Kunio Shirayama, 82, and his wife Fusako, 83, recently placed mochi into wooden boxes arrayed on the floor of their workshop in Shika. Colored red, yellow and green, the mochi was cut to produce rice ...

The Tokyo metropolitan government issued a new influenza advisory on Thursday. The metropolitan government had issued its first such advisory for this season in October, followed by a warning in ...

Suzuki Motor overtook Nissan as Japan’s third-biggest automaker in 2025, sales data released by the two companies showed on Thursday, the first time in at least over a decade that Suzuki has outsold ...

The leaders of Britain and China called Thursday for a “comprehensive strategic partnership” to deepen ties between their nations at a time of growing global uncertainty. Neither publicly mentioned ...

President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by ...

A vehicle caught on fire at a gas station in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, on Tuesday, police say. The passengers who had been in the vehicle apparently left the scene after the blaze began. Police said they ...

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda was filled with passion when he spoke at the Japan Mobility Show on press day, Oct. 29, in Tokyo. The speech conveyed the message that the automaker intends ...

The over-the-counter retail price of gold per gram at Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies, a leading indicator of domestic gold prices, reached ¥30,248 on Thursday afternoon. This represents a ¥2,263 ...

All Nippon Airways Co. will introduce flexible flight scheduling for international routes on a weekly basis from March, in order to meet changing demand of foreign visitors to Japan, The Yomiuri ...

Let’s make cars Japan’s culture.” This was the slogan declared by Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda upon assuming the chairman post of the Automobile Business & Culture Association of Japan, an ...

For the first time in six years, Akio Toyoda, 69-year-old chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., successfully competed in the Nurburgring 24 Hours (Nur 24H), an international automobile race held June 19-22 ...

As an executive, Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda values connections with people and places. He understands deeply that he and those around him owe what they are to those who came before. He ...