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Would You Like to Own a Solar Power Plant in Japan? Who Wouldn’t...
Would You Like to Own a Solar Power Plant in Japan? Who Wouldn’t...

3 Feb 2016, 17:16 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / What would you do right now if you had $1.3 million to spend? You'd probably go on a three-day shopping spree, but may we recommend something else first?

 
Toyota Halts Japanese Car Production Due to Steel Crisis
Toyota Halts Japanese Car Production Due to Steel Crisis

1 Feb 2016, 10:55 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Toyota's Japanese factories will halt production for six days because of a supply crisis caused by an explosion at a steel factory

 
Japan Reveals Its First Domestically-Designed and Produced Stealth Jet Fighter
Japan Reveals Its First Domestically-Designed and Produced Stealth Jet Fighter

28 Jan 2016, 15:35 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Japan is stepping up its military efforts, and the first effects are starting to show: they've just uncovered the first Japanese stealth fighter jet

 
Mazda EX-7 Egg Boiler Embodies Spirit of Japanse Sportscars and Rotary Engines
Mazda EX-7 Egg Boiler Embodies Spirit of Japanse Sportscars and Rotary Engines

27 Jan 2016, 23:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Only in Japan will you find an official egg boiler from a major car company. Then again, Volkswagen makes sausages and ketchup by the millions

 
Sayonara: Ford Will Withdraw from Japan by the End of 2016, Indonesia to Follow
Sayonara: Ford Will Withdraw from Japan by the End of 2016, Indonesia to Follow

27 Jan 2016, 21:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford tried to attack the Japanese market with its global cars like the Fiesta and Focus, but called it quits after a short while

 
Toyota Prius Gets a V8 Under the Hood, Car Is Dubbed Prius GT300
Toyota Prius Gets a V8 Under the Hood, Car Is Dubbed Prius GT300

25 Jan 2016, 13:54 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Toyota made another step in hybrid racing technology as it unveiled the brand new Toyota Prius GT300, packing a proper V8 under the hood

 
Subaru Sambar Conversion Looks like a VW Love Van for Little People, and It’s for Sale
Subaru Sambar Conversion Looks like a VW Love Van for Little People, and It’s for Sale

21 Jan 2016, 19:23 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The legendary Love Van has a midget twin, and it lives in Japan, apparently. A closer inspection, though, reveals the fact that it's a fraud

 
Nissan Websites Down Because of Anti-Whaling Hackers
Nissan Websites Down Because of Anti-Whaling Hackers

15 Jan 2016, 10:34 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Two of Nissan Motor Co.’s sites were down for two days after an Anonymous-linked hacker protesting Japanese whaling attempted a cyber-attack

 
The Toyota 86 GRMN Is Going into Production
The Toyota 86 GRMN Is Going into Production

29 Dec 2015, 17:04 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Toyota has recently announced that the 86 GRMN special edition will go into production, but will only be available in Japan, unfortunately

 
Honda Reveals Some of Its Plans Until 2020 and Beyond
Honda Reveals Some of Its Plans Until 2020 and Beyond

22 Dec 2015, 17:04 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / In a recent interview, Keiji Ohtsu, chief technology strategy officer of Automobile R&D Center at Honda, revealed some of the Japanese company's plans

 
Daigo Saito’s Lamborghini vs. Vaughn Gittin Jr.’s Mustang RTR: Drifting Japan's Lost Russian Village
Daigo Saito’s Lamborghini vs. Vaughn Gittin Jr.’s Mustang RTR: Drifting Japan's Lost Russian Village

15 Dec 2015, 18:16 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / You are looking at the world’s only Lamborghini drift car, battling an IRS suspension Mustang drift car, with two of the planet's top drifters in charge

 
Your Christmas Three Has Nothing on This LED-Empowered Lamborghini in Japan
Your Christmas Three Has Nothing on This LED-Empowered Lamborghini in Japan

15 Dec 2015, 16:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We knew Japanese are crazy about LED-covered Lamborghinis, but when you factor in the winter scenery, you should be prepared to enter another dimension

 
Japan to Introduce a Police Drone Squad That Deals with... Drones
Japan to Introduce a Police Drone Squad That Deals with... Drones

11 Dec 2015, 17:43 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / After what could easily be described as a failed drone attack on the country's Prime Minister, Japan is taking direct action against such future attempts

 
Japanese Commercials Say 2016 Toyota Prius Is "Erotic"
Japanese Commercials Say 2016 Toyota Prius Is "Erotic"

11 Dec 2015, 13:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Toyota Prius has always been a bit of an oddball - at least outside its home market’s borders, that is. But should we call it "erotic"?

 
Japan's Fairy Design Gets Mercedes-Benz CLA in Touch with Its Crazy Side
Japan's Fairy Design Gets Mercedes-Benz CLA in Touch with Its Crazy Side

10 Dec 2015, 17:57 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A Japanese tuning shop called Fairy Design developed a wide body kit for the Mercedes-Benz CLA. The German sedan also received an impressive stance

 
McLaren P1 Driving Through a Cabbage Field in Japan Is as Close as We’ll Get to a McLaren SUV
McLaren P1 Driving Through a Cabbage Field in Japan Is as Close as We’ll Get to a McLaren SUV

7 Dec 2015, 14:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We heard some people fancy the idea of a McLaren SUV, so we’ve brought along a video that offers them what they want. Well, sort of

 
Japan Railway Builds Turtle Tunnels to Save Them, Prevent Accidents
Japan Railway Builds Turtle Tunnels to Save Them, Prevent Accidents

2 Dec 2015, 16:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you ignore all those hurricanes and earthquakes, Japan is a really safe place for people to live. They even have time to think about turtle safety

 
Mitsuoka Reveals First Hearse Models, Rolls-Royce Similarity Is Uncanny
Mitsuoka Reveals First Hearse Models, Rolls-Royce Similarity Is Uncanny

30 Nov 2015, 12:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There are three hearse models available, most of them fitted with small engines and FWD setups. It's amazing how you can turn a Corolla into a Rolls-Royce

 
Study Shows Japan Has Led the Charge in Automotive Innovation in 2015
Study Shows Japan Has Led the Charge in Automotive Innovation in 2015

29 Nov 2015, 16:20 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Using technology from countless other fields, the automotive industry is like a melting pot for technological advancement

 
Big Force Is a Mini Jeep That Weighs 330 Pounds and Can Fit in a Pickup Truck
Big Force Is a Mini Jeep That Weighs 330 Pounds and Can Fit in a Pickup Truck

27 Nov 2015, 16:28 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / It resembles a Jeep and could easily pass as one of those EVs for kids, but it's none of the two. It's a one-person vehicle powered by a motorcycle engine