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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Stocks closed slightly higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday after the Bank of Japan stopped short of expanding its negative interest rate policy. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 17.38 points, or 0.10 percent, to end at 17,442.40. On Monday, the key market gauge lost 21.39 points. The Topix index ...
Sony Corp. on Tuesday reported a 78 percent year-on-year fall in its group net profit to ¥26.01 billion in the April to September period, weighed down by a stronger yen and sluggish semiconductor operations. The mammoth electronics maker said its operating profit for the first half of the current business ...
Cosmetics maker Shiseido Co. said Tuesday it will establish a joint venture in February to operate child care centers at corporate operation sites, aiming to help women find a balance between their jobs and raising children. The company will sign a joint venture contract with JP Holdings Inc., a nursery ...
The government began a nationwide Warm Biz energy-saving campaign Tuesday, encouraging workers to fend off the cold with warm clothes from fall through winter rather than using more electricity to warm up rooms. Under the campaign, running through the end of March, the government urges people to set air conditioners ...
Britain’s pharmaceutical and aerospace industries, both big exporters, are stepping up pressure on the government for assurances about their future after last week’s post-Brexit deal with carmaker Nissan. The two sectors, which have been talking to ministers since the summer, are pressing their case after written assurances by business secretary ...
The government and the ruling coalition are considering raising the property tax burden on owners of upper-floor units in high-rise condominium buildings, sources said Monday. Although fixed property tax rates will be left intact, the tax calculation formula will be revised so that owners of upper-floor units will pay more ...
Japan warned British Prime Minister Theresa May that her government must improve its communications about Brexit, or risk endangering inward investment in the U.K. Days after May pulled out the stops to persuade Nissan Motor Co. to continue building cars at its plant in Sunderland, northeast England, the Japanese ambassador ...
The government and the Inter-American Development Bank said they will jointly support energy-related projects in Jamaica and Bolivia under a co-financing program. Using a $3 billion co-financing program agreed on in April, Japan and the regional development bank will help Jamaica improve energy efficiency at public facilities and support Bolivia ...
Sharp Corp. said Tuesday it expects to post its first operating profit in three years in the current business year through next March, helped by restructuring efforts under the ownership of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Consolidated operating profit is expected to recover to ¥25.70 billion, a turnaround from ...
(Teleborsa) - La banca centrale giapponese conferma il pieno sostegno all'economia, dove le prospettive sono ancora incerte, ma soprattutto a causa dell'inflazione che ristagna. Dopo i brutti...
LG Household & Health Care said on November 1 that it acquired the Asia-Oceanian unit of Reach, the oral care brand of Johnson & Johnson of the United States. Established in 1972 by Johnson & Johnson, the brand sells toothbrush and dental floss products. It holds trademarks and patents in ...
Jordan Reeves works for a nonprofit and his partner is a puppeteer. They say there’s not a lot of spare income floating around their Brooklyn apartment. That’s why they sometimes rent the place through Airbnb for extra cash when they’re not there. But a new law that carries fines of ...
The Bank of Japan acknowledged defeat Tuesday in its quest to achieve its 2 percent inflation goal during Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda’s term through April 2018, dealing a major setback to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Abenomics policy mix that was designed to tame prolonged deflation. The central bank, however, ...
More than 70 rights groups asked Facebook on Monday to clarify its policies for removing content, especially at the behest of governments, alleging the company has repeatedly censored postings that document human rights violations. In a letter sent to Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, the organizations criticize the social media ...
Billionaire technology investor Peter Thiel, a lightning rod for criticism in Silicon Valley for his support of Donald Trump, predicted on Monday that the movement the Republican presidential nominee has created would carry on even if he loses his bid for the White House on Nov. 8. “No matter what ...
Google is offering users a treat this Halloween with a Harry Potter-like game. Monday’s Google Doodle gives users the chance to help a wand-wielding cat named Momo make its way through a wizard academy and defeat ghosts by doodling lines on the screen. In a blog post, the search engine ...
A Canadian brother and sister are passing Halloween night curled up in red velvet-lined coffins in the Transylvanian castle that inspired the Dracula legend, the first time in 70 years anyone has spent the night in the gothic fortress. The siblings from Ottawa bested 88,000 people who entered a competition ...
Enthusiasm among young Japanese for Halloween continues to grow year by year, not only as a day to enjoy "cosplay" but as a time to spend on goodies like nobody's business.
Honda Motor Co. raised its forecast for full-year profit as demand for Vezel and XR-V sport utility models surged in China, the carmaker’s second-largest market. Net income will probably rise to ¥415 billion in the fiscal year ending March, more than the ¥390 billion forecast in May, according to a ...
Panasonic Corp. has lowered its full-year group earnings forecast for the current business year through next March, citing factors such as a stronger yen and a slump in solar business. For fiscal 2016, the Osaka-based electronics maker said Monday it now expects an operating profit of ¥245 billion, down from ...
A low-priced bus service linking Narita International Airport and Osaki Station in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, for ¥1,000 to ¥1,200 was launched Monday. The service, taking about 90 minutes, will be operated 43 times a day. It is the first low-cost bus route connecting the airport in Chiba Prefecture and a ...