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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2013
Honda's Fujino readying 'flying Acura'
Michimasa Fujino began working on Honda Motor Co.'s aviation project 27 years ago at a hangar in Mississippi. Next year, Fujino, now president of the aircraft unit, says the project may finally get off the ground.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 19, 2013
Honda overhauls its all-important Fit after bringing in NSX designers
Tensions were already running high at Honda Motor Co. in October 2011, two months after Consumer Reports ridiculed the onetime favorite Civic as a substandard car, when President Takanobu Ito saw drawings of the next Fit. He ripped up the plans and summoned his top two designers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2013
Small, sporty motorcycles hot items
The domestic motorcycle market is showing signs of pulling out of the prolonged doldrums as sporty, easy-to-maneuver machines, with an engine displacement of 250cc, are attracting young people, including women.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 5, 2013
Honda hopes diesel dents Suzuki India lead
Honda Motor Co. may have cracked the formula for success in India: a diesel-powered compact sedan.
SOCCER
Jul 4, 2013
Honda, AC Milan finalize deal: reports
Serie A powerhouse AC Milan has agreed terms with Japan international midfielder Keisuke Honda, but it is unclear when he will arrive in Italy, according to local reports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jul 3, 2013
Global automakers team up in three groups on fuel cells
With the partnership announced Tuesday by Honda Motor Co. and General Motors Co., major global automakers have now divided into three competing groups in the development of fuel-cell technologies, with each including a Japanese player.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 3, 2013
Honda, GM to tie up on green tech
Honda Motor Co. and General Motors Co. will jointly develop a fuel-cell vehicle under their envisioned tie-up on environmental technology, sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2013
Honda seeks to make cars pedestrian-safer
Occupants of a car are protected by seat belts, air bags and dashboards devoid of sharp objects. A pedestrian's only defense generally is to get out of the way.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 28, 2013
Honda upbeat on prospects for 'flying sports car'
Honda Motor Co., preparing to enter the market for business jets, said it's won two to three years of orders for what it calls "flying sports cars" and signaled the business will turn profitable before the end of the decade.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 27, 2013
Honda hopes to rev up female buyers with big Acura ad campaign
Honda Motor Co. is targeting female drivers for its redesigned 2014 Acura MDX sport wagon with the luxury brand's most expensive advertising campaign yet.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2013
Zero-emission cars hard sell in U.S.
Automakers are coming under increasing pressure to sell zero-emission vehicles to U.S. consumers who haven't shown much interest in them, with more states following California's lead in setting sales targets.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 17, 2013
Thoughts of rice and Japanese men
If you're like me or the men in my life, you probably broke down and wept for joy on June 4, when Japanese midfielder Keisuke Honda scored the goal that bagged Japan's slot in the FIFA World Cup next year. At such sports events, one or another of my brothers turn up at my place, hauling their boozy, hulking frames from the corner of some sports bar (Ueno, not Shibuya) and blubbering incoherently about how wonderful it is to be Japanese. "Tokorode (ところで, by the way) is there any kome (米, rice)?"
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 11, 2013
Honda doubtful for final qualifier
Keisuke Honda became the nation's hero last week after sending Japan through to next year's World Cup with an injury-time penalty against Australia.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 6, 2013
Zaccheroni relieved after deciding against Honda switch
National team manager Alberto Zaccheroni admits he was thinking about substituting Keisuke Honda shortly before the star forward booked Japan's ticket to the 2014 World Cup with a 91st-minute penalty in Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Australia.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 5, 2013
Japan becomes first to qualify for World Cup after Honda equalizer
Keisuke Honda scores a dramatic injury-time penalty to book Japan's place at the 2014 World Cup after a breathless 1-1 draw with Australia on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2013
Price cuts help boost Nissan's U.S. sales 25%
Nissan Motor Co.'s U.S. sales surged 25 percent in May, triple the industrywide gain, after cutting prices and increasing incentives.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 1, 2013
Hybrid Accord targets mileage-conscious Camry buyers
Honda Motor Co. will sell a hybrid version of the Accord in Japan that has the highest fuel-economy rating among midsize sedans to close the gap with Toyota Motor Corp.'s Camry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2013
Japanese automakers target China's youth
Despite the bilateral dispute over the Senkaku Islands, young Chinese consumers appear more concerned with product quality and safety rather than Beijing's relations with the countries making the products.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 5, 2013
Honda recalls 145,573 vehicles over fire-prone defect
Honda Motor Co. told the transport ministry Thursday it is recalling 145,573 of its Vamos, Vamos Hobio and Z cars due to an engine parts defect that could cause a fire.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 31, 2013
Honda to restart project to build second car assembly plant in India
Honda Motor Co. plans to resume a project to set up a second car plant in India to meet increasing local demand for its sedans, it was learned Saturday.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
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JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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