TOKYO - Local governments across Japan have been conducting emergency inspections of sewage systems following the emergence of a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama prefecture.
Nissan shares plunged on Wednesday after Japan's Nikkei business daily said the carmaker had decided to withdraw from merger talks with rival Honda. But the smaller automaker's chief said this week it ...
Honda, Japan's second-largest carmaker, and Nissan, the third-largest, had announced last year that they were in talks to merge, which would have marked a significant shift in an industry.