Toyota Motor Corp. is establishing a new venture to develop electric vehicle technology with partner Mazda Motor Corp., seeking to catch up with rivals in an increasingly frenetic race to produce more battery-powered cars. (the-japan-news.com)
Police in southwestern Japan have admitted to having mistakenly arrested a young woman for fraud. (NHK)
Mitsuoka Motor Co Ltd has unveiled its Fusion sleeping/funeral car based on minivans. (Japan Today)
Toyota Motor is speeding up its strategy of reaching across industry lines for help in a landscape transformed by high-tech competition by partnering with ride-hailing company Grab as well as five Japanese startups. (Nikkei)
Mazda Motor Corp said Tuesday it would become the world's first automaker to commercialise a much more efficient petrol engine using technology that deep-pocketed rivals have been trying to engineer for decades, a twist in an industry increasingly going electric. (Japan Today)
Toyota Motor and Mazda Motor are closing in on a capital partnership deal to pave the way for possible establishment of a joint-venture U.S. auto plant and joint development of key electric vehicle technologies, The Nikkei learned Thursday. (Nikkei)
The Nissan Motor, Renault and Mitsubishi Motors group has become the world's number one automaker in terms of unit sales for the first time. (NHK)
Toyota Motor said Friday that its global car sales between January and June grew 2.7% on the year to hit a new record. But the Japanese automaker has yet to regain the top spot it once held. (Nikkei)
Toyota Motor aims to introduce autonomous vehicle technology that can handle complex city driving in the first half of the next decade to keep up with competition while ensuring safety. (Nikkei)
Gaffe-prone Finance Minister Taro Aso made a comment Saturday about a junior lawmaker from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party who indicated her intent to leave the party due to allegations that she abused one of her secretaries, stressing her gender. (Japan Times)
A female Japanese politician has resigned after an audio tape emerged of her violently attacking a male secretary, and reportedly threatening to crush his head with a lead pipe. (AFP)
A weekly magazine says a lawmaker of Japan's main governing party repeatedly abused her secretary verbally and physically. (NHK)