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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said Saturday that he won’t hesitate to boost monetary stimulus if needed, reiterating a pledge during an annual policy retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, at which central bankers stressed their need for backup from fiscal policy. “There is no doubt that there is ample ...
A new Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. passenger jet that left for test flights in the United States was forced to return due to problems with the air-conditioning system. The post Mitsubishi Regional Jet leaves for test flights in U.S. but soon returns due to defect appeared first on The Japan Times.
Has Colonel Sanders’ nephew inadvertently revealed to the world the secret blend of 11 herbs and spices behind KFC’s fried chicken empire? The company says a recipe published in the Chicago Tribune is not authentic. But that hasn’t stopped rampant online speculation that one of the most legendary and closely ...
Japan Post Bank plans to introduce automated teller machines that can conduct transactions in 16 different languages starting in January to meet demand from international visitors ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Jiji Press learned Saturday. ATMs that display instructions in such a large number of languages are ...
Japan and South Korea agreed Saturday to launch talks to resume a currency swap deal following its expiration in February last year, the two countries said Saturday, reflecting a possible improvement in bilateral ties. In talks between financial officials of the two countries, the South Korean government proposed to strengthen ...
While some employers are unsympathetic to the circumstances of single parents, others see them as a solution rather than a problem. The post Single mothers courted to plug Japan’s local labor gaps appeared first on The Japan Times.
Tokyo Metro Co. will test the feasibility of parcel delivery services using its subway system in cooperation with other rail and transportation firms, company sources said Saturday. Land transportation companies face a lack of truck drivers and also need to reduce carbon emissions and help relieve traffic congestion. Other firms ...
For all the talk of a radical shift in central banking policy, from the permanent use of negative rates to printing “helicopter money,” Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen appears to believe she can tackle any downturn using the tools currently at her disposal. Speaking in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday ...
The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) kicks off in earnest today. Nairobi will turn into a beehive of activity as business and political leaders jet in for the historic summit. Top on the agenda are issues regarding industrialisation, health systems, inclusion and stability towards prosperity between Africa and ...
Kenya must show its strong financial service and hospitality sectors to attract investments.
Apple on Friday urged iPhone owners to install a security update after a sophisticated attack on an Emirati dissident exposed vulnerabilities targeted by malware dealers. Researchers at the Lookout mobile security firm and Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto said they had uncovered a three-pronged attack targeting the dissident’s ...
Japan’s Financial Services Agency is considering whether the “Pokemon Go” smartphone game’s currency, PokeCoins, should be categorized like electronic money under prepaid cards, informed sources have said. The agency has been conducting a hearing on the Japanese arm of Niantic Inc., the game’s U.S. developer, the sources said Friday. PokeCoins ...
[allAfrica] When the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was launched in 1993 by Japan in co-operation with the World Bank, the United Nations and the UN Development Programme, it was the first such initiative of one country seeking to deepen its partnership with Africa.
The Government Pension Investment Fund said Friday that it logged a net investment loss of ¥5.23 trillion in the April-June quarter due to large appraisal losses on its stockholdings amid a strong yen. The loss came after the manager of public pension funds in October 2014 doubled the proportion of ...
The dollar was caught in a tight range around ¥100.50 in Tokyo trading Friday, with investors retreating to the sidelines ahead of U.S. Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen’s closely watched speech later in the day. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥100.41-43, almost flat from ¥100.41-41 at the same ...
Stocks extended their losses on Friday, pressured by weaker overseas stock prices and futures-led selling. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 195.24 points, or 1.18 percent, to end at 16,360.71 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. On Thursday, the key market gauge lost 41.35 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues ...
Apple Inc. is planning a new iPhone feature for Japan that will let people pay for mass-transit rides with their smartphones instead of physical payment cards. A future iPhone will include technology called FeliCa, a mobile tap-to-pay standard in Japan developed by Sony Corp., according to people familiar with the ...
Japan Trustee Services Bank is seeking ¥11.99 billion in damages from Toshiba Corp. over the industrial giant’s accounting scandal, Toshiba announced Friday. In a damages suit filed on Aug. 9 with the Tokyo District Court, the bank said it suffered financial damage because the scandal damaged Toshiba’s share price. The ...
Inflation continued to disappoint in July, according to data released Friday, with consumer prices dropping for the fifth month straight in another blow to Tokyo’s faltering war on deflation. The 0.5 percent decline in July was worse than the 0.4 percent average expected by economists. Friday’s data came ahead of ...
Line Corp. plans to use part of the ¥130 billion it garnered from last month’s initial public offering to bankroll acquisitions of content and technology, transforming its messaging service into a one-stop shop for Asian social media users. Japan’s most popular messaging service is gunning for companies in areas ranging ...
Lotte Group said Friday its vice chairman has been found dead as authorities widen a probe into corruption at South Korea’s fifth-largest business group. Lee In-won, 69, the company’s highest-ranking executive outside the founding family and the top aide to its chairman, was found dead hours before a scheduled appearance ...