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TOYOTA

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 14, 2021
How the global chip shortage is impacting domestic carmakers
Lockdowns and travel restrictions are prompting housebound shoppers to snap up more phones, game consoles, smart TVs and laptops.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2020
For Japan's automakers, Brexit deal may be too little, too late
Automakers including Nissan Motor might struggle to qualify some U.K.-assembled models for tariff-free export to the EU as they evaluate their local sourcing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 22, 2020
Toyota to halt work in U.K. and France over mutant virus discord
With nations stopping travel to and from Britain, the transportation of parts has also been hit, the firm says.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 20, 2020
Sunflowers come back to beat Antelopes in Empress Cup final
Guard Saori Miyazaki led the team to their eighth straight title just one day after ace forward/center Ramu Tokashiki's ACL injury was announced.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2020
While we're waiting for electric cars to fully charge, how about hybrids?
Investors have run up the stock prices of electric car companies and their valuations far higher than the businesses really warrant.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2020
Hybrids are quietly selling faster than fully electric cars
Many conventional automakers are mulling their options, trying to decide which technologies will reign in the decades between now and a full transition away from combustion engines.
JAPAN / Politics / EXPLAINER
Dec 8, 2020
In shift, Toyota unions seek ties with Japan's ruling bloc
The groups' move toward Komeito and the LDP could hurt opposition candidates from the CDP and other parties.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 13, 2020
U.S. and China demand pulls Japan’s carmakers back from the brink
With demand revived in crucial markets, Japanese auto giants have revised up their full-year profit forecasts or trimmed losses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2020
Toyota adds to hydrogen bet with North American fuel cell truck
The automaker did not provide a timeline for beginning sales of the Class 8 truck but said it would debut a prototype in the first half of 2021.
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Oct 4, 2020
How Japanese auto parts makers made masks and beds during coronavirus outbreak
Companies repurposed factory space and gave staff new duties to keep themselves and medical facilities stocked.

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan