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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
These days it isn’t unusual to see groups of various ages gathering to play “Pokemon Go” at department stores and other public places in Thailand. The widely popular smartphone game debuted here, and in many other Asia-Pacific countries, in early August. Word spread among the Thai gaming community and, when ...
India said Wednesday that the leak of documents from a leading French builder of Scorpene submarines designed for India’s navy was investigated and did not pose any security compromise because sensitive information was blacked out. The Indian government said in a statement that France was asked to investigate the documents’ ...
A botched attempt to break into the iPhone of an Arab activist using hitherto unknown espionage software has trigged a global upgrade of Apple’s mobile operating system, researchers said Thursday. The spyware took advantage of three previously undisclosed weaknesses in Apple’s mobile operating system to take complete control of iPhone ...
The Fair Trade Commission on Thursday reprimanded major convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. for unfairly reducing payments to subcontractors making its private brand products. FamilyMart was urged to correct the situation and ensure that similar misconduct will not occur. The antitrust watchdog said that FamilyMart failed to pay a total ...
Three Japanese companies said Thursday that they will launch a new test to measure the ability to take care of guests from foreign countries using English conversation. The three firms are publisher Obunsha Co., Casio Computer Co. and Mainichi Newspapers Co. They plan to establish a joint firm in November ...
ALGIERS- Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and the Arab League Abdelkader Messahel will represent the president of the Republic, Abdelaziz Bouteflika at the 6th International Tokyo Conference on African Development Summit (TICAD VI) scheduled on 27 and 28 August, in Nairobi (Kenya) said Wednesday, the ministry of Foreign Affairs…
Monsanto has pulled an application seeking Indian approval for its next generation of genetically modified, pest-resistant cotton seeds, it said Thursday, sharply escalating an ongoing row with the Indian government. The U.S. agribusiness giant said it withdrew plans to introduce the seeds in July over regulatory “uncertainty,” including a proposal ...
Kenichiro Sasae, the Japanese ambassador to the U.S., says Tokyo has authorized $2 million to support a feasibility study on building a high-speed railway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Sasae made the announcement Wednesday after signing a memorandum of cooperation between Japan and Maryland with Gov. Larry Hogan. The agreement ...
Engine problems cause All Nippon Airways to cancel some of its Boeing Dreamliner flights in an ominous development that hints at more problems with the troubled plane. The post ANA cancels some Dreamliner flights over engine trouble, warns more could be scrubbed appeared first on The Japan Times.
Three of the nation’s top banks are considering extending a syndicated loan worth ¥1 trillion (about $9.96 billion) to SoftBank Group Corp. in September so it can finance the takeover of British semiconductor company ARM Holdings plc, sources close to the matter said Thursday. The loan represents a coordinated attempt ...
Passengers who used Narita International Airport during the Bon holidays rose 9 percent to 1,085,630 compared with the previous year, according to preliminary immigration data released Thursday. The growth reflected the increase chiefly caused by the new “Mountain Day” holiday on Aug. 11 and strength of the yen, the Narita ...
The dollar was stuck in a narrow range around ¥100.40 in Tokyo trading on Thursday, as a wait-and-see mood spread ahead of a speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥100.41-41, up from ¥100.27-28 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was ...
Stocks retreated moderately on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday, dampened by a Wall Street setback overnight and position-adjustment selling prior to a speech by the chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve. The Nikkei average lost 41.35 points, or 0.25 percent, to end at 16,555.95. On Wednesday, it climbed 99.94 ...
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. will start video service for virtual-reality devices as early as this year in partnership with U.S. content provider Little Star Media Inc., the Japanese firm said Wednesday. The new service’s content will include some 7,000 items of news and short dramas from Little Star as ...
Three years of so-called Abenomics, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s bold stimulus program, has failed to dislodge a deflationary mindset among businesses and consumers. As the world’s third-largest economy falters again — with a stronger yen gnawing at overseas profits and domestic consumption sapping companies’ confidence to invest or sufficiently raise ...
Japan’s ambition to lead in the development of floating wind turbines is facing stiff competition from rivals in Europe — most notably from France — as companies and governments press to lower costs and prove that the technology can rival other sources of clean energy. At the center of Japan’s ...
Miniature nuclear power plants could help solve Britain’s looming power crunch, rather than the delayed $24 billion Hinkley project, companies developing the technology say. Small modular reactors (SMRs) using current or new technology would be able to produce around a tenth of the electricity created by large-scale projects such as ...
The world’s first self-driving taxis will be picking up passengers in Singapore starting Thursday. Select members of the public will be able to hail a free ride through their smartphones in taxis operated by nuTonomy, an autonomous vehicle software startup. While multiple companies, including Google and Volvo, have been testing ...
Apart from the current non-life insurance, it will develop agricultural, auto and life insurance.Vietnam's insurance sales see six-year high growth: data Singapore's life insurer Great Eastern exits Vietnam: report
Thailand is on course to escape the middle-income trap by changing from an export-reliant country to a self-reliant one whose economy is supported by domestic consumption, says the Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro).
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin remained mum Wednesday as a pharmaceutical company run by his daughter faced mounting criticism for hiking prices on life-saving allergy injection pens. The Democratic West Virginia senator’s daughter, Heather Bresch, is CEO of Mylan, the manufacturer of EpiPens. A two-dose package, costing around $94 nine years ...