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MANUFACTURING

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.
Shilpi Khatun, 27, a garment worker, cooks food in a shared kitchen area outside her one-room house in Gazipur, Bangladesh, on Nov. 6.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 11, 2026
Behind Bangladesh’s garment boom, workers cut food and healthcare as wages fall short
Recent unrest, some of it violent, forced hundreds of factories to shut down as workers staged protests and clashed with police.
A Honda hybrid sedan prototype displayed at a news conference in Tokyo in May. Honda plans to build a $3 billion factory in central Ohio to manufacture its next-generation hybrids.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 10, 2026
Honda to spend $3 billion on new hybrid car plant in Ohio
The automaker announced on Monday the new plant will start production in 2029 and expand its output by 240,000 vehicles a year.
Honda's European chief said the Japanese carmaker may rebuild a manufacturing presence in the region.
BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2026
Honda weighs restarting EU car output as new rules take shape
Proposed regulations in the European Union aim to favor locally made cars.
U.S. Steel, which Nippon Steel acquired in June 2025, aims to begin production at the new hot-strip mill in the second half of 2029.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 23, 2026
Nippon Steel to invest $3 billion in new U.S. Steel hot-strip mill
The project is expected to be the largest under Nippon Steel’s commitment to invest $11 billion by 2028.
Toyota Chief Technology Officer Hiroki Nakajima
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2026
Toyota to debut its own version of Tesla EV-making tech in China
The Shanghai plant is under construction and due to start producing cars in 2027.
A shinkansen bullet train arrives at Kumamoto Station on Oct. 9.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 16, 2026
Shinkansen helps Kyushu economy with fast connections and local development
A major transportation bottleneck was eliminated more than a decade ago when the line was fully completed.
Toyota has invested $1.1 billion in its Canadian operations for the latest RAV4 model, which began production in January, and hundreds of millions of dollars more for the newest NX.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2026
Toyota commits to making cars in Canada as U.S. rivals downsize
Toyota sees Canada as a vital cog in its global manufacturing network and key to its four-decade-long localization efforts.
BYD’s electric vehicle plant under construction in Szeged, southern Hungary, in August. The automaker is also eyeing new factories in France and Spain.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2026
Legacy carmakers risk losing mass market to Chinese rivals
Chinese carmakers have an edge in mass-market vehicles from sheer scale, faster development and lower costs.
A plug-in hybrid BYD ATTO 8 SUV. BYD, China's largest hybrid vehicle exporter to Europe, sold more plug-in hybrids than fully electric models in the first eight months of the year.
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2026
China’s $7.5 billion EU hybrid boom faces new curbs under deal with bloc
Since the EU imposed additional tariffs on Chinese-made EVs in 2024, Chinese automakers have increasingly turned to plug-in hybrids.
The European Union is taking a harder line on China’s trade gap as it heads into two days of negotiations in Beijing.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 8, 2026
EU takes firmer stance on China’s trade practices as Beijing talks begin
Germany and France this week called on the EU to adopt stronger tools to defend European sectors that have fallen prey to surging Chinese imports.
Nippon Paint's factory in Guangdong province, China
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2026
Nippon Paint to buy Akzo’s Southeast Asia unit for $1.35 billion
今日吃瓜 No. 1 paint company had previously sought to buy Akzo’s entire residential and commercial paints unit for $8.4 billion.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event at a Peterbilt Motors factory in Denton, Texas, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 4, 2026
Trump tariffs a mixed bag for U.S. auto industry
Trump has claimed a “roaring comeback” in U.S. auto manufacturing following aggressive trade policy, but analysts say its more of a mixed bag.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer speaks during the second day of the Group of 20 trade ministerial conference at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 3, 2026
U.S. ‘severely disappointed’ in lack of G20 consensus on overproduction
The U.S. had called for action against excess industrial capacity — a criticism commonly aimed at China.
Michio Kaida, chief executive officer of Nidec, speaks during a news conference in Kyoto on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 2, 2026
Nidec lays out recovery plan with unit sales and investments for AI
With the disclosure of a new business plan under fresh leadership, Nidec is hoping to stave off delisting or a hostile buyout.
Large Japanese manufacturers have been able to pass on costs easier than smaller companies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 1, 2026
Tankan shows rising sentiment at big manufacturers for sixth straight quarter
They have not been this optimistic about business conditions in eight years.
Industrial production fell 1.7% in August from July, marking a second straight monthly decline amid mounting pressure on manufacturers.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 30, 2026
今日吃瓜 output falls for second month due to impact from quake and Iran war
Wednesday’s data suggest Japanese manufacturers may be feeling the impact of a major quake that hit Kyushu and the Iran war.
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.
Blue sharks are unloaded at the Kesennuma port in Miyagi Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2026
Beyond fins, Japanese firms seeking new values in sharks
Their fins are prized in Chinese cuisine but many consumers do not know about other dining options.
Electric vehicles charge in the parking lot of the Ultium Cells facility in Lordstown, Ohio.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2026
How Trump’s war on EVs derailed America’s auto-factory revival
Since Trump returned to office, an array of automotive, environmental, trade and immigration policies has undermined factory projects and employment.
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.
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.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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