Honda, like rival Toyota, has been slow to shift to EVs and is under pressure from investors to make cars that are carbon-free and equipped with self-driving technology

The "high-NA EUV" tool produces beams of focused light that create the microscopic circuitry on computer chips used in phones, laptops, cars and artificial intelligence devices

The yen has hit 24-year lows - beyond 135 to the dollar - this week and rising bond yields have pressured the Bank of Japan yield curve control

The BoJ is estimated to have spent $5.2 billion on Wednesday buying bonds to defend its 10-year yield ceiling as 10-year futures endured their worst plunge in close to a decade.

Microsoft has been encouraging users to move to its Edge browser, and announced the end of support for Explorer on Wednesday

High commodity prices contributed to a surge in imports, which soared 48.9% in the year to May, Ministry of Finance data showed

There's speculation the prospect of significant US interest rate rises and the yen’s slump may force the Bank of Japan's hand on policy tightening

Observers say speculators betting on a Bank of Japan capitulation amid tightening at other global central banks have been attacking the bonds

The model is for Japanese and US businesses to jointly establish a new company, or else Japanese firms could set up a new manufacturing hub in the US

Toyota was once a darling of environmentalists, but has more recently drawn criticism over its apparent reluctance to phase out petrol-powered cars

"The disruption ... on the international economic order; and the chance to grow would be much, much (more) significant than this one," chief trade negotiator John Deng said

The Bank of Japan ramped up bond buying on Tuesday in a bid to keep the yield on 10-year government bonds at a 0.25% cap, amid renewed pressure from rising global interest rates