Japan increases support for domestic EV battery output

Japan raised support for the production of storage batteries to up to $2.2 billion, the government said, pledging nearly $1 billion in new subsidies for Toyota and other manufacturers as part of a push towards greater economic supply chain security. ( read original story ...)

Japan passes watered-down LGBT understanding bill

Japan on Friday passed a much-contested bill to promote understanding of the LGBT community amid criticism that the legislation provides no human rights guarantees and may tacitly encourage some forms of discrimination. ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan’s Easy Money Pushes Yen Down

The currency Kazuo Ueda oversees has fallen considerably in the two months since he became Bank of Japan governor, but he isn’t hurrying to raise interest rates to prop it up. The yen fell as low as ...