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BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2015
EU pushes Japan to reach FTA in 2016 or else face renewed skepticism
Japan should aim to reach a free-trade agreement with the European Union next year or risk undermining EU interest in a deal, the 28-nation bloc's chief negotiator warned.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 2, 2015
In the rearview mirror: Car designer warns of Google game-changer
The days of cheap and cheerful cars like the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla may be numbered as technology firms Google and Apple muscle into the auto industry and change the way people own and drive automobiles.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2015
VW passes Toyota to take global sales lead in first half of 2015
Volkswagen AG surpassed Toyota Motor Corp. to become the biggest automaker by deliveries in the first half, putting the company on track to capture the worldwide sales crown three years ahead of its target.
WORLD
Jul 22, 2015
Security experts hack into, seize control of moving car
A pair of veteran cybersecurity researchers have shown they can use the Internet to turn off a car's engine as it drives, sharply escalating the stakes in the debate about the safety of increasingly connected cars and trucks.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 5, 2015
RIP Land Rover Defender, the greatest car ever
Regulation and marketing-driven blandness, the enemies of everything original, have killed one of the world's last real cars.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Apr 26, 2015
A bare-knuckle race against time to the Edo Period and back
How in the world did I find myself in the passenger seat as an eager accomplice in a car chase?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2015
Car-pooling shows growth potential over long distances
Stuck in traffic heading out of Tokyo, Kohei Miwa noticed how few of the cars near him on the expressway were carrying passengers.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 25, 2015
With more beer machines and school days, were the '90s better?
Japan has come a long way in the past 20 years. Or has it?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2015
Toyota raises profit forecast as weak yen lifts earnings on SUVs
Toyota Motor Corp. raised its fiscal year profit forecast Wednesday as surging overseas sales of SUVs and the carmaker's production base in Japan make it one of the biggest beneficiaries of a weaker yen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2015
Tokyo to spend ¥45 billion on hydrogen stations, subsidies ahead of Olympics
Tokyo plans to spend ¥45.2 billion on fuel-cell vehicle subsidies and hydrogen stations for the 2020 Olympics as part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to reduce the nation's reliance on nuclear power.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 18, 2014
Tokyo Gas takes wraps off its first hydrogen filling station
Tokyo Gas Co. on Thursday unveiled its first commercial hydrogen station as automakers prepare to usher in a new age in driving technology.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 11, 2014
Seven-Eleven offering one-of-a-kind 'Evangelion' car for ¥16 million
Seven-Eleven Japan Co. said Tuesday it will sell a car based on the popular anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion" for ¥16 million — and only one will be up for grabs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 27, 2014
For Panasonic, life after gadgets enriched by self-driving cars
Panasonic Corp.'s ratings upgrade last week shows that its investment in self-driving autos and car batteries has breathed new life into the company as it scales back on consumer electronics.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 4, 2014
Mazda unveils new Miata as top-selling two-seat Roadster turns 25
Mazda Motor Corp. unveiled a new version of its iconic MX-5 Miata sports car Thursday for the first time in nine years, counting on the model to help sustain rising sales.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 25, 2014
Toyota's hydrogen car may come with ¥3 million rebate
Japan is raising the bar for subsidizing zero-emission cars as incentives may exceed ¥3 million a vehicle for Toyota Motor Corp.'s first hydrogen-powered sedan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 9, 2014
Nissan to launch first electric minivan
Nissan Motor Co., moving to expand its lineup of eco-friendly vehicles here, said Monday it will launch its first all-electric commercial-use vehicle in October.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 5, 2014
The pleasures of driving like an absolute maniac
"Need for Speed" is an ode to the automobile and not the green, hybrid kind either. The vehicles in this movie are sleek, sexy, gas-guzzling, carbon-spewing planet-destroyers, and director Scott Waugh revels in shooting them from every conceivable angle (plus a few you never even thought possible). In...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 20, 2014
Tesla now employs more workers at its California plants than Toyota
As quietly as one of its electric cars, Tesla Motors Inc. has become the biggest auto industry employer in California.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Mar 14, 2014
Youths taking to auto repair classes
Toyota Motor Corp. is conducting a class in Aichi Prefecture so young people can discover the fun of building cars by learning how to repair popular old cars such as the Publica and Sports 800.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 31, 2013
Toyoda says car industry must be more aggressive
The auto industry must take the initiative to be more competitive until the benefits of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's deflation-busting economic policies are fully felt, according to Akio Toyoda, chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association.
Top Japan trade negotiator canceled U.S. trip over rice, report says
Ryosei Akazawa
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
The Nobel Prize and a testy phone call: How the Trump-Modi relationship unraveled
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet one another at the start of a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington in February.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Japan is warming up to tattoos — just not permanent ones
Tattoos have a complex history in Japan, but new types of temporary ink are letting locals curious about body art experiment without the commitment.
YouTube Music Weekend is where Japan’s internet-born performers go global
Headlining the second day of YouTube Music Weekend is Vocaloid artist Kikuo, who, with 1.46 million YouTube subscribers, is one of the most popular artists in the genre.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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