Japan plans automated cargo transport system to relieve shortage of drivers and cut emissionsThe project, expected to begin trial runs in the next few years and become fully operational by the mid-2030s, will include unmanned and au...
03 Nov, 2024, 10.20 AM IST
View: For better jobs, don’t just look West, look to places like JapanDemographers use the term 'demographic dividend' to describe the economic benefits that a country enjoys from its large young population. I...
14 Apr, 2024, 11.56 PM IST
Japan expands its foreign worker visa programme for the first time since inceptionThe Japanese government has expanded the skilled worker visa program to address labor shortages by admitting up to 820,000 foreigners in va...
30 Mar, 2024, 07.29 AM IST
F1 Japanese Grand Prix: Jules Bianchi's father lashes out at FIA after Pierre Gasly incidentUnbelievably, Phillipe Bianchi yelled, "There was no consideration for the driver's life or Jules' memory." The onboard video showed Gasly ...
09 Oct, 2022, 07.48 PM IST
Lockdowns in China block truck shipments and close factoriesMany factories have tried to stay open by having workers stay on site instead of going home.
11 Apr, 2022, 11.58 AM IST
Japan's Toyota, Isuzu, Hino join in truck technology tie upToyota, which makes the Camry sedan, Prius hybrid and Lexus luxury models, sold off in 2018 a 5.9 per cent stake in Isuzu that it had bough...
24 Mar, 2021, 02.23 PM IST
Toyota unveils new fuel cell car in fresh push on hydrogen technologyToyota has failed until now to win drivers over to fuel cell vehicles (FCV), which remain a niche technology despite Japanese government ba...
09 Dec, 2020, 01.56 PM IST
SoftBank hits the road again, in talks with Rivigo to invest at least $100 millionLast week, SoftBank acquired a $2.5-billion stake in Flipkart, taking its total investments in Asia’s third-largest economy this year to $6...
21 Aug, 2017, 04.55 PM IST
- Ashok Leyland lining up a slew of LCVs
Ashok Leyland is also planning to incorporate left-hand drives for the new Partner and pitch it for exports to its targeted geographies in ...
18 Jan, 2017, 05.39 PM IST
Earn the trust of your colleagues: Kojin Nakakita, Hitachi India"With approvals from my supervisors, I started a club – ‘The Hitachi Youngsters’—and its members would meet every week."
27 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
- New claims made against Toyota in defects case
Toyota bought back cars from drivers who reported sudden acceleration defects, but didn't tell federal regulators about the problem, accord...
29 Oct, 2010, 03.32 AM IST
- US to probe Toyota delay in 2005 steering recall
US is investigating whether Toyota delayed a 2005 recall in the US over defective steering rods in trucks and SUVs. Toyota stops sales of 8...
11 May, 2010, 04.30 AM IST
- Post Toyota fiasco, Japan to review car recall system
Japan’s transport ministry may review and improve its car recall system, reports said Sunday, as Toyota Motor battles accusations it may ha...
22 Feb, 2010, 04.41 AM IST
- Japan to review car recall system: Reports
Japan's transport ministry may review and improve its car recall system, reports said Sunday, as Toyota Motor Corp. battles accusations it ...
21 Feb, 2010, 12.02 PM IST
- Japanese trade surplus tumbles for fifth month
Japan's trade surplus tumbled for a fifth straight month in July as China overtook the ailing US economy to become the country's biggest ex...
21 Aug, 2008, 11.21 AM IST
- Toyota to build fuel-sipping Prius hybrid in US
Japanese auto giant Toyota said that it plans to start assembling its fuel-sipping Prius hybrid car in the United States with production sl...
11 Jul, 2008, 07.20 AM IST
- Doing right in any situation is greatness
Why buy an Indian truck at a higher price than a Japanese truck? Why not a Mercedes? Yet some did.
08 Jan, 2007, 01.20 AM IST