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Kana Inagaki

Industry Editor

Kana Inagaki starts as industry editor on September 1 after serving as Tokyo bureau chief. Before that, she was the FT’s Tokyo correspondent since 2014. Earlier in her career, she reported on Japan at the Wall Street Journal, Kyodo News and the Associated Press.
Email Kana Inagaki @kanainagaki  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Ford Motor Co
    Ford to restart India car production 3 years after quitting

    US automaker plans to use mothballed Tamil Nadu plant to build vehicles for export

    A sign for the ‘Ganges Ford’ showroom in the Indian city of Kolkata
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Tata Group
    Tata ‘very close’ to securing £500mn of state aid for UK’s largest steelmaking plant

    Chair of Indian parent company says talks with the British government are ‘going well’

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    BMW
    BMW shares slide after warning on faulty brakes and weak China demand

    German carmaker sets aside ‘high three-digit million amount’ for expected warranty payments

    BMW cars are displayed at a booth during the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai, China.
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Volkswagen AG
    Former VW boss Diess rejects union criticism of hybrid car strategy

    Works council chair claims ex-CEO left company ‘empty-handed’ when it came to dual-fuel vehicles

    Herbert Diess
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    News in-depthVolkswagen AG
    Why VW is seeking to break the taboo of closing German plants

    Europe’s largest automaker has sparked fury over a cost-cutting plan to adjust to weak demand for EVs

    New Volkswagen ID.4 electric vehicles in various colors are parked inside a multi-level delivery tower at Volkswagen's headquarters and auto plant complex in Wolfsburg, Germany
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    Volvo Cars ditches pledge to sell only electric cars by 2030

    Demand for battery-powered vehicles has decreased globally over concerns about cost and charging infrastructure

    A Volvo electric car being charged
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    News in-depthSony Corp
    Sony chief bets on original content as part of ‘creation shift’

    Tech group joins Netflix, Apple and Amazon in spending war as it targets greater share of $3tn entertainment industry

    Sony chief Kenichiro Yoshida pictured in Tokyo
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    Japanese business & finance
    Japanese trading house chief calls for government help to counter China’s Asian surge

    Mitsubishi boss says traditional trade stronghold of south-east Asia is under siege from Chinese companies

    Katsuya Nakanishi, Mitsubishi Corporation’s chief executive
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Volkswagen AG
    VW considers closing factories in Germany and cutting jobs

    Savings programme launched last year has fallen short by several billions of euros at group’s flagship brand

    A VW employee in Wolfsburg, Germany
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    Chery Automobile Co Ltd
    China’s Chery bets on continuing petrol car demand as it enters UK market

    Automaker launches mass-market SUV powered by conventional engines as it seeks to establish its brand

    A customer looks at a row of Chery Omoda 5 vehicles at a dealership in Sydney, Australia. The scene features several white and silver SUVs parked in front of the dealership, with banners displaying the Chery and Omoda logos. Another person in the background is taking a closer look at one of the cars.
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    Semiconductors
    SoftBank discussed AI chips tie-up with Intel to rival Nvidia

    Son hopes to put Japanese group at centre of artificial intelligence boom but talks with US chipmaker failed to progress

    Montage of Intel chief executive Pat Gelsinger, SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son and their respective company logos
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    Japanese politics & policy
    Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida to step down

    Premier will not contest Liberal Democratic party leadership election in September

    Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
  • Sunday, 11 August, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    Retro Indian motorcycle maker Royal Enfield plans electric foray

    Falling costs help global motorbike brands push into two-wheel EV market

    Workers park finished motorcycles at an assembly unit of Royal Enfield in Tamil Nadu
  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
    Batteries
    Chinese battery industry faces consolidation wave

    Companies cancel investments and smaller players leave amid slowing EV sales, fierce competition and stricter regulations 

    Batteries for Volkswagen electric vehicles on display in an exhibition area in China
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    Nissan and Honda to roll out new EV by 2030

    Japanese carmakers do not rule out future capital tie-up as they unveiled sweeping alliance

    Nissan chief executive Makoto Uchida, left, with his Honda counterpart Toshihiro Mibe at a press conference in Tokyo on Thursday
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Bank of Japan
    Bank of Japan raises interest rates to 0.25%

    Japanese central bank plans to halve monthly bond purchases as it tightens monetary policy

    The Japanese flag at the Bank of Japan in Tokyo
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    Japanese politics & policy
    US and Japan warn of China threat as they upgrade military alliance

    Foreign ministers say Beijing is ‘greatest strategic challenge’ in Indo-Pacific region

    US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, third left, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second left, speaks during the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    Stellantis
    Stellantis and Nissan deepen fears over auto industry downturn

    Profits at both carmakers fall as demand wanes and pressure on pricing grows

    A Fiat Grande Panda at the Stellantis production plant in Serbia
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    #techAsia
    Chip chemicals and cyber crime crackdowns Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    A technician, surrounded by glass containers filled with chemicals, works in the liquid chemicals laboratory at the Solvay SA plant in Herten, Netherlands
  • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
    Japanese business & finance
    Japan’s copyright rules draw AI groups — and alarm from creators

    Critics want changes to local laws that allow widespread use of copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence models

  • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
    Nippon Steel
    Nippon Steel hires Pompeo in lobbying push for $15bn US Steel bid

    Trump’s former secretary of state to help Japanese company overcome opposition to deal

    Mike Pompeo speaks at the convention
  • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
    InterviewElectric vehicles
    Japanese carmakers ‘very scared’ by China’s rapid EV development

    Chief of Sony-Honda’s joint venture says Japan needs to shake up its conservative corporate culture

    Yasuhide Mizuno
  • Sunday, 14 July, 2024
    Japan Exchange Group Inc
    Japan stock exchange chief says reforms are cutting down ‘aimless’ listings

    Hiromi Yamaji’s campaign has helped lift benchmark stock index above its 1980s bubble-era peak

    Hiromi Yamaji
  • Saturday, 13 July, 2024
    Precious metals
    Investors pile into platinum funds in bet on hybrid vehicles

    Highest ETF inflows in four years come as electric car sales flag

    A car emits exhaust fumes
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    Japanese politics & policy
    Japan naval chief to step down after 200 officers punished for misconduct

    Breaches include access to classified information on ship movements for some without security clearance

    Admiral Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Maritime Self-Defence Force, bows during a press conference at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo on Friday
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