Japan

Japan's Toyota has made good on its threat to become the world's leading carmaker, overtaking General Motors in terms of both global sales and production in Q107. Despite achieving... 2007-04-26

Despite stronger than expected economic growth in Q406, Japanese vehicle sales during calendar year 2006 declined by 2% y-o-y. BMI's latest Japan Automotives Report highlights the... 2007-02-19

The possibility of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) raising its overnight call rate by 25bps to 0.50% at its February 20-21 meeting has been boosted by stronger than expected Q406 GDP data,... 2007-02-15

Mitsubishi Motors looks set to end the current financial year in profit, after figures for the nine-month period April-December 2006 showed

Demand for small, fuel efficient cars has led to a 7.6% rise in Suzuki's quarterly profits in Q406, with global production up 11.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 619,000 units.Expansion... 2007-02-05

Toyota is poised to become the world's largest automaker, with 10% output growth in 2006. Year-end figures showed that the Japanese firm

Full-year sales for calendar year 2005 showed a relative return to health for the Japanese market, with domestic sales up by 0.54%. This was in line with our forecast for constrained... 2007-01-12

The outlook for Japan's auto industry appears bleak, following the 16th consecutive month of declining domestic sales in October, with a slide of 2%. However, BMI's recently published... 2006-11-15

Japan's Toyota has agreed to purchase a 5.9% stake in commercial vehicle manufacturer Isuzu. Under the terms of the deal, Toyota will acquire 60 million shares from Mitsubishi Corp... 2006-11-07

Daihatsu has announced plans for a JPY23.5bn (US$196.5mn) plant to expand production of its mini vehicle