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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Yahoo said Wednesday more than a billion users may have had data stolen in a hack dating back to 2013 — separate from its previously disclosed breach affecting 500 million. “Yahoo believes an unauthorized third party, in August 2013, stole data associated with more than one billion user accounts,” a ...
Tokyo regained its top spot among the world’s most expensive cities for expatriates for the first time since 2012 as the yen rose. London fell out of the top 100 after Brexit crushed the pound. The capital jumped up from 12th last year, while Yokohama and Osaka joined the top ...
Odakyu Electric Railway Co. revealed the upgraded edition of its signature luxury Romancecar EXE express train on Thursday. Dubbed the EXE Alpha, the new trains are scheduled to go online from March next year, connecting Tokyo with the Hakone hot-spring resort area, Katase Enoshima Station in Kanagawa Prefecture, and Gotemba ...
The dollar soared above ¥117.50 in Tokyo trading on Thursday, powered by a surge in U.S. long-term interest rates after the U.S. Federal Reserve projected a steeper path for rate increases next year. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥117.62-63, up sharply from ¥114.98-99 at the same time Wednesday. ...
The benchmark Nikkei average extended its winning streak to an eighth session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday, backed by the yen’s drop after the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled a faster pace of interest rate increases next year. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 20.18 points, or 0.10 percent, to close ...
Dopo l’evento analogo tenutosi a Tokyo lo scorso 26 ottobre, è gradito segnalare l’appuntamento italiano del Seminario giuridico “150 years of friendship and commerce: business law in Italy and Japan between past and present”, organizzato per celebrare il 150° anniversario della firma del Trattato di Amicizia e Commercio tra Italia ...
President-elect Donald Trump, who faced fierce opposition from some Silicon Valley leaders during the election campaign, strove to assure the titans of tech on Wednesday that his administration is “here to help you folks do well.” Trump, still savoring his election victory, convened a summit at Trump Tower for nearly ...
Yahoo said Wednesday more than a billion users may have had data stolen in a hack dating back to 2013 — separate from its previously disclosed breach affecting 500 million. “Yahoo believes an unauthorized third party, in August 2013, stole data associated with more than one billion user accounts,” a ...
The Federal Reserve has raised a key interest rate in response to a strengthening U.S. economy and expectations of higher inflation, and it foresees three more rate hikes in 2017. The Fed’s move will mean modestly higher rates on some loans. Wednesday’s action signaled the Fed’s belief that the U.S. ...
Drone delivery has begun. On Dec. 7, a bag of popcorn, along with an Amazon Fire TV stick, left a Cambridge warehouse in the U.K. and 13 minutes later, both were accepted by an Amazon customer, one of two who had agreed to be part of the test program. A ...
U.S. health officials have rejected an attempt by a Swedish company to remove several health warnings from its smokeless tobacco pouches, though regulators left open the possibility for other labeling changes it seeks. The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it denied the request by Swedish Match to remove ...
After giving a European Championship title to Portugal and another Champions League trophy to Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo ends 2016 with something just for himself - his fourth world player of the year award.Ronaldo on Monday won his third Ballon d'Or award, which this year is being handed out by France Football magazine ...
Line Corp. is planning to shake up its staff and business to build on the 20-plus percent share gain since the messaging company pulled off the tech world’s biggest public offering of the year. CEO Takeshi Idezawa is tapping top lieutenants Jun Masuda and Joongho Shin to lead the hunt ...
A Tokyo arcade operator unveiled a new virtual reality facility on Wednesday, aiming to showcase high-end virtual reality in a casual setting and boost shrinking industry profits. VR Park Tokyo, located in the middle of the bustling Shibuya district, will open to the public on Friday. The space is set ...
The dollar was stuck in a relatively narrow range around ¥115 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, as market players awaited a monetary policy decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve later in the day. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥114.98-99, down from ¥115.28-28 at the same time Tuesday. The ...
Nissan Motor Co.’s top executive Carlos Ghosn pledged Wednesday to rebuild trust in Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and return the loss-making carmaker to profitability, as he was approved by shareholders as the new chairman of the scandal-tainted automaker. “I pledge to protect shareholder interests and the long-term sustainability of Mitsubishi Motors,” ...
The benchmark Nikkei average edged up to its highest closing level for this year on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, though a wait-and-see mood prevailed ahead of a closely watched monetary policy decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 3.09 points, or 0.02 percent, to 19,253.61, ...
South Korea’s youth unemployment rate rose to a record high in November, following political protests that paralyzed the government and led parliament to vote to impeach the president. The unadjusted jobless rate for people aged 25 to 29 rose to 8.2 percent in November, up from 8 percent in October ...
Confidence among some of the nation’s biggest firms has rebounded for the first time in more than a year, a key central bank survey showed Wednesday, as a sliding yen boosted hopes for their profits. The Bank of Japan’s tankan report — a quarterly survey of more than 10,000 companies ...
All new cars and light trucks would be able to talk wirelessly with each other, with traffic lights and with other roadway infrastructure under a rule the Transportation Department proposed Tuesday. Officials say the technology holds the potential to dramatically reduce traffic deaths and transform driving. Vehicle-to-vehicle communications, or V2V, ...
Bill Gates on Tuesday called on Donald Trump to inspire Americans to embrace innovation as John F. Kennedy once did by urging them to fly to the moon. “In the same way President Kennedy talked about the space mission and got the country behind that,” the Microsoft founder-turned-philanthropist told MSNBC, ...