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CARMAKERS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Feb 7, 2020
Japan carmakers brace for supply and demand nightmares due to coronavirus
As many of them know, 'it's impossible to manufacture cars without China.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2020
Nissan completes U.K.'s longest and most complex driverless car trip
A Nissan car has completed a 370-kilometer journey autonomously in the U.K., the longest and most complex such trip in the country, as carmakers race to develop the driverless technologies set to revolutionize travel.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2020
Hyundai to halt South Korea output as new coronavirus disrupts parts supply
Hyundai Motor will suspend production in South Korea because the outbreak of the new coronavirus has disrupted the supply of parts, it said, becoming the first major carmaker to do so outside of China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2020
Toyota's Lexus brand surges globally despite U.S. sales stall
Toyota Motor Corp.'s luxury Lexus brand posted a double-digit sales gain last year, taking its 30th anniversary in stride as strength in China and Europe offset stalled demand in North America.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2020
China plant-closing cascade may cost automakers 1.7 million cars
Forget about clinging to hopes that China, the world's largest car market, will recover from its unprecedented two-year slump anytime soon.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2020
Tesla up 20% after Panasonic posts first quarterly profit at battery business
Tesla Inc.'s stock surged 20 percent on Monday in its largest one-day gain since 2013, fueled by a quarterly profit at Panasonic's battery business with the U.S. carmaker and an investor report predicting its shares would rise more than ten-fold by 2024.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 3, 2020
Nissan's Brexit scenarios include closing European plants, report says
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. has drafted a contingency plan to focus on its Sunderland plant in the U.K. and cut European production if a hard Brexit leads to tariffs on car imports from the continent, the Financial Times reported, citing two people involved in the discussions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 29, 2020
Toyota stops production in China until Feb. 9 amid coronavirus outbreak
Toyota Motor Corp. is halting operations in China at least until Feb. 9, joining a growing list of global companies that have cut back on business activities in China as a new coronavirus infection spreads.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 29, 2020
Nissan takes an ax to the house that Ghosn built with new cost-cutting measures
Nissan is planning aggressive cost cuts to deal with an unexpected slump in sales as the expansionist strategy it inherited from fugitive former Chairman Carlos Ghosn flounders, four people familiar with the plans said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2020
Panel upholds decision not to indict ex-Nissan chief Hiroto Saikawa
A prosecution inquest panel has upheld a decision not to indict former Nissan Motor Co. chief Hiroto Saikawa over a case of financial misconduct allegedly involving ex-Chairman Carlos Ghosn, informed sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2020
Auto tariffs to be key topic in Japan-U.K. trade talks after Brexit
Auto tariffs are expected to come up as a top agenda item in Japan-U.K. trade talks that are expected to start as early as this spring after the latter's exit from the European Union.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 28, 2020
Inside Nissan, a renewed push to get Renault to cut its stake
A proposal is being floated atop Nissan Motor Co. for the company to revive efforts to push Renault SA to reduce its stake in the Japanese carmaker and help balance the partnership, a person familiar with the matter said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 27, 2020
Renault prepares for new CEO ahead of crucial alliance meeting
The meeting Thursday is aimed at showing that the deeply troubled alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors is moving past the Carlos Ghosn era.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2020
Suzuki and Jeep found to have broken EU emissions rules
Suzuki's Vitara and Fiat Chrysler's Jeep Grand Cherokee diesel models both violate emissions rules and must be fixed or face a ban on sales across Europe, the Dutch road authority RDW ruled on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2020
French investigators to move ahead with Ghosn prosecution over Versailles party
The prosecutor's office will assign one or more judges to probe the party ex-Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn threw for his wife at the Palace of Versailles.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2020
Japanese vehicle sales in South Korea fell 22% in 2019 amid boycotts
The number of Japanese vehicles sold in South Korea in 2019 fell 22.0 percent from the previous year, according to data from the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association.
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.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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.
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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