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TechThe world’s top carmaker got mocked for rejecting EV hype—not anymore. ‘I want to congratulate Toyota’
By Steve MollmanFebruary 8, 2024

FinanceSoftbank posts a $6.4 billion quarterly profit, its first in over a year, thanks to Arm, DoorDash and a surprise T-Mobile windfall
By Min Jeong Lee, Takahiko Hyuga and BloombergFebruary 8, 2024

FinanceToyota sits on top of the world’s car market for the fourth year running, but an array of safety scandals could threaten its brand
By Lionel LimJanuary 30, 2024

TechToyota is suspending the shipment of 10 vehicle models after it found problems with diesel engine tests
By Supriya Singh and BloombergJanuary 29, 2024

TechCanon, best known for its cameras and printers, wants to undercut ASML and its $150 million chipmaking machines
By Lionel LimJanuary 29, 2024

LeadershipToyota’s chairman doubles down on his electric car skepticism, forecasting that EV adoption will peak at just 30%
By Lionel LimJanuary 24, 2024

LeadershipJapan’s Nippon Steel appeals to ‘an alliance that advances shared values’ between Washington and Tokyo as it tries to sell its $14B deal for U.S. Steel
By Nicholas GordonJanuary 23, 2024

LifestyleMove over, Singapore and Japan—4 European countries now also top the world’s most powerful passports list
By Alex Millson and BloombergJanuary 11, 2024


LeadershipToyota’s bet on hybrid cars seems to be paying off as it rides consumer skepticism of an all-EV future to maintain its lead as the world’s top selling automaker
By Lionel LimDecember 28, 2023

LeadershipToyota, the world’s largest automaker by vehicles sold, takes a hit as it recalls over a million cars and a subsidiary reveals faked data stretching back to 1989
By Lionel LimDecember 21, 2023

FinanceNippon Steel’s Harvard-educated president explains his $14 billion deal for U.S. Steel: It’s all about China and leading the ’free-competition world’
By Lionel LimDecember 20, 2023

FinanceU.S. Steel agrees to sell to Japan’s Nippon Steel for $55 per share in $14 billion all-cash mega-merger with all union contracts to be upheld
By Michelle Chapman and The Associated PressDecember 18, 2023
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