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This is too expensive! Let's hope the this will be the first Japanese EV that takes quick charge, as opposed to the one on the market today (Toyota and Nissan), they are fine charging overnight but on the road they are horrible.

So, going down to the Cityhall and having a few papers stamped was too much a civil servant?

Middle schooler's extra curricular activities are crazy busy. I hear it is not as bad now, but still super busy!

It means that they are now trying to get their head out of the sand and acknowledge that all Japanese automaker are lagging behind in EV tech that it is not even funny.

It's all fun and until you actually move here and find yourself in the middle of nowhere.

So many articles praising hybrid cars and now, they are the culprit. Which is it? Hybrid cars are good and wanted right now, but the market has shifted and Japanese automakers have not! EV is what most people want but settle for hybrids because of the tag price, which has fallen significantly and will continue to do so.

One more step away from EV, next we will be back at fighting for betamax to be back. Biofuel is a major economic and environmental headache to the countries that have adopted it.

We have seen this downturn so many times before. First Company A starts producing something that is really desirable in Japan, sales go thru the roof, then worldwide sales hit follows. Other companies around the world start to improve sad product, Company A is slow to react or in case of Nissan, they were not slow but lacked research, but all is good because Japanese "jorenkyaku" are still buying their product like hot cake. Few people will notice that Company A production lines around the world are starting to close down or shift production to smaller factories, but sales in Japan are still good, giving the impression that they still have a hit product. Few people will acknowledge that their loyal costumers are very afraid to buy something made by a foreign company even if it is better and cheaper (actually we will never admit that something from outside is better). Then comes a product that actually is really good, like the Iphone, gopro, Lg tvs etc and take away most of the remaining domestic sales. People will wonder why the company that had the head start did not foresee this change in trend when actually the aversion to foreign companies and loyalty to old japanese ones is what really held them back. Other countries will heavily tax foreign products to help domestic production, it is called protectionism, here it is just how it goes, no taxes needed.

EV is the automotive sector that has seen the largest growth in the last decade worldwide but thanks to a cheaper petrol price in the last year coupled with a increase in battery supply price there was an uptick for fuel efficient cars sales, mostly hybrids. Batteries are still expansive to produce and they will continue to be expensive because of all the demand. Cheaper hybrids are fine and Japanese companies should really cash in right now but why can't they also be heading the new trend? BYD seems to be doing just fine producing Hybrids and EVs. BMW has sold more EVs than Tesla in Europe, but here, all the EVs are really lagging behind the competition. Nissan Aria and Toyota BZ4 have years of waiting, that is if they let you on the waiting list. Internationally they sell ok because of their famous brand names but the technology is still years behind their competitors. For instance, one of the most crucial part of moving from an ICE car to an EV is charging time and that really is something that these cars show how far behind they really are, being 5 to 10 times slower to charge than their counterparts, that will translate to a charge time in minutes to a charge time in hours.

I really hope we can change this course around and avoid seeing this iconic sector of Japanese industry meet the same fate of the electronics sector that is not dead but has not been a leader in the segment for many years. I also tend to buy Made in Japan, but if we really want to see domestic companies being worldwide leaders and trend makes we have to make them earn our loyalty every time we open our wallets.

"opened fire after being admonished by a 52-year-old instructor, and that he was only targeting one of the three men who were shot."

That's a good reason to be yelled at, inside a firing range, if I've ever heard one.

What the h... was inside this bag? Why is it in the news?

ME thinks that a good sign of change would be if that person was the PM, actually I also think that she would do a better job as well.

I am pretty sure that the sky high prices for all their flights do NOT hurt their profits.

I sure hope Toyota's employees don't have too bad of a whiplash with this 180 degrees change in direction. The sad thing is that Toyota will release some half**sed car and everyone will buy it, instead of challenging Toyota to really make something good.

Japanese blade might have more enthusiasts outside Japan.

My condolences to Great Britain. May the Majesty rest in peace.

I would think that inside a prison would be safest place for this guy.

Too little, too late.

Toyota choked to switch to EV and they are now trying to catch up with the other car makers. And seems like they are still reluctant to do so. Toyota has been one good mirror to the Japanese economy, let's hope Tesla will not damage Toyota like Apple did to the phone makers in Japan a few years back.

"Can't you read? it says ANKO not ...nko!"

Are we starting to see the end of tiktok the same way facebook died for the younger audience?

It is all good when a drop in your livelihood still keep you quite comfortable. The problem shows it's ugly head when that same drop means someone will not be able to feed their family. A globalized world means that a conflict of this magnitude hurts everyone, although some will feel way more than others.

I don't shop at uniqlo anyway... I will need to find a different way to boycott their products!

If there were ever a good reason to go into a Pachinko Parlor, this is it!

Wow it always feels like a pitb to send money anywhere. But I guess we could all be more educated about this subject.

"There may be a large number of potentially infected people who have not been tested," the experts said

I bet these experts were from the comments from yesterday's article.

Ok, I am done with crime articles for today. I can not imagine what kind of human being capable of inflicting that much pain to anyone, let alone to the people closest to him.

This is all just a play that was probably set in motion some time ago when the JGov was negotiating the Taylors extradition to Japan. I would guess it went like this "You, The US, send us the 2 perps so that the Japanese judicial system doesn't look so bad and we will keep them here fed and happy for a few months, then they apologize in public and we will cut them loose." The Taylors will put this behind them, Japanese judicial system saves face and the US will look like they conform to the international agreements they did sign.

Olympics and economic benefits just don't go together unless you put IOC in the sentence as in "Olympics, IOC economic benefits"

I wonder if there was proper mouth to mouth, pcr, done...

60% vacancy and now they will act? I wonder how much sense of urgency there really is here...

At least no one will notice the tiny little hairs inside their takoyaki...