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. The bid to keep ...
Toyota and Mazda resume some China operations after COVID-19 suspension
Toyota Motor Corp. and other major Japanese carmakers operating in China said Monday they have partially resumed operations suspended by the coronavirus outbreak. Mazda Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. all said they had restarted some work. Toyota said that of its four ...
Japanese firms struggle to restart China factories amid COVID-19 outbreak
Japanese manufacturers in China are facing challenges getting restarted after the extended Lunar New Year holiday because of restrictions on the movement of people and goods caused by COVID-19. Mazda Motor Corp. planned to resume operations at a plant in Nanjing Wednesday but postponed the ...
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 ...
Slumping vehicle sales hit employment in Japan's auto sector
Slumping vehicle sales are starting to take a toll on the employment situation in the automotive industry. Since Nov. 8, Mazda Motor Corp. has stopped soliciting new workers on fixed-term contracts at its head office plants in Hiroshima Prefecture, which mainly manufacture finished vehicles, and ...
Japanese auto brands grab top three slots in Consumer Reports' annual rankings
Japanese brands dominated the top three slots in Consumer Reports' annual auto reliability rankings released Thursday. Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus luxury brand was rated as the most reliable by the U.S. magazine, followed by Mazda Motor Corp.'s Mazda and the Toyota brand. In fourth and fifth ...
Strong yen poses risks for Japan as U.S.-China trade war continues
Japan Inc. is caught in the crossfire of the trade war between the United States and China, as a resurgent yen threatens to sap profits and complicate the economic outlook. Worsening trade friction between the world's two largest economies has reduced investor appetite for risk ...
Toyota to build new SUV rather than Corolla at Alabama plant
Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will build a new sport utility vehicle at a $1.6 billion joint venture assembly plant in Alabama rather than produce Corolla cars. Japan's top automaker announced in January 2018 it would build the factory in Alabama with Mazda Motor ...
Five Japanese automakers to join Toyota-SoftBank self-driving venture
Five Japanese automakers will join a self-driving technology joint venture formed last year by Toyota Motor Corp. and SoftBank Corp., sources close to the matter said Wednesday. Mazda Motor Corp., Suzuki Motor Corp., Subaru Corp., Isuzu Motor Ltd., and Toyota's minivehicle-making unit Daihatsu Motor Corp. ...
Toyota and Mazda affiliates to jointly make car seats in U.S.
Toyota Boshoku Corp., an automobile parts manufacturer affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp., and two makers of car seats under the wing of Mazda Motor Corp. have said they will jointly produce car seats in the United States. The seats will be supplied to a joint ...
Mazda Motor Corp. launched fully remodeled Mazda 3 compact sedans and hatchbacks in Japan on Friday, claiming they are the first of the Japanese automakers' next-generation products with substantially improved fuel efficiency and basic driving performance. In the Japanese market, the Mazda 3 had been ...
Japanese classics from Toyota, Honda, Mazda and the like are now a hot bet among car collectors
When a classic red 1994 Toyota Supra sold online for $121,000 in January, it shocked not only the usual car-related Instagram junkies but also close followers of the tiny Japanese sports car. The going rate for one in good condition tends to hover around ...
