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Automakers & Suppliers
Ghosn's new lawyer: Case against my client 'is not normal'

Attorney Junichiro Hironaka, nicknamed "The Razor" for his cutting questions — blamed Nissan for his client's legal troubles.
Manufacturing
Subaru strains under production pressure

Workers in Japan are pushed to the wall to crank out cars, while a rash of production hitches has slammed Subaru's reputation for quality. And the problems are slowly showing up in America.
Automakers & Suppliers
Mitsubishi scoffs at Renault holding firm

Mitsubishi is circling wagons with Nissan against any plan to fold the Japanese duo into a holding company with their alliance partner Renault.
Sales
Subaru sees 3% growth in U.S.

Subaru President Tomomi Nakamura is bullish about sales growth in the brand's key U.S. market, forecasting an 11th straight year of record U.S. volume in 2019, as it rebuilds trust and sales at home.
Executives
Ghosn focuses on next rescue: Himself

To hear Ghosn's lead lawyer tell it, the ousted Nissan chairman -- even after two months in a Tokyo jail cell -- is calm, cool and laser-focused on the task of proving his innocence in court.
Design
Redesigned Insight a lure for sedan buyers?

Honda is hoping the newly redesigned Insight sedan will give the company a new way to attract sedan buyers.
Executives
Ghosn's Tokyo jail no country club
Japan's jail system treats Carlos Ghosn, one of the auto industry's most powerful executives, like any other criminal suspect.
Executives
Inspection scandal fueled dissatisfaction
Japan's ongoing scandal over faulty final inspections stood as a symbolic backdrop to Nissan's bombshell ouster of superstar Chairman Carlos Ghosn.
Automakers & Suppliers
Subaru quality problems extend to U.S.
Subaru has been dogged by rising quality problems in Japan. The lapses are now bleeding into the all-important U.S., and global President Tomomi Nakamura isn't happy.
Manufacturing
Japan's automakers wonder how to go more 'local' under USMCA
Japan's carmakers see tough challenges in meeting more stringent North American local-content rules. They may have to rethink sourcing of seven key component systems.
Automakers & Suppliers
Lexus adds ES to Japan lineup
Lexus hopes demand for premium rides can offset a shrinking market for large sedans.
Manufacturing
China poses challenge for Nissan-Google partnership
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi's plan to roll out Google connectivity faces a roadblock in China.
Cars & Concepts
Japan recruits Subaru, Uber and Boeing to get flying cars off the ground
Japan plans to commercialize flying cars as early as the 2020s through a government-backed campaign that already has recruited the likes of Subaru, Uber and Boeing.
Sales
Subaru tries to overcome fuel data scandal in Japan
Incoming Subaru President Tomomi Nakamura is banking on the redesigned Forester to stoke U.S. sales and help rebuild the brand's tarnished image at home.
Automakers & Suppliers
Mitsu gets back to a profit on N.A. boost
Rebounding profits in North America helped troubled Mitsubishi Motors Corp. jump back into the black in the just-finished fiscal year, as the recovering Japanese automaker rode a tail wind of surging sales, big cost cuts and favorable exchange rates.