Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki made the pledge after his government last week intervened in the forex market to help the yen for the first time in 24 years

The world's largest automaker produced 766,683 vehicles worldwide last month, above its target of around 700,000 and above year-ago output of 531,448.

The bZ3 sedan will be the second model of Toyota's "Beyond Zero" collection," powered by BYD electric batteries.

The US will work to address South Korea's worry about recently electric vehicle subsidies that could disadvantage Asian carmakers, US Vice-President Kamala Harris said on Tuesday

Japanese authorities appear ready to respond to speculative currency moves – days after Tokyo spent an estimated $25 billion to defend the yen in the foreign exchange market.

Mazda said in March exports of parts to the Vladivostok plant were going to end and production would cease when stocks ran out. But it has yet to say what it will do now.

The St Petersburg factory has a capacity of 100,000 units a year and produced Toyota's Camry and RAV4 models

Currency traders said the currency swap deal with the National Pension Service would remove a big source of dollar demand and could help bolster the weakening currency

The intervention came after the Bank of Japan stuck with its ultra-low rate policy, which prompted a drop in the yen past 145 per dollar to a 24-year low.

A feeble yen is less of a benefit for Japan’s manufacturers than it used to be as companies have moved production and supply chains overseas

If an earthquakes strikes the cockroaches could be sent beneath the rubble to locate survivors, steered from above by a Bluetooth connection

Bearish bets on most Asian currencies rose to record highs, driven by a towering dollar and mounting pressure on the Chinese yuan, which has slipped to a 27-month low