On Tuesday, Nissan Motor Co stated, it would temporarily shutter its operations, including its global headquarter and other facilities in Japan, through early May. The step is aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus at its facilities. Nissan Motor said, it would reduce its operations to minimum level at its head office in Yokohama…
On Monday, in a statement Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said, it could fly only freight to Japan, and not carry any passengers, if it decides to retain some services whose cancellation it announced at the weekend over travel curbs proposed by Japan over China’s coronavirus. On Saturday, Cathay Pacific had cut most of…
On Monday, in a report by the Nikkei business daily, Rakuten Inc plans on setting up its big data mobile plan at $27.68 (2,980 yen) per month. In a statement, Rakuten stated it was not the source of this information. Rakuten is scheduled to announce the details of its pricing plans for the network, which…
On Wednesday, Japanese news daily the Nikkei reported that Tesla and Panasonic are ending their partnership to produce solar cells following the Japanese electronics company ramping up efforts to divest unprofitable businesses. The development comes in the wake of Tesla diversifying away from Panasonic as its sole battery supplier for electronic vehicles after it brought…
On Tuesday, Japan’s cabinet approved a bill to support companies to develop secure 5G mobile networks and drone technologies midst a growing alarm from Tokyo policymakers over Chinese influence over the said technologies. The bill aims to provide companies, who want to develop the technologies, funds which will attract low-interest rate from government-affiliated financial institutions…
In a statement, Japan’s defense ministry stated, a cyber attack on Mitsubishi Electric Corp, a major supplier of the country’s defense and infrastructure systems, has led to a breach of sensitive data on defense equipment. The potentially stolen data included requirements for defense equipment that Japan’s Defense ministry specified for contract bidders in October 2018,…
The coronavirus outbreak in China poses a potential threat to the mobile phone industry, said Qualcomm Inc while adding that it is likely to impact its manufacturing and sales. These comments by Qualcomm, the world’s biggest supplier of “modem” chips has resulted in the tumbling of chip stocks despite signs that an industry downturn was…
On Tuesday, a report from Japan’s Nikkei Asian Review stated, Apple Inc’s plan to boost the production of the iPhone by 10% during the first half of this year is likely to hit headwinds with the coronavirus spreading further in China. The Nikkei reported citing sources familiar with the company’s plans as saying, Apple had…
One year back, while speaking at a conference hosted by the Massachusetts Medical Society, Bill Gates had “predicted” that a super-virus pandemic breaking out in China could potentially kill 33 million people around the globe in a span of just 6 months. Gates had warned that the world was at risk from super-pathogens spreading quickly…
Midst growing debate over the future of money, major central banks across the globe are looking at a possibility of issuing their own digital currencies, said the European Central Bank and the Bank of England. “The central banks of Britain, the euro zone, Japan, Sweden and Switzerland will share experiences in a new group headed…
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