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Speed is of the essence for Honda in India as it continues to operate with an outdated and thin portfolio, trailing rivals like Maruti Suzuki India and Toyota.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.
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.
SkyDrive's flying car takes off for a high-speed test flight over the Seto Inland Sea from Yamaguchi on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 14, 2026
SkyDrive displays high-speed flying car ahead of 2028 launch
The three-seat aircraft was flown from a test site in Yamaguchi, reaching speeds of up to 86 kilometers per hour.
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.
Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn at an event in Beirut in May 2024
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2026
Ghosn says calls for his Nissan return show investor anger over results
Ghosn led Nissan for nearly two decades and has lived in Lebanon since fleeing Japan in late 2019.
The inside of a car from British autonomous driving technology company Wayve Technologies. Safety concerns and costs have long slowed progress on autonomous vehicles.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 25, 2026
First global rules adopted for self-driving cars, U.N. says
Safety concerns and the cost of developing next-level systems have long slowed progress on autonomous vehicles.
The 2026 Toyota RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid GR Sport at the Vancouver Auto Show in Canada in March.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2026
Toyota threatens GM¡¯s sales crown as U.S. hybrid demand surges
Japanese automaker Toyota overtaking General Motors in sales in the Detroit automaker¡¯s home market would mark a historic shift.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®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.
¡®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.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.

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