Toyota manufactured and sold a record number of cars in July, stretching the carmaker’s streak to a seventh consecutive month, on strong demand in the U.S. and China despite global trade uncertainties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/28/companies/toyota-record-sales-seven-months/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #cars
Reducing business risks in Africa appears to be key for Japan to shift its focus from assistance to investment in African nations at a time when China and Russia are trying to increase their presence in the continent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/25/companies/japanese-firms-investments-in-africa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #africa #investments
Overseas automakers have launched a wave of new electric vehicles in Japan, a market where EVs have struggled to gain wider adoption. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/25/companies/foreign-carmakers-electric-vehicles-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #carmakers #electricvehicles #hybrids
The share of women in managerial positions at Japanese companies hit a record this year, but was still far short of the government's target — apparently because of difficulty balancing home and work, a survey showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/24/companies/women-managerial-positions-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #surveys #women039sissues #jobs
Nissan is revamping one of its more popular models of lightweight compact cars in a refresh of the Japanese carmaker's aging lineup. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/22/companies/nissan-lineup-revamp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #carmakers #cars #roox
Big burgers and bigger ambitions for Japan's Burger King as it aims to continue its rapid expansion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/21/companies/nomura-burger-king-growth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #food #fastfood #burgerking
Honda Motor has signed a multiyear agreement to work with a U.S. AI startup in which it has an equity stake to develop self driving capabilities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/21/companies/honda-ai-startup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #honda #ai #carmakers #startups #us
McDonald's Japan has cancelled a Happy Meal promotion based on the "One Piece" manga series in the wake of a frenzy sparked by a Pokemon-themed campaign that triggered an uproar over uneaten food being discarded. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/21/companies/one-piece-mcdonalds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mcdonald039s #onepiece #pokemon #waste #food #cardgames
SoftBank is buying about 2% of Intel for $2 billion after an earlier pledge by the CEO to invest a total of $100 billion in the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/19/companies/softbank-intel-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #us #softbank #investments #masayoshison #donaldtrump #ai #usjapanrelations #tech #stargate #intel #manufacturing #chipmakers
As Air Canada flight attendants strike over wages and unpaid work, the company and union remain far apart and the path forward is unclear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/19/companies/air-canada-ceo-union-pay-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #aircanada #airlines #union
Firefly Aerospace is exploring an option to launch its Alpha rocket from Japan as the U.S. rocket maker expands its satellite launch services globally. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/18/companies/firefly-aerospace-japan-rocket-launch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #fireflyaerospace #rockets #space #hokkaido
Qantas Airways was ordered to pay $59 million for illegally sacking almost 2,000 ground workers during the pandemic, in a court judgment that included sharp criticism of the airline’s culture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/18/companies/qantas-fined-firing-pandemic/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #qantas #airlines #australia#covid19
Several companies, organizations and government agencies have been holding tours for female students in Tokyo this summer in the hopes of breaking down gender stereotypes in the fields of science and technology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/18/companies/japan-tech-firms-female-students-office-tours/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tech #students #fujitsu #nvidia #nec #mitsubishielectric #microsoft #tokyometropolitangovernment
A reclusive oil merchant dominated Indonesia’s fuel trade for decades. Now he is embroiled in an $18 billion probe that has become a litmus test for President Prabowo Subianto’s anticorruption drive. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/18/companies/indonesia-gasoline-godfather-graft/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #indonesia #corruption #oil #gasoline
Air Canada's striking flight attendants on Sunday refused a government-backed labor board's order to return to work, forcing the airline to delay restarting its operations and leaving its passengers in limbo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/18/companies/strike-air-canada-back-to-work-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #aircanada #unions #canada #airlines
Nissan’s Oppama factory, opened in 1961, was once a crown jewel in Japan’s postwar rise to manufacturing powerhouse. Today, it represents the dangers of being caught flatfooted in a rapidly changing industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/18/companies/nissan-oppama-closure-effects/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #carmakers #cars #manufacturing #yokosuka
Japanese mobile payment service provider PayPay has taken a step for its public listing in the United States, though the exact schedule, size and price for the public listing have yet to be determined. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/16/companies/paypay-us-listing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #paypay #stocks #us #line #softbank
Publicly traded companies in Japan logged an 11.7% decrease in combined net profit for April-June from a year before. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/16/companies/listed-japan-firms-quarterly-drop/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #stocks #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #carmakers #energy
Increasing pressure on Japan’s technology firms to return more cash to shareholders may spur the next phase of corporate reforms that helped drive the nation’s stock market to record highs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/15/companies/japan-tech-firms-face-investors-pressure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #stocks #investments #tse
An internal Meta document detailing policies on chatbot behavior has permitted the company’s artificial intelligence creations to "engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/15/companies/meta-ai-chatbot-flirt-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #ai #meta #facebook #children #tech