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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Calling for a weaker yen was a lonely post six months ago for Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC’s Mansoor Mohi-uddin. Now the Singapore-based strategist is getting plenty of company from others who are joining him in forecasting the currency will slide to 120 per dollar. While Bank of America ...
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda is getting a 0.9 percent pay rise for the fiscal year ending in March, leaving him ahead of his U.S. Federal Reserve counterpart, Janet Yellen, but behind Mario Draghi of the European Central Bank. The BOJ chief’s annual income will rise to ¥35 million ...
Weighed down by profit-taking, the benchmark Nikkei average snapped its seven-session winning streak on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 24.33 points, or 0.13 percent, to end at 18,356.89. On Friday, the key market gauge advanced 47.81 points, hitting its highest closing level since Jan. ...
The government will cut premiums for the nation’s employment insurance program to a record low of 0.6 percent for fiscal 2017-2019, down from 0.8 percent, sources said Monday. The government hopes the move will spur personal consumption and corporate spending. The premiums, used for unemployment benefits, are equally split between ...
Policy pledges by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump are bullish for Japanese share prices, which will build on their recent gains in 2017, according to Norikazu Akedo, a senior managing director at Nomura Holdings Inc.’s brokerage unit. Trump’s election win was a “great turning point” for Japan equities, due to his ...
Akihiko Tsukahara, an exporter of Japanese products and export consultant, recalled the time he was struggling to gather hundreds of game boards for the game of go to fill an order. It was an order placed by an overseas operator of go classes, worth ¥8 million (the initial purchase order ...
The nation’s biggest printing company is funding a startup that makes paper out of rock, in a bid to diversify into new materials and as environmental concerns push companies to seek more sustainable products. Toppan Printing Co., the nation’s largest by sales, will form an alliance with TBM Co. that ...
Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. said it intends to build electric cars in the U.K. if the government can overcome shortfalls in available energy and infrastructure investment, potentially giving Britain a manufacturing boost as it leaves the European Union. Jaguar Land Rover’s expression of interest in building electric cars in the ...
The dollar dropped below ¥112 in Tokyo trading for the first time in about a week on Monday, weighed down by position-adjustment selling following its sharp gain since the U.S. presidential election early this month. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥111.96-97, down from ¥113.13-13 at the same time ...
Major Japanese trading houses are aiming to expand their operations in Russia, at a time when the governments of the two countries are proceeding with talks on cooperation in eight fields including natural resources and energy development, and urban development in the run-up to a bilateral summit in Japan in ...
The pilots’ union at German airline Lufthansa says it is calling additional strikes for Tuesday and Wednesday, following a two-day break in its campaign of walkouts. The Cockpit union said Sunday that its members scheduled to fly short-haul flights would strike on Tuesday. The union plans to add long-haul routes ...
Vegetable delivery services are increasingly drawing attention in Japan as unfavorable weather causes prices to rise. Vegetables handled by delivery firms are somewhat expensive because they are procured at preset prices from farmers. But sales are expanding as the gaps between their prices and the prices of vegetables sold at ...
The government and ruling coalition plan to extend the tax freeze on corporate pension assets for three years in light of the tough investment climate surrounding the Bank of Japan’s negative interest rate policy, it has been learned. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, will ...
Japan plans to build the world’s fastest supercomputer in a bid to arm its manufacturers with a platform for research that could help them develop and improve driverless cars, robotics and medical diagnostics. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will spend ¥19.5 billion ($173 million) on the previously unreported ...
Tokyo’s Haneda airport will undergo a major renovation to prepare for the surge in flights expected for the 2020 Summer Olympics, officials at the transport ministry said. Terminal 2, which is used mainly for domestic flights by All Nippon Airways, will be renewed to install immigration, customs and quarantine facilities ...
A former banker, a congressman or a former captain of industry: President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for U.S. Treasury secretary will send a key message about his administration’s economic plans. The Treasury secretary’s signature will be on the back of U.S. bank notes, but more importantly the secretary is a key ...
Sales to replicate the “Black Friday” shopping frenzy in the United States have kicked off in Japan, with some major retailers taking part for the first time. Toys “R” Us, Gap and retail giant Aeon launched sales on Friday. Just before midnight Thursday, more than 200 customers flocked to Aeon’s ...
A sideshow of Japan's demographic crisis is that there aren't enough facilities available to "process" these bodies. The post Where to burn aging Japan’s growing numbers of dead? appeared first on The Japan Times.
(Teleborsa) - Accordo strategico nel settore spaziale firmato a Milano durante la XXVIII Assemblea generale dell'Italy-Japan Business Group presieduta da Mauro Moretti, presidente di Ijbg e...
The world’s biggest pension fund posted its first profit in four quarters as stocks rebounded, providing some respite for the Japanese state money manager after critics lambasted it for taking on too much risk. The Government Pension Investment Fund returned 1.8 percent, or ¥2.4 trillion in the three months ended ...
Elecom Co., a Japanese manufacturer of peripheral products and accessories for personal computers and other digital equipment, has closed its Indian unit after less than four years in the country, with one executive saying it failed to gain traction in the price-sensitive market. “Elecom India Pvt. Ltd. has stopped all ...