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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
A Hispanic woman says her white co-workers at an Iowa claims office used images of Donald Trump to racially harass her for months after they learned she was angered by his description of Mexican immigrants as rapists, according to a civil rights lawsuit she filed against her company. Alexandra Avila’s ...
The Canbot can say its name, respond to voice commands, and “dance” as it plays Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.” Other robots China is displaying at the World Robot Conference can play badminton, sand cell phone cases and sort computer chips. China is showcasing its burgeoning robot industry at the five-day ...
The dollar advanced close to ¥104.50 in Tokyo trading on Tuesday, thanks to an overnight rise in U.S. long-term interest rates and stock price gains in Japan and the United States. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥104.45-47, up from ¥103.92-93 at the same time Monday. The euro was ...
Both U.S. presidential candidates routinely criticize free-trade deals they blame for the loss of American jobs. But tweaking the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), as Hillary Clinton has pledged to do, or ripping it up, as Donald Trump demands, may do nothing to help companies like Element Electronics Corp., ...
The top executive overseeing connected vehicles at Nissan and Renault believes the benefits of developing a common technology for connectivity within the Japanese and French auto partnership outweigh the risks of sustaining huge damage from a possible defect or cyberattack. Ogi Redzic, senior vice president at the Renault-Nissan Alliance, oversees ...
A government annual survey has found that 31.9 percent of people who started work just after graduating from a university in March 2013 left their job within three years, the labor ministry said. The figure fell 0.4 percentage point from last year’s survey for the second consecutive year of decline. ...
Apple Inc.’s entry into Japanese digital payments got off to a rough start Tuesday as system trouble temporarily prevented commuters from charging their passes. East Japan Railway Co. said users experienced problems connecting to the mobile Suica payment system after the rail operator servicing the Tokyo metropolitan area began accepting ...
Toyota Motor Corp.’s Lexus and Toyota brands held their lead atop Consumer Reports’ annual reliability rankings, while General Motors Co.’s 117-year-old line became the first from the U.S. to win one of the list’s top three places. The survey, a buying Bible to car shoppers that has been dominated by ...
The head of the Keidanren business lobby has said that corporate executives should take responsibility for preventing harm to employees from issues related to excessive work hours. “Top company (executives) must lead efforts to prevent deaths from overwork,” Sadayuki Sakakibara said Monday at a news conference after labor authorities recently ...
For as far back as people can remember, they’ve been there in boardrooms across Japan, the lingering ghosts of past regimes. They are the former presidents and executives who stick around for years in adviser roles after their stint at the top has finished. Old men — usually — with ...
A Chinese electronics maker has issued a recall for millions of products sold in the U.S. following a devastating cyberattack that took down websites including Twitter and Netflix, but has lashed out at critics who say its devices were at fault. Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology said in a statement that customers ...
The benchmark Nikkei average rose further to close at the highest level in about six months on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, supported by the yen’s drop and a strong TSE debut of railway operator JR Kyushu. The 225-issue Nikkei advanced 130.83 points, or 0.76 percent, to 17,365.25, its ...
Kyushu Railway Co. has a strong start in Japan's second-biggest initial public offering this year. The post Kyushu Railway makes firm debut on Tokyo Stock Exchange appeared first on The Japan Times.
Premiums will go up sharply next year under President Barack Obama’s health care law, and many consumers will be down to just one insurer, the administration confirmed Monday. That’s sure to stoke another Obamacare controversy days before a presidential election. Before taxpayer-provided subsidies, premiums for a midlevel benchmark plan will ...
Automakers should make shielding the electronic and computer systems of vehicles from hackers a priority, developing layers of protection that can secure a vehicle throughout its life, U.S. regulators said on Monday. The cybersecurity guidelines issued by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are recommendations, not enforceable rules. However, ...
The head of the Keidanren business lobby said corporate executives should take responsibility for preventing employees from dying due to issues related to excessive work hours. “Top company (executives) must lead efforts to prevent deaths from overwork,” Sadayuki Sakakibara said Monday at a news conference after labor authorities recently ruled ...
The Belgian government says that it cannot yet give the necessary backing to the European Union's free trade deal with Canada, making it unlikely that the bloc can sign the deal officially on Thursday as planned.Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said Monday that EU leaders and Canada had asked for ...
Tra il 24 ed il 26 novembre 2016 si terrà a Milano la XXVIII Assemblea annuale dell'Italy-Japan Business Group
Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya district is set to get new high-rise building complexes and a riverside promenade with open cafes and squares over the next couple of years, according to new images unveiled by Tokyu Corp. on Monday. As part of the railway’s massive redevelopment of Shibuya, two new shopping, office ...
Stocks staged a moderate rally Monday, reflecting bright prospects for corporate earnings. The 225-issue Nikkei average added 49.83 points, or 0.29 percent, to close at 17,234.42 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. On Friday, the key market gauge dropped 50.91 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues rose 2.32 points, ...
The dollar was trapped in a narrow range slightly below ¥104 throughout Tokyo trading Monday as major trading incentives were nowhere to be found. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥103.92-93, up from ¥103.84-84 at the same time Friday. The euro was at $1.0885-0885, up from $1.0881-0881, and at ...