The world's two largest electric vehicle makers want to make bigger inroads into Japan's struggling EV market. America's Tesla and China's BYD both have plans to roll out new SUVs in April.

More than 50 years ago, Japan was regarded as a model for dealing with extraterrestrials. The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) made recommendations if humans were to encounter aliens from space.

He said that would be "very dangerous" and added that the ministry has no plans to make Japan a test bed for MMT. For the Finance Ministry, the idea of MMT is something that disturb Japan's ...