Tokyo Motor Show gets kid-friendly, future-oriented reboot in bid to reverse flagging attendance
The 46th Tokyo Motor Show slated to kick off Thursday will not just focus on futuristic, cutting-edge vehicles, such as self-driving cars, it will also shine a light on unconventional mobility devices and exhibitions for children aimed at reversing flagging attendance. The show once enjoyed ...
Japanese auto industry highlights its U.S. investments as Trump trade fears grow
The nation's top auto industry body stressed Wednesday the Japanese automakers' contribution to the United States in creating jobs and investment, in an apparent move to deflect criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump, who has said he wants Tokyo to open up its market. The ...
Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa steps away from chairman duties at industry group amid safety scandal
The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Tuesday that Nissan Motor Co. CEO Hiroto Saikawa is voluntarily refraining from activities connected with his role as association chairman amid a safety check scandal at the automaker. Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda, vice chairman of JAMA, has ...
Tokyo Motor Show to showcase cutting-edge automotive technologies
Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association Chairman Hiroto Saikawa has called on the public to visit the Tokyo Motor Show, scheduled to be held from late October, to see the world's latest technologies. "We hope to make the event the world's best technology show," Saikawa, also president ...
Vehicle sales expected to spurt 6.5% in fiscal 2016 as tax hike nears
New vehicle sales in fiscal 2016 are expected to rise 6.5 percent more than estimated for the current year to 5.26 million units for the first rebound in three years, an industry body said Thursday. The rebound, however, is being projected on a surge in ...
New tax system won't ease burden for car owners, says head of automakers' lobby group
Car owners in Japan have been shouldering unfair levies and a new tax to replace the current car acquisition tax next year will not ease the burden, said Fumihiko Ike, chairman of the nation's biggest automakers' lobby group. Under the government's plan, the acquisition tax ...
Vehicle production dropped 0.5 percent in October to 813,110 units from a year ago, as demand for minivehicles remained sluggish amid the lingering effects of tax hikes, data by an industry body showed Monday. Although auto output has logged 16 consecutive months of decline, exports ...
Vehicle production in Japan fell 5.3 percent in February from a year earlier to 817,390 units, down for the eighth straight month, as demand shrank following a consumption tax hike last year, an industry body said Tuesday. The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said the output ...
Auto output sags in November, stretching decline to fifth month
Vehicle production in Japan fell to 743,289 units in November, down 12.2 percent from the previous year amid declining demand, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Friday. The fifth straight month of decline reflected continued weak consumer spending after the April consumption tax hike. Car production ...
Sales tax hike stymies domestic car sales: JAMA
Major Japanese carmakers may have benefited from the yen's sharp decline this year, but they were also hurt by the consumption tax hike and prospects for the domestic market appear dim, Fumihiko Ike, chief of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, said Monday. "2014 has been ...
Backlog of orders, savvy marketing stave off carmaker crisis
A backlog of orders as well as concerted marketing efforts by carmakers have minimized the impact from April's consumption tax hike on sales between April and June — but there are still concerns about sales volume after July, the chairman of the nation's automaker ...
Ike of Honda to take JAMA helm
Honda Motor Co. Chairman Fumihiko Ike will take over as chief of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association in May, the industry lobby group said Thursday. He will succeed Akio Toyoda, the president of Toyota Motor Corp. "Mr. Ike is like no one else, and he always ...
