The earthquakes will test the business continuity plans that Toyota and its Japanese peers drafted after natural disasters hit the nations east coast five years ago and disrupted operations for months.

Honda is preparing a recall for the 2016 Civic compact in the U.S. and has ordered dealers to stop selling some versions of the car.

U.S. auto safety regulators are determining whether 70 million to 90 million more Takata Corp. air-bag inflators should be recalled.

Google Inc.s artificial-intelligence system will be interpreted as a driver by federal regulators, a step toward compliance that would help the tech giants self-driving cars hit U.S. roads.

The research institute will focus on the artificial intelligence and robotics technology Toyota needs to make cars that can overcome driver errors and reduce traffic fatalities.

Honda Motor Co. called back 4.5 million vehicles globally in connection with Takata Corp. air bags, expanding the industrys largest recall ever, amid a mounting toll of injuries or deaths related to the safety devices.

Defective Takata air bags caused the July 27 death in Malaysia of a woman in a 2003 Honda City subcompact.

Toyota Motor Corp. made its fourth global recall involving more than a million vehicles this year, as the worlds largest automaker begins operating with stricter supervision over safety from U.S. regulators.