Mazda prides itself on internal-combustion prowess but will soon pull the wraps on a full-electric vehicle it plans to start selling next year.

Hiroto Saikawa's brief tenure as Nissan's boss was marked by fitful policy shifts and unprecedented scandal. His successor has a daunting to-do list and a difficult choice in staying the course or trying to chart a new trajectory.

Despite being forced to resign under a cloud of controversy about his own compensation, outgoing CEO Hiroto Saikawa is not the villainous hypocrite many observers paint him out to be. Here's why. 

COO Yasuhiro Yamauchi will serve as acting chief executive. A decision on the next CEO is expected by the end of October.

Nissan's top management is again under fire as the company's internal probe of Carlos Ghosn's alleged misconduct widens its focus to CEO Hiroto Saikawa.

Auto sales in the world's fourth-largest market, have suddenly slumped, forcing sweeping job cuts across the subcontinent's massive auto sector.

Christina Murray, an American lawyer promoted to vice president of internal audit and compliance in April, was spearheading a companywide probe into misconduct following the arrest of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn last November on charges of financial wrongdoing.

Nissan's next-generation ProPilot 2.0 delivers true hands-off highway driving. The technology works well, but a test drive shows some of its practical limitations.

Toyota and Suzuki might seem like an odd couple. But Suzuki gives Japan's biggest carmaker a badly needed foothold in India and helps deliver ever-bigger scale.

The stylist behind Infiniti's QX Inspiration and Prototype 10 concept vehicles will be the premium brand's new global design chief, following the departure of Karim Habib.

Smoke was detected in an eighth-floor office space of the massive Toyota technical center around 4:40 p.m. local time, and all employees were evacuated, a spokesman said. There were no reports of injuries.

The Japanese stylist responsible for Infiniti's QX Inspiration and Prototype 10 concept vehicles, Taisuke Nakamura, will be the premium brand's new global design chief, following the departure of current head Karim Habib in the latest executive shuffle at the struggling marque.

The vehicle is part of the automaker’s wider Olympic transport plans that also include self-driving shuttles and personal mobility devices such as scooters.