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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2016
Deepening tests scandal could throttle Mitsubishi Motors
Mitsubishi Motors opts not to release a projection of its fiscal 2016 earnings amid a scandal involving falsified fuel efficiency figures.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 26, 2016
Mitsubishi Motors admits using unapproved efficiency tests for 25 years
The embattled automaker admits that its method of testing fuel efficiency much longer than it had previously stated.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 26, 2016
Daimler, Ford brace for scrutiny after emission scandals
Carmakers have to be clearer about the way they certify their fuel economy and emission ratings as regulators ramp up scrutiny over the gap between laboratory results and on-road conditions, according to Daimler AG Chief Executive Officer Dieter Zetsche.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 26, 2016
Mitsubishi Motors executives skip Beijing car show
Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s senior executives skipped the Beijing car show as the automaker grapples with the fallout from its mileage fraud admission.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2016
MMC may have used unapproved method to gauge fuel efficiency on over 2 million cars
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is likely to have sold over 2 million cars since 2002 using data collected by a method not compliant with Japanese regulations for gauging fuel economy, sources said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2016
Carmakers must boost transparency on emissions, fuel economy, fix flaws: Daimler chief
Carmakers have to be more transparent about the way they certify their fuel economy and emission ratings as regulators step up scrutiny into the gap between laboratory results and real-world driving conditions, according to Daimler AG Chief Executive Officer Dieter Zetsche.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 22, 2016
Mitsubishi Motors likely used unapproved testing method on Pajero, i-MiEV
Mitsubishi Motors' Pajero is among roughly 10 models tested using a method not compliant with Japanese regulations.
EDITORIALS
Apr 22, 2016
Mitsubishi Motors' cheating scandal
Mitsubishi Motors' claims that it has rectified the crooked corporate culture that led to its previous scandals is now in doubt.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2016
Japan becomes fourth nation to test-fly homegrown stealth jet
The Defense Ministry says the unarmed prototype, called X2, took off from Nagoya airport in Aichi Prefecture early on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Apr 21, 2016
Mitsubishi scandal could push firm to brink again, requiring rescue by group
Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s disclosure that it manipulated fuel economy tests risks putting it in the position of needing help from group companies to stay in business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2016
Mitsubishi Motors admits employees falsified fuel-efficiency data
The automaker says its workers faked test results for four minicars for which manufacturing and sales have now been suspended.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 19, 2016
Mitsubishi CEO Kakiuchi seeks 'urgent' shift after commodities collapse
Mitsubishi Corp. is shifting growth away from its energy and mining-related businesses after being stung by the metals and oil collapse that led it to forecast its first-ever annual loss on a group basis.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 14, 2016
Japan's biggest bank criticizes BOJ policy for fueling anxiety
The top executive of Japan's biggest bank delivered a rare criticism of the central bank on Thursday, saying its negative-interest-rate policy has contributed to anxiety among households and companies and prolonging it may weaken financial institutions.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 8, 2016
An apology, forgiveness and reconciliation
Lasting reconciliation can only be achieved when the stories and lessons of the past are handed down to future generations.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 4, 2016
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi eyes U.S. regional banks, new CEO says
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.'s main lending unit is eyeing further acquisitions in the U.S. and Asia as part of its long-standing aspirations to become one of the world's leading commercial banks, the unit's new president said.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 30, 2016
The onsen odyssey of the Japanese snow monkey
A new commercial features a monkey traveling from Nagano to Tokyo —u00a0via train — to take a dip in a hot spring.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 30, 2016
Missile-maker adapts guidance systems for self-driving cars
Mitsubishi Electric Corp., a supplier of air-to-air missiles to Japan's armed forces, is looking to adapt the technologies it originally developed for military use to help autonomous driving cars detect obstacles and avoid collisions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 29, 2016
Stitches in time make fashion sublime
All artistic practices inevitably borrow from the past, but fashion, in particular, seems to revel in revivals. Whether skillfully appropriated or brazenly duplicated, the familiar frequently finds its way back to the runway, be it in 1940s wide pants, '50s flared skirts, '60s babydoll dresses, '70s...
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 28, 2016
Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ to set new credit line for Sharp, sources say
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) decided Monday to set a new credit line for Sharp Corp., sources familiar with the matter said, as the struggling electronics maker seeks to sign a takeover deal with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 25, 2016
Commodity rout cuts ¥970 billion from Japan's major trading houses
The nation's biggest trading companies, stalwarts of the economy, expect to book combined writedowns of at least ¥970 billion ($8.6 billion) as ill-timed investments in commodities ranging from shale gas to copper mines erode profitability.

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