Toyota Motor Corp. has been applying its kaizen (continuous improvement) principle to the management of its parts suppliers so that it can maintain or swiftly resume production in…

The Paris agreement has accelerated worldwide momentum for strengthening global warming countermeasures.

Japan's agriculture ministry has begun a project to boost demand for Japanese farming technology in India, by setting up a test field there to demonstrate the effective use of…

Japanese mobile payment services are teaming with counterparts in South Korea and China as a way to lure local merchants who seek to tap revenue streams from a surge in tourists…

Toyota Motor will make a sport utility vehicle instead of the Corolla sedan at a planned Alabama assembly plant due to the surging U.S. demand for SUVs, the Japanese automaker…

Daiwa Securities Group will set up a venture capital fund in Myanmar, in a first for a major Japanese financial institution.

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will manufacture offshore wind turbines in the U.S. and Asia as soon as 2021, seeking to tap into the nascent demand for the alternative energy…

A Japanese bank has joined forces with a major South Korean counterpart to help usher smaller Japanese companies into Asian markets, in the first such collaboration by financial…

OSAKA -- Nintendo will release a cheaper handheld-only version of its best-selling video game device in more than a decade, in an effort to win over fans looking for a lower-…

Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it will set up a joint venture with Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing Technology Co. and invest a total of ¥64.8 billion ($600 million) in…