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Vai alla Scheda Paese »That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
The German government has approved a plan that will see operators of the country’s nuclear power plants pay some €23.5 billion ($26 billion) into a fund to finance the storage of radioactive waste as Germany exits atomic energy. Germany decided after Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster five years ago to switch ...
Consumers are looking for new ways to add a personal touch when it comes to gifts for birthdays, weddings or other special occasions. Over and above simply choosing the way gifts are wrapped or picking the color of ribbons, people can now include an original photo or message on gift ...
With hurricanes threatening Florida and typhoons lashing Japan, a startup company working on the island of Okinawa is testing a wind turbine that could withstand winds that blow the blades off traditional machines. Backed by government grants and loans, Challenergy Inc., run by Atsushi Shimizu, is working to bring to ...
Prosecutors said Wednesday they indicted the Lotte Group’s founder, his mistress and his three children on embezzlement, tax evasion and other charges, in the latest case highlighting the outsized influence of founding families over South Korean publicly listed companies. Five family members including Lotte’s founder, Shin Kyuk-ho, 94, and the ...
Nissan Motor Co. CEO Carlos Ghosn is expected become chairman of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. as Japan’s second-biggest automaker snaps up 34 percent of its smaller peer, sources said Wednesday. With Ghosn actively involved in the management of Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan aims to reform the scandal-hit company. Ghosn, who also serves ...
E-commerce giant Amazon is launching Friday an e-book reader exclusively designed for Japanese manga aficionados, which is sure to disappoint fans of the comic genre overseas. The new device’s high-resolution display, larger storage capacity, and faster page-turning abilities make the device “the best Kindle that manga fans can get,” Jasper ...
Japanese traders including Marubeni Corp. and Sumitomo Corp. that stopped buying Iranian oil during western sanctions are looking to resume imports, potentially by year-end, industry sources said. Conservative Japanese firms have so far held off taking Iranian crude due to a lack of internationally acceptable insurance coverage, but are looking ...
TOKYO - Capsule hotels have long been offering tiny spaces to sleep in Japanese cities at rock-bottom prices, but are now looking to attract a wider range of customer than the typical male office worker who has missed his train after a night's drinking.
The dollar slid to levels around ¥103.50 in Tokyo trading late Wednesday, dragged down by position-adjustment selling ahead of the third U.S. presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥103.52-52, down from ¥103.99-99 at the same time on Tuesday. The euro was ...
Medical equipment maker Terumo Corp. has reached a basic agreement with U.S. competitors St. Jude Medical Inc. and Abbott Laboratories to acquire part of their businesses for blood vessel treatment devices for $1.1 billion. Through the deal, announced Tuesday, Terumo aims to bolster its business by enhancing the lineup of ...
Stocks rose for the fourth straight session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, due to purchases backed by hopes for better earnings at key Japanese companies. The 225-issue Nikkei average climbed 35.30 points, or 0.21 percent, to end at 16,998.91. On Tuesday, the key market gauge gained 63.49 points. The ...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said it will scale down its shipbuilding operations by withdrawing from the money-losing large passenger ship business. The company said Tuesday it will concentrate on building small- and medium-size passenger vessels and passenger-cargo ferries, and is considering spinning off that business. It said it is already ...
International equity investors are giving up on Japan. After dumping their Tokyo stock holdings for four of the past five months, foreigners are on track for their biggest annual exodus since 1987. Back then, they were fleeing bubbly valuations and the Black Monday crash. This time, they’re fed up with ...
The suicide of a woman who worked excessive hours at Japan’s biggest advertising agency has prompted the company to lower the amount of overtime employees can book. From November, workers at Dentsu Inc. won’t be able to log more than 65 hours of overtime a month — down from the ...
A Finance Ministry panel is set to recommend that the government sell the rights to run state-managed airports to private firms while retaining ownership of the facilities, Jiji Press has learned. The Fiscal System Council is expected to make the proposal, designed to help shore up the country’s economic growth ...
European Union leaders plan to call for accelerated negotiations to reach a free trade agreement with Japan “by the end of the year” when they meet this week, according to a draft statement seen by Kyodo News. In the statement, dated Monday, the leaders ask the European Commission “to actively ...
Seaplanes used to be a common form of transport in the Japanese archipelago, with scheduled cargo and passenger flights operating mainly in western Japan until the mid-1960s. But as shinkansen trains and regional airports, which enable faster transport links with greater capacity, developed, seaplanes were phased out. Decades later, however, ...
Congress will keep a decades-old embargo on Cuba, the top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives vowed Tuesday, despite recent moves by President Barack Obama to ease sanctions against Havana. “I fully intend to maintain our embargo on #Cuba,” House Speaker Paul Ryan said in a tweet. Obama issued ...
Sharp Corp.’s shares rose in Tokyo on an improved outlook for full-year profit results, an early sign of turnaround under Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., its new owner. The stock climbed by 10.64 percent to ¥156 in Tokyo trading Wednesday. Sharp anticipates full-year operating profit and net income to ...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said it will scale down its shipbuilding operations by withdrawing from the money-losing large passenger ship business. The company said Tuesday it will concentrate on building small and medium-size passenger vessels and passenger-cargo ferries, and is considering spinning off that business. It said it is already ...
Stocks extended their winning streak to a third straight session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday, helped by buying on dips on the back of a halt to the yen’s strengthening versus the dollar. The Nikkei average advanced 63.49 points, or 0.38 percent, to end at 16,963.61. On Monday, it ...