{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_zxs6pj3hyn6ljoxj3qoa","title":"Achilles to End China Vehicle-Materials Production After Three Loss-Making Years","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/achilles-to-end-china-vehicle-materials-production-after-three-loss-zxs6pj3hyn","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_zxs6pj3hyn6ljoxj3qoa","seq":429362,"kind":"article","title":"Achilles to End China Vehicle-Materials Production After Three Loss-Making Years","url":"https://tokyobrief.com/articles/achilles-ends-china-vehicle-materials-production","summary":"Achilles Corporation's board has resolved to end production at its wholly owned vehicle-materials plant in Foshan, China, by the end of September, after three years of losses that included a ¥3.26bn impairment, citing the retreat of Japanese automakers from China among its reasons, though it expects only a minor effect on its earnings outlook for the year to March 2027.","published":"2026-09-28T11:54:58Z","seen":"2026-09-28T12:52:19Z","lang":"ja","country":"JP","source":{"id":"kite-tokyobrief-com-a5667e","name":"tokyobrief.com","domain":"tokyobrief.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q141513445","name":"Tokyo Brief","type":"other","designations":["newsletter"]}},"via":"kite-tokyobrief-com-a5667e","entities":[{"id":"Q41746","name":"Achilles","type":"org"}],"image":"https://tokyobrief.com/media/tokyo-brief-2026-09-28-achilles-ends-china-vehicle-materials-production-40bb18e6c7eca302f1450c5bea4780da955c8df0e79185fb6e3a72f31d83e251.png?v=card","story":"st_zxs6pj3hyn6ljoxj3qoa","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.8399999737739563,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.3799999952316284,"political":0.4099999964237213}]}