SoftBank takes top spot on Topix from Toyota as influence grows
While Toyota trades are little changed in 2021, SoftBank stock is up nearly 30%, rallying past a two-decade record to a new high.
Toyota to sell adapted Mirai fuel cell system to other sectors from spring
The system uses electricity generated through a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, and does not emit carbon dioxide.
Japan automakers' output falls 4.5% in January due to chip shortage
Only Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. saw their production in the month climb from the previous year.
Tesla slips while Mazda rises in Consumer Reports' latest auto rankings
Vehicles made by the U.S. firm were less reliable than others, while Mazda outshone Porsche and Toyota was praised for its "slow, methodical” design approach.
Toyota broke its just-in-time rule just in time for the chip shortage
In contrast to the rest of the auto industry, Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. said it wasn’t expecting a shortfall of semiconductors to affect its production.
Japan auto unions ease wage-hike demands on pandemic-hit carmakers
In the recent survey, many firms said they would limit pay rises to young and skilled workers.
The Nikkei is back at 30,000. But it’s a whole different world.
With the index crash in 1990 that followed the deflating of the asset-price bubble, it would take more than three decades for the benchmark to hit a threshold first reached in 1988.
When the company decided to shut one of its plants in Japan, it took inspiration from a previous factory closure in Australia, in which efforts had been made to protect a legacy.
Toyota corrects course on electric vehicles with new models for U.S
The firm's executives in the U.S. said as recently as last year they hadn’t seen enough demand to justify a broader lineup of battery-powered vehicles.
Tokyo Olympic organizers to meet on sexist comments row as firestorm grows
Meanwhile, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said she would not attend four-party Olympic talks later this month, where local media speculated Mori's comments are expected to be discussed.
