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Honda to return to F1 in 2015 as McLaren engine...
Honda Motor CEO Takanobu Ito announces the automaker's return to Formula One racing in 2015 at a news conference in Tokyo's Minato Ward on May 16. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Honda is returning to Formula One racing in 2015, after a seven-year hiatus, as McLaren's engine partner, the Japanese carmaker said on May 16.
Toyota, Honda, Nissan announce air bag recall
Toyota, Honda and Nissan are recalling more than 2 million vehicles globally for an identical problem with air bags on the passenger side whose inflator may burst, sending...
Hyundai posts record Q4 sales, but bumped from fast ...
A prototype of Hyundai Motor's new luxuary car, the HCD-14, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit earlier this month (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
SEOUL--Hyundai Motor will report its lowest profit growth since it switched accounting rules in 2011, as record car sales are dented by the impact of a stronger local currency...
Honda shows off successor to NSX at Detroit motor...
The Acura NSX Concept at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 16 (Satoshi Kubo)
DETROIT--Honda Motor Co. unveiled a prototype of its next-generation NSX luxury sports car at the 2013 North American International Auto Show here.
New car sales in Japan brisk in '12, but plunge in...
A Toyota dealer in Fukuoka Prefecture shows off the new Toyota Spade. Japanese automakers enjoyed brisk sales in 2012, thanks in part to government subsidies for eco-friendly automobiles. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Sales of new vehicles in Japan in 2012 exceeded the number of units sold the previous year for the first time in two years, topping 5 million units for the first time in four...
Japanese car sales in China rebound, but outlook...
Toyota Motor Corp. displays its vehicles at the Guangzhou auto show in Guangdong province in November. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Sales of Japanese cars are showing signs of a comeback in China, but they are still a long way from making a full recovery.
Honda to market N series-based small cars in...
Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 26. (Satoshi Kubo)
Honda Motor Co. is planning to develop small-sized vehicles based on its N minicar series, a popular line in Japan, to target emerging markets.
In China, car buyers' savvy may be Japanese brands' ...
Anti-Japan protesters vandalize a Japanese car in Changsha, Hunan province, on Sept. 15. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
GUANGZHOU/BEIJING--China's car buyers are growing up--with a more discerning view on the bang they want for their buck--and that could help Japanese automakers recover in a...
Honda hedging bets on developing eco-friendly...
A prototype ultra-compact electric vehicle developed by Honda Motor Co. at the automaker's research-and-development center in Haga, Tochigi Prefecture (Ryo Toyoka)
Honda Motor Co. is putting the pedal to the metal to develop various types of eco-friendly vehicles--not only expanding its gas-electric hybrid lineup--but also hedging its...
New Honda roadster on the starting line
Takanobu Ito (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Honda Motor Co. is developing a new roadster that draws on the 1990s heritage of its popular Beat two-seater convertibles, its chief executive said Sept. 2.
BIZ BRIEF: Honda discloses company-wide greenhouse...
Honda Motor Co. announced Aug. 25 that it has disclosed estimates of all of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including emissions from Honda’s global business operations...
Ultra-compacts get road test at transport ministry
Suzuki Motor Corp. shows off its Q-Concept car on June 18. (Keiko Nannichi)
Ultra-compacts developed by Japanese carmakers were test-driven June 18 at the transport ministry in Tokyo as the government is planning to relax regulations so the small...
BIZ BRIEF: Asahi Glass tempered glass installed in...
Asahi Glass Co. said on June 7 that its UV Verre Premium tempered glass was adopted by Honda Motor Co. for the first time for Fit compact cars.
New system warns drivers when they are causing...
A traffic jam on the Kyushu Expressway near Tosu, Saga Prefecture, on Jan. 3 as drivers return from their New Year holidays (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Honda Motor Co. has developed the world's first system to warn people that their driving might cause traffic congestion.
Japanese automakers making big push into Mexico
Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito,  second from right, attends a ceremony for the start of construction of a plant in Guanajuato, Mexico, with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, second from the left. (Toru Hatanaka)
GUANAJUATO, Mexico--Mexico is developing into a strategic base for Japanese automakers wanting to expand into North and South American markets.
Honda restarts Thai plant after flood repairs made
Honda Motor Co. resumes operations at its Thai plant on March 26. (Daisuke Furuta)
BANGKOK--Honda Motor Co. resumed production in Thailand on March 26 at a "lucky" time after recovering from serious damage from last fall's massive flooding.
Makers shift auto production into top gear in...
Cars jam a Jakarta road in an evening rush hour. (Masaaki Shoji)
JAKARTA--Automobile makers from across the world are doubling down on their investments in Indonesia, where the demand for cars is shifting into overdrive.
U.S. woman wins suit over Honda hybrid's fuel...
LOS ANGELES--A U.S. court on Feb. 1 ruled in favor of a woman who argued that the fuel economy of her Civic Hybrid manufactured by Honda Motor Co. was worse than what the...
Thai flooding slows auto production in November
Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s Laem Chabang plant in Thailand resumes production Nov. 14 following a monthlong halt in operations due to heavy flooding. (Toshiyuki Hayashi)
Combined domestic output of the eight major Japanese automakers was 794,896 units in November, up 4 percent year on year, for the second straight month of increase, their...
Thai floods force Honda to cut U.S. production by...
Fumihiko Ike, senior managing officer of Honda Motor Co., announces company earnings for the six-month period ending in September on Oct. 31. (Yukio Hashimoto)
The effects of the devastating flooding in Thailand are cascading over to North America for Honda Motor Co., as company officials said on Oct. 31 that production at all six...