Toyota is celebrating the Land Cruiser's continuous evolution since 1958, when it first arrived in the United States, by unveiling the Heritage Edition.

2020 Toyota Land Cruiser Heritage Edition debuts before Chicago Auto Show

Special edition cars can be a bit lame sometimes, but we wouldn't consider the 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser Heritage Edition, honoring six decades of continuous Land Cruiser production and set to debut at the Chicago Auto Show, to be one of them. We'll complain about meaningless badging from time to...

Honda Urban EV prototype hatchback to be revealed in Geneva

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Toyota And Panasonic To Co-Develop Much Higher Capacity EV Batteries

Toyota and Panasonic intend on forming a joint venture for the development of electric vehicle batteries, a new report has revealed.

Subaru Halts All Japan-Based Production Over Possible Defective Steering Unit

Subaru announced that it will stop the operation of its Yajima factory, the company's sole manufacturing facility in Japan, after discovering a possible defect in the electric power steering unit.

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Honda Confirms Geneva Motor Show World Debut For EV Prototype
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Sony's Latest Aibo Dog Is Considerably Less Creepy

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Mortal Kombat 11 Beta Won't Be For The PC Or Nintendo Switch

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Pope eyes November Japan visit

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Abe hopes for phone talks with Trump

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he hopes to hold telephone talks with US President Donald Trump before a second...

TEPCO failed to spot leak of contaminated water
Tokyo Electric Power Company says it has determined that water containing radioactive substances leaked from a tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for more than two years. The company says there is no impact on the environment.The utility says workers discovered water from an unknown source in an underground tunnel on January 10th at the plant.
Pope eyes November Japan visit
Pope Francis has expressed his desire to visit Japan this November. It would be his first trip to Japan as head of the Catholic Church.The pope was speaking to reporters on Wednesday en route to Panama.
Abe hopes for phone talks with Trump
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he hopes to hold telephone talks with US President Donald Trump before a second US-North Korea summit planned for next month.Abe spoke to reporters in the Swiss ski resort of Davos on Wednesday. He is attending the World Economic Forum.
TEPCO failed to spot leak of contaminated water
Tokyo Electric Power Company says it has determined that water containing radioactive substances leaked from a tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for more than two years. The company says there is no impact on the environment.The utility says workers discovered water from an unknown source in an underground tunnel on January 10th at the plant.

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Emperor and Empress watch grand sumo

Japan's Emperor and Empress attended the New Year Grand Sumo tournament now underway in Tokyo.The Imperial couple visited the Kokugikan sumo arena on Sunday afternoon to watch the tournament. This was their 23rd visit to the arena and their last as Emperor and Empress before Emperor Akihito's abdication in April.

Emperor and Empress watch grand sumo

Old-school karate still alive in Okinawa
From this tropical island sprang arguably the world’s most widely exported martial art, karate-do. Today, it remains the home of the karate substyles Goju-ryu, Shorin-ryu, Shorei-ryu, Isshin-ryu and Uechi-ryu, all of which are now practiced worldwide, alongside more recently created mainland Japanese styles such as…
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MELBOURNE, Australia--Japan's Kei Nishikori moved swiftly into the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday after beating Joao Sousa of Portugal 7-6(6) 6-1 6-2.The comfortable victory came as a relief to the eighth seed and former U.S. Open finalist after he battled through consecutive…
Japanese table tennis star Ai Fukuhara awarded
Retired Japanese table tennis star Ai Fukuhara has received an award for her contribution to the sport.She received the honor from the head of the Japan Table Tennis Association in a ceremony on Saturday.
Kisenosato: 'No regrets' about retiring from sumo
Yokozuna Grand Champion Kisenosato has retired from sumo.The 32-year-old wrestler told reporters on Wednesday he is frustrated that he will no longer be able to meet fans' expectations as a Yokozuna, but he has no regrets.

