RYUO, Shiga Prefecture--Embattled Daihatsu Motor Co. halted domestic vehicle assembly plants after admitting decades of fraudulent certification tests, alarming the municipalities, suppliers and ...

Last fiscal year, Daihatsu topped the sales of new mini-cars with 33.4 percent of the Japanese market. The automaker became a full subsidiary of Toyota Motor in 2016 and began supplying more ...

Omi Beef is the brand name for Japanese Black cattle bred in Shiga Prefecture. Manure from Omi Beef cattle contains less water than that of dairy cattle. Daihatsu officials said they were able to ...

Toyota Motor Corp said Monday it will halt production at its subsidiary Daihatsu Motor Co's factory in Kyoto Prefecture ... causing Toyota to temporarily halt operations at eight factories in Japan.