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☆ Japan Sees Record 2.73 Million Visitors in December in COVID Recovery Year
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Rocky SwiftTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan welcomed a record number of visitors in December, official data showed on Wednesday, closing out a year of rapid recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of foreign visitors for business and leisure rose to 2.73 million last month from 2.44 million in November, data from the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) showed. For the full-year 2023, a little more than 25 million visitors arrived in Japan, the agency said. Arrivals exceeded 2 million every month since June last year, boosted by a weakening in the yen that makes Japan cheaper compared to other destinations. That is helping to compensate for a slow recovery in visitors from mainland China, who made up nearly a third of all visitors and 40% of all tourist spending in Japan in 2019.

Persons: Rocky Swift TOKYO, Teppei Kawanishi, Kawanishi, Wanping Aw, Rocky Swift, Rashmi Aich, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: Japan National Tourism Organization, Tourism, mov Locations: Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Asia, Singapore, Australia, China

☆ Sony Honda Mobility could procure EV batteries from US, president says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/4] Sony Honda Mobility's President Izumi Kawanishi poses during the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato Acquire Licensing RightsTOKYO, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Sony (6758.T) and Honda's (7267.T) automotive joint venture could procure batteries for its new Afeela electric vehicle from the United States where Honda is building a factory, the president of Sony Honda Mobility told Reuters on Wednesday. Izumi Kawanishi made the comment on the sidelines of the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo, which opened to the press a day ahead of its official opening. Reporting by Daniel Leussink; editing by David DolanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Izumi Kawanishi, Issei Kato, Daniel Leussink, David Dolan Organizations: Sony Honda, Japan, REUTERS, Rights, Sony, Honda, Sony Honda Mobility, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, United States

TOKYO, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A joint venture set up by Japan's Sony Group Corp (6758.T) and Honda Motor (7267.T) is aiming to deliver its first electric vehicles by 2026 and will sell them online, starting in the United States and Japan. The update from the joint venture, Sony Honda Mobility, is the first since the two companies launched the project in June. Sony will provide the software system for the new car, from the onboard controllers to cloud-based services that will connect with entertainment and payment systems. The still-to-be named EV will likely be manufactured by Honda at one of its plants in Ohio. The new EV will be delivered to the Japanese market in the second half of 2026.

Sony unveiled future electric models at CES 2020 and 2022. At 192.7 inches, the Vision S-01 electric sedan is around 7.9 inches longer than a comparable Tesla Model 3. At CES 2022, Sony made it clear that the group is serious about its car plans. Sony relies mainly on European know-howOn the technical side, however, Sony has brought even more partner companies on board for its project. Bosch, as well as French supplier Valeo SE, and Hungarian startup Almotive, which specializes in autonomous driving, were also involved in the development of the electric vehicles.

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