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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
Ryohei Nomoto wants to put fresher sashimi on your plate, and more money in the wallets of Japan’s struggling fishermen. His venture air-freights freshly caught fish from across Japan, processes them on the grounds of Tokyo’s Haneda airport, and distributes the produce to the city’s notoriously choosy eaters and restaurants ...
Transportation firms are tapping into big data to improve the safety of their services, with the collection of information hoped to detect mechanical problems before they occur. In other industries, big data have begun to play a larger role in understanding consumer tastes or even predicting evacuation patterns during disasters. ...
Automakers Toyota and Suzuki said Monday they had signed a memorandum of agreement to work together on ecological and safety technology — a rapidly growing area in the industry. The post Toyota, Suzuki to work together in green, safety technology appeared first on The Japan Times.
The wallets of Japan’s workers ended up a bit fatter last year, with total earnings rising the most since 2010. Total pay rose 0.5 percent from the previous year to an average ¥3.78 million ($33,673), while the number of hours worked dropped. Regular workers saw an increase in pay, while ...
Japan’s biggest banks have navigated through a year of negative interest rates and choppy financial markets with their profits intact, thanks at least in part to Donald Trump. When the Bank of Japan announced the policy on Jan. 29 last year, shareholders, analysts and executives gave it a firm thumbs ...
Health data such as exercise times, sleep length and heart rates recorded on wearable devices will soon be used to forecast a person’s vulnerability to diseases and estimate appropriate medical insurance premiums. The insurance industry is just a step away from developing such tailor-made insurance. Life insurers are developing products ...
International Monetary Fund leaders will meet Monday to discuss Greece’s third bailout program in seven years. President Trump will meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan on Friday.
In Japanese business celebrations, there's one thing you'll almost always see: orchids.
Fluff turns 100 this year. The marshmallow concoction that has been smeared on a century’s worth of schoolchildren’s sandwiches has inspired a festival and other sticky remembrances. Every year, between 5 million and 7 million pounds of the sticky cream invented in suburban Boston in 1917 is produced and sold ...
YOKOHAMA - The door has opened for the first foreign housekeepers to be hired under a Japanese government policy aimed at helping professional women re-enter the workforce after having children.
A U.S. judge has ordered Google to comply with search warrants seeking customer emails stored outside the United States, diverging from a federal appeals court that reached the opposite conclusion in a similar case involving Microsoft Corp. U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Rueter in Philadelphia ruled on Friday that transferring emails ...
Japanese banks are hoping U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent order to drastically review the Dodd-Frank law on financial reform will create a tailwind for operations there. The post Japan’s banks pin hopes on Trump-ordered review of Dodd-Frank law appeared first on The Japan Times.
Key Safety Systems Inc. leads the bidding for Takata Corp., the embattled air bag maker searching for a buyer following the biggest safety recall in automotive history. The post Chinese-owned Key Safety emerges as preferred bidder for air bag maker Takata appeared first on The Japan Times.
Toshiba Corp. is considering issuing preferred shares to raise ¥300 billion ($2.66 billion) to avoid falling into negative net worth when it books a huge write-down on its nuclear business, sources close to the matter said Saturday. The industrial conglomerate might issue nonvoting preferred shares convertible to stock in the ...
Nordstrom said Thursday it will stop selling Ivanka Trump clothing and accessories. The Seattle-based department store chain said the decision was based on the sales performance of the first daughter’s brand, The Seattle Times reported. The move comes amid a campaign known as “Grab Your Wallet,” which has been calling ...
A labor representative blasts the government’s proposed 100-hour OT cap for peak periods as ‘totally impossible’ at a labor-management forum on workplace reform. The post Labor chief blasts 100-hour OT limit as impossibly high at work reform panel appeared first on The Japan Times.
Rakuten Inc. says it will enable U.S. employees to work outside the country if they are subject to President Donald Trump’s temporary U.S. entry ban. The post Rakuten to enable U.S. employees to work outside country if subject to Trump entry ban appeared first on The Japan Times.
The capacity constraints that have dogged the domestic launch of Japan Tobacco Inc.’s heated-tobacco device will take a while yet to resolve, according to a company executive, handing a further boost to Philip Morris International Inc. in the world’s most advanced market for next-generation tobacco products. Japan Tobacco underestimated the ...
Toyota Motor Corp. and Suzuki Motor Corp. have agreed to form a tie-up in advanced technology development and other operations, sources close to the matter said Saturday. The two automakers will continue to discuss whether to expand the partnership to include a capital alliance, the sources said. The comprehensive tie-up ...
The transport ministry said Japan will open discussions with other members of a U.N. working group on drafting international safety standards for automatic brakes in cars. The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry aims to eventually make automatic brakes mandatory in all cars in Japan to curb accidents. The discussions ...
President Donald Trump launched his long-promised attack Friday on banking rules that were rushed into law after the 2008 economic crisis, signing orders after meeting with business and investment chiefs and pledging further action to free big banks from restrictions. Wall Street cheered him on, but Trump risks disillusioning his ...