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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a concept car with built-in artificial intelligence and autonomous driving technology designed to interact with the driver. The Wednesday unveiling of the Concept-i, which the automaker says can read its driver’s personality and emotions, came ahead of the opening Thursday of the Consumer Electronics Show, ...
It’s been a while since a new TV raised any eyebrows, but Sony Corp. has just unveiled a new product that’s creating a bit of buzz at the annual Consumer Electronics Show industry gathering in Las Vegas. Sony’s XBR-A1E Bravia 4K is the electronics maker’s first commercial foray into the ...
The benchmark Nikkei average fell back moderately on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday, dragged down by selling to lock gains. The 225-issue Nikkei average fell 73.47 points, or 0.37 percent, to end at 19,520.69. On Wednesday, the first trading day of 2017, the key market gauge jumped 479.79 points. ...
Beatrice, a busy 50-year-old manager at an airline in Paris, sounds like she would benefit from France’s new “right to disconnect” law that guarantees all employees freedom from their work smartphone and email. “It often happens that I’m interrupted by urgent problems in my free time, or need to reply ...
Apple Inc. is planning to invest $1 billion (about ¥117 billion) in SoftBank Group Corp.’s giant new technology fund, adding its name to a growing list of interested parties and giving the iPhone maker a new avenue to tap up-and-coming technologies. Qualcomm Inc. also said it will participate in the ...
The U.S. Labor Department is trying to bar Google from doing business with the federal government unless the internet company turns over confidential information about thousands of its employees. The potential banishment is being sought in a Labor Department lawsuit filed Wednesday with the Office of Administrative Law Judges. The ...
Ford Motor Company’s cancellation of plans to build a $1.6 billion auto manufacturing plant in San Luis Potosi has sounded alarms throughout Mexico. Even as the country is being rocked by rowdy nationwide protests against a Jan. 1 gasoline price hike, the Ford news led the front pages of Mexico’s ...
Rex Tillerson will get a $180 million retirement package from Exxon Mobil Corp. if he is confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state. Tillerson will give up more than 2 million Exxon shares he would have received over the next 10 years. In exchange, the company will make a ...
(Teleborsa) - Dopo la manifattura, segnali di espansione giungono anche dall'attività terziaria giapponese. Nel mese di dicembre, l'indice PMI servizi, a cura di Markit, si è attestato a...
Nippon Life Insurance Co. President Yoshinobu Tsutsui has indicated that his company will consider targeting mainly U.S. life insurers and asset management companies under its business acquisition strategy abroad. The United States has a wide range of companies and strong growth potential, Tsutsui said in a recent interview. “Asset management ...
Toyota is beginning to move hundreds of jobs out of its northern Kentucky headquarters as part of a nationwide consolidation of the company’s operations. Layoffs began at Toyota’s Erlanger plant on Tuesday and will continue through the end of 2018, The Kentucky Enquirer reported (cin.ci/2hNha5C) The company, which is moving ...
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday chose a Wall Street attorney with experience in corporate mergers and public stock launches as his nominee to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. Trump announced his nomination of Jay Clayton, a partner in the law firm Sullivan and Cromwell, as chairman of the independent ...
Hulu is teaming up with CBS to add three of the network’s channels to its upcoming live TV streaming service. The service will cost under $40 a month, Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins said at a conference Wednesday, but he did not give a specific price. That will include Hulu’s library ...
Capsule toy vending machines installed at Narita International Airport near Tokyo have become magnets for foreign visitors. T-Arts Co. set up 325 vending machines to dispense capsule toys in the basement floor of the airport’s Terminal 2 building, near escalators connecting Airport Terminal 2 Station and the departure lobby, and ...
The dollar rose to levels around ¥118 in Tokyo on Wednesday as trading reopened following the New Year closure. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥117.98-99, up from ¥117.08-09 at the same time on Friday, the previous market day in Japan. The euro was at $1.0417-0417, down from $1.0506-0508, ...
Economists say growth is expected on the back of the weak yen and due to government steps to stimulate sluggish consumption. The post Japan’s economy tipped to grow in 2017 appeared first on The Japan Times.
Stocks staged a powerful advance on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, the first trading day of 2017, on the back of U.S. equity gains, lifting the benchmark Nikkei average to its highest closing level in almost 13 months. The 225-issue Nikkei average jumped 479.79 points, or 2.51 percent, to end ...
Shares of Toshiba Corp. recovered from an early dive after the Asahi Shimbun reported regulatory concerns about the company’s earnings. Toshiba closed Wednesday down 2.01 percent at ¥277.4 in Tokyo after slumping as much as 6.9 percent in early trade. Japan’s Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission suspects the company padded ...
As the firm begins intense negotiations, a high-ranking Iranian official says it is a strong candidate for the contract. The post Japan’s Inpex in running for Azadegan oil field deal, Iranian official says appeared first on The Japan Times.
The rise and fall of Ono Pharmaceutical Co. in 2016 was a tale of two halves, and one drug. Having surged as much as 34 percent as of mid-April, the stock finished the year down more than 41 percent, marking its worst performance in more than 50 years. The swing ...
Travel agency JTB Corp. is set to launch English-language bus tours covering popular sightseeing spots — along with attractions difficult to reach by public transportation. The tours, set to begin in April, will cover popular sightseeing destinations including the so-called golden route connecting Tokyo, Mount Fuji and Kyoto. Also planned ...