Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, said the country's 15-year experience with deflation is keeping wage growth subdued.

The sudden plunge in crypto values, which started in May amid a broader economic slowdown, complicates Pyongyang's ability to fund its weapons programmes

LGES, South Korea's biggest player in the booming market for EV batteries, counts Tesla, General Motors and Volkswagen among its customers.

The Japanese automaker's North American division said 322,671 Pathfinder vehicles for models between 2013 and 2016 are subject to the recall

Consumers in Tokyo were asked to conserve power as the Japanese capital was hit by the fourth day of a heatwave, which has led to people dying of heatstroke and others being treated in hospitals

Just under 3% of 168 Japanese companies have exited Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, a Yale School of Management survey revealed

Japan warns that the electricity supply in Tokyo will be strained as heat increases in the capital. Officials have called for people to be conservative in their use of power

Japan changed a key policy document that put hybrid vehicles on par with battery-electric cars after Toyota warned that carmakers could not back a government that rejected hybrid tech.

No decision has been made on where Arm might list. But Masayoshi Son is undaunted by the hit SoftBank has taken due to tech crackdowns in China, the war on Ukraine and rising rates.

Petrol-electric hybrid models remain far more popular in Japan than pure EVs like the Solterra and bZ4X, which accounted for just 1% of passenger cars sold

Criticism has grown following the government's selection in late December of three consortia all led by Mitsubishi Corporation to operate three projects

The core consumer price index, which includes oil products but excludes fresh food prices, compared with economists' median estimate for a 2.1% annual gain