Japan 2026 1st-half new car sales rise 1.8%, up 2nd straight year

Best-selling new cars of 2026 so far as cheap Chinese brands and switch to electric creates a market shift

Best-selling new cars of 2026 so far as cheap Chinese brands and switch to electric creates a market shift

7-Eleven's parent company is raising its profit forecast as gas earnings surge

The Japanese convenience store giant now expects net profit of ¥278 billion for the fiscal year ending February 2027, up from its prior projection of ¥270 billion

Sektor automotif diunjur kekal sederhana

PETALING JAYA: Sektor automotif dan komponen dijangka kekal sederhana berikutan risiko pendapatan yang dipengaruhi persaingan pasaran yang semakin sengit serta pergerakan kadar pertukaran asing yang tidak memihak kepada pengeluar kenderaan, menurut CIMB Research. Bagaimanapun, firma penyelidikan menjangkakan jumlah keseluruhan industri (TIV) akan mencatat prestasi lebih kukuh pada separuh kedua tahun kewangan 2026, disokong oleh kesinambungan ... Read more The post Sektor automotif diunjur kekal sederhana appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

Japan wants 60 million tourists, but China isn’t sending them

Japan has found a new export industry and it doesn’t come off an assembly line. It arrives by plane, spends freely and is, increasingly, what Tokyo is banking its economic future on. Last year, 42.7 million foreign visitors arrived in the country, a record that shattered the previous year’s high by nearly 16 per cent. Now Tokyo wants to turn that surge into something more lasting: a permanent pillar of growth to rival, or even outlast, the industries that built modern Japan. To achieve that...

Roadside land prices rise in popular Japanese tourist sites

Across the board, the prices of land facing major roads in Japan as of Jan. 1 went up by 2.9, marking a fifth consecutive year of increases.