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November 12, 2026
 

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Nicholas Takahashi
Ivan Espinosa, chief executive officer of Nissan, speaks during an interview at the company's headquarters in Yokohama on Wednesday. Nissan maintained its full-year financial forecast on expectations that profitability will improve in the second half due to new models and higher sales volumes.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 11, 2026
Nissan pares car sales forecast on tougher China competition
The Japanese manufacturer now projects at most 3 million vehicle deliveries this year, from 3.15 million previously.
Honda is under pressure to bounce back from its first annual loss since its founding in 1948 after a costly pivot away from electric vehicles led to a massive writedown.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 11, 2026
Honda raises outlook even as failed EV bet weighs on profit
The carmaker now expects an operating profit of ?780 billion in the fiscal year ending March 2027, up from its previous guidance of ?650 billion.
Toyota's bZ7 electric sedan is displayed at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in April.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2026
Toyota monthly sales fall as China slump enters eighth month
China, the global auto industry’s leading market, has proven difficult for the world’s biggest carmaker.
Nidec founder Shigenobu Nagamori’s wealth has declined to around $3.3 billion following a plunge in the company's shares, as Nidec shares account for almost half of his fortune.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 21, 2026
Nidec scandal erases nearly $1 billion from founder Nagamori’s wealth
The precision-motor manufacturer has been mired in turmoil ever since accounting misconduct and quality control issues were uncovered in 2025.
Nidec has been mired in turmoil after probes uncovered widespread fraud in its accounting and quality control.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2026
Oasis urges Nidec to seek a buyout and warns of delisting risk
The Japanese electric motor maker has been mired in turmoil after probes uncovered widespread fraud in its accounting and quality control.
Suzuki's "e SLY" fully electric minicar is unveiled in Tokyo on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2026
Suzuki undercuts BYD as competition grows in market for low-budget EV minicars
The arrival of Suzuki’s first fully electric minicar adds to signs Japan is becoming a key battleground for electric versions of the tiny vehicles.
Toyota's Land Cruiser FJ on a dirt course in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, last week
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2026
Toyota’s ‘baby’ Land Cruiser seen bolstering Asia car sales
The smallest in its lineup, the new Land Cruiser is doing well both domestically and abroad.
A Toyota dealership in Beijing. Toyota- and Lexus-brand sales fell 23% in China in August on weak demand for gasoline and hybrid vehicles.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2026
Toyota’s car sales decline for seventh month as Chinese market favors EVs
Toyota- and Lexus-brand sales fell 23% in the world’s biggest auto market in August on weak demand for gasoline and hybrid vehicles, Toyota has said.
Nidec announced Tuesday the departure of CEO Mitsuya Kishida, 66, after less than three years on the job.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2026
Nidec’s unending turmoil raises specter of breakup or takeover
The crisis puts Nidec at risk of joining the ranks of companies that fell from grace due to management upheaval and weak corporate governance.
Tesla vehicles arriving at a port in Yokohama. The Model Y was Japan's most imported car in the first half of the year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 18, 2026
Tokyo offers the world’s cheapest Tesla Model Y at less than $23,000
Tesla has been highlighting the subsidies in its ads in Japan, targeting customers in the market dominated by domestic brands.
A Waymo autonomous taxi in Dallas, Texas. The company will partner with Japanese taxi firms Go and Nihon Kotsu to start a fully autonomous service in Tokyo in 2027.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 15, 2026
Waymo to start Tokyo robotaxi service next year in Asia push
Autonomous driving was long seen as a pipe dream in Japan, where the streets are narrow and crowded, and regulation is notoriously strict.
今日吃瓜 export-focused automakers face pressure on their earnings with a rise of the yen to a six-month high.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 8, 2026
Japanese carmakers brace for profit hit after yen strengthens
The currency traded just above ?153 against the dollar on Tuesday, its strongest level since February.
Toyota's global sales in July, including those of subsidiary Daihatsu Motor, fell 5.3% from a year earlier to 912,683 units, the company said on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 28, 2026
Toyota sales fall for six straight months on weak China demand
Intense competition among China’s domestic carmakers is crowding out importers, while turmoil in the Middle East has disrupted critical supply routes and sent oil prices soaring.
BYD is betting that its Racco minicar will help it break into the Japanese market.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 20, 2026
BYD tries where others failed with tiny EV designed for Japan
The world’s largest maker of electric vehicles says its recently unveiled Racco has attracted more than 1,000 orders in the first few weeks.
Toyota has benefited from the enduring popularity in the U.S. of gas-electric hybrids as well as the weak yen.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2026
Toyota unveils ?1 trillion share buyback and raises profit outlook
Resilient hybrid demand and a weak yen have helped make up for rising costs, tariffs and supply disruptions.
Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa speaks at the company’s headquarters in Yokohama in April. Nissan's firm quarterly earnings indicate Espinosa’s bid to stabilize the company after years of sliding sales and management turmoil.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2026
Nissan keeps outlook as latest quarter shows turnaround effort
The results offer an early indication of Chief Executive Officer Ivan Espinosa’s bid to stabilize Nissan after years of sliding sales and management turmoil.
Global sales in June, including those of subsidiary Daihatsu Motor, fell 1.1% from a year earlier to 926,688 units, Toyota Motor said Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2026
Toyota sales fall for fifth month on Iran turmoil and China
Soaring oil and raw-material costs, along with disrupted supply routes, are squeezing global manufacturers as the conflict in the Middle East drags on.
Daisuke Toyoda poses for a selfie with a staffer during the Super Taikyu Series at the Fuji International Speedway.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2026
Toyota’s crown prince prepares to step into the spotlight
Daisuke Toyoda, the 38-year-old great-grandson of Toyota’s founder, will be appointed to the hallowed Motomachi factory, one of the company’s oldest plants.
BYD’s Racco electric "kei cars" during a media event in Tokyo on Tuesday
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2026
BYD takes on rivals in Japan with its own electric minicar
Debuting a “kei car” puts BYD up against the country’s biggest automakers in their home market, which few foreign brands have successfully cracked.
Global sales in May, including those of subsidiary Daihatsu, fell 7.4% from a year earlier to 885,207 units, Toyota said Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 29, 2026
Toyota sales drop again in May as Iran conflict hits output
Toyota’s global sales in May, including those of subsidiary Daihatsu, fell 7.4% from a year earlier to 885,207 units.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Man arrested over theft of watch that was returned days later to Tokyo mall
A 30-year-old man who is believed to have stolen a luxury wristwatch in Tokyo last month reportedly told police he was the one who had sent it back with a handwritten apology.
Japan not immune to public backlash against data centers, experts say
An apartment resident displays a model of a data center currently in development next door in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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