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Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross small crossover is an IIHS Top Safety Pick - Autoblog

Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross small crossover is an IIHS Top Safety Pick - Autoblog

The 2019 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross is a funky little crossover with a name that has angered more than a few Eclipse fans out there. Today it gets honors from the IIHS, though, in the form of a Top Safety Pick award. It's great to see the totally new Mitsubishi...

2020 Subaru Legacy And Outback Get Minor Price Hike Ahead Of Their Launch This Fall

2020 Subaru Legacy And Outback Get Minor Price Hike Ahead Of Their Launch This Fall

Subaru has announced pricing for the redesigned 2020 Legacy and Outback.

Lexus On Schedule To Launch Its Latest Autonomous Tech Next Year

Lexus On Schedule To Launch Its Latest Autonomous Tech Next Year

Lexus has detailed the various projects it is undertaking to advance its future range of vehicles.

Watch the 2020 Toyota Supra get some air on a track - Autoblog

Watch the 2020 Toyota Supra get some air on a track - Autoblog

As if the Supra needed any help garnering more attention: After first announcing the return of the historic sports car at the Super Bowl earlier this year, Toyota is launching a new advertising campaign for the 2020 GR Supra called "This Is Our Sport." Part of the multi-video offensive includes...

Honda's Working On Sporty Rear-Wheel Drive EVs With A 50:50 Weight Distribution

Honda's Working On Sporty Rear-Wheel Drive EVs With A 50:50 Weight Distribution

Honda used the Goodwood Festival of Speed to showcase their adorable e hatchback, but the company is working a new BEV architecture that will underpin an assortment of larger electric vehicles.

2020 Subaru Legacy and Outback pricing announced - Autoblog

2020 Subaru Legacy and Outback pricing announced - Autoblog

Pricing for the 2020 Subaru Legacy sedan and Outback crossover are now available. Both models were completely redesigned for the model year, but base prices have barely gone up. The 2020 Subaru Legacy starts at $23,645, just $215 more than the old model. The 2020 Subaru Outback now starts at...

Technology

Sony Launches A7R Mark IV Mirrorless Camera With 61 MP Sensor

Sony Launches A7R Mark IV Mirrorless Camera With 61 MP Sensor

Sony has come out swinging at its rivals with the new A7R IV full-frame mirrorless camera which touts a...

Fujifilm Patents A Touch Sensitive Top LCD Panel For Its Cameras

Fujifilm Patents A Touch Sensitive Top LCD Panel For Its Cameras

When Fujifilm launched the X-H1 mirrorless camera, it was one of the few Fujifilm cameras that came with a top...

Huawei Still Unsure If HongMeng Will Replace Android On Its Phones

Huawei Still Unsure If HongMeng Will Replace Android On Its Phones

We had heard that the operating system that the company is developing is known as HongMeng, but now it turns...

Microsoft Word For Android Crosses 1 Billion Installs

Microsoft Word For Android Crosses 1 Billion Installs

Microsoft Word is one of the world’s most popular productivity apps so it’s no surprise that the app has...

News

NHK poll: 57% will definitely vote or have already

NHK poll: 57% will definitely vote or have already

NHK's latest poll shows 57 percent of respondents say they will definitely vote in Sunday's Upper House election, or have...

Kono: Tokyo may act if Mitsubishi suffers damage

Kono: Tokyo may act if Mitsubishi suffers damage

Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono says the country must take a step in case a Japanese company suffers damage from...

  • Suga: S.Korean president's criticism unfounded

    Suga: S.Korean president's criticism unfounded

    Japan's top government spokesperson has described the South Korean President's criticism of Japan's tightening of restrictions on some high-tech exports to the country as unfounded.Moon Jae-in commented on Monday that it is unprecedented and unwise for Japan to connect a dispute over history with economic matters. He warned that the action runs counter to the development of bilateral ties.

