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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Takata is close to settling a U.S. criminal probe into the exploding airbag scandal, two sources said Wednesday. The Japanese auto parts supplier could reach a final agreement with the Department of Justice before President-elect Donald Trump assumes office Jan. 20, the sources told AFP, broadly confirming a report in ...
The dollar rose moderately to around ¥117.50 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, as active trading was held in check ahead of the year-end and New Year holidays. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥117.50-51, up from ¥117.31-32 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.0466-0466, up from ...
Stocks closed almost unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, amid a dearth of major trading incentives. The 225-issue Nikkei average ended 1.34 points, or 0.01 percent, lower at 19,401.42. On Tuesday, the key market gauge gained 6.42 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues, on the other hand, ...
Toshiba Corp. stocks plunged by the daily limit in Tokyo as the once heralded U.S. nuclear renaissance is turning into a nightmare for the company. The shares fell by 20 percent to ¥311.6 in Tokyo, following a 12 percent drop Tuesday. Toshiba said it may have to write down billions ...
The U.S. government on Tuesday issued rules for addressing cybervulnerabilities in medical devices, providing manufacturers with guidelines for fixing security bugs in equipment, including pacemakers, insulin pumps and imaging systems. “Cybersecurity threats are real, ever-present and continuously changing,” Suzanne Schwartz, a senior Food and Drug Administration official who helped draft ...
U.S. investment fund KKR & Co. is expected to buy Hitachi Ltd.’s power tool manufacturing subsidiary for more than ¥150 billion ($1.3 billion), sources said Wednesday. The global investment firm holds the priority negotiation rights over the acquisition of Hitachi Koki Co. and an agreement could be reached as early ...
Japan’s industrial output rose 1.5 percent in November from the previous month, boosted by growth in electronics and automotive parts, the government said Wednesday, upgrading its assessment for the first time since August. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said industrial production shows signs of increasing. The assessment was ...
Three Chinese citizens have been criminally charged in the United States with trading on confidential corporate information obtained by hacking into networks and servers of law firms working on mergers, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday. Iat Hong of Macau, Bo Zheng of Changsha, China, and Chin Hung of Macau were ...
Japanese electronics company Panasonic and U.S. electric car maker Tesla said Tuesday they plan to begin production of solar cells at a factory in Buffalo, New York. The two companies said they finalized an agreement calling for Tokyo-based Panasonic to pay capital costs for the manufacturing. Palo Alto, California-based Tesla ...
The number of firms given improvement orders by labor standards inspection offices across Japan in fiscal 2015 for not paying overtime rose by 19 from a year earlier to 1,348, marking the first rise in two years, the labor ministry said Tuesday. After the instructions, a total of ¥9.994 billion ...
Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s largest automaker in terms of sales for the past four years, was outperformed by Volkswagen AG in the 11 months through November. Unless Toyota has a remarkable December, it will lost it’s No. 1 status. In the 11-month period, worldwide sales for Toyota group brands ...
TOKYO - Shares in Toshiba dived more than 10 percent Tuesday on reports it is likely to record a huge special loss related to a US subsidiary's acquisition of a nuclear power service company.
Tokyo: Magazine sales by value in Japan are expected to fall short of that of books for the first time in 41 years in 2016, on the back of sluggish comic magazine sales and growing demand for online publications, a research institute said Monday.
TOKYO - Japan's consumer prices fell for the ninth straight month in November, official data showed Tuesday, as the nation struggles to shake off deflation that has plagued its economy.
A hot spring facility that recently opened in a suburb of Shanghai has drawn plagiarism claims from the operator of a Japanese hot spring hotel chain. The facility in China, Ooedo Onsen Monogatari, has nothing to do with Ooedo-Onsen Monogatari Co., the Japanese company said in a statement. The operator ...
Toshiba Corp. may post a loss of more than ¥100 billion for the year through March in connection with its nuclear plant business in the U.S. The post Toshiba reportedly to log over ¥100 billion loss for 2016 appeared first on The Japan Times.
The dollar edged up to levels around ¥117.30 in lethargic Tokyo trading on Tuesday. The dollar-yen pair drifted in a narrow range in the absence of fresh market-moving news and after the European and U.S. financial markets were closed on Monday for Christmas holidays. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood ...
The benchmark Nikkei average turned up moderately on the back of a weaker yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday while trading remained thin amid a holiday mood. The 225-issue Nikkei gained 6.42 points, or 0.03 percent, to finish at 19,403.06, rising for the first time in four market ...
The nation’s household spending declined for the ninth consecutive month in November, the government said Tuesday, reflecting consumers’ continuing preference to save money rather than spend. The government also said the unemployment rate remained low at 3.1 percent in November despite a 0.1 point increase from the previous month. Separate ...
Shikoku Electric Power Co. asked the Ehime Prefectural Government on Monday to approve a decommissioning plan for the No. 1 reactor at its Ikata nuclear power station. The company is required to gain consent under a nuclear safety agreement. The power supplier also filed for approval from the Nuclear Regulation ...
The operator of Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture has introduced the use of a fuel cell vehicle. Fuel cell vehicles are powered by a chemical reaction between oxygen in the air and hydrogen in a tank installed on the vehicles. They are sometimes called the “ultimate eco-cars” because unlike ...