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TOKYO -- Japan's Asahi Kasei will build a plant in Canada to make components used in electric vehicle batteries, Nikkei has learned, planning to supply key materials, mainly to Honda Motor's EV factory to be built in the country.
TOKYO -- China aims to have the capability to invade Taiwan by 2027, Adm. John Aquilino, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, said Tuesday, echoing previous warnings by senior American military officials.
TOKYO -- The mergers and acquisitions market in Asia will grow in 2024, said Jan Metzger, the head of Citigroup's investment banking division in Asia excluding Japan, in a recent Nikkei interview where he pointed to extensive investing opportunities in Japanese technology and beyond.
TOKYO -- All Nippon Airways will partner with Air India to offer codeshare flights from late May, seeking to claim 40% of passenger traffic between the two countries as India is expected to become the third largest aviation market after China and the U.S.
TOKYO -- Policymakers at the Bank of Japan are expected to focus on the effects of a rapidly weakening yen on inflation at their two-day meeting starting Thursday as speculation swirls on the timing of the BOJ's next rate hike.
TOKYO -- The head of New York's economic development agency is working to draw investment from Japanese chip industry suppliers as the state seeks to build a hub for the sector around Micron Technology's planned fabrication facilities.
TOKYO -- A Japanese startup aiming to "overtake Tesla" says it plans to test fully autonomous driving by 2025, much earlier than it had initially forecast, as advances in generative artificial intelligence give it a powerful tailwind.
TOKYO -- The amount of capital raised by Japanese companies via foreign equity financing jumped about 30% last fiscal year to 2.3 trillion yen ($14.9 billion), as progress on governance reform attracted deep-pocketed international investors.