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CARMAKERS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 22, 2021
Nissan to source more U.K. batteries as part of Brexit deal 'opportunity'
The firm said Brexit-related problems at ports since Jan. 1 were 'peanuts' for Nissan, which has had to handle COVID-19 and natural disasters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 19, 2021
Graying Japan drives automakers to redesign cars for seniors
A run of accidents involving older drivers has upped the pressure from regulators to standardize advanced features, such as automatic braking.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 19, 2021
Nissan to promote Japan-based contract workers to full-time status
About 800 contract workers will become full-time employees from April, as the firm looks also to abolish its system of hiring contract staff.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2021
Ghosn hid Nissan salary fearing Renault ouster, Tokyo court told
Whistleblower Hari Nada says Ghosn concealed his true compensation because he feared the repercussions in France.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 14, 2021
How the global chip shortage is impacting domestic carmakers
Lockdowns and travel restrictions are prompting housebound shoppers to snap up more phones, game consoles, smart TVs and laptops.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2021
Honda to pause U.K. car output due to COVID-19-related supply issues
Honda also stopped car output for a few days in December as some major container ports, such as Felixstowe, struggled to cope with disruption caused by COVID-19.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 12, 2021
World’s top maker of tiny motors has sights on Tesla as EVs gather pace
Although most who use its products don't know its name, Nidec's motors are used in about 85% of the world's hard drives and it controls almost half of the global market for brushless motors.
BUSINESS
Dec 31, 2020
Japan's climate plan: Big on ambition but small in scope
Despite Suga's pledge, questions remain concerning the country's willingness to overhaul the world's third-largest economy, slash harmful greenhouse gas emissions and curtail global warming.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2020
For Japan's automakers, Brexit deal may be too little, too late
Automakers including Nissan Motor might struggle to qualify some U.K.-assembled models for tariff-free export to the EU as they evaluate their local sourcing.
BUSINESS
Dec 25, 2020
Japan lays out plan to steer economy away from carbon by 2050
The home of the world's third-largest economy is also the world's fifth largest emitter of carbon dioxide.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2020
With ‘next level’ battery tech, Apple targets autonomous car by 2024
Making a vehicle represents a supply chain challenge even for Apple, a company with deep pockets that makes hundreds of millions of electronics products each year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 22, 2020
Toyota to halt work in U.K. and France over mutant virus discord
With nations stopping travel to and from Britain, the transportation of parts has also been hit, the firm says.
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.
'Hang tough, it won't be easy': Trump defiant on tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he walks to deliver remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Ishiba says he plans to speak to Trump about tariffs in coming days
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Nissan considers transferring some domestic production to U.S., report says
Nissan plans to reduce production at its Fukuoka factory and shift some manufacturing of its Rogue SUV to the United States to mitigate the impact of Trump's tariffs.
‘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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