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Honda Motor Company has been the world’s largest motorcycle maker since 1959, and Japan’s second largest Japanese carmaker. Honda was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand, Acura, in 1986, and also makes garden equipment, marine engines, personal watercraft and power generators, and is involved in aerospace.
Kawasaki’s humanoid robot Kaleido takes out the rubbish as crowds watch during the IREX show in Tokyo. Photo: Wency Chen
Robotics

Why Japan’s robotic pioneers are ceding the humanoid stage to China and the US

Japan’s university system has long centred on engineering faculties led by manufacturing, resulting in a relative shortage of AI talent.

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Japan

Japan’s safe image cracks as car thefts, home intrusions increase

Semiconductors

How Nexperia saga exposes Europe’s waning influence in US-China chip war

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Semiconductors

China considers export ban exemption for some Nexperia orders

Beijing’s initiative is meant to stabilise the supply of Nexperia chips in global supply chains, particularly those in the car industry.

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China denounces the Netherlands for seizing control of chipmaker Nexperia, which has led to turmoil in global supply chains. Photo: Shutterstock
Viral stories

Japan engineer goes viral with anime hairstyle, 253 patents, 170kg bench press

Colleagues have grown accustomed to his unique look, commend him for his seriousness and professionalism.

India

Why are hotels in this tiny Indian town serving sushi and ramen?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push for more foreign investments is benefiting Vithalapur, now home to Japanese auto factories.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s BYD brings price war to Japan in bid to ignite EV demand

While discounting helped make BYD the most popular EV brand in China, the tactic could backfire in Japan.

A BYD dealership is seen on April 4, 2023, in Yokohama near Tokyo. Photo: AP Photo
Japan

The upside of US tariffs in Japan: airline profits soar on long-haul demand

JAL and ANA thrive as premium travel to the US surges amid supply chain shifts and business relocations.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

China aims to dominate the skies in the race to make flying cars the transport of the future

Xpeng subsidiary expects to start mass production next month and begin deliveries of its eVTOLs in the second half of 2026.

Good Schools Guide

5 trailblazing Hong Kong school alumni who have excelled globally

An Olympic fencer, battery recycling CEO, restaurateur and others are all successfully forging their own path.

From left: Annie Lo, Vivian Kong and Sarah Fleischer, three of Hong Kong’s talented school alumni who have achieved success internationally as well as at home. Photos: HKIS, Xinhua, GSIS
US-ally trade wars

Opinion | Why Asian exporters can’t afford a passive approach to US politics

Asian firms and governments must stop viewing tariffs as temporary obstacles and start treating them as recurring stress tests.

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New vehicles are parked at Daikoku Pier in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on April 11. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on July 23 said US auto tariffs would be cut to 15 per cent from 25 per cent, after the two countries reached a trade deal. Photo: AFP
Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese carmaker GAC’s electric-van unit takes aim at European market

Miraco Motor hopes to grab 10 per cent of Europe’s annual sales of 1.7 million vans.

Canada

Canada has ‘nearly zero’ tariffs on US goods? Not true, finance minister says

Francois-Philippe Champagne said 70 per cent of March’s counter-tariffs were still being enforced, despite pause on certain categories.

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United States

On Balance | How Trump’s erratic tariffs could crash his US car production goals

While levies may prompt some foreign carmakers to start scaling up US-based production, many see a market plagued by uncertainty and risk.

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Employees work at a car factory in Arlington, Texas. Photo: The Dallas Morning News/TNS
US-ally trade wars

Toyota braces for bumpy year in 2025 as tariffs roil carmakers’ profits

Toyota said operating income may come in at ¥3.8 trillion (US$26 billion) for the year ending March 31, 2026, falling far short of analyst expectations.

Chinese workers assemble Toyota SUVs on the assembly line at a plant of FAW-Toyota in Changchun city in northeast China’s Jilin province on February 17th, 2020. Photo: Getty Images.
Mergers & Acquisitions

Japan’s carmakers under pressure to merge as Chinese rivals rise, tariffs bite

The consolidation could be Japan-specific as carmakers elsewhere have already been through that cycle, Man Group’s Stephen Harget says.

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Canada

Canada offers carmakers tariff relief, as Honda denies plans for switch to US

PM Mark Carney will exempt manufacturers from retaliatory duties as long as they keep making vehicles in the country.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Why foreign carmakers have little room to manoeuvre in China

The share of foreign carmakers on the mainland could shrink to as low as 32 per cent this year from 35 per cent in 2024, Natixis says.

Only the fittest will survive in China’s highly competitive car industry, according to analysts. Photo: AFP
Mergers & Acquisitions

Nissan to bow out of historic tie-up with Honda, Nikkei reports

The pair had been negotiating the terms of a tie-up under which Honda would absorb Nissan, bringing the two brands under a single holding company in 2026.

CES

5 car tech innovations at CES show that could change motoring

From Sony’s first electric car to a flying car from China and BMW’s new heads-up display, five notable innovations from the CES tech fair.

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Japan

Japan’s carmakers vow closer ties to regain ground lost to China

To survive, Japanese manufacturers are pledging cooperation in areas like AI and EVs, while also navigating trade tensions and internal restructuring.

An employee wearing a face mask works on a Yaris car at a Toyota car factory in France. Photo: AP/File
Japan

Japan’s Honda and Nissan join forces to create world’s third-largest carmaker

This move comes as the industry transitions away from fossil fuels and towards electric vehicles, where Japanese companies have lagged behind their rivals.

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Logos of Nissan Motor Corporation and Honda are seen at a joint press conference on their merger talks, in Tokyo, Japan on December 23. Photo: Reuters
Mergers & Acquisitions

Nissan and Honda may merge to take on larger rivals and EV makers

Honda is considering several options including a merger, capital tie-up or the establishment of a holding company, Executive Vice-President Shinji Aoyama said.

Donald Trump

Editorial | Trump a good reason for China, Japan thaw

Crisis of trust between two countries with fragile economies has to be overcome for both their sakes.

Japan

Japan’s ‘concerned’ exporters brace for tariff pain under Trump 2.0

Japan should work to show Trump it is a partner instead of a competitor, and develop ‘more robust’ ties with other economies, analysts say.

Cars for export are loaded onto a cargo ship at a port in Yokohama. Japanese exporters are working on tactics to limit the impact of Donald Trump’s “America first” policy. Photo: AP
Wellness

These shoe vibrators are made for walking, directing the visually impaired

A shoe-mounted device developed by a Honda-backed start-up sends direction prompts by vibration, and app sounds alerts for potential hazards.

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A model demonstrates the Ashirase shoe vibrator navigation system for the visually impaired. Photo: Instagram/playworks_inclusivdesign
Electric & new energy vehicles

Honda to end production at one of its Thailand auto plants

The company’s sales in Thailand have been under 100,000 for each of last four years as Chinese EV makers make inroads in Southeast Asia.

Japan

Honda joins scandal-hit Toyota, Yamaha, Suzuki as Japan faces own ‘dieselgate’

The widening scandal has been compared to the ‘dieselgate’ emissions debacle that sideswiped German car giant Volkswagen in 2015.

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