Auto Industry to Boost Tohoku's Economic Recovery

Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's Tohoku region is betting on the local auto industry's production of hybrid cars to help rebuild the quake-affected region’s economy. Toyota Motor Corp., Asia’s largest automaker, began building its smallest hybrid vehicle, the "Aqua," at its affiliate Kanto Auto Works Ltd.’s plant in Iwate prefecture. Bloomberg's Scilla Alecci reports. (Source: Bloomberg)