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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
May 29, 2020
Nissan falls behind rivals in industry's critical transitional period
Nissan Motor Co.'s business downturn may be causing a costly delay in the global race toward new mobility technologies, analysts say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 29, 2020
Renault poised to announce 15,000 layoffs worldwide
The overall cuts would affect just under 10 percent of Renault's 180,000 global workforce.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 27, 2020
Nissan and Renault unveil steps to cut costs and revamp alliance
Renault SA and Japanese partners Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on Wednesday unveiled steps to standardize platforms further and push for more joint purchasing to reduce costs, with each company focusing on its strengths.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
May 25, 2020
Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi ties more crucial than ever as pandemic rocks carmakers
Revising their strategies this week, the firms will at least have the opportunity to show progress in moving beyond last year's management paralysis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 5, 2020
Nissan to retrench further in new plan to focus on U.S., Japan and China
The carmaker will pull back from Europe and elsewhere to focus on the United States, China and Japan under a plan that represents a new strategic direction.
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2020
Nissan warns about future of European plants as Brexit weighs
Nissan Motor Co. gave the starkest warning yet on the future of the Japanese group's car factories in Western Europe, with a plant in the U.K. threatened by Brexit and another in Spain suffering from a slump in demand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 19, 2020
Moody's downgrades Renault to 'junk' status, capping disastrous year without Ghosn
Renault SA had its credit rating cut to junk by Moody's Investors Service after the French carmaker posted its first annual loss in a decade and indicated operating margins are set to shrink.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2020
Eyeing TV and film deals, Carlos Ghosn hires legendary agent Michael Ovitz
Few people in Hollywood are more familiar with entertainment negotiations than Ovitz, who has been one of the industry's most prominent deal-makers since the 1980s.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2020
Carlos Ghosn used Nissan-Mitsubishi venture to inflate pay, companies' lawyers allege
Carlos Ghosn, the fugitive former auto executive, used a joint venture between Nissan and Mitsubishi to inflate his pay, effectively clawing back a cut to his declared wages, and to cover a personal tax debt, lawyers for the companies said on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 30, 2020
Toyota second in 2019 global car sales, overtaking Nissan-Renault
Toyota sold a record 10.74 million units globally in 2019, up 1.4 percent from a year earlier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 28, 2020
Inside Nissan, a renewed push to get Renault to cut its stake
A proposal is being floated atop Nissan Motor Co. for the company to revive efforts to push Renault SA to reduce its stake in the Japanese carmaker and help balance the partnership, a person familiar with the matter said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 27, 2020
Renault prepares for new CEO ahead of crucial alliance meeting
The meeting Thursday is aimed at showing that the deeply troubled alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors is moving past the Carlos Ghosn era.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2020
French investigators to move ahead with Ghosn prosecution over Versailles party
The prosecutor's office will assign one or more judges to probe the party ex-Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn threw for his wife at the Palace of Versailles.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 16, 2020
Macron says he repeatedly told Abe that Ghosn's treatment wasn't good enough
The French president felt the conditions of Carlos Ghosn's detention and interrogation by Tokyo prosecutors were substandard.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2020
Ghosn claims French envoy warned him of Nissan plot against him
Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, speaking in Beirut after his dramatic escape from Japanese justice, said on Tuesday that the French ambassador had warned him shortly after his arrest that his own company was plotting against him.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 14, 2020
The not-so-irreversible Renault-Nissan alliance
Carlos Ghosn's dramatic escape reopens old wounds and shows how tough it is to keep two politically-sensitive and financially lop-sided carmakers together.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 11, 2020
Carlos Ghosn claims he has 'plenty of documents' to prove his innocence
Fugitive former Nissan Motor Co. boss Carlos Ghosn said Friday he has "plenty of documents" to prove he is innocent of financial misconduct charges.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 11, 2020
Do the 'people on the street' in Japan still love Carlos Ghosn?
At his explosive news conference in Beirut on Wednesday, Carlos Ghosn claimed Japanese still love him, and haven't fallen for the image of the "cold, greedy dictator," as he says Tokyo prosecutors have sought to paint him.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 9, 2020
Fugitive ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn hits out at carmaker, names names, says Japanese prosecutors treated him 'brutally'
Carlos Ghosn, speaking publicly for the first time since his dramatic escape from Japanese justice, said on Wednesday he had been treated "brutally" by Tokyo prosecutors and was the victim of an inside job to oust him from the helm of automaker Nissan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2020
Ghosn nearly crossed paths with Japan's Abe as he fled
Fallen auto executive Carlos Ghosn almost bumped into Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at an upscale Tokyo hotel as he set out on a daring escape from a looming trial for financial misconduct, according to reports by Japanese media.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
Amid same-sex marriage ban, LGBTQ couples opt for 'photo weddings'
A lesbian couple, consisting of a 35-year-old woman (left) and 40-year-old woman, cover their faces with bouquets as they pose for wedding photos in Yokohama on Nov. 1.
China and Russia conduct joint Pacific military patrol
The Russian corvette Gromkiy enters the Chinese port of Zhanjiang as part of a joint China-Russia naval exercise on Saturday.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.
How to tweak your diet when temperatures spike
Most people think of hydration as a strictly liquid-based concept, but eating foods with high water content is an essential part of making it through a Japanese summer unscathed.

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