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Red-and-white salad a festive dish not limited to New Year's

When Akihiro Iio removes the wooden lid of one of the 2-meter-high tanks, a sour aroma with a hint of sweetness and bloom rises out in a storehouse. Since 1893, his family has been operating the Iio Jozo vinegar brewery here in Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture.

A wintry vinegar stir-fry dish of pork, 'nira' and daikon radish

A familiar aroma wafts from Iio Jozo, a vinegar brewery in Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture, that stands by the seaside near the Amanohashidate sandbar, considered one of Japan's three most scenic views. Akihiro Iio is the fifth-generation proprietor of the brewery that has been producing vinegar for 125 years. The company makes all of its rice vinegar from pesticide-free rice.

Savor whole red turnip, soup in the hollowed out base of vegetable
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Apple chutney helps you get through cold winter in Niigata
Gentle popping and sizzling sounds greet the ears in the 150-year-old traditional-style house, where visitors are enveloped by the warmth coming from a wood stove. The ceiling rises 10 meters high above the grand shiny-black pillars and beams. Satoyama Jujo is a hot-spring hotel that opened in 2014 in Minami-Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, a renowned production area of rice. The hotel, which…
Get in shape, build up strength through stuffed lotus root, dates
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A New Japanese Marketplace Opens in Brooklyn
Japan Village can claim the title of food anchor for the collection of enterprises that have settled into the Industry City development in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. It's a combination marketplace for food products and group of mostly casual dining spots spread over 20,000 square feet. Japan Village's koi logo is splashed, graffiti-like over the outside of the building facing Third…

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Sights, sounds of Showa Era greet visitors to Fukui culture museum

FUKUI--A permanent exhibition at the Fukui Prefectural Museum of Cultural History here allows visitors to travel back to the Showa Era (1926-1989) to see how people's lives were beginning to...

DJ SumiRock, at 83, still lights up the club scene in Kabukicho

After making gyoza dumplings at a Chinese restaurant, an 83-year-old woman heads to Tokyo's Kabukicho red-light district where she dons a long, curly blond wig, witch's hat and sunglasses.She then...

Kumamoto Castle's fortified curved stone walls rise again

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MARTIAL ARTS/ Mighty Mouse, Alvarez set for Japan debuts

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Kamen Joshi’s Nanaka Kawamura wins mixed martial arts match at Deep Jewels 18

Kamen Joshi member Nanaka Kawamura won her mixed martial arts match at the Deep Jewels 18 fighting event on December 3.Kawamura is the first active idol to participate in this...

Former NMB48's Terui Honoka gives birth to first child

It's been reported that former NMB48 member Terui Honoka gave birth to her first child on January 17th. Terui was a fourth generation member of NMB48 and was active from 2012 to 2015. Last July, she announced that she was four months pregnant, and on January 18th, she revealed on Instagram, "A healthy 3,100 gram (6 lb 13 oz) baby boy...

DAOKO to hold first exhibition + mini live

DAOKO and photographer Baba Shinkai's exhibition 'DAOKO × SHINKAI BABA Kizuki EXHIBITION: Enlightening my world' will open on February 9 at KATA in Tokyo. This is the first time DAOKO is opening an exhibition. On Baba, she commented, "Beloved photographer Baba Shinkai-san's photos are like pictures of light. He is able to capture everything including the smell of moments that you don't...

Suda Masaki to release LIQUIDROOM live on Blu-ray and DVD

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'Ossan's Love' to return with a second season this year

TV Asahi has revealed that they have officially started working on a second season for popular drama 'Ossan's Love' to air this year. 'Ossan's Love' aired in spring of last year as TV Asahi's Saturday night drama. It topped Twitter's trending words ranking worldwide and was nominated for the '2018 U-Can Shingo Ryukogo Taisho.'

YOSHIKI to create theme song for new xXx 4 film starring Vin Diesel

The H Collective has partnered with prolific Japanese composer and musician YOSHIKI on the next installment in the xXx franchise, xXx 4 starring Vin Diesel. The film will feature a theme song with music written by YOSHIKI. xXx 4 is in pre-production with casting currently under way, and principal photography set to commence this year.

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