Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda says there are no limits for adjusting the bank’s current “quantitative and qualitative” easing regime introduced in April 2013, stressing there room for additional monetary easing. In an recent interview, Kuroda said: “We will adjust our monetary policy ...
Nikon Corp. said it will fix digital cameras at no charge after claims on Chinese state-run television that product defects caused “black spots” on photographs. The camera maker will service its D600 digital cameras even after warranties expire, spokesman Ryota Satake said after China ...
One group of ancient stones is under threat from another, fear authorities in Rome, as the Rolling Stones prepare for a huge concert among the “very fragile” ruins of Italy’s capital. The British rockers are set to play to 65,000 fans in the Eternal ...
The luxury liner Queen Elizabeth, or QE3, named after Britain’s current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, pulled into Yokohama Sunday night to make its maiden call to Japan. Passengers disembarked from the ship to explore the city Monday. The cruise ship was scheduled to depart ...
With cyberattacks already launched against Crimean separatists, the Kremlin and NATO, the ground war may not have started in Ukraine, but computer warfare is already raging. In recent days — and with increasing intensity Sunday — a virtual war has commenced in the countries ...
The mass expansion of Internet domain names could cause havoc for the defense of trademarks in cyberspace, the U.N.’s intellectual property body warned Monday. “We have this extraordinary expansion that is going on,” said Francis Gurry, head of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), ...
An investigation into the pilots of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 intensified Monday after officials confirmed that the last words spoken from the cockpit came after a key signalling system was manually disabled. U.S. intelligence efforts were also focusing on Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah ...
Working parents in Japan not only face long waiting lists when they want to enroll their children in day care centers, they also find themselves looking at equally long lists for “gakudo,” or after-school clubs, when their children take the next step and enter ...
