Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide says the government will establish a fund of 2 trillion yen, or over 19 billion dollars, to reduce the nation's greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.
He made the announcement at a news conference on Friday.
We've felt confident saying the Toyota GR Yaris is a cracker of a car, even if an ocean separates us from some actual seat time. That claim has been proven by a new in-car video showing just how fast it can boogie around the Nürburgring. In the footage, a stock GR Yaris is seen whipping around the famed German circuit's tourist segment in just 7 minutes and 56 seconds.
To be clear, that time is for the Bridge-to-Gantry section of the 'Ring, not the full course. Tourists are required to start and finish during a section of the final straight, cutting out about 1.1 miles from the part where many cars reach their top speed. So there's no way to compare the time to a full race or manufacturer test lap, apples-to-apples, but according to most sources a full lap would add about 20-30 seconds to the time, and anything sub 8 minutes is considered quite an accomplishment.
TOKYO — Mazda on Thursday posted a 7.59 billion yen ($73.4 million) operating loss in the three months ended Sept 30 as sales contracted amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The loss, calculated by Reuters from the company's half-year result, compares with an 18.9 billion profit in the same quarter last year and a 45.3 billion yen loss in the first three months of the business year, which was its worst in quarter in 11 years.
US space agency NASA has rescheduled the launch of the manned spacecraft Crew Dragon to November 14.
The first operational flight of the privately-developed space capsule was initially scheduled for October 31.
Over 1,700 motorists were stuck in traffic in Southern California on October 4, 2020, but it wasn't due to one of the region's horrendous traffic jams. They got together to form the largest parade of Subaru cars ever recorded.
Certified by Guinness as a new world record, the two-mile-long parade included 1,751 cars made by Subaru. Photos from the event show a diverse selection of models ranging from a late-model WRX STI to a 1980s GL. It doesn't look like the parade included a 360, the first car Subaru sold in America, but we spot a bright yellow Baja.
Japan's main governing Liberal Democratic Party has finalized the schedule for choosing a successor to its outgoing president, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.
The party's presidential election commission on Wednesday picked former Home Affairs Minister Noda Takeshi as its chair.
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo's current tenure in office reached 2,799 days on Monday, making him the country's longest consecutive serving prime minister.
The previous record was 2,798 days set by the late Sato Eisaku.
Japan has hit a new daily record of coronavirus infections. Nearly 1,500 cases were confirmed on Friday, and the figure is expected to rise further by the end of the day.
Tokyo also saw a record high number of cases, 463. That brings the total number of infections in the capital to nearly 12,700 with more than half coming in July.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is reporting another record for newly confirmed infections for a second day in a row.
The trend is compelling local officials to urge residents to do what they can to contain the spread of the virus.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government set up a coronavirus task force on Friday following a spike in the number of confirmed cases in the Japanese capital.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has warned that the city faces the risk of an explosive growth in infections. She has asked Tokyo residents to avoid going out this weekend.
Japan's government has launched a new task force to fight a growing coronavirus outbreak. The move paves the way for the Prime Minister to declare a state of emergency based on a newly enacted law.
Shinzo Abe said, "In order to overcome the challenge our country is now facing, the state, local governments, medical workers, business operators and all residents need to be united and push ahead with measures to tackle the illness caused by the new coronavirus. I want the minister in charge of the special law, the health minister, and other relevant ministers to swiftly come up with basic guidelines."
The Japanese government has launched a new task force to fight a growing coronavirus outbreak.
The move paves the way for the Prime Minister to declare a state of emergency based on a newly enacted law.
Japan's health ministry has set up a team of experts to tackle clusters of the new coronavirus.
The ministry says that clusters, or groups of people infected with the virus, may have occurred in some parts of Japan, including Tokyo and Wakayama.
Japan is looking to be proactive with regards to this latest Coronavirus outbreak and is setting up a joint task force between the car industry and the government.