Toyota shareholders have voted in support of all of the company's proposals at their annual meeting, including keeping Akio Toyoda, the grandson of the Japanese automaker’s founder, as chairman of the board
June 18, 2024
Japan’s exports have risen 7.8% in February, as shipments continued to expand in cars and electrical machinery
March 21, 2024
Called “Tokyo Futari Story,” the city hall’s new site is just that: An effort to create couples, “futari,” in a country where it is increasingly common to be “hitori,” or alone
June 06, 2024
Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio of Hayao Miyazaki, will become a subsidiary of Nippon Television Network Corp. The companies said Thursday the move was approved by both boards
September 21, 2023
Asian shares are mostly higher as investors turned their attention to what the Bank of Japan might decide on monetary policy later this week
June 12, 2024
The Japanese economy shrank at an annual rate of 1.8% in the first quarter of this year
June 10, 2024
Asian shares are mixed as investors weighed data highlighting a slowing U.S. economy that offers both upsides and downsides for Wall Street
June 04, 2024
Asian shares are mostly lower after a mixed session on Wall Street
May 28, 2024
Asian shares are trading mixed, as investor sentiment in Tokyo was boosted by news in the U.S. about soaring Nvidia earnings
May 22, 2024
Japan has reported that its economy contracted at an annual rate of 2% in the first quarter of the year, as spending and exports declined
May 16, 2024
The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for their children and doing housework — all while suffering from poverty
January 23, 2024
Loaves of bread have been taken off store shelves in Japan after the remains of “a small animal” believed to be a rat were found
May 09, 2024
Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street’s continued frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology nudged indexes on Wall Street to more records
June 13, 2024
Japanese automaker Toyota introduced plans to cast a futuristic spin on the traditional internal combustion engine
May 28, 2024
Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony says it's focusing on creativity in movies, animation and video games, rather than old-fashioned gadgetry
May 23, 2024
Asian shares are mostly lower even as most U.S. stock indexes finished higher, especially technology issues like Nvidia
May 20, 2024
Japanese video-game maker Nintendo's announcement about a successor to its Switch home console is coming sometime before March 2025
May 07, 2024
Japan’s top automaker Toyota and Idemitsu, a major oil company, say they will cooperate on technology for mass production of solid-state batteries that promise to be a key component in future electric vehicles
October 12, 2023
Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda has apologized for massive cheating on certification tests for seven vehicle models
June 03, 2024
Asian shares are mixed in muted trading after U.S. stock indexes were little changed
May 13, 2024
Sega Sammy is selling its Japanese resort complex Seagaia to Fortress Investment Group of the U.S. The Japanese entertainment company behind the “Sonic the Hedgehog” video games, said Friday that all of its shares in Phoenix Resort Co., which operates Seagaia in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, will be sold to Fortress
May 10, 2024
Nissan’s profit for the fiscal year through March has jumped 92% to 426.6 billion yen, or $2.7 billion, as the Japanese automaker’s sales grew in all major global markets except China
May 09, 2024
Stocks in Asia are mixed after a rally on Wall Street that pulled the S&P 500 back within 1% of its record
May 09, 2024
Nippon Steel says it has postponed the expected closing of its $14.1 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by three months after the U.S. Department of Justice requested more documentation related to the deal
May 03, 2024
Asian shares are higher amid optimism over the rally that ended the week on Wall Street, although eyes are on the Federal Reserve policy meeting set for later this week
April 29, 2024
SAIC Volkswagen says adjusting plant base "necessary"
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Oktoberfest is open. The world’s largest folk festival begins after ceremonial keg-tapping
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