Mobility

While career success has taken him from elementary school teaching to the head of Tess Co., Kenji Suzuki’s life has not always been easy or straightforward.During his tenure as a teacher, one of Suzuki’s students suffered from a health condition that left them unable to walk. Although the child was keen to participate in all school activities, their traditional wheelchair often restricted their movement.

Panasonic said on Wednesday it will explore a partnership with China's Mobike, looking to leverage its know-how for the launch of an electric-bike-sharing service in Japan next year.

AirAsia, the low-cost Malaysian carrier, plans to turn Japan into a hub for budget air travel in East Asia by increasing routes from Nagoya, its Japanese base, and expand pilot training.

New automobile sales in October jumped 12.5 percent from a year earlier to 418,992 units, marking double-digit growth for the first time in 16 months, industry data showed Thursday.

Japan's biotechnology company euglena is to start mass production of bio jet fuel and biodiesel out of algae and waste oil, with the aim of being the first company to fuel green commercial flights out of Japan.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Wednesday it will provide ¥220 billion ($1.94 billion) to its struggling aircraft subsidiary to bolster its capital and help its long-delayed development of a regional passenger jet.