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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2015
Toyota targets 90% emissions reduction by 2050 with fuel cell vehicles
Toyota Motor Corp. said it is targeting a 90 percent reduction in emissions from its new vehicles by 2050 as it seeks to build on the success of its hybrid autos.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 6, 2015
Toyota's driverless car is put through paces in Tokyo
Touch a button on the steering wheel and put your hands up — this Toyota will take it from here.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2015
Mercedes to continue pushing diesel cars to Japanese motorists in wake of VW scandal
Mercedes-Benz will continue to promote diesel cars in Japan despite the negative impression that Volkswagen AG has cast on the fuel technology with its emissions-cheating scandal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2015
VW admits cheating on U.S. pollution tests; criminal charges weighed
Volkswagen AG's admission that it cheated to make its diesel cars appear cleaner-burning leaves it facing billions in fines, its executives risking criminal charges and its U.S. expansion plans in tatters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 25, 2015
Japan Electric carmaker GLM closes round of funding with ¥1.7 billion
GLM Inc., a Kyoto-based maker of electric sports cars, closed a new funding round that raised about ¥1.7 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 21, 2015
Toyota to add 1,400 workers for new Prius and Land Cruiser
Toyota Motor Corp. plans to add about 1,400 workers at factories in Japan as the automaker ramps up production of Prius hybrids and Land Cruiser SUVs, people familiar with the matter said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 20, 2015
Toyota to unveil first Prius revamp since 2009 next month
Toyota Motor Corp. will reveal the first redesign of the Prius in almost seven years in Las Vegas next month, wagering that new looks can revive demand for its top- selling hybrid.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 6, 2015
Lexus turns to German engineering to create working hoverboard
Imagine, if you will, being handed what looks like a skateboard that almost magically hovers an inch or three above the ground.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2015
Takata's lobby spending rises 22% as recall scrutiny intensifies
Takata Corp. boosted spending on U.S. federal lobbying by 22 percent in the second quarter as it faced increased attention from regulators and lawmakers about faulty air bags behind the auto industry's largest recall in history.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2015
Toyota shifts fewer vehicles while weak yen drives profits higher
Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday reported lower April-June unit sales, but higher revenues and profit thanks to the weaker yen.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2015
Nissan profits beat estimates as deliveries increase in U.S.
Nissan Motor Co. reported profits that beat analyst estimates as deliveries increased in the U.S., its biggest market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2015
Subaru's hometown transformed by foreign workers
Afghan children studying at a madrassa, Catholic mass in seven languages, workers from over sixty countries.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2015
VW passes Toyota to take global sales lead in first half of 2015
Volkswagen AG surpassed Toyota Motor Corp. to become the biggest automaker by deliveries in the first half, putting the company on track to capture the worldwide sales crown three years ahead of its target.
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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