Yen strengthens sharply, triggering speculation of intervention
TOKYO -- The Japanese yen rose sharply after briefly depreciating past 160 against the U.S. dollar on Monday morning for a fresh 34-year low against the greenback.
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Pro-China leader Sogavare pulls out of Solomon Islands PM race
SYDNEY -- Pro-China Solomon Islands leader Manasseh Sogavare has announced his withdrawal from the race to hold the nation's top office after this month's elections, in which several members of his party lost their seats.
Nikkei Group Asia and Sunway University to establish a cooperative relationship
TOKYO -- Nikkei Group Asia (NGA), a group company of Nikkei Inc., and Sunway University, a leading private university in Malaysia, have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a long-term cooperative relationship.
Translation screens a godsend for overseas tourists in Japan
TOKYO -- Transparent displays made by Toppan Holdings that can translate spoken queries into Japanese are proving a godsend to overseas visitors.
Yen strengthens sharply after dropping past 160 to the dollar
TOKYO -- The Japanese yen briefly dropped past 160 to the U.S. dollar on Monday morning, marking a fresh 34-year low against the greenback. The yen also fell past 171 per euro, an all-time low since the European currency was launched in 1999.
Kubota's path to global expansion goes through India
OSAKA -- Japanese farm equipment maker Kubota looks to copy Suzuki Motor's playbook for expanding its global footprint: establish India as a production hub.
G7 aims to boost power storage capacity sixfold by 2030
TOKYO -- The Group of Seven major industrialized economies aim to increase global electricity storage capacity 6.5-fold by 2030, according to a draft joint statement of energy ministers, in a push to support the wider use of renewable energy.
NIKKEI Film: How people survived an earthquake in Japan
KANAZAWA, Japan -- “If a big earthquake comes, hurry up and get to higher ground!”