Nissan Intends to Terminate Merger Talks with Honda

The Yomiuri Shimbun

19:18 JST, February 5, 2025

Nissan Motor Co. intends to terminate merger talks with Honda Motor Co., it has been learned.

Nissan convened a board meeting on Wednesday to discuss how to proceed with the merger talks, which were first announced in December.

Nissan likely found Honda’s conditions for a merger to be unacceptable. One such unacceptable condition, which was suggested by Honda, was for Nissan to become a subsidiary.