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TOKYO — Japan's Toyota Motor Corp put its revamped Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car, with 30% greater range, on sale Wednesday in a fresh push to promote the zero-emission technology amid rapidly growing demand for electric vehicles, including its own.

Toyota has failed until now to win drivers over to fuel cell vehicles (FCV), which remain a niche technology despite Japanese government backing, amid concerns about a lack of fueling stations, resale values and the risk of hydrogen explosions.

Japan's Prime Minister says the government has compiled an additional stimulus package worth over 700 billion dollars to tackle the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy.

Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide spoke at a meeting with senior officials on Tuesday.

A large number of people visited a famed food market in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido on Thursday, the start of a four-day weekend.

More than 40 fishmongers and other workers serve a variety of delicacies fresh from the sea and farms at Washo Ichiba market, which is located in the center of Kushiro city.

Infiniti raised more than a few eyebrows when it announced plans to follow a strategy it described as Nissan-Plus. Although this term suggests the brand's image will be dangerously watered down, its chief executive stressed its flag will remain firmly planted in the luxury car segment as he outlined what to expect in the coming years.

The executive team led by Infiniti boss Peyman Kargar will reboot the company with a focus on profitability. "Premium brands should bring more money to the company, so that's the objective. We are not at the level we want to be," he told Automotive News. Several new products are on their way, including a crossover with a fastback-like roofline named QX55, and Kargar clarified many future models will ride on an architecture shared with parent company Nissan. It will be compatible with gasoline-powered, hybrid and electric drivetrains.