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Wrecked Fukushima storage tank leaking highly radioactive water

August 24, 2021 at 7:27 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Contaminated water with dangerously high levels of radiation is leaking from a storage tank at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the most serious setback to the cleanup...

Small is big for Japanese automakers eyeing Indonesia and India

August 24, 2021 at 6:11 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese automakers like Honda Motor Co and the Toyota-Daihatsu group have a problem: the smallest cars they make are very big in Japan - and only Japan....

Toyota says ‘good chance’ of record Lexus sales this year

August 24, 2021 at 4:02 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has a "good chance" of selling a record number of luxury Lexus vehicles this year, an executive said, as a weaker yen adds to...

Mitsubishi Motors weighs capital shift, dividends: sources

August 24, 2021 at 3:17 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Motors Corp is taking steps toward resuming dividend payments after nearly a decade-long turnaround bankrolled by other Mitsubishi group companies, according to people with direct knowledge...

At cautious Toyota, low risk rules even as profit booms

August 24, 2021 at 2:24 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp refuses to be tempted away from its low-risk growth strategy, even as the world's bestselling carmaker met its mid-term profit goals in the year...

Author Murakami makes first Japan public appearance in 18 years

August 24, 2021 at 2:13 p.m.

KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese author Haruki Murakami made his first public appearance in his homeland in 18 years on Monday, describing his newest novel, which was an instant-best seller,...

Honda, Mazda poised to expand, but face high costs in build-out

August 24, 2021 at 1:32 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co Ltd and Mazda Motor Corp are both likely to post near-record profits this financial year as they take advantage of export-friendly currency moves, but...

Look to Japan’s ageing industrial sprawl for roadblock to Abenomics

August 24, 2021 at 1:19 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - For a close-up view of where Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies could falter, skip across Tokyo Bay to the sprawling Kimitsu steelworks, once a must-see...

Japan’s ANA to conduct up to 200 Boeing 787 test flights: sources

August 24, 2021 at 1:13 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - All Nippon Airways (ANA), the biggest customer for Boeing Co's grounded 787 Dreamliner, plans about 100 to 200 round trip test flights in May of its repaired...

In Japan, idled Dreamliner pilots lose pay, but want plane to be safe

May 14, 2019 at 4:25 a.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Their smart uniforms are mothballed, their income has fallen and some are getting under their wives' feet at home. The grounding of Boeing Co's global fleet of...

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