Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Denso are investing heavily in future technology like electrification, connectivity and autonomous driving.

The company has been investing heavily in autonomous technology as well, ahead of next year’s Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

The earnings collapse adds to the sense of crisis enveloping CEO Hiroto Saikawa, who is trying to reform corporate governance at Nissan and smooth relations with Renault.

Mitsubishi kept its previously announced earnings outlook for operating profit to decline 19 percent in the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2020, with net income dropping 51 percent.

Nissan is discovering that as its self-driving technologies become more sophisticated, it will need to rethink some of its vehicle design touches.

Toyota spent three years studying ground vehicles at the past two Olympics so it could improve transport at the 2020 Tokyo games. Now, it has unveiled its vision: Build a better golf cart.

The sporty Skyline sedan – the Japanese market version of the Infiniti Q50 – is receiving a high-tech, midcycle update with more power and true hands-free highway driving.

Lexis said a convertible version of its flagship LC sports coupe will go into production "in the near future."

Toyota is testing Prius cars that run on solar power from panels on the vehicle's roof.

Toyota will introduce a souped-up version of its Supra sports car for racing teams next year. But exactly when and where it will arrive is still being hammered out.

Indicted former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn planned to tell his side of the story at a snap press conference, then something went wrong.

Mitsubishi's chairman defended his company's alliance with Nissan and Renault amid a barrage of shareholder skepticism, saying the automaker needs the expertise and scale of its larger partners.

Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard begged skeptical Nissan shareholders to believe that he has the company’s best interests at heart, while arguing that the scrubbed merger between Renault and Fiat Chrysler also would have delivered big benefits to the Japanese partner.

Nissan shareholders approved sweeping reforms to improve corporate governance at the automaker following last year’s arrest and ouster of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, while embattled CEO Hiroto Saikawa signaled he is preparing to step aside.

Toyota's global design boss, Simon Humphries, explained the design philosophy behind the automaker's upcoming lineup of electric vehicles.