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China's BYD to sell midsize electric bus in Japan

STORY: China's BYD to sell midsize electric bus in Japan SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 14, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. various of photos of the BYD electric buses in Kyoto STORYLINE: China's leading electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD will start to sell a new model of midsize electric bus in Japan to meet the growing demand for green public transportation. The J7 midsize electric bus tailored for the Japanese market has a range of 250 km and is priced at 36.5 million Japanese yen (about 240,000 U.S. dollars), according to a press conference of BYD Japan Co., Ltd. on Tuesday. The model is set to begin accepting reservations starting from Jan. 1, 2024, with deliveries expected in the fall of 2025. The Chinese auto giant made its entry into the Japanese electric bus market in 2015 by delivering five electric buses in Kyoto. Currently, BYD holds a share of over 70 percent in the Japanese electric bus market and aims

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JAPAN-TOKYO-BYD-MIDSIZE ELECTRIC BUS

(231114) -- TOKYO, Nov. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Liu Xueliang, general manager of BYD Asia-Pacific Auto Sales Division and president of BYD Japan, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 14, 2023. China's leading electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD will start to sell a new model of midsize electric bus in Japan to meet the growing demand for green public transportation. The J7 midsize electric bus tailored for the Japanese market has a range of 250 km and is priced at 36.5 million Japanese yen (about 240,000 U.S. dollars), according to a press conference of BYD Japan Co., Ltd. on Tuesday. The model is set to begin accepting reservations starting from Jan. 1, 2024, with deliveries expected in the fall of 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Financial adviser Kimura takes helm at Nippon Shinko Bank

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Shinko Bank, a bank dedicated to loans to small and midsize companies, said Jan. 4 that Takeshi Kimura, a well-known financial consultant, has succeeded Yuko Oana as its president, effective Jan. 1. Kimura speaks at a news conference Jan. 4 at the Bank of Japan head office in Tokyo.

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Toyota launches new mid-size SUV Vanguard in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuaki Watanabe, president of Toyota Motor Corp., stands by the company's new midsize sport utility vehicle named Vanguard during a presentation in Tokyo on Aug. 30.

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Osaka chamber launches seminar on 'big data' for small firms

OSAKA, Japan - The Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry holds the first meeting of a seminar launched by the OCCI to study how to utilize "big data" for small and midsize companies in the city of Osaka, Japan, on Aug. 25, 2014.

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Midsize firm president shines as principal in film in 60s

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 29, 2013 in Tokyo shows Masahiro Yoshino, president of Tokyo-based Media Research Inc. who produced a film titled "Ningen" together with his employees and friends. Yoshino also played the principal character of an elderly man running a company in the film, which broke into the list of nominees for the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival in September.

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Toyota's new Camry

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s fully remodeled hybrid Camry midsize sedan. The new model equipped with a gasoline engine and an electric motor went on sale across Japan on Sept. 5, 2011.

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Isuzu releases trucks complying with new clean air regulations

TOKYO, Japan - Isuzu Motors Ltd. released new models of its Giga heavy-duty (in photo) and Forward midsize truck series that comply with Japan's new clean air regulations on May 17, 2010. The new regulations require a 65 percent cut in nitrogen oxide emissions and a 63 percent reduction in particulate matter emissions compared with the previous regulations for 3.5-ton and larger trucks.

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Finance minister attends budget meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (C) attends a meeting at the prime minister's office on Dec. 8, 2009. The government announced a stimulus package of 7.2 trillion yen, which was focused on improving employment conditions, corporate financing of small and midsize firms, and boosting private consumption in Japan.

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Lower house passes bill on easing repayment terms for firms

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and the smaller opposition New Komeito party leave the floor of the House of Representatives on Nov. 20, 2009. They boycotted the vote at a plenary session on a bill to encourage lenders to freeze debt repayments by small and midsize companies. The lower house passed the bill after the Democratic Party of Japan and its ruling coalition partners forced the vote.

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Lower house passes bill on easing repayment terms for firms

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) looks sleepy during a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Nov. 20, 2009, before voting on a bill to encourage lenders to freeze debt repayments by small and midsize companies. The lower house passed the bill after the Democratic Party of Japan and its ruling coalition partners forced the vote. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and the smaller opposition New Komeito party boycotted.

