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August 13, 2026
 

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CARMAKERS

Hiroshi Okuda joined Toyota just as it began establishing itself as a manufacturing powerhouse in the post-World War II era and rose through the ranks to become president in 1995.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 12, 2026
Hiroshi Okuda, Toyota chair who pushed for the Prius, dies at 93
Okuda was the first person to helm Toyota from outside the company¡¯s founding family in a generation.
Japanese carmakers' profit and sales outlooks for the current fiscal year suggest they view the latest intervention to lift the yen as more of a brake on extreme moves rather than a fundamental shift in direction.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 7, 2026
Japan carmakers expect yen to keep trading near post-intervention levels
Carmakers¡¯ forecasts suggest they view the recent intervention as more of a brake on extreme moves rather than a fundamental shift in direction.
Speed is of the essence for Honda in India as it continues to operate with an outdated and thin portfolio, trailing rivals like Maruti Suzuki India and Toyota.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2026
Honda outsources new vehicle program to Tata Technologies to cut costs
The farming out of this function marks a departure for Honda, which has typically kept development of core vehicle platforms largely in-house or within its supplier network.
The revised figure for Toyota's full-year net profit forecast is down 15.5% from the previous year's result due to the fallout from tensions in the Middle East.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2026
Toyota raises full-year net profit forecast
The revised figure is still down 15.5% from the previous year¡¯s result due to the fallout from tensions in the Middle East.
Toyota has benefited from the enduring popularity in the U.S. of gas-electric hybrids as well as the weak yen.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2026
Toyota unveils ?1 trillion share buyback and raises profit outlook
Resilient hybrid demand and a weak yen have helped make up for rising costs, tariffs and supply disruptions.
Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa speaks at the company¡¯s headquarters in Yokohama in April. Nissan's firm quarterly earnings indicate Espinosa¡¯s bid to stabilize the company after years of sliding sales and management turmoil.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2026
Nissan keeps outlook as latest quarter shows turnaround effort
The results offer an early indication of Chief Executive Officer Ivan Espinosa¡¯s bid to stabilize Nissan after years of sliding sales and management turmoil.
Roads damaged by last week's massive quake are left untouched in Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Monday. Plant suspensions at automakers in Kyushu continue as parts supply remains disrupted.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 3, 2026
Automakers extend plant suspensions after Kumamoto quake
The Kyushu region accounts for nearly 15% of domestic auto production, according to the government¡¯s Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Global sales in June, including those of subsidiary Daihatsu Motor, fell 1.1% from a year earlier to 926,688 units, Toyota Motor said Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2026
Toyota sales fall for fifth month on Iran turmoil and China
Soaring oil and raw-material costs, along with disrupted supply routes, are squeezing global manufacturers as the conflict in the Middle East drags on.
Daisuke Toyoda poses for a selfie with a staffer during the Super Taikyu Series at the Fuji International Speedway.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2026
Toyota¡¯s crown prince prepares to step into the spotlight
Daisuke Toyoda, the 38-year-old great-grandson of Toyota¡¯s founder, will be appointed to the hallowed Motomachi factory, one of the company¡¯s oldest plants.
BYD¡¯s Racco electric "kei cars" during a media event in Tokyo on Tuesday
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2026
BYD takes on rivals in Japan with its own electric minicar
Debuting a ¡°kei car¡± puts BYD up against the country¡¯s biggest automakers in their home market, which few foreign brands have successfully cracked.
Honda Motor and Nissan Motor are considering jointly developing an operating system for software-defined vehicles based on Nissan's technology as they deepen their partnership in next-generation automotive software.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 27, 2026
Honda and Nissan to jointly develop next-generation car operating system
Functionality such as autonomous driving an be added or improved in software-defined vehicles through software updates, making the operating system a core technology.
"There is still room for improvement," such as shortening the vehicle delivery time and reviewing the types of parts and components, Toyota President Kenta Kon said in a recent interview.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2026
Toyota head vows to enhance ties with business partners
Toyota President Kenta Kon also indicated the company¡¯s stance to continue making 3 million vehicles a year in Japan to help keep related domestic industries afloat.
Newly assembled Toyota vehicles in Tijuana, Mexico, in 2017
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2026
One year on, Trump tariffs continue battering Japan automakers
In fiscal 2025, which ended in March this year, combined costs from the Trump tariffs at six major Japanese automakers, including industry leader Toyota, exceeded ?2.4 trillion.
A visitor uses her phone next to Maruti Suzuki's e Vitara SUV at the company's Gujarat plant in the village of Hansalpur Becharaji, India, in August 2025.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jul 20, 2026
Suzuki¡¯s no-frills cars once ruled India. Then buyers demanded frills.
Suzuki¡¯s struggles reflect how cost-sensitive managers in Japan were slow to adapt to the changing tastes of newly affluent Indians.
China¡¯s new generation of supersized electric vehicles ¡ª some more than 5 meters long and weighing three tons ¡ª is straining the nation¡¯s roads while starving the government of fuel taxes to maintain them.
BUSINESS
Jul 17, 2026
China¡¯s giant EVs are damaging roads without paying for repairs
The vehicles ¡ª some more than 5 meters long and weighing three tons ¡ª are straining roads while starving the government of fuel taxes to maintain them.
A Honda Prologue electric sport utility vehicle at the New York International Auto Show in New York in April 2025
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2026
Honda to halt sales of last EV in its U.S. lineup
The carmaker has informed American dealers that production of the Honda Prologue will cease later this year.
Slate Auto's beta production facility in Orion Township, Michigan, on June 6
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2026
The Bezos-backed $25,000 EV that should worry Detroit and probably Musk
Slate recently unveiled its flagship: A barebones, two-seater, battery-powered pickup starting at just under $25,000.
A newly assembled Toyota Tacoma pickup truck moves through final inspection on the assembly line at the company's manufacturing facility in San Antonio, Texas.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2026
Toyota to shift production of truck from Mexico plant to Texas
The carmaker will build a second production line in San Antonio, where it currently makes full-size pickups and SUVs, and add some 2,000 new jobs by 2030.
Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa downplayed the significance of Renault abstaining from last week¡¯s vote to reappoint influential outside director Motoo Nagai.
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2026
Nissan CEO insists alliance with Renault has never been better
Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa has downplayed the significance of Renault abstaining from last week¡¯s vote to reappoint influential outside director Motoo Nagai.
A Toyota 2025 Prius plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. A nearly 20% increase in hybrid sales helped lift Toyota¡¯s U.S. deliveries about 1% in the second quarter.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 2, 2026
Toyota and Hyundai sales rise on hybrid demand while GM sits out
A nearly 20% increase in hybrid sales helped lift Toyota¡¯s U.S. deliveries about 1% in the second quarter.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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