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Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 14, 2015
Automakers should invest in future while yen is on their side: analysts
Japanese automakers enjoyed solid sales and profits in fiscal 2014 thanks to the benefits of the weakened yen, and fiscal 2015 looks set to drive further growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
May 8, 2015
Toyota courts mom-and-pop investors with long view
Billionaire investors like Dan Loeb may be heroes on Wall Street, but Toyota Motor Corp. would prefer more people like Hisashi Nakanishi.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2015
Honda profit forecast trails estimates on recalls, U.S. sales
Honda Motor Co. forecast profit that fell short of analyst estimates as the carmaker recovers from its worst vehicle recalls in decades.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2015
Obama, Abe poised to trumpet TPP deal next week, Japan's ambassador says
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be able to declare next week that the U.S. and Japan have all but completed their part of negotiations on a Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, Japan's ambassador to the U.S. said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 21, 2015
As car sales slow in China, automakers trim prices
China's auto sales growth is slowing to a "new normal" with Bayerische Motoren Werke AG to Honda Motor Co. trimming their prices to sustain demand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 15, 2015
Toyota backs Prius in next-gen auto wars
When Scott Fisher bought his 2006 Prius, there weren't many other choices that gave him use of the carpool lanes on his drive to work in New York. That changed last year when the Long Island lawyer traded in his car for a Honda Accord Hybrid.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 26, 2015
Toyota adopts new business model with cost-saving platform shift
Toyota Motor Corp. will shift half of all vehicles it makes to new cost-saving platforms by 2020, following a similar move by rival Volkswagen AG.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 18, 2015
Nissan's 600-horsepower, $150,000 GT-R tops insurance costs
When it comes to auto insurance, speed costs.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 4, 2015
Toyota promotes Europe chief, names first female high-level executive
Toyota Motor Corp. promoted a French national and an American woman to unprecedented executive roles, marking a shake-up in management ranks dominated by male Japanese.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 3, 2015
Kobe Steel considers $800 million U.S. aluminium plant for car supplies
Kobe Steel Ltd., supplier of aluminum sheet to half of the nation's auto industry, is considering building a ¥100 billion plant in the U.S. to expand sales to Japanese carmakers operating in North America.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 12, 2015
Honda bets that Chinese tastes will prevail in Japan, too
Honda Motor Co. designed the Jade minivan with the extended Chinese family in mind, appealing to the preference for space to carry relatives. The automaker is pitching the same car to Japanese consumers with a twist.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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