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Nikkei Asia
23-07-2025
- Automotive
- Nikkei Asia
Toyota to start making EVs in Indonesia this year
Toyota Motor, the top player in Indonesia's auto market, intends to leverage its position to aggressively expand into the electric vehicle niche with the locally produced bZ4X. (Photo by Tomoyoshi Oshikiri) TOMOYOSHI OSHIKIRI JAKARTA -- Toyota Motor announced on Wednesday that it will begin producing electric vehicles in Indonesia this year, following several Chinese rivals into a country that last year introduced tax incentives for locally produced EVs. Toyota intends to leverage its leading share in the country's auto market to aggressively expand its sales with the locally produced bZ4X SUV.
Nikkei Asia
23-07-2025
- Automotive
- Nikkei Asia
Toyota to start making EVs in in Indonesia this year
Toyota Motor, the top player in Indonesia's auto market, intends to leverage its position to aggressively expand into the electric vehicle niche with the locally produced bZ4X. (Photo by Tomoyoshi Oshikiri) TOMOYOSHI OSHIKIRI JAKARTA -- Toyota Motor announced on Wednesday that it will begin producing electric vehicles in Indonesia this year, following several Chinese rivals into a country that last year introduced tax incentives for locally produced EVs. Toyota intends to leverage its leading share in the country's auto market to aggressively expand its sales with the locally produced bZ4X SUV.
Nikkei Asia
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Nikkei Asia
Japan fashion show lands in Indonesia for cross-cultural pop showcase
Models on the runway at the Indonesian edition of the Tokyo Girls Collection fashion festival in Jakarta on July 5. (Photo by Tomoyoshi Oshikiri) TOMOYOSHI OSHIKIRI JAKARTA -- The Tokyo Girls Collection festival, a massive showcase for fashion and music from Japan, debuted in Indonesia over the weekend with designers and artists from both countries. The two-day event through Sunday in Jakarta was the first full-scale Indonesian edition of TGC, a twice-yearly show targeting teen girls and young women and run by Japanese company W Tokyo.
Nikkei Asia
24-06-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Indonesia's geothermal push buoyed by Sumitomo-backed expansion plan
Energy Jakarta aims to triple nation's capacity with eye on energy self-sufficiency A company backed by Japan's Sumitomo Corp. is increasing generation capacity at a geothermal plant in West Sumatra. (Photo by Tomoyoshi Oshikiri) TOMOYOSHI OSHIKIRI JAKARTA -- Geothermal power development is heating up in Indonesia, as local and Japanese companies boost plant capacity amid government plans to improve energy self-sufficiency by capitalizing on the world's second-largest geothermal reserves. Supreme Energy Muara Laboh -- in which Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp. and oil company Inpex hold 50% and 30% stakes, respectively -- operates a geothermal plant in the mountains five hours from Padang, a city in West Sumatra province.
