from today's Nikkei

ホンダ、中国に新工場　年１２万台、２００億円超投資　現地７０万台体制

It is learned that Honda Motor Co.,Ltd will build a new plant in Wuhan(武漢）,Hubei Province,China.With an estimated amount of investment of more than 20 billion yen, Honda intends to get the production capacity of about 120,000 units a year level. The operation is expected to start in 2011. This deal makes Honda reach the local production capacity level of about 70,000 units of vehicles in China.

from today's Nikkei

新興国モデル広がる　低価格　現地習慣に配慮　キャノ　複写機　東芝　パソコン

A lot of Japanese companies are getting momentum to develop model products aimed at exclusively marketing the so-called developing countries. Specifically, Canon Inc. has recently decided, considering local tarde custom in China, to begin to sell the low-priced copy machine there. And also Toshiba Corporation has started to develop PCs for selling in the developing countries only.