1.Although Honda already has developed hybrids, it has fallen behind Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp. in this segment.
尽管本田公司已经开始发展研究混合动力，但在这个领域，他们的步伐还是落后于其竞争对手丰田汽车公司。
2.Other big producers, like Japanese rival Nissan Motor Co. , also reported strong first-quarter sales.
其他大型汽车制造商同样也宣布一季度在华销售业绩强劲，比如日本的日产汽车（Nissan）。
3.Meanwhile, its increasingly rampant Japanese rival, Toyota, was making plans to overtake GM as the world's biggest carmaker by 2008.
与此同时，日本的竞争对手丰田汽车实力则日益壮大，并计划在2008年取代通用成为全球最大汽车制造商。
4.Sony said it would sell a similar small LCD factory to Kyocera, its Japanese rival.
索尼公司表示，将把类似的小型液晶显示器厂出售给本国竞争对手京瓷公司（Kyocera）。
5.Honda, Toyota's main Japanese rival, also anticipates weak financial results.
本田，丰田最主要的日本竞争对手，也做出了悲观的财务预期。
6.Figures released this week show that General Motors has been overtaken by its Japanese rival,
本周公布的数据显示通用已经超过了日本对手丰田，