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The potential tie-up would have created the world’s third-largest automaker, rivaling US and Chinese companies. Japan’s second and third-largest automakers, Honda and Nissan, have announced that their boards had voted to end talks to merge, even as they pledged to continue their cooperation on electric vehicles amid intensifying global competition. Thursday’s announcement brings to an…
When United States President Donald Trump announced his latest tariffs on steel and aluminium this week, he insisted there would be “no exemptions, no exceptions”. Washington’s closest allies in the Asia-Pacific are hoping that they will be able to change the mercurial US president’s mind. Japan, South Korea and Australia, US treaty allies with export-reliant…
The US Navy described its patrol as a ‘routine’ exercise through the international waterway. China’s military has accused the United States of engaging in risky behaviour in the Taiwan Strait after two US naval ships transited the international waterway. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said it had monitored the movements of the USS Ralph…
Washington: President Donald Trump on Friday said after talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba that they agreed on additional cooperation in countering “Chinese economic aggression.” Trump, speaking at a joint press conference in Washington with Ishiba, also said Japan would import new levels of US natural gas “in record numbers.” (Except for the headline,…
Kanye West and Bianca Censori pose at the red carpet during the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles | Photo Credit: Daniel Cole Kanye West, now known as Ye, has responded to the controversy surrounding his wife Bianca Censori’s revealing outfit at the 67th Grammy Awards. Following widespread criticism and reports that the couple…
Assassin’s Creed Shadows | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Before diving into the good stuff, let us get the caveats out of the way. Ubisoft granted us four hours with a preview build of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, so some glitches were expected as the developers fine-tune the game. That said, we were among the first in…
Japanese gaming company’s stock price falls as much as 7.2 percent as teaser for new console fails to impress. Nintendo shares have taken a tumble after the gaming giant’s hotly anticipated reveal of its follow-up to the Switch left some fans disappointed. The Japanese gaming company’s stock price fell as much as 7.2 percent on…
Asian country welcomed record 36.8 million visitors in 2024, tourism agency says. Japan welcomed the most visitors in history in 2024, as the country’s weak currency fuelled a tourism boom, according to official figures. More than 36.8 million people visited the Asian country for business or leisure last year, estimates from the Japan National Tourism…
Toyota Motor Corp. plans to move in the first 100 residents of a futuristic city at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan by as soon as this fall, but declined to specify how much the ambitious project is costing the company. The initial residents of Woven City will be composed mostly of the carmaker’s…
Nippon Steel and US Steel have filed a federal lawsuit in the United States challenging the Biden administration’s decision to block Nippon’s proposed $15bn acquisition of the Pittsburgh company. The companies say the head of the United Steelworkers union and a rival steelmaker worked together to scuttle the buyout. The lawsuit, filed on Monday, alleges…
