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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Republican President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday urged people to buy from outdoors retailer L.L. Bean — even though many of its products are made in China — as it faces calls for a boycott because of a company heiress’ donations to his candidacy. Trump, in tweeting the endorsement, garnered criticism ...
Nintendo is unveil its new Switch game console Friday as it looks to offset disappointing Wii U sales and go head to head with rival Sony’s hugely popular PlayStation 4. The hybrid device — it can be played at home and on the go — comes as Nintendo dips its ...
McDonald’s Corp. has organized a primary tender to sell a major stake in its Japan unit McDonald’s Holdings Co. (Japan), sources said Thursday. The global fast-food chain owns roughly 50 percent of the unit, of which up to 33 percent will be sold. The sources said the value of the ...
The U.S. government accused Fiat Chrysler on Thursday of failing to disclose software in some of its pickups and SUVs with diesel engines that allows them to emit more pollution than allowed under the Clean Air Act. The Environmental Protection Agency issued a “notice of violation” to the company that ...
Amazon plans to hire 100,000 full time workers over the next 18 months, highlighting its ambitious expansion plans — and the sharp contrast the e-commerce powerhouse strikes against traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, many of which are cutting jobs and closing stores. Amazon has long been known for investing the money it ...
Japanese auto parts manufacturer Takata Corp. is expected to agree to plead guilty to fraud charges as early as Friday as part of a $1 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve the government’s investigation into deadly air bag ruptures, sources said. The settlement is also expected to ...
The first of 100 Airbus planes that Iran purchased following its nuclear deal with world powers arrived in Tehran on Thursday, heralding a new chapter for the country’s aging and accident-prone fleet after years of sanctions. The Iran Air A321 jet touched down after a flight from Toulouse, France, where ...
As the biggest beneficiary of globalization, China stands ready to proclaim itself the champion of free trade in the face of a more protectionist U.S., but analysts say Beijing’s attitude is much more one of pick and choose. Since Donald Trump was elected on a platform of tearing up trade ...
Toshiba Corp. anticipates that total losses at its nuclear business in the United States could be larger than earlier stated due to a write-down at its subsidiary Westinghouse Electric Co., a source familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The development may further taint the financial standing of the company that ...
Kansai Airports said Thursday it has scrapped a plan to open a duty-free shop in central Osaka due to a slowdown in so-called explosive shopping by tourists. Spending by foreign visitors to Japan decreased in the July-September quarter from a year earlier, the first quarterly drop in over 4½ years, ...
As it refocused on a strategy aimed at luring thrifty shoppers, Uniqlo’s parent company said Thursday that quarterly net profit jumped by almost half from a year ago. Fast Retailing’s net profit rose 45 percent to ¥70 billion in the fiscal first quarter to November, while revenue edged up 1.6 ...
The dollar plunged below ¥114.50 in Tokyo trading on Thursday, coming under selling after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump gave no details of the economic policies of his incoming administration at a closely watched news conference overnight. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥114.27-36, down from ¥116.06-06 at the same ...
Japan posted a current account surplus for the 29th straight month in November as the value of imports fell more than exports due to the rise of the yen’s value from a year earlier, the government said Thursday. The surplus in the current account, one of the widest gauges of ...
Stocks plunged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday, due to investor disappointment over U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s failure to clarify his economic policy measures. The 225-issue Nikkei average fell 229.97 points, or 1.19 percent, to end at 19,134.70. On Wednesday, the key market gauge rose 63.23 points. The Topix index ...
Canada’s Pacific Coast province of British Columbia on Wednesday approved the expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline from the Alberta oil sands that will allow oil exports to Asia. British Columbia Premier Christy Clark announced the conditions her government placed on the project have been met with a deal ...
Australia and Japan signed a memorandum of understanding allowing for liquid hydrogen to be shipped in bulk for the first time as part of a sustainable energy trade project scheduled to commence as a pilot project in 2020. The memorandum was signed on Wednesday by Australian Maritime Safety Authority representative ...
Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda held a meeting with incoming U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in the United States on Tuesday, it was learned on Wednesday. Toyoda is believed to have told Pence that the leading Japanese automaker will continue to make contributions to the development of the U.S. ...
South Korea is in the throes of a bird flu outbreak and for the first time has asked the United States to ship it shell eggs. The demand is good for a U.S. egg industry that’s awash in the product, having replenished its flocks after the 2015 bird flu outbreak ...
Six high-level Volkswagen employees have been indicted by a grand jury in the company’s emissions cheating scandal, as the company admitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay a record $4.3 billion penalty. In announcing the federal indictments and plea deal Wednesday in Washington, the Justice Department detailed an elaborate and wide-ranging ...
The upscale restaurant in Bangladesh where Islamist extremists killed 22 hostages last year has reopened at a new location, its owner said Wednesday. The Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka was a favorite hangout for the city’s expats and well-heeled until five armed men laid siege to it on July 1 ...
Kanto Bus Co. and transport company Ryobi Holdings said Wednesday they will introduce a luxury overnight bus, the Dream Sleeper, to link Tokyo and Osaka on Jan. 18, offering secluded compartments for each passenger. The one-way fare will be ¥20,000 for an adult, almost the same as that for a ...