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Driverless Taxi Start-up Eyes Partnerships With Automakers

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JAPAN TODAY
 
FUJISAWA — Japan’s Robot Taxi aims to forge partnerships with carmakers to develop a driverless taxi service in time for the 2020 Olympics, the technology company said, holding its first tests on public roads and joining a global race to develop self-driving cars.
The joint venture ...

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Nissan To Buy Back Shares For Up To Y400 Bil

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JAPAN TODAY
 
 
TOKYO — Japanese car maker Nissan says it will buy back up to 400 billion yen worth of its own shares by the end of the year.
The operation, announced after a board meeting, will start on Monday and run until December 22, it said.
The buyback will not lead to any “material change”...

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Nissan To Build Cars In Myanmar For First Time

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YANGON — Japanese auto giant Nissan will start assembling cars in Myanmar for the first time this year, the company said Wednesday, as it expands its presence in one of Asia’s final economic frontiers.Foreign companies have piled into the Southeast Asian nation since reforms began i...

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Honda Releases Hybrid Model of Odyssey Minivan

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TOKYO — Honda Motor Co Ltd has released a hybrid model of its Odyssey (and Odyssey Absolute) minivan and a gasoline-powered model developed by partially remodeling the existing model of the vehicle.
The hybrid model is Honda’s first high-grade minivan equipped with the company’s i-M...

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Toyota Says Net Profit Jumps 10%

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Toyota on Friday said nine-month net profit jumped nearly 10% to 1.9 trillion yen, despite falling sales in most regions, with the world’s top automaker focused on squeezing more productivity out of its plants.
The Corolla and Prius maker also slightly raised its fiscal year...

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Airbag Maker Takata Told To Improve Quality Culture

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WASHINGTON — Embattled airbag maker Takata was told by an independent panel Tuesday to improve management oversight and automation as the faulty airbag scandal continues to rock the global auto industry.
The panel, commissioned by the Japanese company and led by Samuel Skinner, a fo...

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Subaru Plans $140 mil Expansion of Indiana Factory

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JAPAN TODAY
 LAFAYETTE, Ind. —Subaru announced Monday it plans to spend $140 million to boost vehicle production at an Indiana factory and add up to 1,200 jobs in the next two years.
The Lafayette factory will see its production capacity grow by 100,000 vehicles a year from its current 300,000, t...

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