Honda and Nissan Scrap  Billion Merger Plan
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Honda and Nissan Scrap $50 Billion Merger Plan

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A $50 billion merger between Honda Motor and Nissan Motor, which would have established one of the world’s largest auto groups, has been called off. In December, Japan’s second- and third-largest automakers said they were exploring plans to combine their operations with the…

Lunar New Year 2025 Photos: See Year of the Snake Celebrations Across Asia
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Lunar New Year 2025 Photos: See Year of the Snake Celebrations Across Asia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines More than a billion people across the world, from China to the Philippines to diaspora communities in the United States, began celebrating the Lunar New Year on Tuesday with fireworks, family time and feasts. On Wednesday, the first new moon of the Year…

Japan Stocks Sink as Rout in Technology Shares Spreads to Asia
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Japan Stocks Sink as Rout in Technology Shares Spreads to Asia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A sell-off in the biggest technology companies in the United States rippled into Asia on Tuesday, with stock markets in Japan falling as U.S. markets appeared to stabilize. Japan’s tech-heavy Nikkei 225 fell 1.4 percent with Softbank, the Japanese investment firm with major…

Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level Since 2008
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Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level Since 2008

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a number of ways, Japan’s economy seems to have gone back in time. Inflation and wage growth are mostly back where they were in the early 1990s, just before the spiral of price deflation and economic stagnation that became known as “the…

Rubio Oversees Halt to Foreign Aid and Meets With Asian Diplomats on Day 1
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Rubio Oversees Halt to Foreign Aid and Meets With Asian Diplomats on Day 1

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Secretary of State Marco Rubio walked into the State Department on Tuesday for the first time in his new job, taking the reins of the main agency carrying out U.S. foreign policy at a time of violent global crises and as other nations…

Meet Japan’s Original Decluttering Guru (No, Not That One)
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Meet Japan’s Original Decluttering Guru (No, Not That One)

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Before Marie Kondo captured the world’s attention with her exhortations to rid ourselves of items that did not “spark joy,” there was another Japanese guru of decluttering. Her name is Hideko Yamashita. And while Ms. Yamashita, 70, has never reached Ms. Kondo’s level…

Despite Blocked US Steel Bid, Japan Won’t Stop Seeking American Deals
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Despite Blocked US Steel Bid, Japan Won’t Stop Seeking American Deals

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As signs emerged that President Biden was gearing up to stop the Japanese steel maker Nippon Steel from acquiring Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel, top Japanese officials repeatedly warned that quashing the merger would hinder economic ties between the allies. Japan’s biggest business lobby, Keidanren,…

SNK Announces ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 3 And Vol. 4 For Switch

SNK Announces ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 3 And Vol. 4 For Switch

#news #newstoday #gaming #gamingnews #latestnews #gameupdates #newsupdates Image: SNK Update [Tue 31st Dec 2024, 4am]: The ACA NEOGEO Selections Vol. 3 and Vol. 4 are now available to pre-order on sites like Playasia, with both titles expected to ship around April 2025. According to a listing on VGP, the Japanese…

Osamu Suzuki, leader of Japan Suzuki motors, dead at 94
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Osamu Suzuki, leader of Japan Suzuki motors, dead at 94

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Osamu Suzuki, an ingenious pennypincher who led Japan’s Suzuki Motor for more than four decades and played a key role in turning India into a flourishing auto market, has died aged 94. He died on Christmas Day of lymphoma, said the company, which he…