The pillars of the new law include protecting sensitive technology, strengthening supply chains for semiconductors and encouraging new tech such as artificial intelligence

The company currently faces many challenges, including lower demand for steel in China, market volatility triggered by war in Ukraine and a weak yen

Strong game sales helped Sony more than double fourth-quarter operating profit as it encourages online game downloads and sign-ups for subscription services

The new factory, which the company hopes to set up by 2024 in Kitakami in Iwate prefecture, will manufacture ceramic capacitors

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