Toyota, Mazda and Honda apologise for cheating on vehicle testing and halt production of some models
Tokyo-based Honda Motor Co also apologised on Monday for improper tests such as those on noise levels and torque, on a range of models. Honda said affected older models – the Accord, Odyssey and Fit — are no longer in production. The safety of the vehicles is not affected, it said.
PM Modi plans land and labour reforms to transform India into a global manufacturing hub
India is the world’s fastest-growing major economy. But that includes both a booming tech sector and a struggling older economy that doesn’t provide enough jobs for everyone else, said Josh Felman, the former head of the International Monetary Fund’s office in India.
PM Modi’s clout in Indian politics has pushed the country’s 200m Muslims to the margins of power
When Modi assumed power in 2014, the outgoing parliament had 30 Muslim lawmakers – and just one was a member of the BJP. Muslims now hold 25 out of 543 seats, and none belongs to the BJP.
Japan military faces sexual harassment crisis as women give defence forces a wide berth
After ex-soldier Rina Gonoi went public with allegations of sexual assault in 2022, the defence ministry conducted a survey that year that uncovered more than 170 alleged sexual harassment incidents in the SDF. Another alleged victim was an Okinawa-based servicewoman who accused a senior of making lewd remarks toward her in 2013. She was then publicly named in harassment training materials distributed to her colleagues in 2014, she said. The alleged perpetrator was not identified in the materials.
India’s sitting PM Modi’s quest for a third term put to test as world’s largest democracy votes
Most polls predict a win for Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, who are up against a broad opposition alliance led by the Indian National Congress and powerful regional parties. It’s not clear who will lead India if the opposition alliance, called INDIA, wins the election. Its more than 20 parties have not put forward a candidate yet.
Jailed Myanmar former leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest due to heatwave
A nationwide conflict in Myanmar began after the army in 2021 ousted the elected government, imprisoned Suu Kyi and began suppressing nonviolent protests that sought a return to democratic rule.
Once a juggernaut in India’s politics under Nehru and Gandhis, Congress party now trails Modi’s BJP
The BJP’s critics, who say that Modi’s government discriminates against religious minorities such as Muslims and has weaponised law enforcement agencies against political opponents, fear a third term would be corrosive to democracy in the world’s most populous nation.
Arrest, imprisonment of Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal for graft spark protests in India
The court’s decision comes a day after the INDIA bloc, an alliance of 27 opposition parties including AAP, came together at a rally in New Delhi to protest against Kejriwal’s arrest and accused Modi of seeking to rig the elections.
Run-up to India’s elections gets murkier as Delhi chief minister is arrested in liquor graft case
The arrest means the main leaders of the decade-old Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are in jail, following the arrests last year of two of Kejriwal’s deputies in the same case, which the party has called “dirty politics”.
Banking experts discuss how BOJ Governor Ueda plans to navigate out of negative rates
In taking over the BOJ last April, Ueda was mandated to dismantle the radical stimulus of his predecessor, Haruhiko Kuroda. Kuroda’s “bazooka” approach initially helped boost stock prices. But it crushed bank margins and caused unwelcome yen declines that lawmakers feared could hurt voters through rising living costs.
