
Business / Corporate Mar 7, 2022
Transport ministry raids Hino Motors over false emissions data
by Satoshi Sugiyama
The company's shares plunged 17% after the raid, dropping by the maximum daily limit allowed under Tokyo exchange rules.
Transport ministry raids Hino Motors over false emissions data
The company's shares plunged 17% after the raid, dropping by the maximum daily limit allowed under Tokyo exchange rules.
Toyota welcomes Suzuki and Daihatsu to electric, autonomous vehicle tie-up
The firms will join Isuzu Motors Ltd. and Hino Motors Ltd., Toyota’s truck and bus unit, which formed the venture earlier this year.
Toyota and Isuzu to take stake in each other to co-develop new vehicles
The move will also involve Hino, with Toyota holding an 80% stake in the joint venture, and Isuzu and Hino each set to hold a 10% stake.
Toyota and convenience stores to test fuel-cell delivery trucks in Japan
Seven-Eleven Japan, FamilyMart and Lawson will use light-duty trucks with a maximum payload of 3 tons being developed by Toyota and its subsidiary Hino Motors.
Toyota adds to hydrogen bet with North American fuel cell truck
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Toyota's annual sales top ¥30 trillion, a first for a Japanese firm
Toyota Motor Corp. became the first Japanese company to report annual sales topping ¥30 trillion, thanks in large part to brisk sales in China.
Toyota and VW truck units to team up on electric vehicle tech and parts procurement
The truck units of Toyota Motor Corp. and Volkswagen AG have said they will team up on electric vehicle technology and set up a procurement joint venture as part of a broader alliance. Japanese truck maker Hino Motors Ltd. and German truck manufacturer Traton AG ...
Tokyo cop arrests knife-wielding teen in street stabbing after firing warning shot
A 15-year-old junior high school student was arrested after a man was stabbed on a street in Hino, western Tokyo, with the arresting officer firing his gun once in an attempt to stop the boy from advancing toward him, police said Tuesday. According to the ...
The police open both a suicide and murder investigation after a boy is found dead on a hill in Hino, western Tokyo.