The logo of Western Digital Corporation is displayed at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on May 27, 2019. REUTERS/Yoshiyasu Shida Aug 25 (Reuters) – Western Digital Corp (WDC.O) is in advanced talks for a potential $20 billion stock merger with Japanese semiconductor firm Kioxia Holdings Corp, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing…
Japan to support greater use of work robots The Japanese government is stepping up support to create the conditions to put robots into more widespread practical use in a range of fields. Businesses see robots as a way to cope with labor shortages and help workers maintain social distance as the pandemic drags on. Companies…
Toyota Motor Corp. on Monday launched a new Land Cruiser sport utility vehicle, fully redesigning the popular vehicle for the first time in 14 years to achieve improved car security and a better driving experience under bad road conditions. Toyota has installed a fingerprint identification system for the first time for any of its vehicles…
Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday that it will end production of its NSX luxury sports car in December 2022, as part of efforts to review its less profitable products and focus on the development of electric vehicles. The current model, with a starting price of 24.2 million yen ($222,000) and produced in the United States,…
Imagine a world where you could sit on the same couch as a friend who lives thousands of miles away or conjure up a virtual version of your workplace while at the beach. Welcome to the metaverse: a vision of the future that sounds fantastical, but which tech titans like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg…
Toyota Motor Corp remained the world’s best-selling automaker with a record 5.47 million vehicles sold in the first six months of 2021, outpacing German archrival Volkswagen AG, the Japanese company’s data showed Thursday. It is the second year in a row that Toyota has been the world’s top automaker in the first half, underscoring its…
Commercial quantum computer debuts in Japan An ultra-high-speed computer, known as a “quantum computer,” has started operating for commercial use in Japan. The computer was developed by IBM. It is only the second one outside the US, following one in Germany. The IBM Quantum System One is what is known as a gate-model quantum computer….
In this May 11, 2021 file photo, a man wearing a face mask walks by the logo of Nissan Motor Co.’s showroom in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO (Kyodo) — Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday it expects to return to the black for the first time in three years in fiscal 2021 through March…
Tesla posts record quarterly profit The electric-car maker Tesla has posted record net profit for the latest business quarter. Sales jumped as drivers made the shift to EVs out of concern for the environment. Tesla says net income topped 1.1 billion dollars in the April-to-June quarter. That was almost 11 times more than the…
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing is in the early stages of considering a new chipmaking plant in Germany, Chairman Mark Liu told shareholders on Monday. The world’s biggest chipmaker is also continuing its due diligence around building a semiconductor facility in Japan and that decision will depend on customer demand, Liu said. The company is engaged…
