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A Japanese traveller on a round-the-world trip wins the sympathy of social media users to recover his bike.

Japan is latest Car of the Year award for Nissan's all-electric road car.

The worlds largest rice cracker was cooked in the Japanese home of rice cracker production.

Japanese lubes specialist set to expand US blending and storage operation.

ACEA is calling for the EU to carefully analyse the outcome of the Japanese trade scoping.

The auto industry continues a slow recovery after massive production losses following the earthquake but Nissan still posts a profit.

There are mixed fortunes for Japanese lubes production and sales as the country recovers from the earthquake and tsunami.

The Japanese environmental disaster, combined with a slowing global economy and short-term auto production slowdown, could still benefit the lubes industry.

RPS Energy's Stuart Speding looks at the immediate aftermath of the environmental disasters in Japan and their potential impact on the country's energy industry.

The massive earthquake in Northern Japan damaged oil refineries and energy infrastructure and auto manufacture.

Indonesia's Pertamina is set to invest in an Asian lubricants production plant

Mazda recalls Mazda6 models after spider attack.

Mazda's MX-5 sportscar continues to break sales records as it passes the 900,000 mark.

Japanese scientists believe they are close to creating a hydrogen internal combustion engine for heavy trucks

Labelling and chemicals lead the news this month, ups and downs for BASF, China's Sinopec revealed its global ambitions for the lubricants market and why grease is good for the bottom line.