Japan driving schools go full speed with lessons amid coronavirus scare
Driving lessons for license holders who rarely drive have been seeing greater demand amid the COVID-19 epidemic as people seek to avoid using public transportation to get to work. Paper Driver School Kitakanto in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, has received many applications from people who were ...
Coronavirus took toll on Japan's auto and retail sales in February
Automakers and department store operators reported sharp sales declines in February as the spread of the new coronavirus dented consumer sentiment and drove away foreign tourists. The weak data came as analysts warned of a second consecutive quarter of contraction in January to March, with ...
Tesla barely registers in Japan, the world's third-largest auto market
For all of Elon Musk’s domination of the burgeoning electric vehicle business, Tesla Inc. is struggling to get traction in Japan, a market he put on a pedestal early in the automaker’s early days. The day after taking the electric carmaker public in June 2010, ...
Honda to cut output at two Japan plants as virus disrupts parts supply
Honda Motor Co. will reduce vehicle output at two of its plants in Saitama Prefecture for a week or so this month over worries about a stable supply of parts from China, where the coronavirus outbreak continues to disrupt production, according to sources. Japan's second-largest ...
Some Japanese manufacturers restart operations in China after coronavirus suspensions
Some Japanese manufacturers are resuming operations in China after suspensions caused by the new coronavirus outbreak, while others are putting off restarts due to concerns about supply chain conditions or the lack of available workers. Japanese firms in China halted plants starting around Jan. 24 ...
Nissan completes U.K.'s longest and most complex driverless car trip
A Nissan car has completed a 370-kilometer journey autonomously in the U.K., the longest and most complex such trip in the country, as carmakers race to develop the driverless technologies set to revolutionize travel. The U.K. has been wooing developers of autonomous vehicles, hoping to ...
Toyota's Lexus brand surges globally despite U.S. sales stall
Toyota Motor Corp.'s luxury Lexus brand posted a double-digit sales gain last year, taking its 30th anniversary in stride as strength in China and Europe offset stalled demand in North America. The brand, which debuted in 1989, grew 10 percent to 765,330 vehicles worldwide, Toyota ...
Toyota second in 2019 global car sales, overtaking Nissan-Renault
Toyota sold a record 10.74 million units globally in 2019, up 1.4 percent from a year earlier.
The Financial Services Agency decided Thursday to reduce compulsory automobile liability insurance premiums from April. The move reflects the improved finances of the insurance program as wider use of vehicle safety devices such as automatic braking systems contribute to a decline in the number of ...
Automakers and auto parts manufacturers from Japan and abroad displayed some 800 custom and race cars at an auto show near Tokyo on Saturday. At the Tokyo Auto Salon 2020 in at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, which opened to the public for a two-day ...
More than a dozen cities and towns across Italy introduced traffic curbs on Wednesday in a bid to cut harmful emissions following a spike in pollution. A prolonged period of sunny weather with little rain or wind has pushed up air pollution across the country, ...
Sony unveils electric car equipped with autonomous driving tech
Sony Corp. has unveiled the first prototype of an electric vehicle equipped with autonomous driving technology under its new Vision-S initiative. The concept car, introduced Monday by Sony President and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida at a media preview ahead of the annual CES consumer electronics trade ...
