TOKYO -- Japanese output of plastics building block ethylene and steel has dropped to the lowest levels in decades as domestic demand shrinks while overproduction in China weighs on prices.

TOKYO (Reuters) -SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son's plan to invest billions in AI in the United States shows one way to handle the ...

Japanese companies remain bullish about investing in the United States but need to prepare for supply chain shocks that could ...

Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves said Monday he had a plan to buy U.S. Steel as he launched a tirade against Japan, ...

By David Brunnstrom, Simon Lewis, Trevor Hunnicutt and Tim Kelly TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The foreign ministers of Japan ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba asked U.S. President Joe Biden to allay concerns in the Japanese and U.S ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told US President Joe Biden that his blocking of Nippon Steel's takeover of US Steel raised "strong" concerns in both countries, local media reported Monday.

In remarks to the media, at which no questions were taken, Blinken did not mention Nippon Steel, but a statement from Japan’s foreign ministry said he and Iwaya “exchanged views on the economy ...

The foreign ministers of Japan and the U.S. reaffirmed their strong ties on Tuesday, despite tensions surrounding President ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nippon Steel remains interested in working with the incoming administration of Donald Trump to try to seal a takeover of U.S. Steel, its vice chairman Takahiro Mori said ...

Lourenco Goncalves, CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs, called Japan, the home of rival steelmaker Nippon Steel, ”evil” in a press conference on Monday, as the U.S. company prepares a new bid for U.S. Steel.

In December 2023, Japan's Nippon Steel agreed to acquire the struggling U.S. Steel in a win-win deal that would bring much needed capital investment to help restore the ailing steelmaker's ...