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Dollar drops to 18-month low below ¥106.20 in Tokyo
The dollar fell to an 18-month low below ¥106.20 in Tokyo trading Monday, after the U.S. government late last week effectively warned against yen-weakening intervention by Japanese authorities. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥106.40-44, down from ¥108.39-40 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.1467-1468, up ...
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Australian programmer confirms he invented bitcoin
Australian tech entrepreneur Craig Wright told the BBC on Monday he was the creator of controversial digital currency bitcoin, ending years of speculation about a person who until now has gone by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. The BBC said Wright gave technical proof supporting his claim to using bitcoins known ...
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Nikkei briefly plunges below 16,000 on stronger yen
Stocks suffered hefty losses on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday, with the key Nikkei average briefly falling below 16,000, dampened by selling of mainstay export-oriented issues after the yen’s rise to an 18-month high against the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei average nose-dived 518.67 points, or 3.11 percent, to end ...
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Mitsubishi Motors drags on Nissan as minicar sales fall 51%
Mitsubishi Motors Corp.’s fuel economy testing fraud has hit its partner Nissan Motor Co. in domestic showrooms, with the latter automaker posting a steeper plunge in April minicar sales and overall market share. Nissan’s minicar deliveries tumbled 51 percent last month, as the nation’s second-largest automaker stopped sales of the ...
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Kishida reaffirms economic focus on Thailand
Japan will launch a new initiative to support economic development in nations along the Mekong corridor, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday. It will form part of ¥750 billion in Japanese aid to the region over three years, announced by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last July. In a speech at ...
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Annual ‘Cool Biz’ energy-saving casual wear campaign kicks off
Japan on Monday began its annual “Cool Biz” campaign, which encourages workers to dress more casually to help reduce energy use, with government offices allowing polo shirts, Hawaiian-style aloha shirts and similar attire. Cool Biz, a campaign to set air conditioners at 28 degrees Celsius, will run until the end ...
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Mitsubishi Motors eyeing pay cut for 1,300 minivehicle workers
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. officials are in talks with its labor union on a plan to cut wages for some 1,300 employees in charge of minivehicle production at its key plant in Okayama Prefecture, according to sources familiar with the situation. Following revelations of data manipulation related to fuel economy tests ...
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G-7 vows to spur investment, security for stable energy supply
Energy ministers from the Group of Seven nations agreed Monday on the need to strengthen energy security and promote investment in the sector, as low prices and other emerging issues threaten to destabilize supply. The ministers gathered in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, for two days of talks as low oil prices ...
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N.Y. senator urges probe into ad firm’s ‘spying billboards’
A U.S. senator is calling for a federal investigation into an outdoor advertising company’s latest effort to target billboard ads to specific consumers. New York Sen. Charles Schumer has dubbed Clear Channel Outdoor Americas’ so-called RADAR program “spying billboards,” warning the service may violate privacy rights by tracking people’s cellphone ...
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Liner leaves Miami on first such tourist cruise to Cuba in over half century
Passengers set sail on Sunday from Miami on a historic cruise to Cuba, one that took decades of waiting. Carnival Corp.’s 704-passenger Adonia left port at 4:24 p.m., bound for Havana. Carnival’s Cuba cruises, operating under its Fathom brand, will visit the ports of Havana, Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba ...