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HONDA

BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2014
Honda faces record $35 million U.S. fine for 1,700 unreported claims
The company blames the underreporting on 'inadvertent data entry or computer programming errors' that spanned 11 years, according to an internal review submitted to U.S. authorities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 18, 2014
Lawsuit links Takata air bag death to delay in Honda alert
Honda Motor Co.'s U.S. unit advised dealers not to contact customers about a potentially fatal defect because of a parts shortage, one week before shrapnel from an exploding air bag left a woman looking as if she had been killed with a knife, lawyers for her family said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 13, 2014
Honda discloses fifth Takata air bag-linked fatality, widens recall
Honda Motor Co said Thursday that a driver in Malaysia died after a July accident involving an air bag supplied by Takata Corp — the fifth such fatality and the first outside the United States.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2014
Facing U.S. safety probe, Honda expands air bag recall
Honda Motor Co., facing a U.S. safety probe, strengthened its recall of U.S. cars to replace potentially defective Takata Corp. air bags linked to several deaths.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2014
U.S. examines whether Honda failed to report fatal air bag incidents
The U.S. has begun a formal investigation of whether Honda Motor Co. failed to tell regulators about deaths and injuries relating to Takata Corp. air bags that can shoot shrapnel at car passengers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 28, 2014
2328 umbrellas + one drone + OK Go = made-in-Japan brilliance
“When you're employing hundreds of umbrellas that all have to go up at the same time — there's going to be problems,” says Damian Kulash, the lead singer of OK Go.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 28, 2014
OK Go shares a love of Japan with fans
'Sharing' used to be a dirty word in the music industry, but OK Go have been instrumental in changing that.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 28, 2014
Honda lowers 2014 forecast, predicting 1.6 percent less income than in previous fiscal year
Honda Motor Co. on Tuesday forecast its first profit decline in three years as deliveries to China and Japan weakened.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2014
Air bag crisis may shift auto market to Daicel, Autoliv
The defect in Takata Corp. air bags linked to four deaths in Honda Motor Co. cars opens the supplier to the risk of losing business in a crucial portion of the market for the safety devices.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2014
Takata air bag defects far more severe than revealed
Manufacturing problems with Takata Corp. air bags go beyond what the Tokyo-based company has disclosed to U.S. safety regulators about why the devices are at risk of exploding with dangerous force, according to internal company documents reviewed by Reuters.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Oct 8, 2014
Aguirre focuses on team building
Javier Aguirre will be looking for positive performances in Japan's friendlies against Jamaica and Brazil over the coming week, but after failing to register a win in his first two games as manager, positive results would be even more welcome.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 20, 2014
Lack of charging stations hurting EV growth
The growth potential of electric vehicles is being hampered by a lack of charging stations nationwide, industry experts say.
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.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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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