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Let This 1995 Legend Coupe Remind You Of Acura's Heydays

If you're a fan of Japanese cars from the 1990s, then this 1995 Acura Legend LS Coupe currently up for auction through Bring A Trailer might be the perfect car for you.

Omaze is giving away a Subaru WRX STI from the latest Gymkhana video

Autoblog may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. No donation or payment necessary to enter or win this sweepstakes. See official rules on Omaze. This past year has been different for all of us, and it appears Ken...

On International Women's Day, honoring Helene Rother, pioneer of car interior design

Born in 1908 in Leipzig, Germany, where her creativity and artistic ability were influenced by the community, Helene Rother began her career illustrating books after graduating from the Royal Academy of Graphics and Book Arts. In her mid 20s, Rother and her daughter fled Nazi Germany to France. There, she...

Toyota GR Yaris Beats Defender, Puma And ID.3 For 2021 UK Car Of The Year Title

Having announced the 12 category winners on March 1, the UK Car of the Year Awards jurors have now declared the Toyota GR Yaris the overall winner for 2021.

This Honda ‘HR-X Delsol' Concept Is Billed As An Electric Pick-Up Coupe

As electrification is bound to become increasingly common throughout the automotive industry, the shape and design of new vehicles will begin to change.

Honda Legend becomes world's first certified level 3 autonomous car

TOKYO — Honda on Thursday unveiled a partially self-driving Legend sedan in Japan, becoming the world's first carmaker to sell a vehicle equipped with new, certified level 3 automation technology.The launch gives Japan's No.2 automaker bragging rights for being the first to market, but lease sales of the level 3...

2021 Nissan Rogue aces IIHS crash test after faltering in NHTSA tests
It's been a minute since a single model has caused this much attention to be cast on it due to crash test scores, but here we are with more news…
Watch Mitsubishi Express van bend its way to 0-star crash test rating
Mitsubishi became a champion of economies of scale when it joined the Renault-Nissan alliance in 2016, but the merger triggered at least one undesirable side effect. The Express, a badge-engineered…

Canon Patents A Gimbal With An Interchangeable Lens System

There are many gimbals in the market today, and for the most part, they’re sold separately from the camera. This...

Nintendo Rolls Out A Hospital-Friendly Console

For those unfamiliar, the Starlight Nintendo console was actually rolled out back in 2019 where it was initially available at...

Seasonal Greetings from Xperia Blog

We wanted to wish all of our readers a wonderful and restful break over Christmas and New Year. Those interested...

Toyota Unveils Their e-Palette Self-Driving Shuttles

These are like mini buses that can fetch as many as 20 passengers at a time. They are transparent and...

Olympic torch relay COVID-19 measures announced

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has announced a set of measures against the coronavirus for the nationwide torch relay that is due to start next month.The committee on Thursday released its guidelines for the 121-day long relay, which starts on March 25 in Fukushima Prefecture.

64% of para sports groups worry about Tokyo Games

An NHK survey has shown that over 60 percent of para sports organizations in Japan have concerns about the Tokyo Paralympics, which is scheduled to start in six months.Twenty-five such organizations responded to a survey conducted by NHK earlier this month.

PM Suga has high hopes for new Olympic chief
Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has commented on the appointment of Hashimoto Seiko as the new head of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee.Suga thanked Hashimoto for her hard work as Olympic Minister. He said he expects Hashimoto will do her best to ensure…
Olympics minister accepts Tokyo Games chief role
Olympics Minister Hashimoto Seiko is poised to become the next president of the Tokyo Games organizing committee.The 56-year-old competed in four Winter Games in speed skating and three Summer Games in cycling before deciding to concentrate on politics.
Olympics minister to be asked to replace Mori
A panel of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee will hold another meeting on Thursday to speed up the process of picking the committee's new chief. It has decided to ask the minister for the 2020 Games, Hashimoto Seiko, to replace Mori Yoshiro.The panel held closed-door…
Olympics minister top candidate to replace Mori
Sources say the Olympic organizing committee panel is likely to ask Minister for the Tokyo Games Hashimoto Seiko to replace Mori Yoshiro as the committee's chief. Hashimoto is a seven-time Olympian.Mori offered to step down last week in the wake of a public backlash over…
Governor mulls pulling out of Olympic torch relay
A Japanese prefectural governor is expected to announce that he wants to cancel a section of the Olympic torch relay scheduled for May in his prefecture.Shimane Governor Maruyama Tatsuya has been critical of the central government and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government over their handling of…

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Suga may visit US next month for talks with Biden

The Japanese government is working on a visit by Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide to the United States for an in-person...

Suga's Cabinet approval rate rises to 40%

The latest NHK opinion poll shows that the approval rate for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide exceeded the...

