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Tokyo show organizers mull options for 2021

The biennial event, scheduled to take place in the fall of 2021, may have to be reimagined or possibly brought online, said Akio Toyoda, who serves as chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association.
Former Nissan exec Kelly denies helping Ghosn to hide income

Greg Kelly, the former Nissan executive accused of helping Carlos Ghosn hide tens of millions of dollars in deferred compensation, said his actions revolved around legal ways to keep Ghosn from jumping to a competitor.
Ghosn lawyer ‘surprised’ and ‘perplexed’ by sudden flight to Lebanon

Attorney Junichiro Hironaka told reporters on Tuesday that he was holding his client's passports under the conditions of his bail and would never secretly hand them over.
Nissan's EV crossover comes closer to reality

Nissan's Ariya electric crossover concept foreshadows the first of a range of EVs to be built on a new dedicated platform co-developed by Nissan and Renault.
Mitsubishi chief says 3 partners are stronger as 1

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.
Ghosn's removal as Nissan chairman fueled by inspections scandal
Japan's ongoing scandal over faulty final inspections stood as a symbolic backdrop to Nissan's ouster of superstar Chairman Carlos Ghosn last week.
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.
Nissan enters former radioactive zone for battery recycling venture
Nissan has opened a first-of-its-kind processing center in a plant that was abandoned by the previous owner when the region became a radioactive no-go zone following Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster.
Why Japan needs Spain's Gestamp
Does Japan really need a foreign supplier to create more metal stamping capacity there? Gestamp thinks so.
Industry braces for Kobe Steel scandal fallout
Automakers and suppliers are scrambling to learn how much trouble they face after the revelation that Kobe Steel falsified inspection data on metals they used.
Subaru profit jumps 18% on U.S. demand
Subaru's quarterly profit rose 18 percent on booming U.S. demand for crossovers.
Takata files for bankruptcy, agrees to be acquired by Key Safety
Takata filed for bankruptcy protection, saying it would sell major assets to Key Safety Systems for $1.59 billion. The supplier is at the center of the industry's biggest ever product recall after at least 16 deaths were linked to faulty Takata airbags.