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Brasile
Huancavelica: fuerte explosión en Mercado Central
Una fuerte explosión causó graves daños en el Mercado Central de Huancavelica. PUEDES VER: Familia desaparece en las aguas del río Nusiniascato al voltearse su canoa Conforme a información de RPP, una persona resultó herida y quedaron afectados cuatro locales comerciales y vehículos menores, que se hallaban estacionados alrededor del local. Asimismo, en ...
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Giappone
Dollar solid near ¥123 in late Tokyo
The dollar attracted buybacks and stayed firm just below ¥123 in Tokyo trading late Tuesday, thanks to a solid performance by stocks. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥122.86-86, edging up from ¥122.83-83 at the same time Monday. The euro was unchanged at $1.0583-0584 and stood at ¥130.03-04, almost ...
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Giappone
Nikkei ends above 20,000 for first time since August
The Nikkei surged to close above 20,000 for the first time in more than three months on Tuesday, backed by robust growth in domestic corporate capital spending. The Nikkei climbed 264.93 points, or 1.34 percent, to end at 20,012.40, the first finish above the psychologically important 20,000 line since Aug. ...
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Giappone
Nissan mulls raising stake in Renault to 25% to block government influence
Nissan is considering raising its stake in Renault to counter the French government’s influence over their alliance. The post Nissan mulls raising stake in Renault to 25% to block government influence appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
Japanese auto sales fall 6.6% in November for 11th monthly decline
Auto sales in November fell 6.6 percent from a year earlier as a pick-up in passenger car sales was overshadowed by persistent weakness in minivehicles, data showed Tuesday. Marking the 11th straight monthly decline, vehicle sales reached 388,817 units, according to data from the Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle ...
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Giappone
Japan’s second-quarter business investment up 11% despite economic slowdown
Capital spending by Japanese firms rose 11.2 percent in the July to September period from a year earlier, the government said Tuesday, a bright spot for an economy that slipped back into recession in the fiscal second quarter. The data will affect revisions to Japan’s economic growth figures for the ...
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Giappone
Messaging app Line ties up with newspapers, broadcasters
Naver Corp.’s Line app, Japan’s biggest messaging service, began a revenue sharing system with news media organizations that start their own channels on the system. The system started Tuesday, Line said at a briefing in Tokyo. News media partners include the Asahi, Mainichi and Sankei newspapers, along with BBC Japan ...
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Cina Giappone
Japan’s massive GPIF pension fund marks record quarterly loss over China slowdown
The nation’s giant pension manager is unrepentant after a push into equities saw the fund post its worst quarterly result since at least 2008. There is no reason to doubt the ¥135.1 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund’s investment strategy, officials said on Monday in Tokyo as they unveiled a ¥7.9 ...
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Giappone
ANA to use Euglena jet fuel made from green algae at Japan plant
ANA Holdings Inc., the nation’s largest airline, plans to use a Euglena Co. biofuel made from algae as the supplier builds a demonstration plant in Yokohama. ANA will use a mix of which about 10 percent will be the algae-based fuel, Kiyoshi Tonomoto, an executive vice president at the airline, ...
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Giappone
Japan to extend emergency protective tariffs on beef and pork imports
The Abe administration and ruling parties plan to extend protective tariffs on beef and pork imports by one year until the end of March 2017. The administration will include the extension in its fiscal 2016 tax system reform package, informed sources said Monday. For beef, for example, Japan applies a ...