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CARMAKERS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 28, 2022
One key, not two, for Toyota customers as chip shortage bites
Toyota, the world's biggest carmaker, will temporarily give new car buyers in Japan just one smart key instead of two as it seeks to ration semiconductors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 28, 2022
Toyota says quarterly output up 30%, but parts shortages continue
The announcement came a week after Toyota said it was unlikely to meet its 9.7 million vehicle production goal for this financial year due to a scarcity of chips.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2022
Toyota unit Hino expects fiscal 2023 operating profit despite data scandal
The operating profit forecast by Hino was still 82% down on the previous financial year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2022
Toyota slashes leasing fee for troubled EV to boost orders
The automaker is halving a one-time fee to attract interest in a car that suffered a safety recall after just two months on the market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 24, 2022
Toyota scrambles for EV reboot with eye on Tesla
Proposals under review, if adopted, would amount to a dramatic shift for Toyota and rewrite the $38 billion EV rollout plan the automaker announced last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 23, 2022
Technology-sharing a sticking point as Renault, Nissan hash out reset, sources say
Renault and Nissan said this month they were in talks about the future of their alliance, including Nissan potentially investing in an electric vehicle business being spun out of Renault.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2022
Toyota expects to cut full-year output target due to chip shortage
The company has been under scrutiny over whether it can stick to its annual production target of a record 9.7 million vehicles after it missed interim goals earlier this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2022
South Korean auto giant Hyundai investigating child labor in its U.S. supply chain
Migrant children from Guatemala found working at SMART Alabama and SL Alabama had been hired by recruiting or staffing firms in the region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2022
Tesla shares fall on sales miss as Elon Musk promises ‘epic’ year end
'We have excellent demand for Q4 and we expect to sell every car that we make for as far into the future as we can see,” Musk said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 18, 2022
Stellantis considers ending all carmaking in China after Jeep exit
Stellantis is mulling the potential exit as more established foreign auto brands have struggled to maintain their position in China's market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 13, 2022
Sony-Honda alliance aims to deliver first EV in 2026
Sony Honda Mobility said delivery to Japanese consumers will begin in the second half of 2026, while plans for other markets including Europe are still undecided.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2022
Toyota opens new Myanmar plant put on hold following coup
The Japanese automaker said the plant has begun to assemble one or two vehicles a day, working from parts kits shipped to Myanmar in September.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 11, 2022
Moscow confirms Nissan will sell Russian assets to state
The company said it had decided to exit the Russian market and expected to incur an extraordinary loss of approximately u00a5100 billion from the asset transfer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 10, 2022
Renault and Nissan in talks that could reshape alliance
Renault shares rose by as much as 6% in early trading Monday, making the stock the best performer on France's benchmark CAC-40 equity index.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2022
Nissan presses partner Renault to sell down stake, report says
French car firm Renault owns about 43% of Nissan, while the Japanese firm owns 15% of its top shareholder, but without voting rights.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Oct 5, 2022
Tesla’s big batteries aren’t the fire problem. Lithium is.
Investors need to look behind the headline data and realize the danger in the widespread use of this technology.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 4, 2022
Automaker demand sparks revival of U.S. manganese mining after decades
Demand for manganese from the battery sector is set to surge ninefold by 2030, the fastest growth rate of any of the industry's key metals.
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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