ISLANDS AND AUTOMOBILES: Sales of Japanese vehicles nosedived in China during September as anti-Japanese sentiment flared after the country nationalized a pair of tiny, uninhabited islands. The islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, were already under Tokyo’s control but are also claimed by Beijing.
BAD ROAD TRIP: Toyota Motor Corp. said that sales of new vehicles in China dropped 48.9 percent in September from a year earlier. Honda Motor Co. said sales plunged 40.5 percent. China sales for Nissan Motor Co. slid 35.3 percent last month. Last week, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. reported that China sales dived 63 percent.
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