Author: Yuri Kageyama

Japan’s top automaker, Toyota, announced a partnership with U.S. autonomous driving technology company Waymo on April 30.

TG Natural Resources, owned by Tokyo Gas, and Castleton Commodities International, is acquiring a 70% stake in the East Texas gas assets of Chevron U.S.A. for $525 million.

Momentum for driverless technology is building in Japan, which has not kept pace with the global shift to autonomous driving, so far led by China and the U.S. 

Japanese automakers Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi said Feb. 13 they are ending talks on business integration.

TOKYO — Toyota is developing and making electric vehicles and EV batteries in China, the Japanese automaker said Feb. 5, under a new partnership with the Shanghai government.

TOKYO — Nippon Steel was standing firm on its proposed $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, Chief Executive Eiji Hashimoto said after President Joe Biden blocked the steelmaker’s move.

KASHIMA, Japan — The signs at Nippon Steel read: “The world through steel,” underlining why Japan’s top steelmaker is pursuing its $15 billion bid to acquire U.S. Steel.

TOKYO — Nissan reported Nov. 7 a loss for the latest fiscal quarter as its vehicle sales sank while costs and inventory ballooned, prompting the Japanese automaker to slash 9,000 jobs.

Nissan showed Aug. 6 what it called a “cool paint” to keep people inside vehicles cooler, although the coating is six times thicker, making commercialization still a challenge.

Toyota announced that it would offer lean compact engines that also run on so-called green fuels like hydrogen and bioethanol, or get paired with zero-emission electric motors in hybrids.