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New York, April 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. will scrap its plans to produce electric vehicles at its vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Mississippi, company officials said Thursday. The decision apparently reflects sluggish EV sales following the end of U.S.

Tokyo, May 1 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Thursday that it swung into net loss in the fiscal year ended in March due to costs for decommissioning its disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The company logged a group

Tokyo, May 1 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese airlines ANA Holdings Inc. and Japan Airlines said Thursday that they forecast sharply lower profits for the year ending in March 2027 as the war in Iran sent fuel prices surging. ANA, the parent of All

Tokyo, May 1 (Jiji Press)–Hirohiko Okano, a prominent Japanese tanka poet who served as a poetry selector for the annual “Utakai Hajime” New Year’s poetry-reading ceremony at the Imperial Palace, died on April 24. He was 101. Born in the western Japan

Tokyo, May 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s green tea exports are surging, driven by a strong matcha boom around the world. According to customs-cleared trade statistics released by the Finance Ministry on Tuesday, exports of green tea in fiscal 2025, which ended in March,

Tokyo, May 1 (Jiji Press)–Local governments in Japan are wary of a possible increase in administrative workload resulting from a refundable tax credit program that is being discussed at a nonpartisan forum. While discussions about designing the program, which is aimed at

Tokyo, April 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Environment Ministry plans to begin a health survey as early as this year on residents of coastal areas hit by the outbreak of Minamata mercury poisoning disease caused by water pollution from industrial waste. The survey on

Sapporo, April 30 (Jiji Press)–Police on Thursday arrested a man for allegedly burning his wife’s body in an incinerator at his workplace, Asahiyama Zoo, in the city of Asahikawa in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido. Arrested by the Hokkaido police department

Tokyo, April 30 (Jiji Press)–Makino Milling Machine Co. said Thursday that Asian investment fund MBK Partners has withdrawn its plan to launch a tender offer for the major Japanese machine tool maker. MBK Partners accepted the Japanese government’s advisory for the fund

Tokyo, April 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi urged Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during phone talks Thursday to ensure that all ships, including those from Japan and other Asian nations, can safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz as early as