Japan-owned car battery maker secures £1bn to build second Sunderland gigafactory

The owner of the UK’s only operating gigafactory has secured £1bn in funding for a new electric car battery plant in Sunderland, in a government-backed deal that secures the future of a key project for the struggling British car industry. The funding will …

State Bank of India to sell $1 billion stake in Yes Bank to Japan's SMBC

MUMBAI :State Bank of India will divest a 13.19 per cent stake in private lender Yes Bank to Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) for 88.89 billion rupees ($1.04 billion), it said on Friday. SMBC, owned by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, …

US military shows off 'elephant walk' at Kedena AFB in Japan

Egypt, Japan discuss digital cooperation

Cairo: Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology (ICT) of Egypt, met with Keiichi Yoshimura, Director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Startup and International Financial City Strategy Office, to discuss cooperation in …

Abu Dhabi, Japan strengthen trade ties through new cooperation agreement

Abu Dhabi: The Emirate of Abu Dhabi is advancing efforts to enhance its non-oil trade relations by deepening economic ties with Japan, one of its key international partners.  The Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ADCCI) and the Japan External …

Japan’s real wages in March fall 2.1 per cent from a year earlier

Japan’s real wages in March fell 2.1 per cent from a year earlier, marking the third consecutive monthly decline, government data showed on Friday. Kyodo News quoted the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as saying that nominal wages, or the average …

Scouting New Japan Best of the Super Juniors

It's that time of year again, when New Japan puts their junior heavyweight division front and centre for Best of the Super Juniors. The tournament uses the round robin format typical of New Japan's tournaments - for the uninitiated, that means two …

Intense scenes ng 'Incognito' sa Japan inaabangan; MTRCB nakilahok sa Cine Expo 2025

“PARANG painting ‘yung mga kuha sa ‘Incognito,’ yung nasa yelo sila,” ito ang komentong narinig namin sa isang showbiz event na dinaluhan namin. Nagkita kami ng kilalang TV-movie executive at tuwang-tuwang binanggit na avid viewer siya ng “Incognito” nina …

Hippocratic AI, EUCALIA partner to bring generative AI to Japan

Hippocratic AI, a generative AI company developing safety-focused large language models for healthcare, has partnered with EUCALIA, a healthcare transformation company, to launch the first Japanese-language genAI healthcare agent for non-diagnostic, …

Nissan cancels $1.1bn EV battery plant in Japan

Nissan Motor has reportedly decided to abandon its plan to build a $1.1bn electric vehicle (EV) battery factory on the southwestern island of Kyushu, Japan. This decision marks a shift in strategy for the automaker, which had previously announced the …