Japanese authorities are trying to identify a body found inside one of the landing gear compartments on a Delta Airlines plane flight that arrived in Tokyo from New York.

Toyota’s decision to suspend US sales of eight of its most popular models - including the Camry, America’s best-selling car – to fix faulty accelerator pedals could spread to Europe.

About 200 luxury watches worth 300 million yen (€2.3m) have been stolen from a jewellery shop in Tokyo’s exclusive Ginza district.

Car giant Toyota predicted the first annual loss in its history today.

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Four people were found dead inside a vehicle in northern Japan today, in what appeared to be the country’s latest group suicide pact, police said.

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Bridgestone/Firestone has said it will no longer sell tyres to Ford in America because the car maker tried to blame the firm for thousands of accidents.

Inexperienced ground controllers may have contributed to a near collision between two jumbo jets carrying almost 700 passengers over Japan.