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NISSAN

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2020
Nissan decides against making EV in U.K. over Brexit worries
The battery-powered Ariya sport utility vehicle will instead be made at a facility in Tochigi Prefecture and shipped to Europe and the U.S.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2020
Carlos Ghosn investigated by France over possible tax evasion
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Monday declined to confirm a probe into Ghosn's tax affairs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2020
Nissan joins GM in exiting auto group backing Trump on emissions
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. on Friday joined General Motors Co. in exiting a group of automakers that had backed U.S. President Donald Trump in his bid to prevent California from imposing its own vehicle emissions rules.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 24, 2020
Ghosn’s repeated arrests 'extrajudicial abuse,' says U.N. panel
While Ghosn is unlikely to ever face trial or detention in Japan again, the report could be relevant for several ongoing proceedings related to the former auto executive.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 20, 2020
Nissan said to be in talks with U.S. startup to electrify pickup truck
Nissan has never fared well in the competitive U.S. full-size truck market, and demand for the Titan plunged 38% last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 19, 2020
Nissan’s U.K. arm tough to sustain without Brexit deal, chief says
The Japanese carmaker says the U.K. provided reassurances in 2016 that Brexit would not affect its competitiveness, when the firm announced a plan to expand operations in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2020
Carlos Ghosn’s grand alliance showing cracks two years after his arrest
Nissan is exploring ways to sell some or all of its 34% stake in Mitsubishi Motors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 13, 2020
U.S. and China demand pulls Japan’s carmakers back from the brink
With demand revived in crucial markets, Japanese auto giants have revised up their full-year profit forecasts or trimmed losses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 12, 2020
Nissan cuts annual operating loss estimate to ¥340 billion
Nissan raised its forecast for full-year global vehicles sales to 4.165 million units, although that still represents a decline from the previous year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2020
Ghosn helpers to stay in U.S. while judge weighs Japan torture claim
The Taylors would be placed in solitary confinement, interrogated without their lawyers present and face 'yelling and denial of medical treatment,” their lawyer argued.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2020
Fugitive auto executive Carlos Ghosn settles scores in new French book
The former chairman of Nissan and Renault, who has denied financial misconduct charges, has long said he was set up to prevent deeper integration between the automakers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2020
British electric car industry worried about future Japanese investment
Japanese companies based in the U.K. are facing the possibility of 10% tariffs on exports of electric cars into the European Union.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 2, 2020
Ghosn says French investigators will quiz him in Lebanon in 2021
The former automotive giant says he will not travel to France in case Tokyo finds an opportunity to have him extradited to Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2020
Ghosn escape accomplices win delay of extradition to Japan
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston said the U.S. should 'ensure that petitioners are not transported out of the district” for the time being.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2020
Renault bolsters electric lineup after squandering sales lead
Renault SA’s promotional blitz for its growing electric lineup may be too late for the maker of Europe’s best-selling EV to stay atop the region’s expanding market for battery-powered cars.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2020
Toyota and Nissan ask U.K. to cover tariffs if no FTA made with EU
The demand from the automakers can also be seen as an effort to pressure the government, struggling to reach a deal with the European Union, to try harder.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2020
Pandemic keeps hurting global output at Toyota, Honda and Nissan
While production is still down, the rate of decline has slowed for some of the automakers, however.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2020
Nissan eyes return to profit in 2021 on back of resurgence in China
The company, which in May reported its first fiscal year loss in a decade, is forecasting a strong recovery in the Chinese market by year-end.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 18, 2020
China is becoming loss-making Nissan’s last line of defense
Thanks to an early mover advantage and strategic partnership with Dongfeng Motor Group Co., the firm is one of the strongest Japanese passenger carmakers in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2020
Greg Kelly, former close aide to Carlos Ghosn, pleads not guilty in long-awaited trial
The 64-year-old spent more than 30 years with the Japanese automaker, becoming the first American to sit on its board.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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