Japan

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

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

Japan's Nissan Motor will relocate production of two models from Mississippi to Japan in FY2008/09, due to lower volume sales. According to Japanese business daily Nihon Keizai, the... 2006-10-02

Japan's Nissan Motor sold the remaining share in its Nissan Diesel division to Sweden's Volvo, in order to concentrate on its passenger car business, according to the UK's Financial... 2006-09-29