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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
A proposed U.S. corporate tax reform would almost certainly contravene international trade rules if implemented, lawyers have said, risking the biggest dispute in the history of the World Trade Organization (WTO). With signs growing that the United States may become more protectionist under President Donald Trump, European business groups said ...
Holy drone, Batman! Mechanical masterminds have spawned the Bat Bot, a soaring, sweeping and diving robot that may eventually fly circles around other drones. Because it mimics the unique and more flexible way bats fly, this 3-ounce (85-gram) prototype could do a better and safer job getting into disaster sites ...
The dollar slid below ¥113 in Tokyo trading on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates steady at a two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥112.84-85, down from ¥113.58-58 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was at $1.0792-0792, ...
Stocks tumbled on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday due to a wave of selling sparked by the yen’s strengthening, with the benchmark Nikkei average ending below 19,000 for the first time in seven sessions. The 225-issue Nikkei lost 233.50 points, or 1.22 percent, to close at 18,914.58. On Wednesday, the ...
Tesla Motors Inc. is making a huge bet that millions of small batteries can be strung together to help kick fossil fuels off the grid. The idea is a powerful one — and has been used to help justify the company’s $5 billion factory near Reno, Nev. — but batteries ...
Artificial intelligence has made history by beating humans in poker for the first time, the last remaining game in which humans had managed to maintain the upper hand. Libratus, an AI built by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), racked up over $1.7 million worth of chips against four of the top ...
Heisei Corp., a small construction company in Shizuoka Prefecture, has a pool of 220 carpenters comprising many who finished graduate programs at the country’s top schools, including the University of Tokyo. Carpentry is by no means a magnet for new graduates on the job front in Japan due to low ...
For years, Katsuyuki Kitagawa dreamed of living in a comfortable home in the shape of a domed manju (dumpling), minus the bean paste. For over a decade his firm, Japan Dome House Co., based in Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, has come about as close to that realization as possible with the ...
Rex Tillerson giura come segretario di stato degli Stati Uniti. L’ex amministratore delegato di Exxon Mobil è stato confermato come responsabile degli affari esteri del governo Trump dopo l’approvazione del senato con 56 voti a favore e 43 contrari. Quella di Tillerson era una nomina considerata a rischio per i suoi rapporti ...
More than 100 retailers including Wal-Mart and Target as well as key trade associations are launching a new coalition aimed at fighting a Republican proposal on how imports get taxed, which they believe would harm their businesses. The National Retail Federation, along with the American International Automobile Dealers Association, the ...
In Japanese business celebrations, there’s one thing you’ll almost always see: orchids. Pots of the exotic flowers, which often sell for about ¥20,000 ($176), will be there in a newly appointed president’s office, at the entrance of a company that just finished its initial public offering, and in the lobby ...
A proposed tax on imports that President Donald Trump is said to be warming to could upend the competitive landscape for carmakers, boosting Ford Motor Co. while hindering manufacturers that rely more on overseas factories, including Toyota Motor Corp. House Republican leaders have proposed a so-called border-adjusted tax, which would ...
Global scientists Wednesday unveiled the first blueprint for a massive quantum computer that could be as large as a soccer pitch and offers hope of solving the world’s most vexing problems. The report in the journal Science Advances is a step toward building such a computer, which has not yet ...
Tokyo has secured cost cuts on support equipment for its next batch of six U.S. F-35 stealth fighter aircraft of around $100 million, according to sources and Japanese budget papers, on top of savings being finalized for all buyers of the high-tech jets. The deal represents a rare case of ...
U.S. President Donald Trump and trade adviser Peter Navarro strongly criticized Germany, Japan and China, saying the trading partners were “engaged in devaluing their currencies to U.S. disadvantage.”
Maiko Kuroda isn’t new to challenges. She was a housewife when her father’s hotel chain was embroiled in scandal, forcing her to return to the business almost a decade ago. Having boosted profit tenfold, she’s now eyeing markets in Europe and North America. Enter Donald Trump and other protectionist politicians ...
Following the dollar’s plunge overseas to levels close to ¥112 on remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump, the U.S. currency rebounded to around ¥113.50 in Tokyo trading late Wednesday, led by demand from Japanese importers. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥113.58-58, compared with ¥113.52-53 at the same time ...
Stocks overcame their early weakness stemming from the yen’s rise and closed moderately higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, supported by buybacks and buying on dips. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 106.74 points, or 0.56 percent, to finish at 19,148.08. On Tuesday, the key market gauge tumbled 327.51 ...
Japan’s biggest electricity wholesaler knows it will take more than cutting-edge coal technology to save the environment. The Electric Power Development Co., known as J-Power, is looking to build its first major power plant that burns natural gas as well as use more woody biomass instead of fossil fuels, Executive ...
Komatsu Ltd., the world’s No. 2 supplier of construction equipment, said industry-wide demand from miners fell 13 percent in the last quarter, signaling that the rebound in commodities prices is yet to feed through into better sales of the giant trucks and excavators used in extracting minerals. The Tokyo-based company, ...
Video game maker Nintendo Co. stuck to its original target of selling 2 million Switch consoles in the first month after its launch, despite some anticipation the number may be raised because of brisk preorders. Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima also told reporters Wednesday the company is committed to delivering more ...