The Toyota Industries Corp. logo at the company’s Nagakusa plant in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
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Shares of forklift producer Toyota Industries jumped Thursday, a day after Toyota Motor sweetened the tender…

The Toyota Industries Corp. logo at the company’s Nagakusa plant in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images
Shares of forklift producer Toyota Industries jumped Thursday, a day after Toyota Motor sweetened the tender…

Reliance Industries Limited has paused its initiative to manufacture lithium-ion battery cells in India after negotiations with China’s Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology fell apart. The breakdown followed China’s recent tightening of…

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Good morning and welcome back to FirstFT Asia. In today’s newsletter:
Takaichi’s election gamble
US partially evacuates Qatar base
Why the world is stockpiling food again
We start in Japan, where Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning to call…