Big unanswered questions follow Japan's big, beautiful deal with the U.S, with the $550 billion investment plan in focus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/24/economy/big-japan-deal-details/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #trade #tariffs #carmakers #donaldtrump #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations #ryoseiakazawa #scottbessent #howardlutnick
Japanese companies may post another weak quarter of earnings amid looming tariff risks and uncertainty in the domestic political landscape. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/24/markets/japan-firms-earnings-outlook-tariff-effect/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #japaneseeconomy #tariffs #carmakers #boj
Japan and US both claim win in surprise 11th-hour tariff deal, with the "reciprocal" rate set at 15% and the rate on autos 12.5% https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/23/economy/japan-us-win-win/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #usjapan #trade #tariffs #carmakers #donaldtrump #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations #ryoseiakazawa #scottbessent
Japan’s automakers have begun hiking loan rates as a historic central bank pivot to unwind three decades of ultraloose monetary policy trickles down to consumers, raising household credit costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/23/companies/japan-carmakers-loan-rates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #carmakers #cars
Japan and the United States have reached a deal with the “reciprocal” tariff rate set at 15%, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/23/economy/us-japan-trade-deal-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #usjapan #trade #tariffs #carmakers #donaldtrump #us #japaneseeconomy
Life at the top is proving complex for BYD, China’s leading automaker, and there are fresh challenges on the horizon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/21/companies/china-car-market-byd/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #byd#zeekr #geely #electricvehicles #china #carmakers
Mazda, the economic engine of Hiroshima Prefecture, faces U.S. tariffs of 25% on automobiles, a dispiriting prospect for an electorate already battling inflation and a weak economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/18/companies/mazda-hometown-voters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #2025upperhouseelection #mazda #hiroshima #carmakers #tariffs #us
Japan's Nidec is building an almost totally "made-in-China” electric car motor to help Toyota compete in the world’s largest auto market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/16/companies/nidec-china-toyota/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nidec #toyota #carmakers #china #electricvehicles
Nissan will wind down production at its local Oppama plant as the struggling Japanese carmaker seeks to reduce costs and capacity as part of a broader restructuring effort. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/15/companies/nissan-close-oppama-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #oppama #kyushu #carmakers #corporategovernance
U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of a 50% tariff on copper imports is raising alarm in the U.S. auto sector, as it could make it even harder for carmakers and suppliers to absorb border taxes and rising costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/12/economy/trump-copper-tariffs-us-carmakers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #carmakers #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #globaleconomy
Nissan Motor is considering supplying vehicles produced at its U.S. factory to Honda Motor in an effort to improve profitability and plant utilization for a turnaround, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/12/companies/nissan-honda-us-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #honda #nissan #carmakers #trade #tariffs #us #donaldtrump
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion from a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, with the embattled automaker offering a record-high coupon on at least one part of the deal to drum up demand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/11/companies/nissan-bond-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #carmakers #bonds #corporategovernance
Japanese automakers slashed prices at a record pace for exports to the U.S., in a sign that companies are sacrificing profits to remain competitive amid tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/10/companies/japan-carmakers-export-price-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #carmakers #cars #tariffs #donaldtrump #boj #economicindicators
Nissan is looking to sell ¥150 billion ($1.04 billion) of convertible bonds to help fund new chief executive officer Ivan Espinosa’s turnaround of the ailing automaker. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/07/companies/nissan-to-sell-convertible-bonds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #carmakers #bonds #ivanespinosa
Suzuki beat out Mercedes-Benz to become Japan’s top car importer in June, thanks to the Jimny Nomad and another popular small SUV assembled in India. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/04/companies/suzuki-top-importer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #suzuki #honda #toyota #carmakers #tariffs #donaldtrump #india
Japanese carmakers have largely absorbed the cost of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on auto imports, a move that may undermine the Asian nation’s negotiating power ahead of a July 9 deadline. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/03/companies/japan-carmakers-absorb-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #carmakers #cars #toyota #donaldtrump #tariffs
Large Japanese companies are surprisingly optimistic in the second-quarter "tankan" survey despite U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/01/economy/tankan-july-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #tankan #surveys #japaneseeconomy #inflation #carmakers #manufacturing #tariffs #donaldtrump #us
Toyota’s sales reached a third straight monthly record in May, even as global automakers braced for big losses triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported cars. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/27/companies/toyota-may-sales-monthly-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #tariffs #us #hybrids
Chief trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said the country can’t accept the U.S.’ 25% tariffs on cars, adding that Japan’s automakers produce far more cars in the U.S. than they export to America. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/26/economy/japan-trade-negotiator-car-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #trade #usjapanrelations #cars #carmakers #donaldtrump
Ivan Espinosa’s first annual meeting as Nissan’s chief executive officer was a baptism by fire, as shareholders questioned the feasibility of his turnaround plan and the carmaker’s failed tie-up with Honda. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/24/companies/nissan-ceo-first-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #carmakers #ivanespinosa