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A Toyota hybrid on display at the Beijing Motor Show. (Reuters)

The chairman of the Japan Business Federation has expressed hope for the Cabinet of newly-elected Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide.

Nakanishi Hiroaki released a statement on Wednesday. He said he wants to praise the new Cabinet lineup as it can execute reforms across a wide range of areas without being restricted by precedents.

Japan's minister in charge of the coronavirus response says he hopes the government will come up with some results on how to curb infections by the end of this month, using artificial intelligence and other technologies.

Nishimura Yasutoshi on Wednesday addressed the government's expert panel, which includes Professor Emeritus at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Kurokawa Kiyoshi and Kyoto University Professor Yamanaka Shinya.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials say they expect to confirm more than 460 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday.

This would be the first time the daily tally for the capital has exceeded 400. Tokyo confirmed 367 new infections on Thursday.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials say they expect to confirm more than 400 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday.

This would be the first time the daily tally for the capital has exceeded 400.

The latest earnings forecast from Nissan Motor suggests the coronavirus is making life even harder for the struggling automaker. The firm is projecting a net loss of more than $6 billion in the current fiscal year.

Company executives say the loss for the April to June quarter reached 285.5 billion yen, or 2.7 billion dollars. They say the full-year net loss is likely to be 670 billion yen, or about 6.4 billion dollars. That's about the same as the previous year.

Officials of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government say they expect to confirm more than 290 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday.

The figure is likely to exceed the previous daily record of 286 cases reported on Thursday.

Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko says the Japanese capital is likely to report more than 280 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday.

This would be a new daily record for Tokyo. The highest figure so far has been the 243 cases confirmed on July 10.

Toyota announced it's expecting an 80 percent profit drop this year, the company's lowest in nine years, after estimating the impact from the coronavirus pandemic in its business.

Japan's SoftBank Group is expecting an annual operating loss and net loss for the first time in 15 years.

The company says turmoil in the financial markets amid the coronavirus pandemic has hit the value of its investments.