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CARMAKERS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2021
Tesla slips while Mazda rises in Consumer Reports' latest auto rankings
Vehicles made by the U.S. firm were less reliable than others, while Mazda outshone Porsche and Toyota was praised for its 'slow, methodical” design approach.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Feb 16, 2021
How McLaren aims to rebuild supercars for the electric era
There's nothing quite like the roar of a revving McLaren engine to set a petrolhead's pulse pounding, or the full-throated scream as it tears across the tarmac.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 16, 2021
Bangladesh to see investment boost as Japanese firms leave China
The South Asian economy, which grew an estimated 5.2% in the year ended June, sees 7.4% expansion in the current financial year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 14, 2021
Idemitsu plans to sell electric vehicles this year, report says
Oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co. plans to market an electric vehicle this year, making it the first non-automaker in the country to step into the market, the Nikkei newspaper reported.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Feb 12, 2021
Closing a factory, the Toyota way
When the company decided to shut one of its plants in Japan, it took inspiration from a previous factory closure in Australia, in which efforts had been made to protect a legacy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 11, 2021
Ghosn exit was discussed early in 2018, Nissan insider says
Hari Nada, a senior vice president at the Yokohama-based company, was answering questions posed by the attorney representing Greg Kelly.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 11, 2021
Toyota corrects course on electric vehicles with new models for U.S
The firm's executives in the U.S. said as recently as last year they hadn't seen enough demand to justify a broader lineup of battery-powered vehicles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 10, 2021
Aurora partners with Toyota in bid to bring autonomy to masses
The deal aims to aims to mass produce automated vehicles and launch them on ride-hailing networks, including Uber's, over the next few years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 9, 2021
Honda raises full-year profit outlook despite auto chip shortage
The automaker is targeting an operating profit of u00a5520 billion for the 12 months through March, compared with a prior forecast for u00a5420 billion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 9, 2021
Nissan trims full-year loss outlook as virus-hit sales recover
Japan's second-largest carmaker is now forecasting a net loss of u00a5530 billion for the fiscal year through March, narrower than previous expectations of u00a5615 billion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2021
Toyota moves to take on Tesla in high-tech auto software
Overseen by a star Silicon Valley engineer, the automaker's Arene system allows new features to be installed in a car's existing hardware over the air.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2021
Push to go electric could wipe out Japan’s cheap microcars
Electrification can add u00a51 million to u00a52 million to the price tag of a smaller kei vehicle, potentially doubling its price.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 30, 2021
Driving around in circles on reducing emissions from motor vehicles
Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda warns that increased dependence on electric vehicles will not solve the country's emissions problem.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 28, 2021
Debt-ridden Nissan hopes spending big on tech will reverse slide
After two years of faltering sales and fallout from the 2018 arrest of then-Chairman Carlos Ghosn, Nissan Motor Co.'s newly installed management is at another crossroads.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jan 26, 2021
Nissan flips the switch on electric reboot in China
At least one new Nissan car will hit the Chinese market each year through 2025.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jan 26, 2021
The world is dangerously dependent on Taiwan for semiconductors
With carmakers including Volkswagen, Ford and Toyota forced to halt production and idle plants, Taiwan's importance has suddenly become too big to ignore.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Nissan says it will not take new U.S. orders for Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs
A Nissan manufacturing complex in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Nissan says it will not take new orders from the United States for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs following new auto tariffs levied by the U.S.
Japan digs deep to address 'national crisis' caused by Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on April 1. He has said that Japan is facing a "national crisis" following the introduction of new tariffs by the United States.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
‘Let’s make it practical’: NATO chief eyes greater defense-industrial ties with Japan
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte plans to visit Japan on Tuesday and Wednesday — his first to the Indo-Pacific region since taking office in October, as he seeks to implement lessons from the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.

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