Spain’s world number one Rafael Nadal fell short on 24 of 26 break point chances Saturday as he lost his Thailand Open semifinal 2-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 to compatriot Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. The surprise winner, who handed world number one Nadal only his eighth loss of the season against 61 wins and six titles, will Sunday [...]
Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — The ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) appears to have failed to gain a majority in the upper house of the Japanese parliament Sunday, exit polls by Japanese media showed. Nationally televised election programs announced that exit polls showed the DPJ winning around 47 seats, calling the election result a defeat [...]
Toyota Motor Corp.shares ended unchanged at the midday break Friday in Tokyo following Thursday’s announcement it is considering a recall of up to 270,000 vehicles worldwide to fix an engine problem. The recall could cost the Japanese automaker up to 20 billion yen ($228 million) according to Reuters. Toyota said Thursday it was considering a [...]
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday about 270,000 cars sold worldwide – including luxury Lexus sedans – have potentially faulty engines, the latest quality lapse to hit the automaker following massive global recalls of top-selling models. Japan’s top-selling daily Yomiuri said in its evening edition that Toyota will inform the transport ministry of a [...]