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Lower house passes bill on easing repayment terms for firms

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Democratic Party of Japan and its ruling coalition partners stand during a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Nov. 20, 2009, to pass a bill to encourage lenders to freeze debt repayments by small and midsize companies. Meanwhile, seats of members of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and the smaller opposition New Komeito party are seen vacant. The members of the opposition parties boycotted the vote by leaving the lower house floor.

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Lower house passes bill on easing repayment terms for firms

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and the smaller opposition New Komeito party leave the floor of the House of Representatives on Nov. 20, 2009. They boycotted the vote at a plenary session on a bill to encourage lenders to freeze debt repayments by small and midsize companies. The lower house passed the bill after the Democratic Party of Japan and its ruling coalition partners forced the vote.

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DPJ steamrolls bill on easing repayment terms for firms

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Representatives Financial Affairs Committee hold a meeting while the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and a smaller opposition, the New Komeito party, boycotted the vote as well as the panel's hearing on Nov. 19, 2009. The committee passed a bill to encourage lenders to freeze debt repayments for small and midsize companies, making it the first piece of legislation to be steamrolled through the DPJ-controlled chamber.

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Ex-Labor Minister Murakami on parole from prison term

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - This undated file photo shows former Labor Minister Masakuni Murakami, who was released on parole on Oct. 28, 2009, before the end of his 26-month prison term for taking bribes in the late 1990s from a mutual aid organization for small and midsize businesses.

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Nissan unveils full design of Leaf electric vehicle

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn speaks at a press conference to unveil the Leaf hatchback-type electric vehicle on Aug. 2 at the company's birthplace in the port city of Yokohama. Japan's third-largest automaker plans to launch the fully electric, midsize family sedan in Japan, the United States and Europe in late 2010 and mass produce it globally from 2012.

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Nissan unveils full design of Leaf electric vehicle

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nissan Motor Co.'s Leaf hatchback-type electric vehicle was unveiled Aug. 2 at the company's birthplace in the port city of Yokohama. Japan's third-largest automaker plans to launch the fully electric, midsize family sedan in Japan, the United States and Europe in late 2010 and mass produce it globally from 2012.

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Gov't lowers assessment on regional economies

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari addresses an emergency meeting of his ministry's regional bureau chiefs in Tokyo on Dec. 26. Amari instructed them to fully implement support measures the government had recently adopted for small and midsize companies affected by the high oil prices.

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Osaka Gov. Ota gives up seeking 3rd term

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Gov. Fusae Ota tells reporters in Osaka on Dec. 3 she has given up seeking a third four-year term in January's gubernatorial election after failing to obtain support from parties that had backed her in the two previous elections. Ota has been under fire for money scandals such as receiving large sums for delivering speeches at meetings of managers of small and midsize businesses.

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Small, midsize Japanese firms hold trade fair in China

GUANGZHOU, China - Visitors try out Japanese rice in a rice-tasting event organized by Japan's National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations at a Japan-sponsored trade fair in Guangzhou on Sept. 15. More than 450 Japanese companies, mainly small and midsize firms, and industry groups took part in the four-day fair organized by Japan External Trade Organization.

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Nissan debuts British-made midsize crossover SUV Dualis in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Toshiyuki Shiga stands beside his company's midsize crossover sport utility vehicle Dualis at a press conference in Tokyo on May 23. The Dualis, manufactured at Nissan's Sunderland plant in Britain, is based on the Qashqai that made its debut first in Europe in February 2007 and is about the size of a compact hatchback, thus featuring the ''agility and sportiness expected of a hatchback,'' Nissan said. The vehicle, equipped with a 2000 cc engine, is priced from 1,953,000 yen to 2,430,750 yen.

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Toyota to strengthen pleasure boat business

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. on Oct. 14 revealed its new pleasure boat, the PONAM-45 (in handout photo), an 18-ton cruiser able to carry 15 passengers, priced at 94.29 million yen. At a news conference, Mitsuo Kinoshita, Toyota vice president, said the company will boost annual domestic sales of large and midsize boats to 100 units in the near future and aim at becoming the top-selling company.

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Toyota, Guangzhou Automobile form venture to make Camry

GUANGZHOU, China - Toyota Motor Corp. and China's Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. hold a ceremony Sept. 6 to mark the establishment of the joint venture Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co. to make the midsize Toyota Camry sedan and sell the car in China. Among people shown in the photo is Toyota's Honorary Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda (4th person from the right).

