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Toyota chief vows to take safety to 'the next level' (AFP)

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AFP - Toyota president Akio Toyoda vowed to take safety "to the next level" during a meeting Thursday with the head of the US Department of Transportation.


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Toyota must do 'much better' on safety, says chief (AFP)

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AFP - Toyota battled Tuesday to seize back the initiative over a worldwide rash of safety recalls as the Japanese automaker, heading into a showdown in Congress, grappled with US criminal subpoenas.


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Toyota US chief apologizes for defects handling (AFP)

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AFP - With Toyota under fire in the US Congress, the world number one automaker's top US executive was to apologize Tuesday for the company's handling of safety defects tied to a vast global vehicle recall.


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Toyota exec apologizes to Congress for safety defects (AFP)

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AFP - With Toyota under fire in the US Congress, the world number one automaker's top US executive apologized Tuesday for the company's handling of safety defects tied to a vast global vehicle recall.


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Japan PM says funds scandals hurt support (AFP)

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AFP - Japan Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama acknowledged Monday growing public discontent with his centre-left government over funds scandals after a ruling-party candidate lost a weekend gubernatorial race.


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Japan says whaling not a legal issue (AFP)

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AFP - Japan on Monday insisted its whaling programme in Antarctic waters complies with international law, following a threat by Australia to take legal action against the country.


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Japan government support drops further in blow to PM (Reuters)

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Reuters - Support for Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's government has slipped further, a newspaper poll showed on Monday, adding to the leader's woes ahead of a midyear election that his party needs to win to avoid policy deadlock.

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US officials aware of Toyota problems in 2003 (AFP)

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AFP - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Sunday his department was aware some Toyota vehicles had "unintended acceleration" issues in late 2003.


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New documents raise heat on Toyota (AFP)

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AFP - Pressure rose on Toyota days before its chief faces a US congressional grilling, as new documents showed the automaker boasted about saving 100 million dollars by limiting its safety recalls.


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Bank of Japan firm in face of political pressure (AFP)

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AFP - Japan's central bank kept its super-low interest rates unchanged Thursday and defied political pressure to take new steps to beat stubborn deflation in the world's second-largest economy.


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20 hurt by turbulence on United flight to Japan (AP)

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AP - About 20 people have been injured by turbulence aboard a United Airlines plane flying from Washington, D.C., to Japan.

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Toyota to fit all new models with brake safety system (AFP)

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AFP - Beleaguered Toyota said Wednesday it would fit all new models with a safety system that cuts engine power to prevent runaway car accidents behind its global recall of millions of vehicles.


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