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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 30, 2021
Toyota’s output slumps 26% on prolonged supply-chain snarls
Japanese automakers have struggled due to outbreaks of COVID-19 in Southeast Asia, as well as parts and semiconductor shortages.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 17, 2021
Honda asks suppliers to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
The Japanese automaker is considering providing support to its parts suppliers to meet that goal, such as sending engineers to the companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 13, 2021
Toyota's Japan output to normalize on easing supply crunch
The output forecast — about 300,000 units in Japan and 500,000 units overseas — compares with about 760,000 in December last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2021
Toyota's August global output mark is the first fall in a year amid parts crunch
The world's top-selling automaker has trimmed its output outlook for fiscal 2021 through next March to 9 million units.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2021
Nissan will reach 2% profit margin goal despite COVID-19 parts pain, CEO says
Achieving the target set out last year in Nissan's turnaround plan would be a positive sign the carmaker is holding up despite the shortages plaguing the industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2021
Toyota shares dip after unveiling more production cuts
The announcement surprised the market as Toyota had been largely unaffected by parts shortages that have rattled competitors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2021
Japan reports ¥1.91 trillion current account surplus in July, up 24.5% on year
The figure was boosted by increased exports to China and the United States as demand continued to recover from impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Finance Ministry said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 30, 2021
Toyota global output up 11.9% in July, but chip crunch weighs heavy
The output grew for the 11th straight month but the rate of rise was well below the 41.2% gain in June.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 22, 2021
Top Toyota supplier Denso expects production at the automaker to recover quickly
Denso, Toyota's top supplier, says production at the automaker should recover swiftly, leaving Denso on track to beat its own profit forecast for the current fiscal year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 20, 2021
Toyota cuts show how COVID-19 is ravaging even the best supply planners
Toyota's efforts to stockpile enough chips to ride out supply disruptions only protected the firm for so long before it too succumbed to the shortages eviscerating automakers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2021
Japan's exports rose 37% in July on year, as virus rebound continues
Rising for the fifth month in a row, exports totaled u00a57.36 trillion ($67 billion), lifted by robust shipments of cars, auto parts semiconductors and chip-making equipment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Aug 9, 2021
Aichi auto parts supplier helps smaller firms in supply chain go carbon neutral
Helping subsuppliers decarbonize is essential for achieving overall carbon neutrality in the manufacturing process.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2021
Toyota to halt more production lines in Japan as COVID-19 disrupts supply chain
The automaker will suspend another three assembly lines in Japan for several days in August due to impacts of the spread of infections in Vietnam.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 23, 2021
Toyota halts its three Thailand plants as COVID-19 spread hits parts supply
The three plants in the suburbs of Bangkok serve as key production bases for the Japanese carmaker in Southeast Asia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2021
Japan's exports up 23.2% in first half showing sharpest rise in 11 years
The figures reflect the global economic recovery from the slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Finance Ministry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 21, 2021
EV boom forces Japanese parts-makers to shift gears
As demand for traditional components is likely to decline, manufacturers are making pots, outdoor goods and construction materials to weather market change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 16, 2021
Japan May exports log sharpest rise in 41 years on pandemic recovery
Demand for auto-related Japanese products was especially strong from the United States, a ministry official told reporters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2021
Chip shortage and bad weather hit Honda and Toyota in North America
The bad weather has added to disruptions for automakers already battling a shortage of semiconductors, which are being gobbled up by consumer-electronics companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2020
Now made in Mexico: Japan auto suppliers shift China production after virus shock
In the Chinese coastal province of Jiangsu, where supply chains have been severed by the coronavirus outbreak, one auto supplier has already shifted production of parts for Mazda Motor Corp. to a site 13,000 kilometers away, in central Mexico's Guanajuato state.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 2, 2020
Japan-U.S. pact takes effect to promote goods, digital trade
Japan lowered its import duty on U.S. beef from 38.5 percent to 26.6 percent and will cut it down to 9 percent in fiscal 2033.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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