The Ukraine crisis has highlighted Japan's partial dependence on Russian energy even as Tokyo has acted swiftly and in tandem with the G7 in instituting sanctions.

Rolls Royce is tying up with the aerospace industry to build aircraft and vehicles that are powered by its electric propulsion systems

The automotive giant will work with JVC Kenwood, a maker of portable power units, and Yokohama-based R Energy, which recycles Nissan batteries

That poses “systemic risks” to its future, the newspaper said, with customers and governments increasingly demanding more sustainable supply chains

The airline projected the number of flights to North America to return to pre-pandemic levels in the second half of the business year which began on April 1

The report by the Rand Corporation said that Australia, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand are all reluctant to deploy such weaponry

In the overall reading, which includes fresh food costs, the Japanese capital's CPI increased 2.5% in April from a year before, the fastest growth since October 2014

Japan will use its nuclear reactors to wean itself off energy from Russia and other sources, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday

The investment is set to improve the facilities, equipment and automation procedures in Nissan's facility located in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes

Major Taiwanese Apple supplier Foxconn said on Wednesday that it is continuing production in China's Zhengzhou, 800km northwest of Shanghai

South Korea's inflation rate jumped by 4.8% in April, raising expectation of further interest rate rises by the country's central bank

Japan's famously thrifty consumers are tightening their belts despite sitting on an estimated 50 trillion yen ($383bn) in savings accrued during the pandemic