Japan’s April auto output soars in year after quake

Japan’s major automakers on Monday reported huge production increases for April, as the hard-hit sector recovers from the devastating impact of last year’s quake-tsunami.

Japan’s major automakers on Monday reported huge production increases for April, as the hard-hit sector recovers from the devastating impact of last year’s quake-tsunami.
THE PHILIPPINES has a weaker outlook for the third quarter due to an expected slowdown in exports and remittances from overseas Filipinos, according to a unit of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD Development Center said in a research note that the pessimistic outlook was based on the anticipated fallout from the [...]
MANILA, Philippines—The massive earthquake in Japan, which triggered a tsunami and pushed the country on the brink of a nuclear disaster, will adversely affect the Philippine electronics industry as railway systems and cargo planes carrying raw materials from Japan cease to operate. According to Ernesto Santiago, president of the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries of the [...]