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MOTORCYCLE

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 15, 2019
Harley halts output of electric model pivotal to revival bid
Harley-Davidson Inc. has halted production of LiveWire, the debut electric bike it's counting on to attract new riders.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 15, 2019
Tatsuki Suzuki claims maiden Moto3 win in San Marino
Tatsuki Suzuki claimed his maiden career victory in the Moto3 category at the San Marino Grand Prix on Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 20, 2019
Honda to release Kumamon-themed Super Cub motorbike this summer
Honda Motor Co. will release this summer a new version of its iconic Super Cub motorcycle featuring Kumamon, the popular black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture.
BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2016
Japanese manufacturers pitch new products at Indonesia motorcycle show
Japanese motorcycle manufacturers are promoting their products at the Indonesian Motorcycle Show 2016 in Jakarta, with Suzuki Motor Corp. using the biennial event to unveil its latest models.
BUSINESS
Jan 8, 2016
Toyota's Aqua hybrid best-selling car in 2015 auto rankings
Toyota Motor Corp.'s Aqua hybrid was the best-selling car in 2015, while six minicars made it into the top 10 ranking, data from industry bodies showed Friday.
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2015
Japanese auto sales fall 6.6% in November for 11th monthly decline
Auto sales in November fell 6.6 percent from a year earlier as a pick-up in passenger car sales was overshadowed by persistent weakness in minivehicles, data showed Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2015
Toyota Aqua leads car sales for second consecutive month
Toyota Motor Corp.'s Aqua hybrid was the best-selling car in the nation in May, holding the top spot for the second month in a row, industry bodies said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 8, 2015
Daihatsu's tiny Tanto was nation's most popular vehicle in 2014
As consumers increasingly looked for lower costs in maintaining vehicles following last April's consumption tax hike, Daihatsu Motor Co.'s Tanto minicar became Japan's best-selling vehicle last year, industry bodies' data showed Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jun 20, 2012
Today's J-blip: It's a bike, it's a car, it's ... illegally parked at Lawson
Not quite your typical mama-chari.
Reader Mail
Oct 8, 2009
Children's interests came second
In his Oct. 6 article, "Savoie case shines spotlight on Japan's 'disappeared dads,' " Debito Arudou makes several valid points about the need to revise the way that child custody and visitation rights are treated under Japanese law, and about Japan's koseki (family registration) system being an obstacle to the needed changes. The changes are needed for the benefit of mothers and fathers, Japanese and non-Japanese and, above all, the children themselves.
Reader Mail
May 31, 2009
Necessary evil in dangerous times
The May 15 AP article "Britain overzealous in terrorism arrests" was critical of the fact that Britons of South Asian descent are more likely to be detained in antiterrorism raids than any other ethnic groups. I agree that this is unfortunate and discriminatory, but it is nevertheless necessary.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
North Korean animators may be involved in Japan anime production, report says
North Korean animators may be involved in the production of some Japanese and U.S. animated shows, according to a report by a website providing analysis on North Korea.
BOJ to hold rates with focus on hawkish signals to buoy yen
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda hasn’t ruled out responding to exchange rates with a policy move if the impact on prices is seen to be "non-negligible.”
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Vol. 34: Tokyo, a vanguard city for sustainability
Vol. 34: Tokyo, a vanguard city for sustainability

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