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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Kenyan MPs — already the world's second-highest paid lawmakers — will receive a taxpayers' gift of Sh11 million each and 'earn' Sh1.09 million salary for two months with no work. These princely payments have been authorised as the doctors' strike enters its second month. After years of medical school, public ...
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is likely to be fined about ¥480 million yen ($4.2 million) for making false claims in sales literature about the fuel efficiency of its cars, a government source said Thursday. The Consumer Affairs Agency plans to announce possibly Friday the fine, the first of its kind under ...
Japanese motor maker Nidec Corp. said Thursday it plans to invest ¥100 billion ($878 million) on robots and supercomputers to eliminate overtime work for its 10,000 group employees in Japan by 2020. The company, which commands a high global market share for small precision motors, is known for its culture ...
Stocks gained substantial ground Thursday, boosted by an overnight advance in U.S. equities that sent the Dow Jones industrial average above the 20,000 threshold for the first time. The 225-issue Nikkei average surged 344.89 points, or 1.81 percent, to finish at 19,402.39 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. On Wednesday, the ...
The dollar rose to around ¥113.80 in Tokyo trading late Thursday after overcoming early weakness on surging stock prices in Japan and abroad. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥113.76-77, up from ¥113.54-55 the same time Wednesday. The euro was at $1.0730-0730, up from $1.0713-0713, and ¥122.07-08, up from ...
Panasonic Corp.’s India subsidiary has begun selling fully automatic washing machines with a specialized setting to remove curry stains, the company said. With the unique feature, a first in India, Panasonic India hopes to expand its share in the growing market. Although Panasonic already sells washing machines in India, consumers ...
A joint venture of a Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. unit and Chubu Electric Power Co. will participate in a gas-fired thermal power generation project in New York, the company has said. Jera Co. has acquired a 44 percent stake in the operating company, Cricket Valley Energy Center, for ...
An electrical subcontractor who worked on the Trump International Hotel in Washington has sued a company owned by President Donald Trump for more than $2 million, alleging it was not fully paid. AES Electrical filed its lawsuit in the District of Columbia Superior Court, the latest in a string of ...
Tokyo shares rose Thursday after the Dow topped 20,000 points for the first time on hopes the Trump administration’s economic plans will ramp up growth. Airbag maker Takata soared for a second day. The surge on Wall Street was the latest sign that investors are brushing aside worries about Donald ...
As the world puts the worst of the disinflationary threat behind it, tepid wage growth is shaping up as a key restraint to a genuine reflationary era taking hold in some economies. Nowhere is this more so than Japan. Unlike the U.S. and Germany, where higher prices are driving up ...
Toshiba Corp. is planning to split the sale of a stake in its chip unit among several investors, including Canon Inc. and private equity funds, a person familiar with the matter said. The conglomerate aims to retain control over the memory chip operations after selling a 20 to 30 percent ...
Line Corp. posted its biggest drop yet as analysts cut ratings after fourth-quarter profit and revenue that missed estimates. The stock finished more than 10 percent lower at ¥3,755 in Tokyo on Thursday, the steepest decline since listing in July. Line’s operating profit of ¥1.6 billion ($14 million) in the ...
With cyberattacks proliferating worldwide, a Japanese contest for “white hat” hackers supported by organizations including the communications ministry and National Police Agency is gearing up for the final round this weekend. The Security Contest, dubbed Seccon, provides an opportunity for those aspiring to become white hat, or “ethical hackers,” to ...
Under pressure to stymie the spread of fake news, Facebook changed its system for showing trending topics on Wednesday. The leading social network said that instead of simply showing a topic, it will include headlines from articles about the trending subjects along with sources publishing those stories. “This was the ...
As Japan races to preserve U.S. trade ties after President Donald Trump withdrew from a Pacific trade pact, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces a dilemma that has plagued Japanese leaders since the 1980s: How to convince his citizens to buy American cars? Trump singled out Japan for failing to purchase ...
Robots about the size of a beer cooler could soon be rolling down Virginia sidewalks to deliver sandwiches, groceries or packages. Supporters say some pending legislation would make the state the first in the nation to regulate such devices. State lawmakers partnered with European company Starship Technologies on bills allowing ...
Notes that Mark Twain jotted down from a fairy tale he told his daughters more than a century ago have inspired a new children’s book, “The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine.” At the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, there is excitement that the story could help introduce the writer ...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average index’s pop over 20,000 on Wednesday crowns a frenetic post-U.S. election rally that featured the second fastest-ever climb between 1,000-point milestones in the Dow’s 120-year history. The rally, driven by enthusiasm over pro-growth policies from newlyminted U.S. President Donald Trump and an optimistic start to ...
The national debate over immigration policy could be coming to a diner near you. From down-home delis to upscale bistros, dozens of restaurants nationwide are seeking “sanctuary” status, a designation owners hope will help protect employees in an immigrant-heavy industry and tone down fiery rhetoric sparked by the presidential campaign. ...
SM Entertainment, one of Korea's top-three entertainment companies, achieved about 12 percent of its 2015 sales (195.4 billion won) from the Chinese market. In the third quarter of last year, the share of the Chinese market in SM's overall sales rose to 14.4 percent. However, such a share is estimated ...
The European Union ambassador to China welcomed its endorsement of free trade in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s promise to restrict imports and appealed to Beijing on Wednesday to make good on that sentiment by lowering its own market barriers. Hans Dietmar Schweisgut also said it was too ...