Nissan Motor Co., currently undergoing a major restructuring, finds itself once again at a critical crossroads. On November 6, 2025, the company announced its consolidated financial results for the first half of fiscal year 2025 (April–September), posting a net loss of ¥221.9 billion, a dramatic deterioration from a ¥19.2 billion profit in the same period last year.
On October 24, 2025, Toyota Motor Corporation announced—via an official press release—the end of an era for car enthusiasts worldwide: production of the pure sports car GR Supra will cease in March 2026. On its official website, Toyota quietly posted a note of gratitude: “We would like to express our sincere thanks to the many customers who have supported us over the years.” This was more than a routine notice about the discontinuation of a single model; it signaled the closing of a major chapter in Japan’s sports-car history.
On June 14, 2025, the U.S. President officially approved Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. Steel, ending an extraordinary 18-month political and economic standoff that tested the boundaries of free-market capitalism and national security alike.
On April 1, 2025, Nissan Motor Co., one of Japan’s automotive giants, reached a major turning point. Iván Espinosa, a 46-year-old executive from Mexico, was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). This appointment signifies far more than a routine change in leadership.
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 January 3, 2025, a decision was made that shook economic relations between Japan and the United States. U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order blocking Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. steel giant U.S. Steel, citing national security concerns. This is a highly unusual situation in which the purchase of an American company by a firm from a U.S. ally was directly halted by presidential authority.
“Recently, there’s numerous inquiries regarding India. We’ve never seen so much enthusiasm from Japanese companies,” says the surprised megabank staff who surveys Japanese corporate expansion into emerging countries.
On December 14, 2021 at Mega Web, Toyota Motor’s showroom in Tokyo’s waterfront district, CEO Akio Toyoda announced the “New EV Strategy” before the full lineup of new electric vehicles (EV).
As characteristics of the U.S industries, we can list mature IT industry and financial systems, labor market flexibility, strong growth of startups, and high technological development and innovation capabilities.
The shift towards electric vehicles (EV) is a movement that paves the way for realignments that transcend national borders and industries, such as in the form of Japanese and American automobile manufacturers creating partnerships.
With Toyota Motor Corporation at the top, Aichi Prefecture is home to the headquarters and factories of 1,467 companies including Toyota Group mega suppliers such as Denso and Aishin, and Tier 2 and lower parts companies.
There are global companies in the water business so called water majors. For a long time from the 19th to the 21st century, Veolia Environment , Suez both of France, and Thames Water of the U.K. were the three companies called water majors.
The Chinese consumer market in 2020 was hit hard by negative growth due to the impact of the spread of the new coronavirus infection at the beginning of the year.
As the Xi Jinping administration intensifies its confrontational stance towards the U.S., it is speeding up domestic production of semiconductors which are “the rice of industry,” in fear of decoupling from the international supply chain.
On April 7, 2025, Japan quietly embarked on a solemn journey of remembrance marking eighty years since the end of World War II. Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress chose as their first destination Iwo Jima, one of the fiercest and bloodiest battlefields of the Pacific War. That morning, the Imperial couple departed the Imperial Palace, boarded a government aircraft at Haneda Airport, and after a flight of about two and a half hours, landed on the isolated island approximately 1,200 kilometers south of Tokyo. This was their first-ever visit to Iwo Jima.
In March 2023, the 11 member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) agreed to accept the U.K. as the 12th member.
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