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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 13, 2016
Toyota Suzuki driven toward alliance amid fear that innovators will overtake them
Toyota Motor Corp. sees the technological revolution shaking up the auto industry as a serious enough threat to its survival that the world's most valuable carmaker will consider partnering with one of its fiercest Japanese rivals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2016
Uptick in luxury car sales a bright spot amid retail lull
Japanese consumers are raiding discount stores for everything from cheap shampoo to furniture. When it comes to automobiles, it's the Rolls-Royces and BMWs that are moving off the dealer lots.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 20, 2016
Takata lines up bids despite uncosted liabilities
Embattled air bag supplier Takata Corp. is moving forward with an auction of the company as private-equity firms and car parts-makers line up offers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2016
Automakers urge Abe to act after taking ¥500 billion hit from strong yen
The automaker association asks the new Cabinet to take action in response to seesawing foreign exchange markets and the Brexit.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 27, 2016
Nissan profit declines 11% on stronger yen, Japan deliveries
Nissan Motor Co. posted a 11 percent drop in quarterly profit as a stronger yen eroded overseas earnings and domestic sales of minicars supplied by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. slumped after a mileage scandal.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 20, 2016
DeNA, Yamato Transport to test self-driving delivery service
DeNA Co. and Yamato Transport Co. announced Wednesday they plan to start trials on a delivery service that will utilize self-driving vehicles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 22, 2016
Nissan CEO Ghosn's pay tops ¥1 billion for second year
Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn, one of Japan's best-paid executives, received more than ¥1 billion ($9.58 million) in pay for the second straight year after the carmaker's profit climbed to a record.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 20, 2016
Toyota says Brexit may lead to 10% duties on U.K.-built cars
Toyota Motor Corp., the world's largest automaker, warned a withdrawal by Britain from the European Union may lead to levies of as much as 10 percent on the cars it builds in the U.K.
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.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
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.

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