Toyota Motor Corporation and Isuzu Motors Limited, a truck manufacturer, have decided to form a capital alliance by mutually acquiring each other's shares. The three companies, including Hino Motors, a member of the Toyota Group, aim to accelerate the spread of electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles that run on hydrogen, with a focus on light trucks.
Regarding this month's monthly economic report, Minister of State for Economic Revitalization, Mr. Nishimura said at a press conference, "In addition to the trends in capital investment and consumption, the economy watcher survey also shows good numbers, and there is a very strong sense of expectation for the future. I have not changed my view that the Japanese economy as a whole has the potential to recover.
In a press conference after the cabinet meeting, Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Kono indicated that in some municipalities with a population of 1,000 or less and on remote islands, the general public will be vaccinated in line with the vaccination of the elderly that will begin on the 12th of next month.
Two Japanese pharmaceutical companies started clinical trials of their coronavirus vaccines on Monday.
In total, four firms are carrying out trials of domestically-produced vaccines in Japan.
Oriental Land, the operator of Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, has decided to extend the opening hours of the two theme parks from the first of next month, following the lifting of the emergency declarations in the Tokyo metropolitan area's first three prefectures. However, in order to ease the congestion, there will be an hour difference in the closing time of each park.
Shipments of household white goods such as refrigerators and air purifiers in Japan last month totaled just over 190 billion yen, up 16% from the same month last year and the fifth consecutive month of growth. The main reason for the increase was the rise in so-called nest egg demand due to the declaration of a state of emergency for the new coronavirus.
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