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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
The dollar was easier around ¥104 in Tokyo trading late Tuesday after dipping below ¥103.70 earlier, following overnight falls on stock markets and in U.S. Treasury yields. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥103.99-99, down from ¥104.14-16 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.1014-1014, up from ...
Honda Motor Co. plans to build a new factory in China that will produce passenger cars from 2019, boosting its output capacity in the country by about a fifth, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Honda and partner Dongfeng Motor Group Co. are experiencing explosive growth in ...
Japan Inc. has little faith in the central bank’s latest shift in monetary policy, with companies saying it will not generate long-desired inflation, spur further business investment or have an impact on the economy. The findings of the Reuters Corporate Survey — the first broad survey on Japanese companies’ reaction ...
Hitachi Appliances Inc., a unit of Hitachi Ltd., will launch a robotic vacuum cleaner that it says can clean hard-to-reach areas. At only 25 centimeters wide, the product named minimaru is smaller than rival models and can reach where others cannot, such as spaces between furniture and in the corners ...
Major department store operator Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. on Tuesday opened a store in Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi. The outlet will sell items such as shoes and men’s clothing. The store is Isetan Mitsukoshi’s second airport outlet following one at Tokyo’s Haneda airport. Isetan Mitsukoshi hopes in particular ...
Moves to allow casinos in Japan have failed for 15 years, but the chance of success has improved sharply, people involved in the effort say, thanks to political shifts that could open the world’s next great frontier for high-roller gambling. The public opposes casinos by 2-to-1 on concerns such as ...
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. on Monday launched a pilot program that gives e-cash to employees who reduce their overtime hours. The project involves group company Kabu.com Securities Co. The firm started offering the reward as part of its effort to encourage workers to stay in good health. The virtual ...
Kyushu Railway Co. shares have climbed in the gray market before the company’s debut next week, people familiar with the matter said. The rail operator changed hands at ¥2,800 and ¥2,850 a share on Tuesday, a gain of as much as 9.6 percent compared with its initial public offering price ...
Japanese financial institutions with huge government bond holdings face large appraisal losses if yields rise, a Finance Ministry estimate showed Monday. If yields of outstanding bonds climb 1 percent across the board, the value of outstanding government bonds would drop by an estimated ¥67 trillion, or 13.5 percent of nominal ...
Pick up a high-end smartphone these days and chances are it will have a crisp, energy-sipping organic LED display — unless it’s an iPhone. That will change next year, when Apple Inc. plans to adopt the technology for the next major upgrade to its flagship product. To do so, the ...
The government expects to raise ¥416 billion from the initial public offering of 160 million shares of Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, the latest in the privatization of Japan’s prized train operations. The initial price is ¥2,600 a share, the company said Monday. The move is part of Prime ...
Stocks advanced on Monday, backed by purchases reflecting Wall Street’s rebound late last week and the yen’s moderate easing against the dollar, though their upside remained heavy. The 225-issue Nikkei average grew 43.75 points, or 0.26 percent, to end at 16,900.12 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. On Friday, the key ...
The dollar drifted moderately above ¥104 for most of Tokyo’s trading day Monday amid a dearth of fresh incentives. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥104.14-16, slightly down from ¥104.20-20 at the same time Friday. The euro was at $1.0976-0976, down from $1.1011-1012, and at ¥114.32-32, down from ¥114.74-74. ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pitching the Trans-Pacific Partnership as an essential component of Japan’s future growth and regional stability. “It’s a new economic zone to be created in the Asia-Pacific region, where trade will be done under proper rules,” Abe told a Lower House committee meeting. “Becoming part of ...
The Bank of Japan kept its economic assessment of six of the country’s nine regions level on Monday but downgraded Tokai, where Toyota Motor Corp. and its suppliers are based, as the yen’s appreciation weighed on export-oriented manufacturers. “The Tokai region revised its assessment downward, reporting that private consumption had ...
Britain has lost its place as one of the top five investment destinations in the wake of the country's decision to leave the European Union, according to a survey released Monday.In a half-yearly report of business executives, consulting firm EY said uncertainties related to the Brexit vote are discouraging potential ...
Kathy Matsui, Vice Presidente di Goldman e Sachs e teorica della "Womenomics" interverrà con un video messaggio da Tokyo per illustrare la teoria - sposata dal Primo Ministro Abe - secondo la quale senza un maggior apporto alla produzione da parte delle donne, l’economia mondiale non cresce sufficientemente. Seguiranno interventi di ...
Japan has barred all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones from airplanes, mirroring moves by U.S. regulators and a string of international carriers to ban the recalled devices over fire risk concerns. The weekend announcement by the transport ministry follows an earlier warning that asked airlines to urge passengers not to ...
U.S. electric car maker Tesla says it plans to start working with Panasonic Corp. on solar energy. Panasonic had no immediate comment Monday on Tesla’s statement on its corporate blog that the companies have signed a non-binding letter of intent to begin collaborating on production of photovoltaic cells and modules ...
Scott Brusaw has a vision for the nation’s roads. He believes the solar-powered glass pavers his company makes could transform thousands of miles of pavement into a new energy source. His business, Solar Roadways, recently unveiled its first public installation, in a downtown plaza in this northern Idaho resort town. ...
An increasing number of insurance firms are introducing novel benefits, particularly in the area of company leave, that reflect the lifestyles of their employees in a bid to raise morale In July, ipet Insurance Co., a Tokyo-based seller of medical insurance for pets, introduced special leave for employees who own ...