23:29⇢Nissan Slams Final Door on Honda
⌨The newspapers report extensively on Nissan's formal rejection of Honda merger talks, with Nissan's CEO Makoto Uchida directly informing Honda's CEO of the termination (Asahi, Nikkei). Prime Minister Ishiba arrives in Washington for his first meeting with Trump, focusing on China policy and economic relations (Sankei, Japan Times, Kyodo). Former interpreter Kazuhiro Mizuhara received a 4-year-9-month prison sentence for the $17 million fraud involving Shohei Ohtani (TBS, NHK, Yomiuri).