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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
Yahoo on Wednesday rejected allegations of mass email surveillance amid an outcry from privacy activists over a report that it created a special scanning program at the behest of U.S. intelligence. The report, which said the U.S. internet giant had secretly scanned hundreds of millions of email accounts to help ...
The Sharp Corp. robot vacuum cleaner on display at the ongoing CEATEC trade show is no mere machine. Dubbed Cocorobo, it collaborates with a singing voice synthesizer software called Vocaloid and can hold simple conversations and even sing to people. The Osaka-based firm has been gearing up efforts to make ...
Convenience store chain operator Lawson Inc. plans to enter the banking business in 2018, and will set up a company next month with the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ to prepare, industry sources said Wednesday. The investment ratio for the new bank is likely to be 95 percent for Lawson and ...
Honda Motor Co. and Yamaha Motor Co. said Wednesday they have started talks toward forming a business tie-up in the development and production of 50 cubic centimeter motorcycles sold in Japan as the domestic market continues to shrink. Honda would supply assembly of the vehicles, sometimes called scooters, at its ...
The dollar firmed against the yen in Tokyo trading Wednesday, briefly hitting a three-week high of ¥103. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥102.78-82, up from ¥102.39-40 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.1219-1223, up from $1.1173-1173, and at ¥115.32-34, up from ¥114.41-41. The dollar fell ...
Stocks rose for the third consecutive session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, as investors took heart from the yen’s weakening. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 83.59 points, or 0.50 percent, to close at 16,819.24. On Tuesday, the key market gauge advanced 136.98 points. The Topix index of all first-section ...
In Japan, where bonds can yield less than zero percent, a bullet train operator planning a ¥392 billion ($3.8 billion) share sale is promising investors dividend returns that would beat most of the nation’s stocks. State-owned Kyushu Railway Co., also known as JR Kyushu, which is currently gauging investor appetite ...
The government on Wednesday proposed mandatory country of origin labeling for all food products processed in Japan, in a move to address safety concerns once a Pacific free trade pact takes effect. At a meeting, the Consumer Affairs Agency and the farm ministry put on the table a draft plan ...
Mexico’s first aerial gondola for public transportation will sweep riders from poor neighborhoods over suburban sprawl outside the country’s capital and connect them with other public transport. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto attended the inauguration of the so-called “Mexicable” Tuesday in Mexico state’s Ecatapec. Ecatapec has more than 1.7 million ...
Sompo Holdings Inc. agreed to buy Bermuda-based insurer Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. for about $6.3 billion (¥637.5 billion), in the company’s biggest acquisition as it expands further outside Japan. The Japanese insurer will pay $93 a share in cash, or 43 percent more than Monday’s closing price of $64.96. The ...
The Japanese and Russian governments are considering creating a body aimed at increasing Japanese companies’ investment in the Russian Far East, according to informed sources. Tokyo and Moscow are also studying the establishment of a joint foundation to promote aqua farming in the Far East’s coastal area, where 80 percent ...
Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Tuesday announced a new Pixel smartphone and a virtual reality headset, making a concerted move into home electronics and challenging Apple Inc.’s iPhone at the high end of the more than $400 billion global smartphone market. The string of announcements, including the $649 Pixel, a new ...
Cabinet minister Hiroshige Seko said the government will host a World Robot Summit in 2020 with the aim of promoting competition in speed, accuracy and quality of robot performance in the manufacturing and service sectors. The international convention is expected to offer the robot industry an opportunity to accelerate research ...
Outdoor gear giant Bass Pro is snapping up rival Cabela’s in a $4.5 billion deal announced Monday. Bass Pro is paying Cabela’s shareholders $65.50 cash per share, a 19 percent premium to Friday’s closing price. The deal combines two companies known for their giant destination superstores. It also creates uncertainty ...
Four Chinese cities have announced new restrictions on property purchases as the government tries to cool soaring home prices stoked by property speculators in second- and third-tier cities across the country. The measures in Chengdu, Jinan, Wuhan and Zhengzhou were the latest in a string of steps to tighten credit ...
Illinois state Treasurer Michael Frerichs suspended $30 billion in state investment activity with Wells Fargo on Monday, joining a swelling chorus of outrage over the scandal which saw bank employees opening millions of phony accounts to meet sales goals. Frerichs was uncertain how much the yearlong suspension would cost the ...
Japan’s biggest IT-electronics trade show is at a crossroads. The annual Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies, or CEATEC, kicked off Tuesday in the city of Chiba. Though it earned fame as a major exhibition of consumer electronics such as TVs and home appliances such as washing machines, it now seems ...
The dollar hit a two-week high above ¥102 in Tokyo trading on Tuesday, aided by buying on rosy U.S. data. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥102.39-40, up from ¥101.38-39 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.1173-1173, down from $1.1229-1229, and at ¥114.41-41, up from ¥113.85-86. ...
Stocks gained further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday as the yen declined against the dollar. The Nikkei average advanced 136.98 points, or 0.83 percent, to finish at 16,735.65. On Monday, it rose 148.83 points. The Topix index closed up 9.49 points, or 0.71 percent, at 1,340.21, after ...
Sales of new condominiums in Tokyo have fallen to the lowest since the property bubble collapsed in the 1990s, a sign the real estate boom fueled by Bank of Japan easing is starting to unwind. New apartment sales in and around the capital fell 32 percent to 13,303 units in ...
SoftBank Group Corp. is recognizing the same-sex partners of its employees as spouses, making them eligible for the company’s welfare programs for married couples. It revised internal rules to accommodate the change, which took effect Saturday. Same-sex couples will receive benefits such as time off for a honeymoon and consolation ...