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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 12, 2018
Toyota's self-muted presence at Winter Olympics a nod to political reality in South Korea
For a major new Olympics sponsor, Toyota Motor Corp. is oddly invisible at the Pyeongchang winter Games.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 2, 2018
Nissan and Toyota's secret U.S. sales weapon: fleet customers
Nissan Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. both kicked off the year reporting strong U.S. demand. What they didn't reveal was how many vehicles were sold to rental-car companies to hit those numbers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 12, 2018
Electric vehicles are here, but are they practical and economical?
The future seems to belong to electric vehicles (EVs).
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jan 11, 2018
With room to expand, giant Toyota-Mazda plant signals big win for U.S. Southeast
The prized $1.6 billion car factory awarded to Alabama by Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. could be an even bigger win than expected, as the site's size leaves plenty of room for future expansions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 10, 2018
Amazon's Alexa voice assistant coming to Toyota's cars in 2018
Amazon.com Inc.'s Alexa voice-activated virtual assistant will be added to some Toyota and Lexus vehicles this year, advancing Amazon's ambitions to expand its speech platform beyond the home.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jan 6, 2018
SeaHorses overpower Brave Thunders, await showdown with Jets in Emperor's Cup final
The SeaHorses Mikawa took advantage of their depth and ferocious inside power to return to the Emperor's Cup final for the first time in two years.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 30, 2017
Japanese media's hits and misses of 2017
The term "fake news" was used in so many different situations this year that it no longer describes an agreed upon concept but rather anything you don't agree with. This is why the U.S. press has had a difficult time making sense of its president's conflation of cynical policy aims with his own deranged...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2017
While agile startups blaze a trail, Japan remains ambivalent on electric vehicles
Despite growing interest in electric vehicles amid stricter curbs on greenhouse gas emissions, globally renowned Japanese carmakers have yet to totally embrace the challenge — raising concerns they may fall behind emerging rivals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2017
Infrastructure needs put a drag on fuel cell vehicle popularity
The debut of Toyota Motor Corp.'s fuel cell vehicle, about three years ago, captured the limelight and raised anticipation that FCVs would blossom. But they appear to be losing momentum as the world turns its attention toward electric vehicles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 13, 2017
Toyota and Panasonic boost alliance to develop batteries for electric vehicles and other green cars
Toyota Motor Corp. and Panasonic Corp. announced Wednesday that they will strengthen their alliance for developing batteries used in environmentally friendly cars, targeting the market for all-electric vehicles.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan
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