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SUBARU

BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2018
Subaru to recall over 6,000 cars in Japan due to improper inspections
Subaru Corp. said Thursday it is recalling more than 6,000 vehicles in Japan after it revealed that its inspectors fabricated data on final product checks.
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2018
Subaru blames high workloads as it finds more cases of improper vehicle inspections
Subaru Corp. blamed inspectors' excessive workloads as it revealed fresh cases of improper vehicle inspections in a final report on its data falsifications.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2018
Subaru and Mazda seek advantage from being among last to sell electric vehicles
American Subaru owners are a green bunch. They tend to bike, camp and kayak more than other drivers and inordinately live in the parts of the U.S. with the toughest emissions mandates. The company plays to this ecological image by producing more than 1 million vehicles each year without sending any waste to landfills. Yet the Subaru set can't buy a battery-powered version of its favorite car.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2018
Subaru finds more cars affected by data fabrication, leading to shake-up of top management
Subaru Corp. said Tuesday it has found new cases of product data fabrication, bringing the total number of affected vehicles to 1,551, up from the previously reported 903, and prompting a revamp of its top management.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 16, 2018
Japan government searches Subaru headquarters for rigged mileage, emission data
The transport ministry searched the headquarters of Subaru Corp. on Wednesday after the automaker submitted a report saying it had rigged mileage and emissions data for new vehicles at one of its plants.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2018
Subaru admits plant began systematically rigging mileage and emissions data in 2002
In a report, the scandal-hit automaker says the manipulation of mileage and emissions data probably began in 2002.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 3, 2018
Toyota and Subaru reportedly working on new 86 sports car model
Toyota Motor Corp. has started developing its next 86 sports car model with Subaru Corp., aiming to launch the compact rear-wheel-drive sports vehicle around 2021 with improved performance, according to sources.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 1, 2018
Subaru picks new president as more inspection issues revealed
Subaru Corp. said Friday it has named executive vice president Tomomi Nakamura as its new president to revamp top management and enhance quality control following a new inspection scandal.
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2018
Japan's automaker labor unions seek pay increases in annual wage talks
Annual spring wage negotiations entered full swing Wednesday as unions from the country's major automakers submitted their requests to management.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 27, 2017
Scandal-hit Nissan, Subaru log lower domestic output in November
Domestic output by Nissan Motor Co. and Subaru Corp. fell in November from a year earlier due to production halts at domestic factories prompted by inspection violations, data showed Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2017
The top business news stories of 2017
The Japan Times newsroom selected these economy and technology stories as the most important of 2017.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 19, 2017
Subaru report says lack of respect for regulations led to inspection scandal
Subaru Corp. said Tuesday a third-party investigation has found that overconfidence in the firm's technical skills and a lack of respect for regulations led to its decades-long use of uncertified inspectors for state-mandated vehicle checks.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 19, 2017
Mitsubishi Materials unveils more data falsification and other misconduct
Mitsubishi Materials Corp., a manufacturer of components used in automobiles and aircraft, said Tuesday it has found more cases of data falsification and misconduct following a probe conducted in the wake of data-rewriting revelations at three of its subsidiaries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 29, 2017
Subaru seen climbing past Hyundai in U.S. with bigger Ascent SUV
Subaru Corp. picked an apt time to roll out a new model whose name is synonymous with moving up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 22, 2017
Subaru to introduce all-electric vehicles in Japan by 2021
Subaru Corp. will introduce a series of all-electric cars in Japan as early as 2021, sources said, as competition intensifies between automakers looking to develop eco-friendly cars in response to stricter global emissions regulations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 20, 2017
Flawed Nissan and Subaru vehicle inspections seen as an issue of compliance rather than quality
People's trust in Japanese cars has been questioned following revelations that two domestic automakers that enjoyed strong reputations — Nissan Motor Co. and Subaru Corp. — allowed unauthorized employees to conduct final quality checks on finished vehicles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 16, 2017
Subaru recalls 395,000 vehicles over inspection scandal, including the 86
Subaru Corp. issued a recall for some 395,000 vehicles on Thursday after it was revealed that the carmaker had allowed unauthorized workers to carry out final inspections at two of its plants for more than 30 years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2017
Subaru cuts profit outlook as it tackles scandal over invalid vehicle inspections
Subaru Corp. on Monday revised downward its full-year group earnings forecast for the business year through next March as the carmaker moves to grapple with its decades-old faulty product inspections.
EDITORIALS
Nov 3, 2017
What's behind manufacturers' compliance lapses?
The government must determine how to prevent the compliance and quality problems that have surfaced at Japanese manufacturers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 30, 2017
Subaru to recall cars checked by uncertified staff next week
The recall will cover some 255,000 vehicles among all 12 of the carmaker's models.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Traders spooked by intervention risk trim record yen shorts
Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japan to prop up the currency.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.

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