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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Mexico’s peso fell on Wednesday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump vowed to make the country pay for a huge border wall and to tax companies that ship jobs abroad. The Mexican currency shed 0.9 percent, trading at 22.20 pesos per dollar after hitting a historic low 22 pesos per greenback ...
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 ...
U.S. power generator NRG Energy Inc. and Japanese energy producer JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp. have finished the world’s largest system to capture carbon dioxide produced from burning coal at a power plant. The $1 billion Petra Nova project, which collects carbon emissions from an existing coal-fired power ...
Bankruptcies in the nation’s nursing care industry in 2016 hit a record high for the second consecutive year amid a cut in government-set service payments and increasing competition. The post Nursing care business failures hit record high in 2016 appeared first on The Japan Times.
The dollar was stuck in a narrow range around ¥116 in Tokyo trading late Wednesday, with a wait-and-see mood growing before the first news conference later in the day by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump since winning the presidency in November. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥116.06-06, up from ...
Stocks turned moderately higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, underpinned by purchases on dips, with the benchmark Nikkei average snapping its three-session losing streak. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 63.23 points, or 0.33 percent, to end at 19,364.67. On Tuesday, the key market gauge shed 152.89 points. The Topix ...
Japan’s key index of indicators designed to show the current state of the economy rose in November to its highest level in two years and eight months, with industrial output and consumption improving, the government said Wednesday. The index of coincident indicators, such as industrial output, retail sales and new ...
Source: UN Development Programme Country: UkraineUNDP is implementing a humanitarian-development approach in the Donbas region: their job co-financing programme helped create 950 new jobs in less than a year.by Janthomas Hiemstra, Country Director, UNDP Ukraine The conflict in the Ukraine is, without doubt, a humanitarian crisis. Almost 10,000 people have ...
More than 700 Japanese companies under a Thailand-Japan joint effort to promote small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have started real investment in Thailand this year, says Nangnoi Wetayapong, director of the Bureau of Strategies Management under the Department of Industrial Promotion (DIP).
GM chief Mary Barra on Tuesday held firm to the biggest U.S. automaker’s business plans, and refused to speculate on altering course in the face of President-elect Donald Trump’s recent attacks on the industry. Barra said it was too early to comment on whether GM would alter its investments in ...
It’s ironic: Volkswagen spent 2016 battling a huge scandal over cars it rigged to cheat on emissions tests. And now it stands a decent chance to pass Toyota for the title of world’s biggest carmaker for the year. Booming business in China helped Volkswagen increase its sales to 10.31 million ...
Indian real-estate websites PropTiger.com and Housing.com are merging to create the country’s top portal for residential listings and property services, as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. boosts its investment in the growing sector while Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group Corp. scales back. REA Group Ltd., an Australian real-estate company controlled by News ...
The strategist who defied Japan’s biggest investors to correctly predict the yen’s weakness in 2016 is forecasting more losses for the currency in the new year. The yen is set to slump to 125 against the dollar in 2017, with little chance of a sustained gain past 115, as the ...
President-elect Donald Trump’s tax cuts and spending plans could deliver a shot in the arm to the U.S. economy, lifting growth around the world, although uncertainty about his trade policies adds to the risks, according to the World Bank. The Trump administration could squander the economic gains of fiscal stimulus ...
All Dutch trains are now 100 percent powered by electricity generated by wind energy, the national railway company NS said Tuesday, calling it a world first. “Since the first of January, 100 percent of our trains are running on wind energy,” NS spokesman Ton Boon told AFP. Dutch electricity company ...
President Xi Jinping will become the first Chinese head of state to address the World Economic Forum, leading an entourage of business executives to Switzerland next week as the country seeks a larger role in shaping the global economic order. Xi will speak at the opening session on Jan. 17 ...
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Itochu Corp. and Chinese builders are among companies that may bid for a $5 billion contract to build a network of roads and a suspension bridge across Turkey’s Dardanelles waterway, according to people familiar with the matter. At least five bidding groups may compete in ...
The dollar was weak at levels around ¥115.80 in Tokyo trading late Tuesday, as traders were cautious before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump holds his first news conference on Wednesday since his presidential win in November. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥115.84-85, down from ¥116.28-28 at the same time ...
Stocks fell on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday, dragged down by the yen’s appreciation against other major currencies. The 225-issue Nikkei average fell 152.89 points, or 0.79 percent, to close at 19,301.44. On Friday, the key market gauge shed 66.36 points. The Tokyo market was closed Monday for a national ...
Consumer confidence rose in December from the previous month, improving for the first time in three months and hitting the highest level in three years and three months. The news comes amid a solid performance from Tokyo stocks and a weak yen, government data showed Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted index ...
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. said Tuesday that it will acquire a U.S. carbon fiber plant from a German carbon-based product maker to meet growing demand for materials used in making automobiles and wind generators. By buying the plant in Wyoming from SGL Group through Mitsubishi Rayon Co.’s U.S. subsidiary, the ...