Tim Kelly

Japan, Australia sign economic partnership pact

August 25, 2021 at 6:17 a.m.

CANBERRA/TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian counterpart Tony Abbott on Tuesday signed an economic partnership pact as well as an agreement on military equipment and technology...

Japan holds first broad cybersecurity drill, frets over Olympics risks

December 23, 2018 at 10:53 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan faced a full-on cyber attack across government departments on Tuesday in a drill aimed at bolstering national security as the country gears up to host the...

Japan, Turkey scrap talks on tank engine supply deal

December 23, 2018 at 10:15 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has lost a potential deal to supply tank engines to Turkey because of restrictions that remain in place on Japan's military exports, officials in...

Defying China, U.S. bombers and Japanese planes fly through new air zone

December 24, 2018 at 11:45 a.m.

TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two unarmed U.S. B-52 bombers on a training mission flew over disputed islands in the East China Sea without informing Beijing while Japan's main airlines also ignored...

Japan eyes government support for military aircraft exports

August 24, 2021 at 10:03 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is considering providing low-interest loans from a state-run bank to support exports of aircraft designed for military use, the first time such sales are being considered...

Insight: Japan politics looms over ANA’s choice between Airbus, Boeing

August 24, 2021 at 9:27 p.m.

TOKYO/PARIS (Reuters) - When Japan Airlines Co broke with decades of tradition by buying long-haul jets from Europe's Airbus rather than U.S. rival Boeing Co, it informed the Japanese government...

Airbus clinches landmark order for 31 jets with Japan Airlines

August 24, 2021 at 9:04 p.m.

BARCELONA, Spain/TOKYO (Reuters) - Airbus announced its first jet order from Japan Airlines Co Ltd on Monday, breaking open the last major aviation market dominated by rival Boeing Co after...

Is Sony un-Japanese enough to entertain change?

August 24, 2021 at 3:11 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Few foreign activist investors have made much headway in forcing change in Japan, where a conservative corporate culture favors long-standing ties with banks, business partners and workers...

Dreamliner set to fly in a week as Boeing fixes battery

August 24, 2021 at 1:18 p.m.

TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) - Boeing began installing reinforced lithium-ion battery systems on five 787 jets in Japan on Monday, starting a process that should make the first commercial Dreamliners ready to...

SoftBank fight for Sprint seen trumping easy gains

August 24, 2021 at 7:38 a.m.

TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Masayoshi Son, billionaire founder of Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank Corp, is expected to stay in the battle for U.S. wireless service provider Sprint Nextel Corp, even...

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