April 04, 2013
DETROIT--Hyundai Motor Corp. and its Kia Motors affiliate are recalling more than 1.8 million cars and SUVs in the United States to address a potentially faulty switch and a loose headliner, according to U.S. safety regulators.
April 03, 2013
Tokyo and Washington have reached a basic agreement during preliminary talks on Japan's participation in the negotiations for the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade arrangement, a senior Japanese government official said.
April 03, 2013
The Cabinet has approved a proposal to revamp Japan’s troubled electricity industry and foster more competition by obliging utilities to split power generation and distribution into separate businesses.
April 02, 2013
The India Supreme Court's rejection of a patent for an improved version of a costly cancer drug by Novartis AG could have big implications for the world's largest drugmakers.
April 02, 2013
The Bank of Japan’s Tankan survey on business sentiment showed that the real economy has not caught up with market expectations for improved conditions led by “Abenomics.”
April 02, 2013
New car sales in Japan in fiscal 2012 were up 9.6 percent from the previous year to 5,210,291, exceeding 5 million units for the first time in five years, industry organizations said.
April 02, 2013
BEIJING--Apple issued an apology to Chinese consumers on April 1 after government media attacked its repair policies for two weeks in a campaign that reeked of economic nationalism.
April 01, 2013
Japanese manufacturers are more upbeat about business conditions than they were late last year, but less so than expected, a central bank survey found.
April 01, 2013
Twenty-five of the 26 local governments that operate hydropower plants plan to continue selling their electricity to major utilities on negotiated contracts in fiscal 2013 and are refusing to open the process to bidding from other electric power companies, The Asahi Shimbun has found.
March 31, 2013
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March 29, 2013
BEIJING--Foreign companies in China say they want the country's new leadership to act on pledges to reduce bureaucracy and remove investment barriers as the business climate gets tougher, the American Chamber of Commerce in China said March 29.
March 29, 2013
NEW YORK--Toyota Motor Corp's top North American executive voiced optimism on March 28 about the U.S. economy and said demand in the industry this year would be driven by the need for consumers to replace aging cars and trucks.
March 29, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO--Apple Inc. has come under criticism from a Chinese marketplace regulator, which called for stronger supervision of the iPhone-maker's consumer policies within the country, according to state-run media.
March 29, 2013
The Defense Ministry has ignored repeated instructions by the Board of Audit to prevent possible kickbacks on defense equipment deals that are wasting hundreds of millions of yen in taxpayer money.
March 29, 2013
SEOUL--Japan, China and South Korea agreed to form working committees on tariffs, investments and eight other subjects before ending their first round of talks on a trilateral free trade agreement on March 28.
March 29, 2013
Panasonic's president said on March 28 the company will persist with trying to fix its money-losing TV business, characterizing an exit from the fiercely competitive industry as a “final resort.''
March 29, 2013
Japan's economy has stopped weakening and should show signs of recovery by midyear, the newly appointed central bank governor said on March 28, as weaker-than-expected retail sales for February underscored the challenge he faces in restoring consumer confidence.
March 28, 2013
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said it has suspended the manufacturing and shipment of electric vehicles that use a lithium-ion battery made by a subsidiary of GS Yuasa Corp. after two recently caught fire.
March 28, 2013
Terra Motors Corp. on March 27 released a three-wheeled electric vehicle designed for the Philippines, a first step in its strategy to expand to markets across Asia.
March 28, 2013
OHIRA, Miyagi Prefecture--Toyota Motor Corp. held an opening ceremony on March 27 for an in-house technical training school in the quake-battered Tohoku region.