Toyota head apologises for ‘cheating’ on testing

Tokyo: Toyota chief Koji Sato apologised on Monday to customers, suppliers and dealers for “flawed testing” at a group company, following a series of similar problems in recent years. The latest woes at Japan’s top automaker involve testing required for the Japanese government approval at Toyota Industries Corp, which makes diesel engines. AP

French farmers block roads, step up pressure

Beauvais: To press the government to do more to help them weather inflation, compete with cheap imports and make a living, farmers blocked highways across France on Monday and said they aimed to “besiege” Paris. “At this stage, what we want … is to increase the pressure,” Arnaud Rousseau, head of farmers’ union FNSEA, said on a radio station. Reuters