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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Canada walked out of talks today meant to save a massive trade deal with the European Union, unable to break a deadlock with a small Belgian region that has been defying multinational efforts to have the pact signed next week.Fighting back tears, Canadian International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland said it ...
A 50-year-old woman who died after a car wreck last month in California is the 11th U.S. victim of Takata Corp.’s defective air bag inflators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed the woman’s death on Thursday but didn’t release her name. Up to five people also may have been ...
Nintendo on Thursday released the name and video image of its yet-to-be launched video game product. To be called Switch, and launched next March, the product is aimed at breaking the boundary between portable and console games. It had previously been known by the code name NX. Users will be ...
Global wine production in 2016 is expected to be among the lowest in 20 years, an industry body said Thursday, suggesting climatic events such as El Nino could be to blame. The International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) estimated this year’s output at 259 million hectoliters (Mhl; there are ...
The dollar shed early gains to trade around ¥103.90 in Tokyo trading late Friday, as the yen attracted purchases from risk-averse players following a strong earthquake in Tottori Prefecture. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥103.84-84, up from ¥103.72-72 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.0881-0881, ...
The key stock market gauges snapped their five-session winning streak on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, pressured by profit-taking after the recent gains and position-adjustment selling ahead of the weekend. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 50.91 points, or 0.30 percent, to end at 17,184.59. On Thursday, the benchmark index surged ...
Federal officials cannot enforce a contract being proposed by the commercial fishing industry as a solution to concerns about foreign fishing crews in Hawaii, leaving the industry responsible for enforcing its own rules. Federal and state officials met with vessel owners, captains and representatives from the fleet Thursday at a ...
The first Japanese utility to restart a nuclear reactor under post-Fukushima rules has resumed a campaign urging users to increase power consumption. The campaign had been discontinued after the unprecedented triple meltdown in March 2011. Kyushu Electric Power Co., which expects at least two nuclear reactors to be online next ...
A Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Note 7 smartphone belonging to a departing passenger emitted smoke at Kansai International Airport in Osaka earlier this week, a transport ministry official said Friday. It is believed to be the first such incident involving the troubled smartphones of the South Korean electronics giant at ...
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda on Friday suggested the central bank may delay the timing for hitting its 2 percent inflation target by a year to in, or after, fiscal 2018. That means it may not be achieved during his term, which ends in April 2018. “I personally think ...
The Belgian region of Wallonia rejected new amendments to a planned EU-Canada free trade agreement on Thursday, reaffirming its opposition and so threatening the entire deal, a flagship of European Union trade policy. All 28 EU governments support the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), but Belgium cannot give assent ...
Striking Jim Beam workers upset over extended work hours to keep up with demand for the brand’s whiskeys were presented a new contract offer Thursday that includes a company pledge to hire more employees, a union official said. About 250 union workers are scheduled to vote on the latest contract ...
(Teleborsa) - Le borse asiatiche chiudono deboli la settimana, con Tokyo che ha ripiegato dai massimi degli ultimi sei mesi, toccati in corso di giornata, a causa di realizzi e dell'andamento...
Nissan Motor Co. CEO Carlos Ghosn announced Thursday he will become chairman of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., vowing to help reform the struggling automaker. The news adds yet another leadership title to Ghosn’s resume alongside posts at Nissan and its major stakeholder Renault of France. He also said Mitsubishi’s current chairman ...
The dollar was firmer above ¥103.70 in Tokyo trading late Thursday, backed by hefty gains in Japanese stock prices. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥103.72-72, up from ¥103.52-52 at the same time on Wednesday. The euro was at $1.0975-0975, down from $1.0991-0991, and at ¥113.83-84, slightly up from ...
Sanitary and daily goods maker Unicharm Corp. said Thursday it will make eight-hour intervals between starting and finishing times at the office mandatory to reduce fatigue caused by unnecessary overtime. The move, part of its working-style reform, is aimed at alleviating fatigue among employees who are raising children or caring ...
Industry minister Hiroshige Seko said Thursday that a study group will be established at his ministry to discuss ways to promote moonlighting and freelancing in the workforce. The working group is designed to encourage employees to work more flexibly at a time when the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission has queried three former Toshiba Corp. presidents over falsified earnings reports, market sources said Wednesday. The financial watchdog questioned Atsutoshi Nishida, Norio Sasaki and Hisao Tanaka on a voluntary basis, the sources said. The SESC is apparently weighing the possibility of seeking criminal prosecution ...
The benchmark Nikkei average advanced to the highest closing level in almost six months on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday, buoyed by buying from foreign investors and hedge funds. The 225-issue Nikkei average surged 236.59 points, or 1.39 percent, to close at 17,235.50, the highest finish since April 27. On ...
Mizuho Financial Group Inc., the mega-bank that added dozens of stock analysts and salesmen in the past year, is seeking to loosen Nomura Holdings Inc.’s stranglehold on the nation’s potentially lucrative yet elusive retail brokerage business. Tokyo-based Mizuho wants to overtake Nomura as the nation’s biggest equity firm by client ...
A new research center opened its doors Wednesday at Britain’s Cambridge University to look at the implications — good and bad — of artificial intelligence. The center will delve into AI applications ranging from increasingly “smart” smartphones to robot surgeons and “Terminator” style military droids. Professor Stephen Hawking, who was ...