Japan

TechCanon, best known for its cameras and printers, wants to undercut ASML and its $150 million chipmaking machines
By Lionel LimJanuary 29, 2024

LeadershipToyota’s chairman doubles down on his electric car skepticism, forecasting that EV adoption will peak at just 30%
By Lionel LimJanuary 24, 2024

LeadershipJapan’s Nippon Steel appeals to ‘an alliance that advances shared values’ between Washington and Tokyo as it tries to sell its $14B deal for U.S. Steel
By Nicholas GordonJanuary 23, 2024

LifestyleMove over, Singapore and Japan—4 European countries now also top the world’s most powerful passports list
By Alex Millson and BloombergJanuary 11, 2024


LeadershipToyota’s bet on hybrid cars seems to be paying off as it rides consumer skepticism of an all-EV future to maintain its lead as the world’s top selling automaker
By Lionel LimDecember 28, 2023

LeadershipToyota, the world’s largest automaker by vehicles sold, takes a hit as it recalls over a million cars and a subsidiary reveals faked data stretching back to 1989
By Lionel LimDecember 21, 2023

FinanceNippon Steel’s Harvard-educated president explains his $14 billion deal for U.S. Steel: It’s all about China and leading the ’free-competition world’
By Lionel LimDecember 20, 2023

FinanceU.S. Steel agrees to sell to Japan’s Nippon Steel for $55 per share in $14 billion all-cash mega-merger with all union contracts to be upheld
By Michelle Chapman and The Associated PressDecember 18, 2023

AsiaJapan’s chipmaking companies can’t quit the China chip market, despite Washington and Tokyo’s controls
By Lionel LimDecember 18, 2023

TechNissan to sell electric vehicles made in China globally in another sign of carmakers responding to Chinese automotive prowess
By Steve MollmanDecember 17, 2023

FinanceShohei Ohtani’s record $700m contract with the LA Dodgers is boosting his sponsors’ stock prices and expected to have a $437m impact in just one year
By Aya Wagatsuma and BloombergDecember 11, 2023

LifestyleWith ‘The Boy and the Heron,’ anime legend Hayao Miyazaki finally tops the North American box office
By Jack Coyle and The Associated PressDecember 10, 2023

By Lionel LimDecember 5, 2023
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