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CARMAKERS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2020
Nissan sees sharp sales and profit drop as business struggles
Nissan will shut three production lines and cut about 14,000 jobs globally, up from 12,500 announced a year ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 28, 2020
Japanese automakers eye e-fuel as alternative to EVs
Europe has been looking at carbon neutral e-fuel and plans to have it play a crucial role in many modes of transport, from planes and ships to large trucks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2020
How Tesla defined a new era for the global auto industry
The firm's practices are at odds with traditional automakers' methods, but are proving popular when measured by sales figures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 27, 2020
Nissan’s quarterly loss seen smaller on faster cost cuts
Like many other automakers, Nissan's revenue plummeted during the April-June period this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 22, 2020
Nissan offers to postpone Barcelona plant closure and discuss 'everything'
The three factories, which employ around 3,000 workers, were originally due to close by December this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2020
Toyota's August domestic output to meet pre-pandemic targets
The carmaker has resumed operations at almost all of its plants around the world following suspension due to the outbreak.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 20, 2020
Wired for profit: How an obscure Japanese auto supplier is riding out the pandemic
If the motor is the heart of an EV, then coils in turn are the heart of the electric motor.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 20, 2020
Ex-Nissan boss Ghosn says Renault-Nissan financial results 'pathetic'
The low stock prices of the alliance partners are more a reflection of poor leadership than the COVID-19 pandemic, the fugitive ex-boss says.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 20, 2020
Tesla boom supercharges stock of world’s biggest EV battery firm
This Asian company has a $124 billion order backlog and a valuation of more than $30 billion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 18, 2020
Carlos Ghosn probe finds daughter met accused escape accomplice
Carlos Ghosn insists his wife and four adult children played no part in his dramatic escape from Japan in a crate that was smuggled aboard a private plane.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 14, 2020
Toray to supply carbon fiber materials for German flying-car maker
The deal with Lilium is spurred by expectations that flying cars could help reduce traffic congestion as well as noise and air pollution in major cities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 13, 2020
Toyota to delay restart of factory operations in Venezuela
Toyota Motor Corp. will delay the restart of its factory operations in Venezuela following a four-month suspension, as the country has extended measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, an official said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 12, 2020
Toyota to fully resume global output for first time since February
Toyota Motor Corp. will resume automobile production in all of its manufacturing bases around the world for the first time since February, a source with knowledge of the matter said Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 12, 2020
Ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn says he is helping everyone who stood by him
Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn is helping everyone who stood by him, he said in an interview broadcast on Saturday, though he declined to comment on cases of people accused of helping him flee to Lebanon from Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 11, 2020
Toyota says staffers shown mocking George Floyd's death no longer employed
Two employees, including a supervisor, were fired over a video showing the supervisor kneeling on a file binder and saying 'that will keep them down.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 8, 2020
Carlos Ghosn wired $860,000 to alleged escape plotters, U.S. says
According to prosecutors, the payments from Ghosn show the Taylors have the financial means to escape and should be considered flight risks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2020
Nissan secures ¥832.6 billion to shore up position amid pandemic
Japan's No. 2 automaker is struggling to recover profitability after posting its first annual loss in 11 years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2020
Japanese automakers' domestic output plunged 62% in May amid pandemic
The decline was worse than the previous record fall of 60.1 percent in April 2011, when a massive earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 29, 2020
Toyota's global output plunged record 54.4% in May amid pandemic
Japan's biggest automaker also said its global sales fell 31.8 percent to 576,508 vehicles in the reporting month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2020
Japan carmakers see untapped market as 'paper drivers' ease onto roads
Some driving schools in Japan are reporting an uptick in lapsed drivers taking refresher courses to get back on the roads.

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