  • Iwaya: Not considering dispatching SDF to Hormuz

    Iwaya: Not considering dispatching SDF to Hormuz

    Japan's Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya says Japan has no plans to dispatch the Self-Defense Forces to the Middle East to join a US-proposed coalition designed to ensure safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford, said on July 9 that Washington is engaging with a number of countries to see…

  • Freed journalist Yasuda unable to get passport

    Freed journalist Yasuda unable to get passport

    NHK has learned that Japan's Foreign Ministry has refused to issue a passport to journalist Jumpei Yasuda, who was freed last year after being held hostage in Syria.The journalist said he received a notice from the ministry earlier this month that it will not issue a passport to him.

  • Wartime labor plaintiffs to apply for asset sales

    Wartime labor plaintiffs to apply for asset sales

    South Korean plaintiffs seeking damages for wartime labor plan to soon begin court procedures to sell assets seized from Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.The plaintiffs include women who say they were forced to work for the Japanese firm during World War Two. Last November, South Korea's Supreme Court finalized lower court rulings awarding them compensation.

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Sport

Mochizuki rises to No.1 in junior tennis rankings

Mochizuki rises to No.1 in junior tennis rankings

Japanese tennis sensation Shintaro Mochizuki has risen to number one in the international junior rankings after winning the boys' singles title at Wimbledon.The International Tennis Federation released the junior world rankings on Monday.

Olympic torches for Tokyo Games on display

Olympic torches for Tokyo Games on display

The relay torches for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have gone on display at the Tokyo metropolitan government building.The exhibit began on Wednesday, exactly one year to the day when the Tokyo leg of the torch relay will get underway.

  • Nagoya sumo tournament opens

    Nagoya sumo tournament opens

    The July Grand Sumo Tournament opened on Sunday in the central Japanese city of Nagoya.Yokozuna Grand Champion Hakuho returned to the ring after skipping the May tournament due to an injury.

  • 3.22 million Tokyo Olympic tickets sold

    3.22 million Tokyo Olympic tickets sold

    Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics say at least 90 percent of people who won the chance to buy tickets in a lottery last month have paid for their tickets.The organizing committee said on Friday that a total of 3.22 million tickets have been sold.

  • Olympic organizers mulling 2 more ticket lotteries

    Olympic organizers mulling 2 more ticket lotteries

    Sources say the organizers of next year's Tokyo Olympics may hold 2 more ticket lotteries after many people came up empty in the first one.In the first lottery, millions of people are believed to have accessed the 2020 Olympic Games ticketing website before online applications…

  • Nishino to coach Thai national soccer team

    Nishino to coach Thai national soccer team

    Former Japan national team manager Akira Nishino will coach Thailand's national soccer team with an eye to the World Cup in 2022.The Thai football association announced on Monday that Nishino had accepted the offer to become the new head coach of the Thai team.

  • Prefectures start Olympic torch relay applications

    Prefectures start Olympic torch relay applications

    Prefectures across Japan began accepting applications from the public on Monday, to run in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic torch relay.The four companies sponsoring the relay have already been accepting the applications.

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Cuisine

Milan pasta with tomato sauce has a simple but profound flavor

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

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

    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.

  • Time is right for 'senmaizuke' pickle of Kyoto's Shogoin turnip

    Time is right for 'senmaizuke' pickle of Kyoto's Shogoin turnip

    Greengrocer Koji Ueda has been espousing the virtues of "Kyo-yasai," heirloom vegetables of Kyoto, for about 50 years. He tells customers how the Shogoin turnip, the Kujo green onion, the Kamo eggplant and the mibuna potherb mustard taste and offers tips on the best ways to cook them in front of his store.

  • Alfonsino fish confit with veggie bouquet a dream come true

    Alfonsino fish confit with veggie bouquet a dream come true

    The fish cooked slowly in low-temperature oil is served on the plate like a spring bouquet with vegetables that vary in aroma and texture. "Confit of splendid alfonsino with seasonal vegetables" is a dish that mirrors the spirit of Tadashi Michino, whose career spans 40 years. The 64-year-old is the chef of Michino Le Tourbillon, a French restaurant in Osaka.

