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Nikkei Asia
31-07-2025
- Automotive
- Nikkei Asia
Ford touts 'Model-T moment' for EVs to counter China's Geely, BYD
Ford says it will announce a new EV strategy on Aug. 11, as it positions itself to take on rising Chinese players. © Reuters KENJI KAWASE TOKYO -- Ford Motor is preparing to unveil a new electric vehicle strategy on Aug. 11, aiming to counter the global onslaught of Chinese manufacturers such as Geely and BYD. Jim Farley, the U.S. automaker's CEO, said the announcement will be a "Model-T moment for us at Ford," referring to the company's legacy as the maker of the world's first mass-produced, affordable car.
Nikkei Asia
30-07-2025
- Automotive
- Nikkei Asia
Changan Auto business carved out from key PLA supplier
A car made by the Changan group is displayed in Shanghai in April. The automaker has joined the ranks of China's "central companies," a group of strategic state-owned conglomerates. KENJI KAWASE TOKYO -- Chinese authorities have approved a carve-out of the automobile business of China South Industries Group, a core state-owned equipment supplier to the People's Liberation Army. An announcement posted Wednesday on the website of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission said a ceremony to mark the establishment of the spun-off China Changan Automobile Group was held in the inland city of Chongqing the previous day.
Nikkei Asia
19-07-2025
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
China's jailing of Astellas employee could have gone differently: ex-envoy
Former Japanese ambassador to China, Hideo Tarumi, said he believes the people of both countries will continue to support each other, as they have throughout history. © Reuters KENJI KAWASE TOKYO -- The sentencing of a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma on espionage charges by a Beijing court on Wednesday could have had a different outcome, says Hideo Tarumi, a former Japanese ambassador to China. The verdict has shocked those who work in or deal with China.
Nikkei Asia
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Nikkei Asia
China bomber flights cast pall over charm offensive in Osaka
Traditional Chinese performers play during China's "National Day" event at the Expo 2025 in Osaka on July 11. (Pool photo) KENJI KAWASE OSAKA -- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Friday visited Expo 2025 in Osaka, presiding over China's National Day event and holding talks with Japanese officials in an effort to improve bilateral ties. In a speech at the event, He emphasized the close historical and cultural affinity between China and Japan, repeating the well-worn phrase that more than 2,000 years of friendly exchanges had shown that the two neighbors "cannot move away from each other."
Nikkei Asia
10-07-2025
- Nikkei Asia
Japanese 'sex offerings' to Soviet troops in 1945 fully exposed
Life New documentary reveals how women were sacrificed in Manchuria Eight of the 15 young Japanese women who were handed over to Soviet troops as "sexual offerings" by Kurokawa village elders in the final days of World War II, in a desperate bid to protect their community in what today is northeastern China. (© TV Asahi) KENJI KAWASE TOKYO -- Many acts of sexual violence against women during World War II have been shrouded in darkness. But one incident from 80 years ago in Manchuria -- in what was then the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo -- has come to light thanks to the courage of victims who broke their silence and allowed their story to be turned into a documentary. The film "Kurokawa no onnatachi" (Women of Kurokawa) is a record of 15 young unmarried Japanese women who were given as "sexual offerings" in the final days of the war to the invading Soviet military by male village elders in exchange for protection of the entire community.
