Toyota City, Japan, Mar 14, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Society is changing at unprecedented speeds, as exemplified by carbon neutrality initiatives and the advance of digital transformation, and there are similarly unprecedented expectations for innovative technologies. The fusion of technologies across industry boundaries is becoming increasingly important, as is already happening in the digital domain. For these reasons, there is a growing need to create vast, virtuous cycles by nurturing the seeds of outstanding technologies in society, linking them to economic value, and recycling them into new technologies that will inspire further innovations. Aware of such a need, Advanced Technology Acceleration Corporation (ATAC) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) launched a new joint initiative in May 2021, entitled Innovative Technology Acceleration Platform (ITAP), with the goal of contributing to the research, development, and social implementation of outstanding technologies in Japan. ATAC is a company that takes a hands-on approach in supporting the commercialization of advanced technologies, such as incubating startups and engaging in industry-academia collaborations through its extensive networks with universities and research organizations and knowledge of technology incubation.
Rising coronavirus cases has plunged Shenzen and parts of Shanghai back into lockdown
Toyota plans to cut production by 20% in Japan in April due to a serious shortage of chips and other materials. A spokesman for Toyota Motor of Japan said on Friday (March 11) that in the three months from April, its domestic production will be up to 20% lower than previously planned to ease the pressure on suppliers caused by shortages of chips and other parts. A Toyota spokesman said the production cuts were meant to lighten the burden on suppliers. Tight supply chains have led to severe shortages of chips and other materials, forcing suppliers to adapt to Toyota''s ever-changing production plans.
Shortages of semiconductors and parts, and protests, supply-chain problems persist for car makers.
LONDON, United Kingdom – Confiscating the assets of companies that have fled Russia after the invasion of Ukraine would shatter investor confidence for decades and take Russia back to the calamitous days of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, metals magnate Vladimir Potanin said. Potanin, the biggest shareholder in Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and refined nickel, said Russia should respond with pragmatism to its exclusion from whole swathes of the global economy . “We should not try to ‘slam the door’ but endeavor to preserve Russia’s economic position in those markets which we spent so long cultivating,” Potanin, the 61-year-old president of Norilsk Nickel, said on the Telegram messaging app. Potanin said confiscating assets from companies which had left Russia would put the country out in the cold for investors for decades. “It would take us back 100 years to 1917 and the consequences – a global lack of confidence in Russia from investors – we would feel for many decades,” Potanin said.
CNBC EU, UK Launches Antitrust Investigations On Google, Meta EU and U.K. antitrust regulators launched parallel investigations into Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG ) (NASDAQ: GOOGL ) unit Google and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB ) over a 2018 ad deal, CNBC reports. Meta’s non-exclusive bidding agreement with Google and the similar contracts with other bidding platforms have helped increase competition for ad placements, Meta admitted. Reuters US, G7 Allies To Revoke Russia’s ‘Most Favored Nation’ Status The U.S., along with the Group of Seven nations and the European Union, will move to revoke Russia’s “most favored nation” status over its invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing multiple people familiar with the situation stated. U.S. President Joe Biden will announce the plans at the White House at 10:15 a.m. EST on Friday, March 11, the report cited an unidentified source. Toyota To Cut Production Over Chip Crunch Toyota (NYSE: TM ) plans to reduce domestic production by about 20% in April, about 10% in May, and about 5% in June from an earlier production plan, the report noted.

Toyota To Cut Production Over Chip Crunch: Reuters

10:48am, Friday, 11'th Mar 2022 Benzinga
Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE: TM ) will cut down domestic production in April, May, and June to reign in chip supply crunch, Full story available on Benzinga.com

Toyota to cut quarterly production to ease strain on suppliers

09:19am, Friday, 11'th Mar 2022 The Times of India
Toyota Motor Corp will scale back domestic production by up to 20% during the months of April, May and June, it said on Friday, to ease the strain on suppliers struggling with shortages of chips and other parts.
Japan’s top automaker Toyota will scale back domestic production over the next three months because of a supply crunch in chips and other parts that have slammed the global auto industry

Tokyo’s Nikkei index down 2.4%, yen hits five-year low

05:59am, Friday, 11'th Mar 2022 Business Recorder
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks tumbled more than two percent Friday morning, tracking a selloff on Wall Street fuelled by fears of a protracted conflict in Ukraine and after more data confirming the blistering pace of US inflation. The dollar also rose to its highest level against the yen in five years as the spike in US prices fanned expectations the Federal Reserve will act more more aggressively in hiking interest rates. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 2.44 percent, or 625.66 points, to 25,064.74 at the break, while the broader Topix index was down 1.99 percent, or 36.34 points, at 1,793.69. After US markets sank owing to “a surge in the US consumer price index and no progress after talks between the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine, Japanese shares are seen starting with falls”, said Toshiyuki Kanayama, senior market analyst at Monex. The dollar climbed to 116.38 yen, its highest rate since January 2017. “US Treasury yields have been on a rising trend, obviously with a lot of volatility.
Toyota Motor Corp has told suppliers it will cut domestic production by up to 20% from a previous plan for the three months from April, it said on Friday, to ease the strain on suppliers struggling with shortages of chips and other parts.
© Reuters. The logo of Toyota is pictured at the 38th Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok, Thailand March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Files TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor (NYSE:) Corp has told its suppliers it will reduce domestic production by up to 20% from a previous plan for the three months from April, a spokesperson …

Toyota halts production in Russia, export to country

07:20am, Thursday, 10'th Mar 2022 Trend News Agency (English)
Toyota Motor has halted production of cars in Russia and their export to the country due to logistical problems, the Tokyo headquarters of the company told TASS, Trend reports.
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Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) was charged with a misdemeanor for driving with a revoked license last week after being pulled over by the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, The Charlotte Observer reports . Cawthorn was reportedly pulled over at 10:26 p.m. on March 3 after Trooper Tyler Gantt observed him crossing the center line in a 2019 Toyota. Ganatt said Cawthorn was "polite and cooperative." According to the Ashville Citizen Times , Cawthorn — who could face up to 20 days in prison for driving with a revoked license — is also "facing two pending citations for speeding" in two different North Carolina counties. Cawthorn was previously charged with driving with a revoked license in 2017, but the case was dismissed. The controversial 26-year-old first-term congressman has also attracted the attention of law enforcement for attempting to bring a 9mm handgun on a flight last February and for bringing a large knife to a school board meeting in September, the Observer notes. He was not charged with a crime in either case.
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