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NISSAN CO

BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2011
Ghosn: 'Yen too high to compete'
Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn said Monday that the yen's strength is at an "abnormal level" and indicated it could force the automaker to shift operations overseas.
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2011
Ghosn decries lack of yen action
Carlos Ghosn, chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co., said Japan faces a "hollowing out" of its industrial base should the government fail to take steps to counter the yen's rise.
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2011
Nissan to up overseas parts supplies
Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn has indicated the automaker will expand procurement of overseas components for its plant in Fukuoka Prefecture to help cope with the yen's appreciation.
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2011
Nissan eyes tieup with Brazil's wealthiest man
Nissan Motor Co., the country's second-largest automaker, is in talks with billionaire Eike Batista for a possible partnership in Brazil as it seeks to quadruple its output capacity in the Latin American country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2011
Nissan bets on Infiniti in China
Nissan Motor Co. plans to quadruple Infiniti's share of the Chinese luxury-auto market within five years as it rushes to make up a "ridiculous" amount of time lost to Volkswagen AG's Audi and Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2011
Nissan to double China capacity
Nissan Motor Co.'s joint automobile production venture in China will nearly double its annual output capacity to 2.3 million units by the end of 2015 through an investment of about ¥610 billion, company President and CEO Carlos Ghosn said.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2011
Nissan Leaf pulls ahead of GM Volt
Nissan Motor Co.'s Leaf, the first mass-produced electric car sold in the United States, took an early lead in the budding market for rechargeable autos by pulling ahead of General Motors Co.'s plug-in Volt in the first half.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2011
Nissan targets 8% share of global market in six years
Nissan Motor Co. CEO Carlos Ghosn said Monday the automaker aims to achieve a global market share of 8 percent by the business year ending in March 2017 by focusing on rapidly expanding emerging markets.
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2011
Nissan aims to double China Infiniti sales
Nissan Motor Co. aims to double sales of Infiniti-brand vehicles in China this year as demand for luxury cars grows in the world's biggest automobile market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2011
Nissan says U.S. Leaf sales may reach 12,000 in '11
Nissan Motor Co., aiming to be the world's largest seller of electric cars, expects to deliver as many as 12,000 battery-powered Leaf hatchbacks to U.S. customers this year as orders are confirmed and production quickens.
BUSINESS
May 14, 2011
Nissan says suppliers on the road to revival
Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn said fewer than 20 suppliers are still in a critical situation, down from 40 in March, after the megaquake halted production at factories and crimped domestic sales.
BUSINESS
May 13, 2011
Nissan reports 72.5% jump in group profit
Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday its group operating profit jumped 72.5 percent to ¥537.47 billion for the business year ended in March, mostly on the back of strong sales in China and other emerging markets.
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2011
Nissan to speed up U.S. deliveries of Leaf electric cars
Nissan Motor Co. said beginning this month it will boost shipments of Leaf battery-electric cars to the U.S., where it has made about 500 deliveries since late December.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2011
Ghosn vows to reopen Iwaki plant in April
IWAKI, Fukushima Pref. (Kyodo) Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn said Tuesday the automaker plans to resume partial production in mid-April at an engine factory in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, damaged by the March 11 earthquake.
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2011
Renault spy fiasco threatens Nissan plan
Renault SA's mishandling of an espionage investigation has weakened Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn in a tussle with the French state, its largest shareholder, over the carmaker's future, several sources said.
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2010
Nissan, Mitsubishi OK minicar tieup
Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Tuesday they have agreed to form a comprehensive tieup centered on the formation of a joint venture to design and develop minivehicles for the domestic market.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 12, 2010
Can Nissan start weaning the auto industry off petroleum?
On Dec. 3, BBC News reported that the prices of petroleum on both sides of the Atlantic hit their highest levels since the financial crisis, with Goldman Sachs forecasting an increase to $100 per barrel in 2011.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2010
Uniqlo chief Yanai's ¥300 million salary not a patch on Ghosn's ¥891 million
The executive pay package for Fast Retailing Co. chief Tadashi Yanai came to ¥300 million in the year that ended in August, the operator of the Uniqlo casual clothing chain has revealed.
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2010
Ghosn's Russia quest seen as 'last-chance saloon'
Carlos Ghosn's talks to take control of OAO AvtoVAZ may be the Renault-Nissan alliance's final opportunity to grab the leading position in one of the four main growth markets. "It's their last-chance saloon for getting into emerging markets in a meaningful fashion," said Erich Hauser, an analyst with...
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2010
Nissan to double output in China
ZHENGZHOU, China (Kyodo) Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn said Monday the automaker will double its annual production capacity in China to 1.2 million units by 2012.
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
Thanks, tourists. Views of Mount Fuji are now blocked.
Tourists pose in front of a convenience store with Mount Fuji on Friday in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. Local residents are upset over littering, overcrowding and the inconvenience caused by the visitors.
Is Modi’s party heading for a stunning election loss?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign tactics have escalated, including anti-Muslim rhetoric and fearmongering, reflecting his ruling party's desperation.
Two more arrested over brutal murder of couple in Tochigi
A vehicle carrying Seiha Sekine, the 32-year-old common-law husband of the deceased Tokyo couple's first daughter, leaves a police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Tuesday.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Stormy seas ahead as Beijing and Manila trade barbs over secret deal
Philippine Marines wave to Philippine Navy personnel and the media during a resupply mission at their military outpost, the BRP Sierra Madre, a warship run aground in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in 1999, in the South China Sea, in March 2014.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Xi bristles as Macron and von der Leyen urge China to do more on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen walk after their meeting in Paris on Monday.
How a Japanese scientist is turning the climate crisis into music
A screencap of a performance of Hiroto Nagai's “String Quartet No. 1 ‘Polar Energy Budget’” by the PRT Quartet

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