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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 3, 2013
Toyota sales show China row eased
Toyota Motor Corp.'s China sales surged in November, suggesting Japanese brands are escaping the consumer backlash they faced last year over the Senkaku Islands dispute.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2013
Ghosn joins hydrogen car skeptics
Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn says consumers won't take to fuel-cell vehicles before the decade's end, joining Tesla Motors Inc.'s Elon Musk in questioning the future of hydrogen-powered cars.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2013
Tokyo Motor Show still green, tries to spark pizazz
Japanese and foreign car manufacturers offered a glimpse of the future as they unveiled their latest eco-friendly and unique next-generation concept cars as the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show was opened to the media Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 20, 2013
Camry tweaks eyed to keep its lead in U.S. sales
Toyota Motor Corp.'s Camry, headed for a 12th straight year as the best-selling U.S. car, will get "significant attention," including freshened features, to hold the title a 13th year, the brand's U.S. sales chief said.
LIFE / Language / THE BUZZ
Nov 9, 2013
Ima desho!: Do it now!
今でしょ!
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 9, 2013
Toshiba prevails over Toyota in series opener
Toshiba big man Nick Fazekas put up a double-double performance with 19 points and 20 rebounds as the Brave Thunders took the first game of a two-game series over their archrival Toyota Motors Alvark with a 73-65 win at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2 on Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2013
Staying home paying off for Toyota amid weakening yen
Staying at home is paying off for Toyota Motor Corp.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 29, 2013
Camry loses Consumer Reports nod
Consumer Reports pulled its recommendation for Toyota Motor Corp.'s Camry sedan and said post-bankruptcy General Motors Co. is among the automakers cracking Japanese brands' dominance in fielding reliable cars.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2013
Toyota fined $3 million by U.S. jury
Toyota Motor Corp. must pay $3 million in a lawsuit claiming that a defect in a Camry caused the vehicle to suddenly accelerate, leading to an accident that left one woman dead and another injured, an Oklahoma jury says.
BUSINESS / THE VIEW FROM EUROPE
Oct 13, 2013
Crumbling keiretsu networks good sign for foreign firms and Japan
For years and decades, foreign observers have cried foul over various barriers — both existing and perceived — to the Japanese economy. Their main target is usually the keiretsu, the closely knit business networks automakers exclusively maintain with groups of 200 to 300 suppliers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 11, 2013
Toyota wins first acceleration trial
Toyota Motor Corp. was not responsible for an accident that killed a 66-year-old woman who crashed her 2006 Camry into a tree after it sped out of control on a road and into oncoming traffic, a Los Angeles jury finds.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 11, 2013
Hydrogen prototype takes to the road in race toward fuel cells
Toyota Motor Corp. has long held out hydrogen as the ultimate alternative to gasoline for powering automobiles. Soon, consumers will be able to kick the tires of its fuel-cell car and those of other automakers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 9, 2013
Honda Fit designed as 'Prius-killer' in challenge to Toyota
Honda Motor Co. wants to remind the world that hybrid means more than the Prius.

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