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CARMAKERS

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 4, 2017
Israel's 'flying car' passenger drone moves closer to delivery
After 15 years of development, an Israeli tech firm is optimistic it will finally get its 1,500 kg (1.5 ton) passenger-carrying drone off the ground and into the market by 2020.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 27, 2016
Nissan opts to build new model in Britain despite Brexit: source
Carmaker Nissan will build its new Qashqai model at Britain's biggest car plant in Sunderland, a company source said Thursday, in a major boost to Prime Minister Theresa May just months after voters backed Brexit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2016
Ghosn to become chairman of Mitsubishi Motors
Nissan Motor Co. CEO Carlos Ghosn announced Thursday he will become chairman of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., vowing to help reform the struggling automaker.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2016
Takata hires U.S. law firm to help deal with planned sale; bankruptcy is an option
Takata Corp., whose defective air bag inflators triggered the biggest recall in auto industry history, hired law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP to help it weigh options that could include bankruptcy or a sale, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2016
Takata lifelines scrutinized by carmakers stuck in cost bind
Takata Corp. and some of the world's biggest carmakers face an extensive, expensive to-do list as they try to resolve the worst safety crisis in the auto industry's history.
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2016
U.S. road safety body says hundreds of recalled Takata air bag parts ruptured in testing
Hundreds of Takata Corp. air bag inflators pulled from cars in the auto industry's biggest-ever recall later ruptured in testing, showing the potential risks to drivers.u2028
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 17, 2016
GM seeks one-year delay in recalling 980,000 Takata air bags, citing lower rupture risk
General Motors Co. is asking U.S. safety regulators to delay by a year the mandatory recall of almost 1 million vehicles with air bags made by Takata Corp., saying the designated models have not been shown to carry the same risk as others linked to deaths and injuries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 16, 2016
Honda hoping for 20% industrywide sales jump on Indonesian tax amnesty
Indonesia's tax amnesty could boost industrywide car sales by a fifth as people spend their newly declared wealth on big-ticket items, according to the local unit of Honda Motor Co.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 8, 2016
In Olympic campaign, Nissan bets on a Brazilian recovery
Like so many things in Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Ghosn's turn in the Olympic Torch Relay on Friday didn't go as planned. Ghosn, who is chief executive officer at both Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA, was supposed to finish his 200-meter leg right in front of a Copacabana hotel covered bottom to top in advertisements...
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.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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