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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Nissin Food Products Co. said it will establish a plant to manufacture instant noodle products in Shiga Prefecture, the firm’s first new factory in two decades. The ¥57.5 billion plant in the city of Ritto will be completed in December 2019, the company said Wednesday. Nissin, based in Osaka, plans ...
Billionaire business tycoon Masayoshi Son said on Tuesday he would invest $50 billion in the United States and create 50,000 new jobs, a move President-elect Donald Trump claimed was a direct result of his election win. The investment revived speculation that U.S. telecoms giant Sprint Corp., 82 percent-owned by Son’s ...
The CEO of DeNA Co., whose health care information website and others have been under fire following accusations of plagiarism and inaccurate reporting, apologized Wednesday over the scandal, vowing to investigate what went wrong. “We’d like to sincerely apologize to all concerned parties and individuals for causing troubles and worries,” ...
The dollar advanced to levels around ¥114.30 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, aided by solid gains on the Tokyo stock market. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥114.33-33, up from ¥113.82-83 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.0713-0713, down from $1.0760-0760, and at ¥122.49-50, almost unchanged ...
Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Kikuo Iwata said the central bank hasn’t shifted its focus away from expanding the monetary base as it seeks to reach its inflation target. Iwata stressed that the BOJ will continue its large-scale asset purchases after it introduced a new policy framework that targets interest ...
Oil distributors Idemitsu Kosan Co. and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. are in talks for a capital and business tie-up ahead of their planned merger, sources close to the matter said Wednesday. They are considering taking an estimated 20 percent stake in each other and jointly operating oil refineries or other ...
Stocks advanced further on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, backed by an overnight rise in U.S. equities and a weaker yen. The 225-issue Nikkei average climbed 136.15 points, or 0.74 percent, to finish at 18,496.69. On Tuesday, the key market gauge gained 85.55 points. The Topix index of all first-section ...
Are you a business traveler who wants to jump to the front of the waiting list for Tokyo’s most exclusive restaurants? Check out this former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. trader’s new venture. Takashi Yamada, who worked at the Wall Street firm for 15 years, started a company to help visitors ...
Japan’s economy will grow by an amount equivalent to New Zealand’s economy in the blink of an eye on Thursday. That’s when the government announces the revision of gross domestic product data, using a new accounting standard. Nominal GDP was ¥500.6 trillion for fiscal year 2015, according to the most ...
Canadians can expect to pay more for food in 2017 if Donald Trump rids the United States of undocumented migrants, including an estimated 2 million farm workers, according to a study published Tuesday. Canada produces an abundance of livestock, grains and oilseeds but relies heavily on imports of fresh produce, ...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with Samsung in its big-money smartphone patent fight with Apple, throwing out an appeals court ruling that the South Korean company had to pay a $399 million penalty to its American rival for copying key iPhone designs. The 8-0 ruling, written by Justice ...
After meeting with Donald Trump on Tuesday, Japanese tech billionaire Masayoshi Son said he will invest $50 billion in the United States and would “commit” to creating 50,000 new jobs over an unspecified time period. Son is the founder and chief executive of SoftBank, one of Japan’s largest technology outfits, ...
Japanese authorities are set to recommend new fair disclosure rules that aim to prevent company executives from leaking insider information, part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push to improve corporate governance and encourage foreign investment. Marking the first time that Japan will adopt statutory rules on corporate disclosure, the move ...
President-elect Donald Trump called Tuesday for the cancellation of a multibillion dollar Boeing contract to build the next Air Force One, calling the ballooning costs “ridiculous.” “Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel ...
Some protesters who have been fighting the Dakota Access pipeline retreated to a nearby casino and area shelters overnight as a blizzard blew through, but many remained at a camp in southern North Dakota, according to protest organizers who say they’re committed to maintaining the camp through the winter. The ...
France’s nuclear watchdog may permit the restart of 10 of the 12 reactors it was checking after finding they use potentially weak steel components manufactured by a Japanese company. The remaining two reactors are still under scrutiny by the country’s utility EDF, the Nuclear Safety Authority said in a statement ...
SoftBank Group Corp. founder and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son was to meet with President-elect Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. Son has no specific agenda for the meeting but wants to meet Trump as an investor in the U.S., ...
The dollar was easier below ¥114 in late Tokyo trading on Tuesday amid a dearth of major fresh trading incentives. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥113.82-83, slightly down from ¥113.91-91 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.0760-0760, up from $1.0603-0604, and at ¥122.49-51, up from ...
Stocks rebounded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday, supported by overnight rises in European and U.S. equities. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 85.55 points, or 0.47 percent, to close at 18,360.54. On Monday, the key market gauge shed 151.09 points. The TOPIX index of all first-section issues finished up 10.24 ...
Japan’s aging and shrinking population is causing labor shortages that should be helping workers win higher pay. But it’s not working out that way, in part because of low productivity in the areas of the greatest shortage, according to economists including Hideo Kumano at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute in Tokyo. ...
For now, the global winds are at Japan’s back. President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to fire up U.S. growth by cutting taxes and developing a trillion dollars of infrastructure has helped fuel a dollar rally that’s weakened the yen by nearly 8.5 percent since the day before the election, almost certainly ...