Japanese tourism is booming. After a collapse from 2020 to ’22 due to Covid restrictions, the industry bounced back to nearly 37 million visitors in 2024, the highest ever, and 2025 was on track to ...

A big quake off Japan injured at least 30 people, authorities said Tuesday, damaging roads and knocking out power for thousands in freezing temperatures. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the ...

Toyota-powered service will ferry elderly passengers to and from local grocery stores. Indeed, developing a self-driving car is not that difficult at all; the technology has been there since many ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s most iconic truck might be the tiny white transport vehicles that farmers use to lug gear on the narrow roads that link their rice fields. But Japanese Prime Minister Sanae ...

Due to the extensive damage in Japan caused by the massive earthquake and resultant tsunami on March 11, many have questioned if the island nation can recover in a year, much less a few months. If the ...

The Japanese government has started promoting renewable energy generation on and along roads as part of the nation’s plans to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. MLIT has issued a call for technologies ...