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Nissan Motor and Honda Motor have officially begun talks to merge by 2026 as Japan’s automakers seek an edge over tough Chinese rivals and Tesla. On Monday, the carmakers said …
Honda, Nissan, and Mitsubishi may merge to compete with Tesla and China’s EV makers Read More
NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the world’s wildest action in financial markets is roiling around the Japanese yen. The value of Japan’s currency has tumbled so much that for …
Japan’s currency falls to its weakest since 1990 against the dollar as the yen keeps yelping Read More
The first sectors to feel the pinch of worker shortages were nursing and elderly care. The problem soon spread to construction and delivery businesses, followed by taxi firms, forestry companies …
Japan bets on tech, immigration as labor crisis worsens Read More
Japan’s ministry of health and welfare has called on the public to sleep longer and better after two recent reports determined that Japanese people are not getting enough shut-eye. And …
Japan’s sleep-deprived employees embrace the workplace nap Read More
TOKYO, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Japan aims to spend over 2 trillion yen ($14 billion) on green transformation to promote local production of storage batteries, semiconductors and equipment to produce …
Japan eyes over $14 bln in green transformation spending – govt Read More
Sho Hayashi might be a walking cliche in San Francisco or Austin. The 33-year-old founder, with two successful startups and a string of degrees to his name, met me in …
Japan’s sleepy tech scene is ready for a comeback Read More
Japan’s government will pay families three times more to leave Tokyo and relocate to less densely populated regions of the country. Since the 2019 fiscal year, parents have been able …
Japan’s million-yen idea to tackle demographic decline Read More
China may try to cozy up to Japan in the short run to curb a possible economic downturn, as President Xi Jinping has been keen to secure a controversial third …
China may warm to Japan to tackle economic slump, but faces hurdles Read More
A Japanese-Australian venture has begun producing hydrogen from brown coal in a 500 million Australian dollars ($390m) pilot project that aims to show liquefied hydrogen can be produced commercially and …
Dirty coal to hydrogen: Trial aims for clean-energy solution Read More
Under Japan’s women’s advancement strategy, dubbed “womenomics,” a record number of women joined the labor force to help fill the country’s chronic labor shortage and resuscitate the sluggish economy. Amid …
Japan’s Struggling Single Mothers Expose the Flaws of Womenomics Read More