Daily brief
Toyota Industries, Mazda, and Mitsubishi Motors have agreed in full to union demands for wage increases in Japan's annual spring labor negotiations. Toyota Industries, the first Toyota-affiliated company to settle, agreed to a monthly raise of 22,000 yen. The early agreements in the automotive sector come despite concerns over potential U.S. tariffs.
Japan's Fair Trade Commission raided Microsoft's Tokyo office over suspected violations of anti-monopoly laws related to its cloud services practices.
A specialized robot arm for decommissioning work at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has been unveiled to the media.
China has restricted exports to 40 Japanese entities with ties to the military (ongoing coverage).
Japan's ruling LDP has called for lifting the ban on exports of lethal weapons.