Fourth COVID-19 vaccine shipment arrives in Japan
Japan's vaccination plan is getting a boost after nearly one million doses arrived from Belgium on Monday.The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines touched down at an airport near Tokyo. Combined with three previous shipments, Japan has secured enough to fully vaccinate more than a million people. So far, just over 46,000 frontline workers have received the first jabs. The next priority group is…
Restrictions eased in disaster-hit Fukushima town
People are now able to freely visit parts of a town in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Fukushima, where entry restrictions had been in place since the nuclear accident caused by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.The restrictions were eased on Monday in parts of the Shimonogami and Kuma districts of Okuma Town. These districts had been designated as "difficult-to-return" zones. Gates…
Ministry unveils report on wining & dining scandal
Japan's communications ministry has released an interim report acknowledging that government officials were wined and dined by the president of telecom giant NTT. The report says the officials' actions violated the ethics code for public servants, which bans them from receiving gifts or being entertained by interested parties.The central figure is Taniwaki Yasuhiko, the vice minister for policy coordination. Communications…
Ministry unveils report on wining and dining
Japan's communications minister Takeda Ryota says a senior bureaucrat has been transferred after wining and dining with the president of the telecom giant NTT. The ministry released an interim report on Monday, saying the official's actions violated the ethics code for public servants. They are banned from receiving gifts or being entertained by interested parties.The official in question is Taniwaki…

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GOHAN LAB Steak of lean beef: Sugar turns meat brown, enhancing aroma, flavor

When cooking steak at home, lean meat is a recommended choice. Parts labeled as "beef round" ("momo") or "rump" ("rampu") are lean meat fit for steak. While the round is simple and light, the rump covering the hip to the rump is richer and softer.

Japanese Dessert Trends You Should Know About

The bubble tea craze has taken Japan by storm — so much so that it was even one of the symbols featured by a doll maker in Tokyo who represented Japan’s trending topics through ornate hina dolls. It comes as no surprise, then, that tapioca was named the country's Dish of the Year in 2019.

Pork belly and potato sandwich a popular breakfast item in Peru
Those yet to experience the pleasure of Peruvian dishes may be surprised to learn that restaurants in Lima were named the world's sixth and seventh best last year. Two eateries in the country's capital earned spots on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list compiled by a British magazine last year, proving Peruvian cuisine is something not to be missed if you're…
Guests enjoy Japanese cuisine in court banquet
International guests at Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony have been served Japanese cuisine at a court banquet.The first of four "Kyoen-no-gi" banquets started just after 7:20 p.m. on Tuesday at the Imperial Palace.
Milan pasta with tomato sauce has a simple but profound flavor
In a mansion standing in a prime location in Milan, a servant polishes silver tableware while a personal chef shows off his skills for the epicurean family that calls it home. It's not a scene from a film, but a snippet out of the daily life that chef Tetsuo Ota experienced in his early 30s. At that time, Ota, who is…
Rice and bamboo shoots, sweet yet bitter, heralds arrival of spring
Although it was not quite in season yet, the freshly parboiled bamboo shoot tasted amazingly sweet. The subtle tang in the aftertaste suggested the arrival of spring. Rice cooked with large pieces of bamboo shoots, complete with the vivid young leaf buds of Japanese pepper, is also a feast for the eyes.
Fried tofu pouch with green onion from the fabled fields of Kyoto
Kujo green onions grow lushly on a patch of land in a residential area in Kyoto's Ukyo Ward. The field is owned by Genichi Nagasawa, 65, a farmer who produces Kyoyasai (heirloom vegetables of Kyoto) as well as daikon radish, turnips and other produce through organic farming.

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MARTIAL ARTS/ Mighty Mouse, Alvarez set for Japan debuts

LOS ANGELES--Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez will make their One Championship debuts at the mixed martial arts promotion's first show in Japan on March 31. One Championship on Wednesday revealed several...

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...

Asahi buys Fuller's beer business for $327 million

LONDON--Japanese brewer Asahi is buying the beer business of Britain's Fuller Smith & Turner's for 250 million pounds ($327 million), in a deal that includes its flagship London Pride.The deal...

Imperial Guard members show determination in Tokyo parade

About 250 Imperial Guard Headquarters members paraded solemnly through central Tokyo on Jan. 25 with unwavering determination ahead of the upcoming historical events in accordance with Emperor Akihito's abdication of...

Music fans enjoy drive-in festival near Tokyo

Music fans have had a rare opportunity to enjoy a live concert during the coronavirus outbreak at a drive-in festival in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo.Six groups performed at Sunday's festival in Nagara Town that was organized by an event-planning firm in Tokyo.

Music group counts droplets by instrument

A Japanese classical music promotion group has measured how droplets spread during a performance, saying that the findings will help concerts return to how they were before the coronavirus pandemic.The group made up of orchestras and music-related organizations conducted an experiment at a laboratory last month on 12 types of instruments including the trumpet and the French horn.

Can Nishikido Ryo's English skills improve in 6 months? Akanishi Jin takes on the challenge

A new project called 'AlterNative English' has started on N/A's (Nishikido Ryo and Akanishi Jin) official YouTube channel.

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Aimyon reveals live footage for 'Harunohi'

Aimyon has revealed the live footage for "Harunohi" as well as the off-shot movie from her live DVD & Blu-ray 'AIMYON TOUR 2019 -SIXTH SENSE STORY- IN YOKOHAMA ARENA' to drop on July 8.

Actor Shiga Kotaro passes away at age 71

It's been reported that actor Shiga Kotaro passed away on April 20 at 8:20 pm due to aspiration pneumonia. He was 71 years old. His agency stated, "After receiving surgery for cerebral thrombosis last April, he had been working hard in rehab aiming for complete recovery. However, that was not fulfilled. We would like to respectfully make this announcement while being grateful...

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