  • Kelp coating gives richness, Japanese touch to venison dish

    Kelp coating gives richness, Japanese touch to venison dish

    Tadashi Michino immerses himself fully in his ideas while creating each dish and has earned the trust of his fellow chefs. However, Michino, 64, chef of Michino Le Tourbillon, a French restaurant in Osaka, lost his way and went through tough times in his 50s.

  • White fish with cream, vermouth has plenty of heart and soul

    White fish with cream, vermouth has plenty of heart and soul

    With golden hair tied together, round glasses and a black chef's coat, Tadashi Michino works with brisk efficiency at his restaurant. The 64-year-old chef, with 40 years of experience, runs Michino Le Tourbillon, a French restaurant located in the Fukushima district west of Osaka Station where redevelopment is under way.

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Features

Asahi buys Fuller's beer business for $327 million

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

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...

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

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...

Martial Arts

MARTIAL ARTS/ Mighty Mouse, Alvarez set for Japan debuts

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’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...

Japanese swords carve out larger fanbase

Japanese swords carve out larger fanbase

By Akihiro Takeda / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff WriterMore and more people are being drawn to the wonder of Japanese swords, with a sizable number actually wanting to hold one in...

Travel

White rhinos find refuge in Aichi following rescue by park rangers

White rhinos find refuge in Aichi following rescue by park rangers

Mar 31, 2019
Muslim prayer facilities debut in expressway service areas

Muslim prayer facilities debut in expressway service areas

Mar 31, 2019
Mysterious moss art of Ghibli characters draws fans to Saitama

Mysterious moss art of Ghibli characters draws fans to Saitama

Mar 31, 2019
Lisa's In and Around Tokyo: Kanazawa--Bask in the age-old cultural retreat in Kanagawa

Lisa's In and Around Tokyo: Kanazawa--Bask in the age-old cultural retreat in Kanagawa

Mar 31, 2019
Majestic cherry tree in Tokyo a crowd magnet after blossoming

Majestic cherry tree in Tokyo a crowd magnet after blossoming

Mar 31, 2019
Izumo hopes new English website will woo more foreign tourists

Izumo hopes new English website will woo more foreign tourists

Mar 1, 2019
Lisa's In and Around Tokyo: Musashino Clean Center--City goes trendy with its trash disposal

Lisa's In and Around Tokyo: Musashino Clean Center--City goes trendy with its trash disposal

Mar 1, 2019
High hopes: Yokohama's Skywalk set to reopen this year

High hopes: Yokohama's Skywalk set to reopen this year

Mar 1, 2019
'Coolest' hotel in Japan right now opens in frigid Hokkaido

'Coolest' hotel in Japan right now opens in frigid Hokkaido

Jan 26, 2019
Lisa's In and Around Tokyo: Ota Memorial Museum of Art--Float away with ukiyo-e

Lisa's In and Around Tokyo: Ota Memorial Museum of Art--Float away with ukiyo-e

Jan 26, 2019
Tokyo shrine that is a weather vane whether it rains or shines

Tokyo shrine that is a weather vane whether it rains or shines

Jan 26, 2019
Night viewing of cherry blossoms in Kyoto returns after 3 years

Night viewing of cherry blossoms in Kyoto returns after 3 years

Jan 26, 2019
Cats find their purr-fect home in houses made of 'washi' paper

Cats find their purr-fect home in houses made of 'washi' paper

Jan 21, 2019
Sights, sounds of Showa Era greet visitors to Fukui culture museum

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

Jan 21, 2019
'Ice bamboo shoots' reach for the ceiling in Hokkaido cave

'Ice bamboo shoots' reach for the ceiling in Hokkaido cave

Jan 21, 2019
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