarter-mile outside a small North Dakota town, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. A BNSF train carrying soybeans derailed and was struck by one carrying oil, setting off explosions near ...
Chinese companies operating in Britain, especially in the financial sector or whose European headquarters are in Britain, need to take “precautions” due to uncertainly over Brexit, China’s ambassador to London said. Before Britain’s vote to exit the European Union in June last year, China had not directly stated an opinion, ...
Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. has signed a deal with Hitachi Automotive Systems to jointly develop, make and sell motors for electric vehicles, as the industry adapts to concerns over global warming and the environment. The companies announced the agreement Tuesday. Honda, which also makes its own electric motors, has ...
The dollar shed early losses to retake ¥112 in Tokyo trading late Tuesday, after hitting a two-month low in the morning. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥112.10-11, still down from ¥112.73-74 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.0681-0681, down from $1.0751-0752, and at ¥119.75-75, down ...
Stocks fell Tuesday, weighed down by the yen’s further ascent against the dollar. The Nikkei 225 lost 65.93 points, or 0.35 percent, to end at 18,910.78. On Monday, the key market gauge gained 58.51 points. The Topix, covering all first-section issues, closed 4.27 points, or 0.28 percent, lower at 1,516.15 ...
Toyota Motor Corp. recently ceded its title as the world’s best-selling automaker to archrival Volkswagen AG. Yet the company’s biggest adversary this year may be U.S. President Donald Trump. Japan’s largest automaker expects profit to fall to ¥1.7 trillion for the fiscal year ending next month, about a quarter less ...
Japan and Thailand have agreed to expand collaboration for the development of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) by mutually encouraging business-matching deals between firms of the two countries. A memorandum of understanding on further synergy was inked last week between Japan’s Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation ...
The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry is planning to accelerate efforts to develop specialists capable of improving and managing the internet of things. The ministry’s plan reflects growing demand for personnel in both public and private sectors who can make good use of networks and deal with cyberattacks, with data ...
At age 24, Alex Mangion became Malta's first transgender politician when he won a local office on the conservative Nationalists' ticket, a striking combination in a country that until recently had been a last bastion in western Europe of social norms largely dictated by the Catholic church.The Nationalist Party recruited Mangion to ...
You, too, can join the battle against misleading and other “fake” news online. But your options are somewhat limited unless you’re already an academic or data scientist who’s been studying the subject since way before Donald Trump started running for president. Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia, a research scientist at Indiana University, ...
Through a Super Bowl ad, public statements and court filings, Silicon Valley’s biggest companies are taking a strong stand against President Donald Trump’s travel ban, saying high tech needs immigrants’ creativity and energy to stay competitive. Although the companies are risking a backlash from customers who side with Trump, they ...
The number of cigarettes sold in Japan in 2017 is expected to decline 9.6 percent from the previous year to 96 billion, the first drop below 100 billion since Japan Tobacco Inc. was privatized in 1985, the company said Monday. In addition to the declining number of young people and ...
The dollar was weaker around ¥112.70 in late Tokyo trading Monday, as the latest U.S. jobs data failed to boost expectations for an early interest rate increase by the U.S. Federal Reserve. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥112.73-74, down from ¥113.11-12 at the same time Friday. The euro ...
Toyota Motor Corp. said on Monday that net profit in the nine months to the end of December fell by almost a quarter on-year but its full-year forecast was revised up thanks to foreign exchange gains and a pick-up in sales. The auto giant, which lost its crown as the ...
Stocks gained further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday, backed by a rise in U.S. equities Friday. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 58.51 points, or 0.31 percent, to end at 18,976.71. On Friday, the key market gauge inched up 3.62 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues closed ...