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CARMAKERS

A BYD Dolphin during a test drive in Yokohama. Due to poor sales in Japan, BYD is offering discounts of up to ¥1 million.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2025
BYD brings price war to Japan in bid to win over customers
BYD is now turning to discounts — a practice that’s put it front and center of an industry crackdown in China — to try and boost sales.
While the World Endurance Championship is seeing increased popularity overseas, the same level of success has eluded organizers in Japan.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Sep 28, 2025
At Fuji Speedway, WEC rides motorsports momentum to 100th race
The milestone race comes amid a global motorsports boom fueled by Netflix’s “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” series and Brad Pitt’s “F1” Hollywood film.
U.S. President Donald Trump is rolling out a number of new tariffs on Oct. 1.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 26, 2025
Japan might be spared Trump's 100% tariffs on pharmaceuticals
The country has a most-favored-nation agreement with the U.S. that should cover these products.
Toyota's autonomous e-Palette electric vehicle in Woven City in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Thursday
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2025
Toyota opens Woven City as doubts swirl over cost and purpose
Demonstrations included electric scooters, and automated robots that deliver groceries or park cars.
Honda announced Wednesday that it has ended production of the Acura ZDX luxury electric vehicle developed in collaboration with General Motors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2025
Honda pulls plug on Acura ZDX luxury EV
The automaker said the decision reflected a slowdown in EV demand and other market changes.
Nissan’s ProPilot navigates traffic while under human supervision during a test drive in Tokyo last week.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 22, 2025
Nissan revamps ProPilot to rival Tesla's driver-assist technology
The next version will be able to take on complex city streets using fewer cameras and monitors thanks to artificial intelligence software.
In July, the government ordered Hanoi to phase out gas-powered motorbikes in central districts within a year.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 18, 2025
Vietnam startup seeks slice of third-largest EV motorbike market
Vietnam is behind only China and India in terms of its market size for electric two-wheelers, according to an August report from MotorCycles Data.
A Linktour vehicle at the IAA Mobility 2025 expo in Munich
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 18, 2025
Chinese startup pitches tiny EVs to European markets
Linktour Automotive’s two new all-electric models are exempt from the European Union’s EV import tariffs set in place last year.
Attendees hold their smartphones as the new Xiaomi electric SUV YU7 is unveiled onstage, at the Chinese smartphone maker's launch event in Beijing on May 22.
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Sep 18, 2025
China is sending its world-beating auto industry into a tailspin
The sector is showing symptoms of a vastly oversupplied market — and point to a potential shakeout mirroring turmoil in country's property and solar industries.
New Nissan vehicles at a dealership in Concord, California
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 17, 2025
Nissan to shut design studios in U.S. and Brazil and downsize London and Japan operations
The Japanese automaker said the restructuring, which will be completed by the end of fiscal 2025, is aimed at streamlining its design operations.
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, speaks on Tuesday about the implementation of the Japan-U.S. trade deal.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 16, 2025
U.S. tariffs on Japanese autos formally cut to 15% from 27.5%
The reduction is a long-awaited implementation of the terms of a July 22 agreement.
Bartering has returned to Russian foreign trade as companies trying to avoid Western sanctions swap wheat for Chinese cars and flax seeds for building materials.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2025
Wheat for Chinese cars? Russia turns to barter to skirt sanctions.
The return of the old-fashioned practice shows just how far the war in Ukraine has distorted trading ties for the world's biggest producer of natural resources.
The Audi E5 Sportback, the first model of Audi's series of electric vehicles jointly developed with SAIC, is showcased at a Volkswagen event in Shanghai in April.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 14, 2025
How Chinese EV tech is reshaping global auto design
Licensing deals with major automakers make up relatively small but growing revenue streams for Chinese EV-makers and offer a new quid-pro-quo.
Jose Munoz, president and CEO of Hyundai Motor
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2025
Hyundai battery plant faces startup delay after U.S. raid, CEO says
The plant, part of a $7.6 billion factory complex to make battery-powered models, was slated to come online later this year.
Attendees visit the BYD stand at an auto show in Munich, Germany, on Tuesday
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 12, 2025
'Why not?' Europeans warming up to Chinese electric cars
At the IAA auto fair in Munich this week, Chinese EV makers were out in force, highlighting the determination of the fast-growing car giants to make inroads into Europe.
South Korea’s lack of a free trade deal with Mexico puts it at a disadvantage to Japanese rival carmakers.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2025
Mexican tariffs give Japan’s carmakers an edge over Korean rivals
Higher tariffs are expected to apply to a list of more than 1,400 categories of products coming from countries with which Mexico has no trade agreement.
Ivan Espinosa, CEO of Nissan, poses for a photograph inside a Fairlady Z vehicle at the company's headquarters in Yokohama on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2025
Nissan CEO wants company to launch new cars faster
Pressure is mounting on Ivan Espinosa to overhaul the firm as its financial position continues to deteriorate.
Toyota Motor has implemented a five-stage internal qualification system at vehicle certification test sites to ensure quality and develop related human resources.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2025
Toyota introduces qualification system to prevent test fraud
The move aims to prevent any recurrence of irregularities in tests to obtain type approval needed for mass production.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents execute an enforcement operation at a Hyundai-LG electric vehicle battery plant in Ellabell, Georgia on Sept. 4.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2025
The ICE raid on the Georgia Hyundai plant makes no sense
The raid antagonized U.S. ally South Korea, a country that had signed a $350 billion trade pact with U.S. President Donald Trump just weeks earlier.
Investigators from the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations at a factory being built by South Korea's Hyundai Motor in Georgia on Friday
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2025
Three Japanese nationals among those detained by ICE at Hyundai plant in Georgia
The Japanese nationals are employees of a Japanese industrial machinery manufacturer who were dispatched to the electric vehicle battery plant in Georgia.
Rare female yakuza walks path to redemption in Japan
Retired yakuza Mako Nishimura sorts fallen leaves during a clean-up activity at the Gifu Gokoku shrine in Gifu Prefecture on Sept. 28.
Takaichi makes history as Japan’s first female prime minister
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi reacts to applauding lawmakers after being elected prime minister at the Lower House on Tuesday.
Japanese man sentenced to eight years after rare public accusation of rape
Riho Fukuyama (center) and her husband Yoshiki Fukuyama (left) speak to the media with their lawyer (right) outside the Toyama District Court in Toyama on Tuesday.
Woman arrested for pepper spray assault on Yamanote Line
Emergency vehicles arrive at the JR Otsuka Station in Tokyo Monday following a report that a woman had allegedly injured passengers with pepper spray inside a train on the Yamanote Line.
North Korea fires off ballistic missiles one day after Takaichi named PM
People watch a TV news report about North Korean short-range ballistic missile launches, at the main railway station in Seoul on Wednesday.
AI-optimized cybercrime increasingly targeting Japan
A recent cyberattack on brewer Asahi Group Holdings resulted in the company suspending shipments.
K-pop idol Chanyeol does J-pop his own way on ‘Hibi’
South Korean singer Chanyeol made his Japanese-language solo debut with the EP “Hibi,” which features six tracks inspired by his love of Japanese music.
In pictures: The day Japan’s glass ceiling finally cracked
Takaichi, surrounded by LDP influencers
London exhibition perhaps sumo's most successful trip abroad
With the recent sumo jaunt to London being essentially a goodwill exercise, <i>rikishi</i> were far more outgoing and relaxed than normal.
Nakatsu keeps its cool as gentrification looms
Shunsuke Takahashi, owner of the cafe Hood by Vargas, says the Osaka neighborhood of Nakatsu feels brighter and calmer with the influx of new businesses.

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