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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Headhunter Casey Abel spent four months trying to hire a data center architect for a Japanese automaker, including five meetings with the client — one with the top executive. In the end, the IT specialist joined an e-commerce company abroad for significantly more money. “There’s just a massive mismatch in ...
Ratification comes hours before the inauguration of Donald Trump, who is against the trade deal, as U.S. president. The post Japan ratifies TPP despite bleak outlook under Trump appeared first on The Japan Times.
Stocks advanced moderately Friday in thin trading ahead of the closely watched inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. president later. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 65.66 points, or 0.34 percent, to close at 19,137.91. On Thursday, the key market gauge gained 177.88 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues ...
Toshiba Corp’s financial crisis deepened yesterday as media reported it may unveil a bigger-than-expected $6 billion writedown for its US nuclear business, sending its shares sliding 15 per cent. The reports cast doubt on whether steps by the scandal-hit conglomerate to bolster its finances – including the possible sale of a ...
Kirin Holdings Co. plans to sell its struggling beverage business in Brazil to Dutch brewer Heineken NV for about ¥100 billion ($8.7 billion), a source familiar with the matter said Friday. Kirin Holdings said in a statement that although nothing has been finalized, it is “examining every option, including a ...
Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada, known as the “father of the Prius” for his work on the world’s best-selling hybrid car, said fuel cell vehicles will take longer than gasoline-electric autos to become popular because of the need to build infrastructure. “The hybrid sold much faster than we had ...
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. might issue its first corporate bonds in 6½ years this March, informed sources say. The beleaguered utility hasn’t issued bonds since the March 2011 triple core meltdown at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. Tepco would be expected to procure up to ¥100 billion ...
Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin told lawmakers the long-term strength of the U.S. dollar is important and said President-elect Donald Trump’s comments that the currency was too high weren’t meant as a longer-run policy. The dollar’s “long-term strength — over long periods of time — is important,” Mnuchin said in ...
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s deal to sponsor the Olympic Games through 2028 is said to be worth $800 million, according to a person familiar with the matter. The agreement, the biggest in the Olympic movement’s history, would help the Chinese e-commerce giant gain exposure across the world, putting it on ...
If your job involves inputting reams of data for a company, you might want to think about retraining in a more specialized field. Or as a plumber. After industrial robots and international trade put paid to many manufacturing jobs in the West, millions of white-collar workers could now be under ...
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has launched a raft of lawsuits that could see the U.S. billionaire secure full ownership of his island hideaway from local Hawaiian families who retain rights over the land dating back generations. Documents filed on Dec. 30 in the Hawaii State circuit court — and reported ...
The dollar moved slightly below ¥115 in late Tokyo trading on Friday as a wait-and-see mood prevailed ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥114.78-80, against ¥114.82-83 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.0673-0673, up from $1.0641-0641, and at ...
Former Beatle Paul McCartney sued Sony Corp.’s music publishing arm on Wednesday in a federal court in New York, seeking to get back the copyrights to music of his former band, court records show. Starting in October 2008, McCartney sent notices to Sony/ATV Music Publishing stating his desire to reclaim ...
The number of new condominiums put up for sale in the greater Tokyo area in 2016 fell 11.6 percent from a year earlier to 35,772 units, marking the lowest level since 1992, just after the burst of Japan’s bubble economy, a private think tank said Thursday. The supply drop, comprising ...
The company had previously opposed the move amid concerns it would disrupt the supply of replacement parts. The post Takata bidders said to favor Japan bankruptcy; shares tumble appeared first on The Japan Times.
The dollar surged to levels slightly below ¥115 in Tokyo trading on Thursday, taking a cue from a speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaling a positive stance about raising interest rates. The U.S. currency’s topside, however, was limited below the threshold ahead of Friday’s U.S. presidential inauguration ...
Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. say they’ll keep making cars in the U.K. despite Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan to leave the European Union’s single market, which could make exporting from British factories less lucrative. May’s Brexit plan, outlined Tuesday, won’t derail Nissan’s commitment to build new versions ...
U.S. Commerce Secretary-designate Wilbur Ross on Wednesday urged Toyota Motor Corp. and other manufacturers to build more plants in the United States as part of efforts to reduce the U.S. trade deficit and increase employment. Speaking at his Senate confirmation hearing, Ross said, “The best way to deal with the ...
Japan has maintained its hold for a second month on the No. 1 spot atop China among foreign owners of U.S. Treasury securities. The Treasury Department reported Wednesday that total foreign holdings dropped 1.6 percent to $5.94 trillion in November following a 1.9 percent decline in October. Both Japan and ...
Europe’s beleaguered Galileo satellite navigation system has suffered another setback, with clocks failing onboard a number of satellites in space, the European Space Agency said Wednesday. Designed to render Europe independent from America’s GPS, the €10 billion ($11 billion) project may experience further delays as the cause of the failure ...
Sarah Feinberg was on the job as the nation’s chief railroad regulator for just three weeks when a packed commuter train slammed into an SUV stopped on tracks north of New York City, killing six people. The February 2015 crash highlighted a problem that has plagued the railroad industry since ...