Kyoko Hasegawa

1 week ago | japantoday.com | Andrew Mckirdy |Kyoko Hasegawa

With their sleek curves and chrome grilles, the classic American cars on sale at Yosuke Fukuda's yard ooze Californian cool but on Japanese roads new U.S. vehicles are a rare sight -- much to President Donald Trump's annoyance. Toyota is the second-top-selling automaker in the United States, where it shifted more than 2.3 million vehicles last year.

2 weeks ago | finance.yahoo.com | Kyoko Hasegawa

Japan's central bank cut its growth forecasts for 2025 and 2026 over the uncertainties brought by Donald Trump's tariffs (Alfredo ESTRELLA) The Bank of Japan on Thursday left its key interest rate unchanged but revised down its growth forecasts, warning that US trade tariffs are fuelling economic uncertainty. "The introduction of wide-ranging tariffs is expected to impact global trade activity," the central bank said.

1 month ago | sg.news.yahoo.com | Kyoko Hasegawa

Japan's main Nikkei 225 index fell more than three percent on Friday, adding to a 2.7-percent drop on Thursday after the S&P 500 on Wall Street dropped by the most in a day since 2020 (Kazuhiro NOGI) (Kazuhiro NOGI/AFP/AFP)US President Donald Trump's tariffs on Japanese goods are a "national crisis", Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday ahead of cross-party talks on mitigating the impact.

1 month ago | japantoday.com | Hiroshi Hiyama |Kyoko Hasegawa

Japan slammed Thursday as "extremely regrettable" U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs, saying they may break WTO rules and the two countries' trade agreement. Japanese firms are the biggest investors into the United States but Tokyo has failed to secure an exemption, with Trump announcing a hefty 24-percent levy on Japanese imports.

1 month ago | japantoday.com | Katie Forster |Kyoko Hasegawa

Japan wants to become a hydrogen fuel leader to meet its net-zero goals, but one blockbuster project is hanging in the balance over questions about its climate credentials. The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) is billed as a billion-dollar attempt to ship liquid hydrogen from Australia to Japan. However, cold feet about the project in Australia means HESC will source hydrogen from Japan to meet a 2030 deadline for its demonstration phase.