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Updated Nissan e-NV200 Goes On Sale In Japan With New Battery

It took Nissan six months to launch the updated e-NV200 in its home market, but the electric van is finally available for order in Japan.

Mitsubishi Made This L200 Pickup For Fast And Furious Live

The Fast and The Furious roared into theaters nearly 17 years ago and it has spawned seven different sequels and a live show.

2018 Infiniti Q60 Red Sport 400 Quick Spin Review | Beauty before brawn

The 2018 Infiniti Q60 Red Sport 400 is an absolute beauty in person. And that's important, because, more than any other segment in the automotive marketplace, a personal luxury coupe has got to have the kind of attention-grabbing looks that can lead off the discussion about a brand-new vehicle...

Honda program teaches young drivers to use manual transmission

With the manual transmission becoming less common as time goes on, there are fewer opportunities to learn how to use it and subsequently order a car with one. In response to this, Honda hosted an experience in the Los Angeles area near Angeles Crest Highway called "Shifting Gears." There Honda...

Toyota HiLux Gains Arctic Trucks AT35 Version For UK Explorers

Toyota will unveil the new Arctic Trucks HiLux AT35 at the 2018 Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham, UK on April 24, with sales to follow shortly after.

Infiniti Focused In China, Will Build QX50 And Four New Models Locally

Infiniti announced that that it will build five new models in China in the next five years, including the new QX50, highlighting the importance of the market there for their future.

Base Nissan Rogue Sport Adds More Tech, Gets $470 Price Bump
The Nissan Rogue Sport has received a few mid-year updates in the United States, which bump its starting price to $22,110, without the $975 destination and handling charge.
2018.5 Nissan Rogue Sport gets more standard safety equipment
Nissan is updating the Rogue Sport line for 2018.5. It's not a major refresh, but it does make a number of safety features standard on all models including the base-level…

Google Announces 'Chat', Its New Texting Experience For Android

Google seems to love creating messaging apps. We've seen the company dabble with all kinds of messaging platforms, such as...

Nintendo Labo Replacement Parts Won't Cost An Arm Or A Leg

The Nintendo Labo kits were announced earlier this year where they provided Switch gamers with a new and physical way...

Canon Unveils IVY Portable Wireless Photo Printer

Wireless and portable photo printers aren't new. In fact Fujifilm might be a company that users might be more familiar...

Toyota Cites Privacy Concerns Over Android Auto

While many carmakers have rushed to include features like Apple CarPlay and Google's Android Auto, Toyota seems to be one...

Japan PM Shinzo Abe sends ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday, the first day of...

G-20 finance chiefs wary of trade friction, short on solutions

Finance leaders from the Group of 20 major economies agreed that trade disputes pose a threat to global growth but...

Abe to closely watch N.Korea
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has welcomed the announcement by North Korea, but added that Japan will closely watch the steps taken by Pyongyang.Abe told reporters on Saturday that he will pay careful attention to see if the move leads to a complete, verifiable and irreversible abandonment of nuclear arms, weapons of mass destruction and missiles.
Shinzo Abe fails to make tangible progress in changing Trump's trade stance
The little success Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had in coaxing U.S. President Donald Trump into a multilateral trade framework showed the limitations of diplomacy when it is based solely on a personal relationship.While he drew a renewed commitment from Trump to help bring back Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, political experts say he…
Onodera: N.Korea announcement 'insufficient'
Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera says North Korea's announcement is "unsatisfactory" and "insufficient."Speaking in Washington, Onodera said the statement makes no reference to the North abandoning its short and medium-range ballistic missiles.
N. Korea to suspend nuclear, ballistic missile tests: KCNA
North Korea has decided to suspend nuclear and missile tests and shut down its main nuclear test site in the north of the country, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said Saturday, ahead of its historic summits with South Korea and the United States.The decision, which was made at a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Worker's Party…

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Football: Japan beat Australia 1-0 to retain Women's Asian Cup

Japan defended their Women's Asian Cup title on Friday with a 1-0 victory over Australia in the final.Substitute Kumi Yokoyama scored the 84th-minute winner at Jordan's Amman International Stadium in a replay of the 2014 final, when Nadeshiko Japan edged the Matildas 1-0.

Baseball: Shohei Ohtani has 4th MLB multi-hit game but Angels lose

Shohei Ohtani singled twice Friday for his fourth multi-hit game in the majors, but the Los Angeles Angels fell 8-1 to the San Francisco Giants for their fourth straight loss.A day after his first hitless game in the majors as designated hitter, the 23-year-old two-way phenom bounced back to deliver two of Los Angeles' five hits at Angel Stadium in...

Football: Ex-Japan boss Halilhodzic returns to seek reason for dismissal
Former Japan head coach Vahid Halilhodzic returned to Tokyo on Saturday to seek the reason for his shock dismissal earlier in the month."I've always been glad to come to Japan, but the situation I'm in now is very unusual," Halilhodzic, 65, said in tears upon…
Rugby: Karne Hesketh recalls historic try vs Boks, praises life in Kyushu
For a few weeks back in the autumn of 2015, Karne Hesketh was one of the most recognizable faces in Japan, and a hero in the rugby world outside South Africa.For it was the New Zealand-born wing's try that saw Japan create one of the…
Baseball: Shohei Ohtani has 4th MLB multi-hit game in Angels' loss to Giants
Shohei Ohtani singled twice Friday for his fourth multi-hit game in the majors, but the Los Angeles Angels fell 8-1 to the San Francisco Giants for their fourth straight loss.A day after his first hitless game in the majors as designated hitter, the 23-year-old two-way…
Football: Japan beat Australia 1-0 to retain Women's Asian Cup
Japan defended their Women's Asian Cup title on Friday with a 1-0 victory over Australia in the final.Substitute Kumi Yokoyama scored the 84th-minute winner at Jordan's Amman International Stadium in a replay of the 2014 final, when Nadeshiko Japan edged the Matildas 1-0.
Rugby: Japan women's team aim to put on good show at home 7s tourney
Japan head into their home leg of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series this weekend desperate for some points as they try to retain their status on the tour.Hitoshi Inada's side head to Kitakyushu's Mikuni World Stadium as the lowest-ranked core team, two points behind…

