Japanese car-maker Subaru is investigating whether it carried out illegal inspections on its own vehicles and if any recalls might be needed.

Honda is today extending its suspension of car and motorcycle production in Japan until Sunday amid a shortage of parts following the colossal earthquake and tsunami earlier this month.

General Motors Corp has no plans to merge Adam Opel AG with GM's Zurich-based European headquarters, GM Europe head Robert Lutz has said in a pre-release of an interview with weekly German newspaper WirtschaftsWoche.

A disgraced former member of the Japanese parliament has committed suicide at his home in Tokyo.