The problem is there is no likely outcome that would leave both companies and their employees better off than they are today.

More than 180 jobs are to be created by a Japanese supplier to Nissan with the launch of a new factory near the car maker's ...

Mitsubishi, another Japanese carmaker that has been allied with Nissan since 2016, could also join the merger talks. Like Nissan, Mitsubishi’s North American headquarters is based in Franklin.

The merger of Honda, Japan's second-largest automaker ... sales plunged in the key China and U.S. markets. Nissan's North American headquarters are in Nashville. University of Tennessee Boyd ...