Nicholas Takahashi

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TOKYO, JAPAN – DECEMBER 23: Honda Motor CEO Toshihiro Mibe attends a joint press conference with Nissan Motor CEO Makoto Uchida and Mitsubishi Motors President Takao Kato on December 23, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. Nissan and Honda announced they have begun merger negotiations, aiming to create the world’s third-largest automotive group to compete with rival EV manufacturers such as China’s BYD and the US-based Tesla. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

Honda walks back EV investment, sales targets on poor demand

By Nicholas Takahashi and Bloomberg

Toyota Motor President and CEO Koji Sato answers questions during a press briefing for the company’s financial results in Tokyo on May 8, 2025. Japanese auto giant Toyota forecast a 35 percent year-on-year drop in net profit to 21.6 billion USD for the 2025-26 financial year. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

Toyota faces biggest hit from Trump tariffs among auto companies

By Nicholas Takahashi and Bloomberg

Overhead view of Nissan vehicles at an automotive processing terminal

Nissan shares surge on report Japan group may seek Tesla deal

By Nicholas Takahashi and Bloomberg

TOKYO, JAPAN – DECEMBER 23: Nissan Motor CEO Makoto Uchida (L) looks on as Honda Motor CEO Toshihiro Mibe (R) speaks during a joint press conference on December 23, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. Nissan and Honda announced they have begun merger negotiations, aiming to create the world’s third-largest automotive group to compete with rival EV manufacturers such as China’s BYD and the US-based Tesla. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

Honda-Nissan deal thrown into doubt only weeks after talks began

By Nicholas Takahashi and Bloomberg

A general view of a motorcycle display at the Honda stand during the 110th edition of EICMA Milan Motorcycle Show at Rho Fiera Milano in Milan, Italy, on November 8, 2024 (Photo by Alessandro Bremec/NurPhoto via Getty Images).

Honda sets its sights on 50% share of world’s motorcycle market

By Nicholas Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Inajima, and others

LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS – DECEMBER 18: A sign marks the location of a Nissan dealership on December 18, 2024 in Libertyville, Illinois. Honda, Japan’s second largest automaker is in talks to merge with Nissan, Japan’s third largest automaker. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Foxconn in talks with Nissan shareholder Renault, CNA says

By Nicholas Takahashi and Bloomberg

Signage outside the Nissan Motor Co. global headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Nissan Motor shares jumped the most 15 years after the beleaguered Japanese automaker revealed an activist investor has taken a 2.5% stake. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nissan surges after firm linked to hedge fund takes 2.5% stake

By Nicholas Takahashi and Bloomberg

Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, a candidate for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party

Japanese giants Toyota, Sony and Toshiba warn staff in China to be on alert after stabbing of 10-year-old boy in Shenzhen

By Nicholas Takahashi and Bloomberg

LEIPZIG, GERMANY – JUNE 18: A stand of the Chinese car manufacturer BYD at the official UEFA Fan Zone prior the Group F match between Portugal and Czechia on June 18, 2024 in Leipzig, Germany. (Photo by Jens Schlueter – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images)

Warren Buffett–backed BYD’s ultra-affordable EVs are struggling in one market: Japan

By Nicholas Takahashi and Bloomberg

Toyota Motor Corporation Board Chairman Akio Toyoda (R) and Customer First Promotion Group Chief Officer Shinji Miyamoto (L) bow during a press conference in Tokyo on June 3, 2024. Toyota said on June 3 it had suspended domestic shipments of three car models after falling foul of government certification rules along with its Japanese rivals Honda, Mazda, Suzuki and Yamaha. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) (Photo by YUICHI YAMAZAKI//AFP via Getty Images)

Toyota halts sales of 3 cars after submitting faulty data during pedestrian-safety tests: ‘We apologize to our customers and all automotive enthusiasts’

By Nicholas Takahashi, Supriya Singh, and others

Formula E racers Jake Dennis (L), Pascal Wehrlein, and Nick Casside.

F1 remains the dominant motor racing franchise in the world, but concerns around sustainability, cost and convenience may prompt Formula E to steal the crown

By Reina Sasaki, Nicholas Takahashi, and others

Michael Milken, chairman of the Milken Institute, participates in a panel discussion during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. The event convenes the best minds in the world to tackle its most urgent challenges and to help realize its most exciting opportunities. Photographer: Lauren Justice/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Global elite heads to Milken conference in California—aka ‘Davos West’—amid bank failures, broken markets

By Min Jeong Lee, Nicholas Takahashi, and others

Takeshi Hakamada, founder and chief executive officer of ispace Inc., speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), operated by Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX), in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Shares of Japanese moon lander maker ispace went untraded on a glut of buy orders on their market debut as investors bet on the startup and the country’s space-development efforts. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Japan’s landmark moon mission ends in disappointment after contact is lost following a likely ‘hard landing’

By Nicholas Takahashi, Min Jeong Lee, and others