Toyota, Japan News

Toyota's fiscal first-quarter profit plunged 28% from a year ago as slipping North American sales, a strong yen and rising materials costs dented earnings of the Japanese automaker.

The death of a young Gauteng man in a Lamborghini recently has again raises the question not only of driving experience but also driver training.

Honda, Japan's second-largest carmaker, said growth in China, Russia and other emerging markets will help counter higher costs for steel and other raw materials.

Jane Everhart said she and the Detroit area high school students she has chaperoned on an exchange program to the Japanese city of Toyota will never forget their experience.

Japanese cars are miles more dependable than UK cars, according to a new car reliability survey.

Asian stocks rose for a second day, led by automakers and technology companies, on speculation demand for the region's exports will be sustained as the yen weakened against the dollar and crude oil prices ...

THE production of new hybrid Camrys in Altona by 2010 is a driveaway deal for Toyota employees John Bell, Andrew McGrath, Cameron Cormack and and Grant Wilson.

London, June 16: A Toyota subsidiary is close to perfecting exterior airbags which, in the event of a collision with a pedestrian, will open at the front of the bonnet.

THE lives of hundreds of pedestrians are set to be saved each year in the UK after a major car firm revealed it is close to perfecting exterior airbags.

EMPTIVE disclosure of policy advice seems to be the new vogue for the Rudd Government's economic advisers.

Singer-actress Marlene Sai will be the ambassador of the 2008 Seniors' Fair - The Good Life Expo, Sept.

JAPAN'S factory production fell in April for a second month as the US slowdown spread, signalling the nation's export-led expansion may have peaked.

Honda, the second largest Japanese automaker is pioneer in many things. The company first introduced hybrid vehicle in the USA .

TOKYO: Toyota will boost overtime pay to its assembly line workers for their voluntary efforts to improve production quality, the company said Thursday, in the latest effort in Japan to quell growing criticism ...

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About 500 dignitaries and guests were expected to gather at NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd.'s plant near Sissonville today to celebrate the grand opening of the company's spark plug plant. via Charleston Daily Mail

“The automobile joint venture can drive the domestic auto industry a lot from many aspects, like the infrastructure construction, technician imports, etc”

Toyota is considering building new factories in various places, Hideaki Homma, a spokesman for the company told local newspaper, Shanghai Daily on March. via Gasgoo

The Prius, which went on sale in Japan in 1997, has been a big hit with drivers around the world and is now sold in 40 countries and regions. via WBNS-TV Columbus

Japanese stocks fell, led by automakers, after Toyota Motor Corp. said profit will probably drop for the first time in a decade. via Bloomberg

Japanese stock futures slipped in Chicago after Toyota Motor Corp. said profit will probably drop for the first time in a decade and after American International Group Inc. via Bloomberg.com

“In response to a request from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., we have decided to accept up to 10 billion yen worth of increased shares planned by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp through a third-party allocation”

Tokyo: Japan's top automaker, Toyota, said mid-week it would invest up to 10 billion yen in a Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp project to develop and market the country's first ever passenger jet. via Domain-B