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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
The dollar rose above ¥105 in Tokyo trading Friday on the back of improvements in U.S. economic statistics released overnight Thursday and a rise in Tokyo stock prices. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥105.26-27, up from ¥104.61-61 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.0916-0916, up ...
The Nikkei average rewrote its six-month high Friday, buoyed by purchases on the back of the yen’s weakening versus the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei average climbed 109.99 points, or 0.63 percent, to end at 17,446.41 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, its best finish since April 22. On Thursday, the key ...
Japan’s obsession with robots isn’t just a cliche. Companies have been trying to drum up enthusiasm for them for years, with little success. Pepper, a humanoid machine carrying the hopes of SoftBank Group Corp.’s billionaire founder Masayoshi Son, was supposed to change that. Promoted as the first robot to be ...
Core consumer prices fell for the seventh month straight and household spending slumped in September, endorsing the Bank of Japan’s view it will take more time for inflation to accelerate to its 2 percent target as the economy stagnates. While the sluggish indicators come as little surprise to policymakers, Friday’s ...
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on Friday reported its first quarterly operating loss in nearly six years as the automaker struggles to recover from a slump in domestic sales after admitting to overstating the mileage of its vehicles. Japan’s sixth-largest car maker by sales posted a ¥36.2 billion operating loss in the ...
Apple Inc. unveiled a revamped MacBook Pro on Thursday, adding a fingerprint reader, replacing function keys with a small touch screen and slimming down the workhorse of its computer notebook line. The first redesign in several years is a sign Apple still sees a role for the product that launched ...
It can be a frightening call to get — and it’s a familiar one for many thousands of Americans. Callers posing as tax and immigration agents are threatening arrest, deportation or other punishment unless money is sent to help clear up what they say is a deportation warrant or to ...
Armed soldiers and law enforcement officers dressed in riot gear on Thursday began arresting protesters who had set up a camp on private land to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Several protesters were led away and put in trucks, including at least one handcuffed, as authorities converged ...
Hitachi Ltd. President Toshiaki Higashihara said Thursday the company needs to consider joining forces with other players to get its poorly performing nuclear reactor business revived. Hitachi cannot leave its nuclear business floundering, Higashihara told a press conference in Tokyo. “Something like a tie-up with other players should be considered,” ...
Apple Inc. unveiled a revamped MacBook Pro on Thursday, adding a fingerprint reader, replacing function keys with a small touch screen and slimming down the workhorse of its computer notebook line. The first redesign in several years is a sign Apple still sees a role for the product that launched ...
Trade ministers of South Korea, China and Japan will have a meeting later this week to exchange views on ways to expand
Fujitsu said on Thursday it was in talks to merge its struggling PC business with Chinese computer giant Lenovo, sending its shares soaring as the company also announced a recovery in profits. The talks come as Japanese personal computer makers work to scale back their businesses as consumers shift to ...
Twitter announced plans Thursday to cut 9 percent of its workforce as the struggling social network reaffirmed its strategy to drive growth after failing to find a buyer. “We see a significant opportunity to increase growth as we continue to improve the core service,” chief executive Jack Dorsey said while ...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to Japan yielded investment commitments worth $1.85 billion from private companies, a member of his administration said Thursday. Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez said the investments, forged through memorandums of understanding and letters of intent, are in the automotive, egg-laying technology, optical imagery, and ...
Carmaker Nissan will build its new Qashqai model at Britain’s biggest car plant in Sunderland, a company source said Thursday, in a major boost to Prime Minister Theresa May just months after voters backed Brexit. Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said in September that he could scrap new investment in Britain ...
The Galaxy Note 7 smartphone debacle might mar Samsung Electronics Co.’s image in the global market, but its impact on Japanese firms and sales is likely to be limited, analysts say. Even if Samsung experiences a drop in global sales from the fire-prone smartphones, Japanese firms supplying its parts won’t ...
The dollar gained ground to change hands around ¥104.60 in late Tokyo trading on Thursday. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥104.61-61, up from ¥104.17-18 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was at $1.0909-0909, down from $1.0917-0917, and at ¥114.13-13, up from ¥113.72-73. The dollar was firmer around ...
The key Nikkei average snapped its three-day winning streak on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday, with the market pressured by profit-taking after its recent rise. The 225-issue yardstick lost 55.42 points, or 0.32 percent, to end at 17,336.42. On Wednesday, the Nikkei climbed 26.59 points. The Topix index of ...
Financial market participants have been anxious to get more hints on what the Bank of Japan will do next to spur inflation, as the central bank is widely expected to stand pat at its two-day policy meeting through Tuesday. The bank decided at its September meeting to shift its policy ...
During his free time on the job as a Google employee, Carl Elkin began tinkering with the company’s 3-D mapping program, wondering if it could identify rooftops that receive enough sunlight to make installing solar panels worthwhile. When the U.S.-based engineer showed a handful of colleagues the results of his ...
More and more self-driving vehicles are making their debut, raising the question of who should be held accountable if, or perhaps when, they cause accidents. Following American and German automakers Tesla Motors Inc. and Mercedes-Benz, Nissan Motor Co. released a minivan model with self-driving functions in the Serena family in ...