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New bank dedicated to smaller firms starts business in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Oana (C), president of newly established Nippon Shinko Bank, cuts a tape during a ceremony marking the start of operations at the bank in Tokyo on April 21. The bank is dedicated to offering unsecured loans to small and midsize companies in the area centering on Tokyo.

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FSA grants full license to new bank for small businesses

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Oana (L), president of Nippon Industrial Bank, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 13 after the bank, newly established by young business leaders for lending to small and midsize companies, obtained a full business license from the Financial Services Agency (FSA) earlier in the day.

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Tokyo gov't launches operator of planned new bank

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) joins an unveiling ceremony for the plate of a new bank, tentatively called New Bank Tokyo, at the metropolitan government building on April 1 as the local government officially launched the company that will operate the bank to begin operations next year to finance small and midsize companies.

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Sumikin Bussan, Toppan Printing to do IC tag test

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese midsize trading house Sumikin Bussan Corp. and printing firm Toppan Printing Co. said Dec. 8 they will conduct a test to use integrated circuit tags in Chinese-made apparel to be sold in Japan via distribution centers in Shanghai (shown) and Chiba near Tokyo.

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Builder Morimoto seeks court protection from creditors

OSAKA, Japan - Morimoto Corp. President Yoshihide Morimoto (R) bow at a news conference in Osaka on Oct. 1 after the company filed for protection from creditors at the Osaka District Court. The midsize construction firm listed on the First Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange asked to be granted protection under the fast-track Civil Rehabilitation Law.

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Toyo Construction seeking financial help from creditors

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuji Maeda (L), president of second-tier contractor Maeda Corp., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on June 10 about a plan to purchase new shares of midsize contractor Toyo Construction Co. to bail it out. At right is Toyo President Minoru Yatabe.

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Resona eyes tie-up with foreign capital to help small firms

OSAKA, Japan - (From front to back) Resona Holdings Inc. President Kenji Kawada, Resona Holdings Chairman Eiji Hosoya, and Resona Bank President Masaaki Nomura speak at a news conference in Osaka on June 2. The new management of the troubled Resona group said it plans to rehabilitate small and midsize companies through various steps including a possible tie-up with foreign capital.

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Tokyo metropolitan gov't to start new bank in FY 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara gives a news conference at his office May 23 to outline his government's plan to launch a new bank in fiscal 2004 to provide funds to small and midsize businesses.

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Gifu gov't, Horipro tie up in fashion field

TOKYO, Japan - Gifu Governor Taku Kajiwara (R) and Takeo Hori (L), founder of Horipro Inc., a major entertainment producer, pose for a photograph after agreeing to cooperate in promoting fashion-related businesses. The tie-up is aimed at vitalizing the operations of the many small and midsize apparel makers in Gifu Prefecture by enabling them to access Horipro's related know-how.

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Arai-Gumi, Konoike agree on capital, operational tie-up

OSAKA, Japan - Shojiro Hanafusa, president of midsize general contractor Arai-Gumi Ltd., speaks at a press conference at the Osaka Securities Exchange on Aug. 30 about the company's rehabilitation plan involving a tie-up with Konoike Construction Co.

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Mazda puts new Mazda Atenza midsize car on market

TOKYO, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. on May 20 introduced to the market a new midsize car, the Mazda Atenza, featuring low fuel consumption and emissions. The Mazda Atenza went on sale in two models -- a five-door ''SPORT'' model, which is priced between 2 million yen and 2.3 million yen, and a four-door ''SEDAN'' model priced between 1.8 million yen and 2.36 million yen. The new model is available with a newly developed 2300-cc four-cylinder DOHC engine or a newly developed 2000-cc four-cylinder engine.

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Koizumi visits high-tech factory in downtown Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (pool photo) bends an aluminum sheet at a Kitajima Sibori Seisakusho Co. factory in Tokyo's Ota Ward on April 17. He visited the metal-processing plant with the aim of reflecting the experience in future measures to boost the small and midsize firms.

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Nissan Construction files for protection from creditors

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Fujita (L), president of Nissan Construction Co., a Tokyo-based midsize general contractor, speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi district on March 31 about the company's failure. Nissan Construction filed with the Tokyo District Court on March 30 for protection from creditors.

