Hiroshi Hiyama

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  • A member of staff works as bags of rice are seen piled up at a rice store in Tokyo on July 9, 2025. While US President Donald Trump imposed a 10 percent tariff on most US trading partners in April, the rate is set to rise for dozens of economies including the European Union and Japan come July 9. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) (Photo by YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Trump wants Japan to import U.S. rice to cut trade deficit but consumers hate it—American rice ‘tastes awful. It lacks stickiness’

    By Hiroshi Hiyama and AFP
  • Signage atop the Nissan Motor Co. global headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Nissan named company insider Ivan Espinosa to replace Chief Executive Officer Makoto Uchida and helm the battered Japanese carmaker as it looks to secure a financial backer and stabilize its foundering business. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Nissan plans to slash 10,000 more jobs as it struggles with China EV competition and Trump’s trade war

    By Hiroshi Hiyama, Tomohiro Osaki, and others
  • Makoto Uchida, chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co., speaks during a joint news conference with Honda Motor Co. in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Nissan and Honda agreed to collaborate on software, batteries and other electric vehicle-related technologies to save on costs and better compete in markets such as China, where sales are slumping. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Nissan announces 9,000 job cuts and slashes sales forecast as it faces ‘severe situation’

    By Hiroshi Hiyama and AFP
  • A wide-angle interior view shows the Hello Kitty boutique in the Hot Zone shopping area of the Edo Market Place above the main Departure Hall at Haneda Airport’s new TIAT (Tokyo International Air Terminal), located in Tokyo’s Ota Ward on Tokyo Bay just south of central Tokyo, Japan.Leadership

    Britain’s King Charles III wishes Hello Kitty a happy birthday as the ‘CEO of supercute’ turns 50

    By Katie Forster, Hiroshi Hiyama, and others