Kenji Hall and Ian Rowley

Recent Articles by Kenji Hall and Ian Rowley

July 16, 2009

A Future Shock for Electric Cars?

Tokyo - This summer marks a milestone in green motoring. Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Motor will soon start selling its $48,000 electric minicar, the i-MiEV, beating out ...

June 24, 2009

Are Batteries in Electric Cars Safe?

Next month will mark another important milestone on the road to cleaner, greener motoring: Mitsubishi Motor (7211.T) will begin mass-producing an electric vehicle, ...

April 30, 2009

Japan's Export Rebound

At last, there's some good news for Japan Inc.'s beleaguered executives. Even as Japanese companies report dismal earnings for the fiscal year, Japan's fabled export ...

December 23, 2008

Toyota Likely to Pick Scion as Next President

From the moment Akio Toyoda joined Toyota's (TM) board of directors in 2000, rumors circulated that the scion of the Japanese carmaker's founding clan was being ...