Japanese Team Drives Kei EV Van for 807 Miles on One Charge Setting World Record

While cramming many batteries into the back of a regular vehicle and turning it into a long-range electric vehicle seems like a straightfor...

Honda Makes English Its Official Language for Global Meetings

Japanese companies are known to be very traditional in managing their operations, and automakers make no exception. Only a decade ago, forei...

Downsizing News from Japan: Toyota, Subaru and Honda Go Turbo

Toyota, which currently sells no turbocharged petrol engines in any of its vehicles, has used the 2013 Tokyo motor show as the venue of cho...

Why Do I Find Myself Fancying Ken Okuyama's Yanmar Y-Concept YT01 Tractor?

Perhaps it’s the kid inside me or the harsh North Eastern weather stealthily waiting around the corner, but whatever it is, I was more impre...

Ken Okuyama Design's Kode9 is Japan's Answer to the Elise

You may not recognize his name, but you will surely know many of the projects he supervised while working at Pininfarina, such as the Ferrar...