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The key Nikkei average closed marginally higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, supported by the yen’s weakening against the dollar and brisk U.S. equities overnight. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 14.61 points, or 0.08 percent, to end at 19,217.48. On Tuesday, the key market gauge jumped 217.28 points. But ...

Yield-starved Japanese investors are taking out the cash stashed under the futon and plowing it into potentially risky securities. Faced with domestic bond yields below zero and a rally in global equities that only recently had some wobbles, domestic retail investors drove sales of bonds tied to the Nikkei 225 ...

Amazon is testing a grocery pickup service in Seattle. The AmazonFresh Pickup service is currently open only to Amazon employees. Eventually, members of Amazon’s $99-a-year Prime loyalty program will be able to order groceries online and drive to a pickup location, where crews will deliver items to the car. Amazon ...

Canon Inc., the Tokyo-based consumer electronics firm, is buying U.K. startup Kite, a company that helps people order photo albums, mugs or phone cases customized with images from their smartphone cameras. Eighty-year-old Canon, best known for printers and cameras, has struggled to stay relevant to consumers as photo taking has ...

A decision by Congress on Tuesday to repeal rules limiting how internet service providers can use customer data has generated renewed interest in the internet technology of virtual private networks (VPNs). VPNs cloak a person’s web-surfing history by making an encrypted connection to a private server that does not reveal ...

U.S. regulators have approved the first powerful, injected medicine to treat serious cases of the skin condition eczema. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Dupixent for moderate or severe eczema, which causes red, fiercely itchy rashes on the face, arms and legs. In three studies of the drug ...

The Missouri House took a key first step Tuesday toward repealing the state’s “prevailing wage” requirement for public construction projects, the latest in a series of moves by Republican-controlled states to limit union powers. The legislation, which won initial House approval by a 93-60 vote, would undo a longtime Missouri ...

Not content to reach for Mars and dethrone fossil fuels, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Tuesday is turning his focus to delving into people’s minds. In a message fired off Tuesday on Twitter, Musk appeared to confirm he is creating a startup called Neuralink devoted to enabling brains to interface ...

The House voted Tuesday to block online privacy regulations issued during the final months of the Obama administration, a first step toward allowing internet providers such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon to sell the browsing habits of their customers. The Federal Communications Commission rule was designed to give consumers greater ...

The Osaka Municipal Assembly has approved an ordinance to privatize public subway and bus operations in the major city in April 2018. The privatization of a public subway system will be a national first. According to the ordinance, approved Tuesday, subway operations will be transferred to a new company of ...