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Gov't vows to prevent chain-reaction bankruptcies

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka (L) speaks at a government-sponsored town meeting with residents of Tokyo on March 3, as Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma listens. Both ministers said the government will act to prevent a chain reaction of company bankruptcies following midsize general contractor Sato Kogyo Co.'s action to file for court projection from creditors.

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(2)Sato Kogyo file for bankruptcy

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yoshida, president of Sato Kogyo Co., speaks with the media in Tokyo on March 3 after his company and eight of its subsidiaries filed for protection from creditors with the Tokyo District Court under the Corporate Rehabilitation Law. Sato Kogyo is the second midsize general construction contractor to collapse in three months since Aoki Corp. folded in December 2001.

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Sato Kogyo to seek legal bankruptcy proceedings

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken on March 2 shows the head office of the debt-saddled midsize general construction contractor Sato Kogyo Co. in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, which has given up efforts to rehabilitate itself and plans resort to seeking legal bankruptcy proceedings.

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Ailing Sato Kogyo plans to liquidate business

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the Tokyo head office of the debt-saddled midsize general contractor Sato Kogyo Co. Sources close to Sato Kogyo said March 2 the company has given up restructuring efforts and plans to seek legal liquidation.

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Fujita to merge key division with Mitsui, Sumitomo

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroaki Tamura (R), president of troubled midsize construction contractor Fujita Corp., speaks at a news conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Feb. 15. Tamura announced a plan to merge the company's key construction business division with Mitsui Construction Co. and Sumitomo Construction Co., which earlier agreed to merge operations.

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Over 10 firms offer to help rehabilitate Aoki

TOKYO, Japan - Creditors of failed Aoki Corp. enter a building in central Tokyo on Dec. 9 to hear a plan to rehabilitate the midsize builder. Tasuku Matsuo, a lawyer for Aoki, said over 10 companies have made offers to help rehabilitate Aoki, which collapsed with consolidated liabilities of 522 billion yen on Dec. 6.

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Aoki files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - President Yoichiro Yano of debt-swamped midsize construction company Aoki Corp., meets the media in Tokyo on Dec. 6 after his firm filed for court protection from creditors with consolidated liabilities of 522.0 billion yen.

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Construction firm Aoki files for court protection

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 6 shows the headquarters in Osaka of debt-swamped midsize construction company Aoki Corp. The company filed for protection from creditors the same day at the Tokyo District Court with consolidated debts of 500 billion yen.

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Taisei Fire collapses under Sept. 11 attack claims

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (standing), president of Taisei Fire & Marine Insurance Co., bows at a news conference at the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo on Nov. 22. Ozawa said the midsize casualty insurer filed for insolvency proceedings that day due to the weight of massive claims stemming from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.

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Tokyo Mutual fails with liabilities of 980 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Kenichi Nakamura, president of Tokyo Mutual Life, bows at a news conference at the head office of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on March 23. The midsize life insurer filed for court protection from creditors with the Tokyo District Court earlier in the day under fast-track legislation aimed at dealing with troubled financial institutions with total liabilities of 980.2 billion yen.

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Tokyo Mutual files for court protection from creditors

TOKYO, Japan - A man looks at a notice at the head office of Tokyo Mutual Life Insurance Co. in central Tokyo on March 23. The midsize life insurer filed for court protection from creditors with the Tokyo District Court earlier in the day under fast-track legislation aimed at dealing with troubled financial institutions. Tokyo Mutual was the seventh life insurer to fail in the postwar era.

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Search abandoned for acquirer of failed Daiichi Mutual

TOKYO, Japan - Yuzuru Araki, administrator of failed Daiichi Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 17. He said he has given up efforts to find a financial institution willing to acquire the midsize casualty insurer.

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Toyota starts full-scale bus production in China

BHENGDU, China - Toyota Motor Corp. President Fujio Cho poses beside a bus Dec. 15 at Sichuan Toyota Motor Co., a joint venture set up by Toyota and Sichuan Station Wagon Factory. Sichuan Toyota has begun full-scale production of the Coaster midsize buses, which are aimed at China's rapidly expanding mass transportation market.

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Kyoei files for bankruptcy

TOKYO, Japan - Shoichi Otsuka, president of Kyoei Life Insurance Co., expresses his apology at a news conference Oct. 20. The troubled midsize insurer filed for protection from creditors with the Tokyo District Court earlier in the day, making it the largest life insurer to collapse since World War II.