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DAIHATSU

Officials from the transport ministry enter Daihatsu Motor's headquarters in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on Thursday for inspection after a scandal regarding safety data manipulation emerged at the firm.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 21, 2023
Daihatsu offices raided after scandal halts all car shipments
The raid followed revelations that the carmaker and supplier had manipulated the results of various collision safety tests dating as far back as 1989.
Daihatsu said Wednesday that it will suspend shipments of all vehicle models made in Japan and abroad due to an unfolding scandal over misconduct in its crash tests.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2023
Toyota's Daihatsu to halt shipments as safety scandal widens
The results of an investigation suggest the scope of safety concerns, first disclosed in April, is now far greater than previously thought.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 20, 2023
Daihatsu's test scandal engulfs SUV model for Japan market
Daihatsu, a unit of Toyota, stopped shipments and sales of the hybrid model of the Rocky small SUV. The vehicle is also sold by the parent company as the Raize.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 8, 2023
Toyota suspends sales of Yaris Ativ in Thailand after safety test issue
Toyota's CEO for the Asia region said the problem may have occurred due to pressure during the development of the Ativ model, adding that the vehicles customers are using are safe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2023
Toyota-affiliate Daihatsu rigged safety test for 88,000 cars
Daihatsu said it had discovered the rigged safety test after a whistleblower report and that it had reported the issue to safety regulatory agencies and stopped shipment of affected models.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2021
Toyota welcomes Suzuki and Daihatsu to electric, autonomous vehicle tie-up
The firms will join Isuzu Motors Ltd. and Hino Motors Ltd., Toyota's truck and bus unit, which formed the venture earlier this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 6, 2019
Daihatsu Tanto displaces Honda N-Box in Japan new vehicle sales rankings
Daihatsu Motor Co.'s Tanto minivehicle topped the new vehicle sales rankings in Japan in November, seizing the leading position from Honda Motor Co.'s N-Box minivehicle, industry data showed Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2018
Operations suspended at automakers and other firms across western Japan after torrential rain
Numerous companies have to curtail their activities in flood-hit areas.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jan 2, 2016
The little things in life
Now that the season of extravagance is over, it's time to kick back and enjoy some of the little things in life.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2015
Daihatsu dismantling 'Toyota Way' as market changes
When Daihatsu Motor Co. launched the Mira e:S minicar in 2011, the Toyota affiliate thought it had found a model for emerging markets. The Mira e:S — e for eco, S for smart — was capable of going 30 kilometers on a liter of gasoline (72 mpg) for a sticker price of just ¥795,000, or $6,637. And indeed,...
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.
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.
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.

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