News Source: Kyodo News
| 3 months ago
Growing numbers of elderly people and thrifty housewives are riding electric bicycles amid the recession and growing awareness of environmental problems. Electric bicycle producers are marketing new products one after another, and some...
News Source: International Business Times
| 3 months ago
Wednesday, with trading volume in Tokyo lacklustre. "People are definitely still worried about China, and we're not seeing a lot of enthusiastic buying, with foreign investors not much of a presence right now either," said Koichi Ogawa, chief fund...
News Source: Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 3 months ago
Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 0.4 percent on Thursday, boosted by energy shares such as Nippon Oil after crude jumped over 4 percent on a fall in U.S. stockpiles, renewing hopes of economic recovery. Trading houses such as Mitsubishi Corp gained...
News Source: Japan Today
| 3 months ago
Japan’s women got off to a disappointing start in the World Grand Prix Final Round on Wednesday night, suffering a surprise 3-1 defeat to Germany at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Playing before a crowd of 10,000, the host was out-thought and out-...
News Source: Japan Today
| 3 months ago
Toyota Motor Corp is set on procuring lithium-ion batteries for gas-electric hybrids from Sanyo Electric Co in an effort to widen supply sources of batteries for its increasingly popular hybrid models, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
News Source: International Business Times
| 3 months ago
Toyota now procures its batteries from Panasonic EV Energy Co, a joint venture with Panasonic Corp. Panasonic plans to take control of Sanyo and is awaiting regulatory approval. Demand for gasoline-electric vehicles has surged in Japan, helped by tax...