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TOYOTA

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 15, 2016
Strong yen is a brake on Japanese carmakers' profits
Japanese automakers may have run out of the fuel that has driven profits higher for the past four years: the weaker yen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 13, 2016
Japan is losing its drive to get behind the wheel
Even domestic automakers seem to be concentrating on expanding overseas as the market at home looks bleak.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2016
Toyota seeks to sell Prius as stylish and sporty, starting with the Super Bowl
It is not easy being green, particularly when gas is cheap.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2016
Japan's carmakers, airlines believe negative rates will help demand
It will not show up in time for this week's earnings release, but Toyota Motor Corp. may have gotten a gift from the Bank of Japan's unconventional policy choices.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2016
Toyota to halt Japan output next week after steel plant explosion
Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it will suspend production at all assembly plants in Japan next week in the wake of a steel factory explosion, dealing a blow to the supply of crucial models including the new Prius hybrid.
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2016
Toyota labor group to slash wage-hike demand in further threat to Japan's inflation target
The umbrella labor group representing Toyota Motor Corp. and its related companies said it will seek half the minimum wage increase in 2016 compared with its plan entering the fiscal year.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 5, 2016
Toyota joins Ford against Apple-Google car screen dominance
Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to use a car-phone connectivity system championed by Ford Motor Co. in a bid to keep Apple Inc. and Google from dominating control of dashboards.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 5, 2016
Detroit-Silicon Valley crossover: GM antes up $500 million to forge self-driving car partnership with Lyft
General Motors Inc. and Lyft Inc. on Monday set out plans to develop an on-demand network of self-driving cars as the U.S. No. 1 automaker announced it would put $500 million into the ride-sharing service's latest $1 billion fundraising round.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 22, 2015
Japan's pioneer power steering maker feels threatened by advent of driverless cars
A Japanese company that once revolutionized the auto industry by inventing electric power steering now finds itself on the wrong side of the latest technology innovation: driverless cars.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 17, 2015
Why SoftBank matters a great deal to Japan Inc.
SoftBank maverick CEO Masayoshi Son stands out in a country where corporate conservatism reigns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Dec 10, 2015
Lexus races to fill sports coupe gap a decade after SC's demise
What does 2+2 equal? If Lexus is doing the math, its newest model could be the answer.
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2015
Toyota eyes '15-'16 U.S. sales record, 'trying to make hay' as economy rises, gas prices fall
Toyota Motor Corp. expects record U.S. auto- industry sales for 2015 followed by another two years of strength as gasoline prices remain low and the U.S. economy continues on a path of stable growth.
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2015
Toyota to supply hydrogen stations to dealers for sold-out Mirai
Toyota Motor Corp. will supply temporary hydrogen stations to California dealerships selling its Mirai fuel-cell sedan as some buyers put off taking delivery of their cars until refueling infrastructure is set up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2015
Via Nascar and champ Busch, Toyota targeted red, white and blue fans and reaped loyalty green
One year into its Nascar Sprint Cup experiment, Toyota took new driver Kyle Busch on a tour of its offices and plants. Not in Honshu or Hokkaido, but rather California, Texas and Kentucky.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2015
Toyota reissues recall for 1.6 million cars after Nissan air bag injury
Toyota Motor Corp. reissued a recall for 1.6 million cars in Japan over Takata Corp. air bags, after a component that was deemed to be safe ended up injuring a passenger last month in a Nissan Motor Co. vehicle.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2015
Nissan joins Toyota, Honda in ditching Takata's air bag inflators
Nissan Motor Co. says it will no longer use key air bag components made by Takata Corp., whose defective devices are behind the biggest-ever automotive safety recall.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 6, 2015
Toyota announces artificial intelligence R&D firm in Silicon Valley
Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it will create a company specializing in research and development of artificial intelligence in California's Silicon Valley in January.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2015
GM boasts best sales since 2000 as U.S. strength lifts carmakers; rate hike argument grows
Automakers are reporting the best two-month stretch of U.S. sales in 15 years, another sign that the nation's economy is improving.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 2, 2015
In the rearview mirror: Car designer warns of Google game-changer
The days of cheap and cheerful cars like the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla may be numbered as technology firms Google and Apple muscle into the auto industry and change the way people own and drive automobiles.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Oct 28, 2015
Opening day of the 44th Tokyo Motor Show
The Tokyo Motor Show opened its car doors to the press on Wednesday with automakers showcasing the latest in vehicular technology, from every stripe of eco-friendliness to early prototypes of self-driving cars.

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