The Latest Breaking News from Japan

ANA, JAL unions to demand 4-month bonuses in shunto spring labor talks

The unions of ANA and JAL, Japan's two major airlines, are expected to demand annual bonuses equivalent to four months' salary in labor talks this spring.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 1, 2022

Japan's Toshiba CEO steps down amid restructuring efforts

Toshiba’s Chief Executive Satoshi Tsunakawa is stepping down, as the embattled Japanese technology giant seeks to restructure and restore its reputation

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Toyota to resume Japan production after virus hits supplier

Production will resume Wednesday at all of Toyota’s 14 plants in Japan after they were idled for a day due to a cyberattack on a domestic supplier

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Indo-Japanese military exercise

“Ex Dharma Guardian-2022”, a joint military exercise between India and Japan, is being conducted at the Foreign Training Node in Belagavi. The exercise, which began on Sunday, will go on till March 10.

The Hindu · Feb 28, 2022

Panasonic Announces 4680 Battery Cell Production In Japan

Panasonic has officially announced that its Energy Company will produce the new 4680 cylindrical lithium-ion batteries in Japan.

InsideEVs · Feb 28, 2022

Toyota Suspends Production At All Japanese Plant After 'Suspected Cyberattack' At Supplier's Facility

After supply chain disruptions impacted auto production amid the COVID-19 pandemic, car manufacturers are now left to contend with a risk of different proportion and magnitude.

Benzinga · Feb 28, 2022

Made-in-Japan Manga Goes Global with Webtoon, Deadpool

Deadpool, meet All Might. Perhaps nothing highlights how the world of manga, the comics and cartoons originating in Japan, has gone global better than that coming together of superheroes, American and Japanese. In “Deadpool: Samurai,” Marvel’s Deadpool gets help in his battle against evil from All Might, the muscular hero…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 28, 2022

Aprilia Launches New SR GT 200 Adventure Scooter In Japan

Aprilia has released the SR GT 200 in Japan. It’s calling it an urban adventure scooter, and says it’s capable of handling rugged terrain and the urban jungle.

RideApart · Feb 28, 2022

Japan joins sanctions on Russian central bank, PM Kishida says after talking with Zelenskiy

Japan is to join the international sanction on Russian central bank by limiting transactions, prime minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday after speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by telephone.

Reuters · Feb 28, 2022

Toyota's Japan production halted over supplier 'malfunction'

Toyota says it is suspending production at all 28 lines of its 14 plants in Japan because of a “system malfunction” at a domestic supplier

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2022