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TOKYO -- As the world embraces electric vehicles as a solution to carbon dioxide emissions, there is too little discussion of the environmental harm associated with the metals needed to build them, says one of Japan's foremost researchers in the field.
TOKYO -- Seven-Eleven Japan, the country's largest convenience store chain, will begin operating small outlets without any storefront staff in the spring, Nikkei has learned.
TOKYO -- Natural rubber prices have climbed to a level not seen in nearly three years on growing demand from China's electric vehicle industry coupled with poor yields in Thailand, a leading producer of the tire material.
Angsty fans have been speculating for days over how pop music icon Taylor Swift could do it all next weekend: perform a concert as part of her record-smashing Eras Tour in Tokyo, and hours later support star tight end Kelce as the Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas.
The report complements earlier research that points in the same direction, with Kunio Kitamura, director of the Japan Family Planning Association (JFPA), telling This Week in Asia that “this trend towards sexlessness is not going to stop”.
Analysts say China can ill-afford to turn to “economic coercion” while national security concerns appear to have emerged as a bigger concern compared with the economy.
Top of Tokyo’s worry list is that if Trump returns to power he may seek some kind of trade or security deal between the world’s top two economies that could undermine recent efforts by the Group of Seven (G7) wealthy nations to counter China, according to the six officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the issue’s sensitivity.
TOKYO/GUANGZHOU/BEIJING -- China became the world's largest exporter of automobiles last year for the first time, knocking Japan off its perch thanks to strong overseas sales of electric vehicles.