River Davis News Today

We are very pleased to announce that River Davis will be joining the Business desk as the new business and economics correspondent in Japan. River joins us from The Wall Street...

Thoughts arising from the incident at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and the extraordinary exit:

One of the world’s biggest taxi markets is finally opening its gates wider to Uber after a decade of pushing by the U.S. ride-hailing company.

By River Davis TOKYO -- Nissan will release four models including full electric vehicles and its first-ever plug-in hybrid vehicle in China by 2026. The...

Foreign automakers are increasingly being edged out of China by local rivals including electric-vehicle leader BYD.

Toyota knew it needed new expertise. But creating a startup mentality to mesh with an 86-year-old giant didn’t work.

Akio Toyoda said the electric-vehicle industry was coming to recognize that there isn’t a single answer to reducing carbon emissions.

By River Davis TOKYO-General Motors and Honda Motor have decided that their plan to develop a line of lower-priced electric vehicles is not viable, a year...

By River Davis General Motors, its self-driving unit, Cruise, and Honda plan to begin offering a driverless ride service in Japan in early 2026, the...

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