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Basque Country chili pepper and salt seasoning for any dish

All kinds of seasonings are a passion of Yoshiaki Takei, editor of the website "Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun," who enjoys overseas travels that allow him to experience local life through cooking. He visits markets and stores; chats with the proprietors; learns where and how ingredients are grown and how they should be cooked.

Yoshiaki Takei's shallow-fried 'ichibo' steak, inspired by Paris

He has grilled meat in Paris, simmered jam in Helsinki and made mixed sushi in Prague. Yoshiaki Takei is a seasoned editor of travel books who likes to stay for about 10 days at a hotel equipped with a kitchen when traveling overseas. The 52-year-old has been enjoying such trips for about 10 years, buying ingredients at local markets and shops...

Miso flavored with 'kinome' brings perfection to spring veggies
The vivid green asparagus, subtle yellow bamboo shoot and "urui" (young leaves of hosta), and white "udo" (spikenard) are pleasing to the eye. Naoyuki Yanagihara pours some yellow-green miso flavored with "kinome" (young leaves of "sansho" or Japanese pepper) and creates a dish with a "sunny" feel.
Tofu with walnut sauce features in expanded menu for Nara monks
The Shuni-e (commonly called Omizutori) ceremony has been held at Todaiji Temple in Nara since the Nara Period (710-784). Although the large torches that shower sparks on people are famous, they are simply meant to lead the monks to the temple hall. The monks pray for the happiness of all living things and go through the cycle of penitence and prayer.
Nara-style tea rice brings about aroma from the Edo Period
Besides teaching Japanese cuisine in Tokyo's Akasaka district, Naoyuki Yanagihara frequents libraries to read documents from the Edo Period (1603-1867). He believes that studying the originality and ingenuity of his forerunners will show him the path he should take. "I try to learn the changes in the ingredients and cooking procedures and make use of them today," the 39-year-old cooking expert…
Strikingly red, tomato-flavored macaroni gratin absorbs 'umami'
The word "gratin" may conjure images of a white-sauce-based dish. But at Shiseido Parlour's main restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza district, the red color of the tomato-flavored gratin stands out. "Some guests are surprised to see a dish that is quite different from what they had imagined," says Naohisa Inoue, the 50-year-old grand chef of the restaurant.
Classic chicken rice so good it's served on a silver platter
At the Shiseido Parlour Restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza district, an oval silver bowl measuring about 30 centimeters in diameter was brought to the table. When the staff opened the lid, steam rose from the "chicken rice," or fried rice with chicken.

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Farthest star photographed with cosmic lens, Hubble telescope

The farthest individual star to ever have been photographed, whose light has taken 9 billion years to reach Earth, was captured using cosmic lenses in an international research project by...

ANIME NEWS: Seibu Railway's romantic short about Chichibu now streaming

"Chichibu de Buchichi," an original animated short offered by Seibu Railway Co., is now streaming on the company's official website. Set in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, and featuring voice actress and Chichibu...

Judo: Double Olympic champ Tani makes jump from 4th to 6th dan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Retired Japanese female judoka and politician Ryoko Tani has been promoted from fourth to sixth dan, accomplishing the rare feat of skipping black-belt ranks based on time...

Children practice karate in sea at New Year event

Children in southwestern Japan have braved the cold of the sea for their first karate practice of the year. A karate training group in Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, holds the event...

Details on GENERATIONS' new single revealed

The title of GENERATION from EXILE TRIBE's new single to be released on June 13 has been determined to be "F.L.Y. BOYS F.L.Y. GIRLS." The group performed it for the very first time on the April 20th broadcast of MUSIC STATION. "F.L.Y. BOYS F.L.Y. GIRLS" is a dance tune that cheer on the young people that bear the next generation. As...

KAT-TUN, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and more to perform on MUSIC STATION's April 27th broadcast

The artist line up for the April 27th broadcast of MUSIC STATION has been revealed.Next week's episode will feature performances from KAT-TUN, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE, Nogizaka46, Fischer's, and 04 Limited Sazabys.

AKB48's Hirano Hikaru to halt her activities due to poor health

AKB48's Hirano Hikaru (Team 8 & 4) will be halting her activities due to her poor health. Hirano had been in poor health for some time now and will be focusing on recuperating during her break. During her hiatus, she will not be using her private email as well as her social media accounts. In addition, she will not be participating...

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Mano Erina to marry soccer player Shibasaki Gaku

It's been reported that actress Mano Erina will marry Spanish club Getafe CF's Shibasaki Gaku as early as this summer. According to Nikkan Sports, the two have already expressed their wish to get married to people around them, and have even told their families.

[ALEXANDROS] to be in charge of theme songs for 'Bleach' live-action film

[ALEXANDROS] will be providing both the theme song "Mosquito Bite" and insert song "MILK" for the upcoming 'BLEACH' live-action film adaptation (July 20th premiere). 'BLEACH' is the live action film adaptation of Kubo Tite's popular manga series. It tells a story of a boy named 'Kurosaki Ichigo', who receives soul reaper powers from a soul reaper named 'Kukichi Rukia.' Ichigo will be...

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