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Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday announced its goal of selling 3.5 million electric vehicles per year worldwide by 2030, as part of its plan to boost its campaign for carbon neutrality. Toyota said it will also increase investment in battery development to 2 trillion yen ($18 billion) from the 1.5 …

Food products containing processed chicken, such as karaage fried chicken, are rare in some convenience stores and family restaurants in Japan, with production halted in Thailand since around summer amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Large chains of convenience stores and family restaurants are adjusting the volume of products on sale to …

Two weeks after five prefectures, including Tokyo and Osaka, lifted their requests for dining establishments to shorten opening hours, customers are still not returning in large numbers to restaurants and bars. Customer numbers “remain below levels before new coronavirus infections began to spread,” an industry official said. Still, there are …

Government policy changes tackling global warming could result in zero-emission vehicles accounting for around 30% of all vehicles on the road by 2030, and wind and solar providing 30% of global production of electricity, tripling current levels, according to a policy report due Monday. Rapid changes in food and land-use …

Nissan Motor Co. plans to spend more than 130 billion yen ($ 1.2 billion) to implement new technologies that will make its global factories more efficient, less polluting and ready to produce next-generation cars such as cars. electric vehicles. As part of its “Intelligent Factory Initiative”, Nissan has spent around …

MUNICH – Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess said on Sunday that self-driving cars, not electric vehicles, were the “real game changer” for the auto industry, which is facing the end of combustion engines in Europe. here 2035. Diess’s comments signal the pace at which the 62-year-old is trying to transform Europe’s …

Recreational vehicles, including motorhomes, are gaining popularity in Japan for family and individual trips to avoid crowded places amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “We saw orders jump about 20% in 2020 compared to 2019 before the pandemic,” said Kenji Araki, president of Nuts RV Co., a major Japanese maker of recreational …

Nagoya – Restaurants, hotels and even wedding venues have started offering discounts to guests fully vaccinated against the coronavirus as part of efforts to revive the economy after the pandemic. While the efforts may encourage more people to get the vaccine, some warn that such discounts could cause people reluctant …

Electric cars are better for the environment and cheaper to use. They are gaining ground in many countries as governments strive to achieve carbon neutrality. But one thing they don’t have on regular vehicles – that hoarse roar that lights up the eyes of gearboxes around the world. Yamaha Motor …

Shizuoka – Hundreds continue to take refuge from a massive mudslide a week ago in central Japan, but rather than typical evacuation lodges in school gymnasiums, many have been greeted by hotels. The disaster occurred in the resort town of Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, less than an hour from Tokyo …

The central government announced on Friday that it would withdraw its intention to ask financial institutions to ensure that restaurants comply with the ban on serving alcohol during the state of emergency, just one day after presenting the initiative as a means of strengthening its anti-coronavirus response. Yasutoshi Nishimura, the …

Owners of some restaurants and bars in Tokyo are outraged as they will be forced to suspend alcohol service again amid a new COVID-19 state of emergency. The owners are complaining about what they see as government-imposed double standards in banning alcohol while allowing the Tokyo Olympics to go ahead …

Detroit – You glide silently out of the Tesla showroom in your sleek new electric Model 3, content to look great and do your part for the planet. But keep going, you’ll have to drive another 21,725 ​​kilometers before it harms the environment less than a gas-guzzling sedan. It’s the …

Even with many people still working from home, long lunches in the City of London are back in fashion. Fortunately for diners and businesses alike, new changes marked the next step in reopening England, allowing eating and drinking indoors. And as the rain fell on a recent Monday, some restaurants …

Three prefectures neighboring Tokyo have decided to ask restaurants and bars in areas subject to near-emergency measures linked to the coronavirus to refrain from serving alcoholic drinks. The demands are aimed at preventing an influx of people to the three prefectures – Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama – during the Golden …

Despite the current shortage of international tourists to Tokyo, many new hotels, originally hoping to host an Olympic rush, have had no choice but to open. With so many beautifully designed and reasonably priced, perhaps now is the time for Japanese residents to enjoy a stay. “On: Design” discovers four …

Kyoto / Sendai – The Kyoto prefectural government decided on Friday to ask restaurants and bars in 16 prefecture towns to postpone their closing hours to 9 p.m. or earlier to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The request, decided at the day’s meeting of the prefectural government’s coronavirus working …

The government on Thursday decided on a new policy of providing different amounts of aid to catering establishments that accept requests for reduced opening hours in areas under a state of emergency related to COVID-19, or new disease countermeasures, depending on the size of their operations. This decision is designed …

As the country prepares for a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections, Osaka Prefecture plans to ask the central government to designate the prefecture as an area requiring stricter anti-virus measures, while the Tokyo Metropolitan Government initiated legal proceedings to impose fines. restaurants that failed to comply with an early closing …

Toyota Motor Corp. plans to launch two new battery-powered vehicles in the United States this year, revising its earlier tentative stance on electric vehicles and trucks. The automaker said on Wednesday it would begin selling the unnamed electric vehicles and an unspecified plug-in hybrid model, adding to a lineup of …

The proverbial bread and butter on restaurant menus across Japan is teishoku (written in the menus). Translated as “fixed meal”, it’s a far cry from “do you want fries with that?” »Sets found in fast food outlets. The teishoku business card is a well-rounded variety, and you can expect your …

A sprawling restaurant in Tokyo’s upscale Nishi-Azabu district, Gonpachi is perhaps best known for inspiring the location of Quentin Tarantino’s most daring fight scene in “Kill Bill”. Now he’s at the center of a different kind of battle: one between authorities calling on restaurants to close early to stem the …

Japan lags behind other countries in the number of electric vehicles on the roads as the government strives to phase out gas-only vehicles. Electric vehicles are apparently seen as impractical for consumers for a number of reasons, including the lack of charging stations, high prices, and some functional issues. Still, …

NIIGATA – About 1,100 vehicles were stranded on a highway and more than 10,000 households suffered power outages on Thursday as heavy snow fell over a large area along the Sea of ​​Japan coast, the government said. and the police. Snow has disrupted several road and rail services since Wednesday …

Yokohama – A group of about 20 restaurants in Yokohama’s Chinatown launched a drive-thru Wednesday as part of efforts to retain customers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Customers who order by phone in advance can purchase hot meals at restaurants in a nearby parking lot, according to the Yokohama Chinatown Development …

Many more mildly ill or asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in Japan are choosing to self-isolate at home rather than hiding in hotels, leaving the accommodations intended for them with abysmal occupancy rates, recent figures show. Statistics from the Ministry of Health as of April 28 showed that of the 8,711 official …

NEW YORK – Japanese travel agencies and local governments gathered at the New York Times Travel Show on Friday in hopes of attracting more American tourists to the country ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. However, the rapid spread of a new coronavirus which is believed to originate from the central …

Ministers and delegates from more than 30 countries, regions and organizations pledged on Wednesday in Tokyo to introduce 10 million fuel cell vehicles, trucks, buses and other hydrogen-powered systems, as well as 10,000 fueling stations. hydrogen, around the world over the next 10 years. This means an increase of about …