On December 23, 2024, a sweeping realignment plan shook Japan’s auto industry. Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to pursue a management integration via a joint holding company.
On July 20, 2021, Taiwan's foreign minister announced a plan to open the “Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania,” a de facto embassy in one of the three Baltic countries with which Taiwan has no diplomatic relations.