World & Nation
While arms makers in other industrialized nations struggle for survival amid post-Cold War defense cuts, Japan’s weapons makers are hardly missing a beat.
June 14, 1993
Business
Boeing said Friday that three Japanese aerospace firms will build 20% of the structure for the firm’s next generation commercial jetliner, setting tighter limits on the Japanese role than had been expected.
April 14, 1990
A three-member arbitration panel on Monday awarded Southern California utilities just $125 million in a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against a contractor for supplying faulty steam generators at the San Onofre nuclear plant.
March 13, 2017
Chrysler and Mitsubishi Motors said here Monday that they will establish a joint venture to build a $500-million factory in the United States that will employ 2,500 workers.
April 16, 1985
Southern California Edison is seeking almost $7.6 billion from the Japanese manufacturer of the faulty steam generators that led to the permanent shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear power plant.
July 28, 2015
Yataro Iwasaki was a man with an eye for real estate.
Nov. 1, 1989
President Bush vetoed legislation that sought to impose several conditions on the U.S.
July 31, 1989
Autos
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. of Japan said Thursday that it had settled with shareholder DaimlerChrysler on compensation for the costly defect coverup and recall scandal at Mitsubishi Motors’ truck unit.
March 11, 2005
Flouting one of postwar Japan’s biggest taboos, some Japanese companies have begun talking openly about expanding their sales of weapons.
July 5, 1988
A tentative agreement announced by Boeing Co. last Friday to share up to 20% of the production work for its new 767-X wide-body passenger jet with three Japanese firms represents both a milestone and a setback for Japan’s aerospace industry.
April 18, 1990