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TOKYO -- Honda Motor showed off the first manned test drive of its prototype self-driving motorcycle featuring a life-size recreation of Koraidon, a character from the popular video game series Pokemon, on Friday. [2]

TOKYO -- Japanese chip tool maker Kokusai Electric announced on Friday that U.S. investment firm KKR has become its largest shareholder, with a 10.58% stake, after U.S. peer and previous top stockholder Applied Materials sold a portion of its shares. [3]

InterviewKomatsu eyes price hikes in Latin America regardless of US tariffs: CFO Japan machinery maker closes gap with US rival Caterpillar in operating profit margin Komatsu, which raised prices mostly on mining machinery last fiscal year, plans to ... [4]

TOKYO -- Komatsu has teamed with a U.S. maker of commercial electric vehicles to produce electrified heavy machinery, looking to start mass production ahead of rivals as early as 2023, Nikkei has learned. [5]

TOKYO -- Komatsu has brought its hybrid construction equipment to Indonesia, aiming to stand out with more environmentally friendly offerings in a region where lower-priced Chinese competitors threaten its hold on the market. [6]

TOKYO -- Komatsu is once again supplying parts for construction and mining equipment to Ukrainian customers, which had been cut off after Russia invaded the country in February, the Japanese company's president said. [7]

TOKYO -- Japanese construction machinery maker Komatsu looks to build a plant in South Africa that will refurbish construction and mining equipment by June 2020, Nikkei learned Thursday. [8]

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[1] FI yle.fi · 2026-01-21 · 65% match

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[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-09-27 · 32% match

Honda riders demo autonomous Pokemon motorcycle featuring Koraidon

TOKYO -- Honda Motor showed off the first manned test drive of its prototype self-driving motorcycle featuring a life-size recreation of Koraidon, a character from the popular video game series Pokemon, on Friday.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-11 · 31% match

KKR top shareholder in Kokusai Electric after Applied Materials sale

TOKYO -- Japanese chip tool maker Kokusai Electric announced on Friday that U.S. investment firm KKR has become its largest shareholder, with a 10.58% stake, after U.S. peer and previous top stockholder Applied Materials sold a portion of its shares.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-06-18 · 30% match

Komatsu eyes price hikes in Latin America regardless of US tariffs: CFO

InterviewKomatsu eyes price hikes in Latin America regardless of US tariffs: CFO Japan machinery maker closes gap with US rival Caterpillar in operating profit margin Komatsu, which raised prices mostly on mining machinery last fiscal year, plans to

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-01-26 · 36% match

Komatsu to mass-produce electrified excavators with US partner

TOKYO -- Komatsu has teamed with a U.S. maker of commercial electric vehicles to produce electrified heavy machinery, looking to start mass production ahead of rivals as early as 2023, Nikkei has learned.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-06-17 · 36% match

Komatsu takes hybrid excavators to Indonesia, fending off China rivals

TOKYO -- Komatsu has brought its hybrid construction equipment to Indonesia, aiming to stand out with more environmentally friendly offerings in a region where lower-priced Chinese competitors threaten its hold on the market.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-05-29 · 36% match

Komatsu resumes supplies of mining, construction parts in Ukraine

TOKYO -- Komatsu is once again supplying parts for construction and mining equipment to Ukrainian customers, which had been cut off after Russia invaded the country in February, the Japanese company's president said.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-09-20 · 36% match

Komatsu to set up plant in South Africa to battle Chinese rivals

TOKYO -- Japanese construction machinery maker Komatsu looks to build a plant in South Africa that will refurbish construction and mining equipment by June 2020, Nikkei learned Thursday.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-03-02 · 35% match

Komatsu to reap $700m windfall from fresh price hikes

TOKYO -- Heavy equipment maker Komatsu will continue to raise product prices during the coming fiscal year in a move expected to lift group operating profit by 100 billion yen ($734 million) for the 12-month period.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-11-21 · 34% match

Komatsu and Volvo scramble for batteries as electric transition looms

TOKYO -- Major construction equipment companies are using acquisitions to secure battery supplies, preparing for an electric pivot as the industry faces mounting pressure to decarbonize.

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