Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp said its global output hit a record for November, thanks in part to solid consumer demand, though it warned of an uncertain outlook due to a persistent shortage of semiconductors and spikes in Covid cases in China. The world’s No. 1 automaker produced 833,104 vehicles last month, an increase of 1.5% from a year earlier. Global ...

  Bloomberg Japan’s buyers of Russian liquefied natural gas are assessing how imminent changes to shipping insurance — triggered by the ongoing war in Ukraine — will affect supplies from the key Sakhalin-2 project in Russia’s Far East. Three Japanese insurance companies — Tokio Marine Holdings Inc, Sompo Holdings Inc and MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc — will stop providing ...

  Bloomberg India will provide free grains to about 800 million people for one year, a move that could help the ruling party reap political benefits and set the tone for PM Narendra Modi’s reelection for a third term. The government will spend 2 trillion rupees ($24.1 billion) on the program, Food Minister Piyush Goyal said after a cabinet meeting. ...