121 results for Toyota

13 October 2016

We discuss the legal challenge to Brexit, Suzuki and Toyota’s historical partnership and the new book that’s been rocking the Élysée Palace in Paris. Plus: a look at the life and legacy of Italian playwright Dario Fo, who…

18 March 2019

New Zealand vows to tighten gun laws in response to the country’s worst mass shooting. Plus: Germany’s biggest banks mull a merger, Macron unveils anti-rioting measures and Japan’s space agency teams up with Toyota.

24 October 2016

As the Wallonia region keeps the EU on its toes, we ask whether it is possible to save the Canada-EU trade deal. Plus: Lithuania’s Peasant and Greens Union party scores a surprise victory, AT&T looks to buy media giant Time…

9 April 2014

We discuss why Australia’s former foreign minister Bob Carr has revealed all in a new book, analyse protests on the streets of Athens ahead of a visit by Angela Merkel, and hear about the damage done to brand Toyota by its…

28 October 2015

Volkswagen may still be reeling from its emissions scandal but figures released this week by Munich-based think-tank Ifo suggest confidence is still high across much of the German economy. Ifo’s business-climate index,…

6 October 2015

Japan has a spotty record of using soft power to raise its profile overseas but Tokyo is starting to think more creatively. From next April the foreign ministry will set up training centres to teach Japan’s best business…

4 February 2016

As Japan moves towards the end of the financial year, local governments and even the National Tax Agency are clearing out their cupboards and holding sales of unwanted and confiscated goods via online auction site Yahoo…

12 November 2015

With crowds of photographers in attendance, live TV coverage and real-time streaming on the internet, there was no chance of missing the maiden test flight of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) yesterday. The first Japanese…

23 January 2017

With US president Donald Trump’s swearing-in, Corporate Japan has shifted into worry mode. A recent poll by public broadcaster NHK showed that more than half of major companies have no idea how the Trump administration’s…

28 February 2017

You don’t see many hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles on the streets of Tokyo but that’s about to change. Beginning in March the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will introduce the country’s first buses that run on hydrogen, the most…

13 January 2017

Some might question the need for more cars in Southeast Asia, given that the roads of many of its bulging capitals are already traffic-clogged. But growing wealth in this optimistic corner of the world is feeding the aut…

20 January 2017

The signals that Donald Trump sent out about Japan on the campaign trail last year were mixed to say the least. He called for the country to shoulder even more of the cost of hosting US troops on its soil, suggested that…