Gen Z Designers in Japan Have a Weird Vision for the Future of Kei Cars

In a cooperation with Daihatsu and HAL College of Technology and Design in Japan, students show their vision of minicars in ...
WGN Radio

Japan tries to rescue man stuck in sinkhole. Here’s what’s going on.

TOKYO (AP) — A truck that fell into a sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention as attempts to rescue the elderly driver drag on. Residents near the hole have ...
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Wheels of the weird and wonderful: how the 2025 Japan Mobility Show met its brief

The 2025 expo still featured a lot of concept cars – from large and high-sided, six-wheeler luxury MPVs (Lexus LS) to stylish ...
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EVs Are About To Get Really Weird at Japan’s Biggest Car Show

Japan’s annual Mobility Show hasn’t even started yet — it starts on October 26 and runs through November 5 — but things are already getting weird regarding EVs. It’s exciting on multiple levels — not ...
WRAL

For Japanese Novelist Sayaka Murata, Odd Is the New Normal

TOKYO — Keiko, a defiantly oddball 36-year-old woman, has worked in a dead-end job as a convenience store cashier in Tokyo for half her life. She lives alone and has never been in a romantic ...
Anadolu Agency

EXPLAINER – Why are China and Japan at odds over Taiwan?

Tensions have flared after Japan said Chinese military action against Taiwan could allow Tokyo to exercise its right to ...