Tokyo Motor Show rolls out green vehicles
December 3, 2011 by CJ
Toyota's FCV-R fuel cell vehicle at the Tokyo Motor Show 2011
(Photo by Tokyo Reporter, December 2, 2011)
TOKYO (TR) – Beginning Saturday, the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show will highlight the latest in environmentally friendly vehicles from automakers worldwide.
The week-long event, held at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward, will feature cars powered by plug-in hybrid, fuel-cell, and next generation hybrid systems from among the approximately 179 exhibitors expected to attend.
Yet attracting the most attention at a press event on Wednesday was a flashy prototype from Toyota for which the power source is undecided. The Fun-Vii is a slim and sleek three-seat concept car that uses capacitance-screen technology to emit messages on its door panels. “It’s a four-wheeled smart phone,” said Akio Toyoda, the president of Toyota. [See more photos in this roll]
Ex-Olympus chairman Woodford back in Japan, would consider return to helm
November 28, 2011 by CJ
Former Olympus CEO Michael Woodford at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on Friday
(Photo by Tokyo Reporter, November 25, 2011)
TOKYO (TR) – Former Olympus president Michael Woodford said on Friday that he would consider a return to the top of the embattled camera and endoscope maker if the shareholders approved, though he is not obsessed by the idea.
“If I’m not wanted back, and the shareholders will make that decision, then that’s fine by me,” said the 53-year-old at a press conference at The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo. “I’m prepared to go back, I have a commitment to the employees.” [See more photos in this roll]
Major developer Sumitomo acquires site of former gangster headquarters in Roppongi
November 4, 2011 by CJ
Current view of site of former TSK.CCC building with Tokyo Midtown in background
(Photo by Tokyo Reporter, November 3, 2011)
TOKYO (TR) – Sumitomo Realty & Development last month acquired a controversial property once used as the headquarters for a yakuza organization in Tokyo’s Roppongi entertainment district, public records show.
Documents obtained from the real estate section of the Minato Ward branch of the legal affairs bureau indicate that on October 11 Sumitomo took title of the 3,800-square-meter property that was once occupied by the infamous TSK.CCC Terminal building, situated midway between the Tokyo Midtown and Roppongi Hills complexes. [See more photos in this roll]
Tokyo fest opens with ‘The Three Musketeers,’ Noda offers thanks for Tohoku support
October 23, 2011 by CJ
Wim Wenders ('Pina') and his wife Donata at the opening ceremonies for the Tokyo International Film Festival
(Photo by Tokyo Reporter, October 22, 2011)
TOKYO (TR) – Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda was among those in attendance on Saturday in the Roppongi entertainment district of Tokyo for the opening night of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival, a week-long event that will feature more than 200 films.
Just outside one of the main screening theaters, biz luminaries strode along the ceremonial “green carpet” — a symbol of the fest’s ecological theme — laid upon Keyakizaka-dori at the Roppongi Hills complex in Minato Ward as the assembled crowd snapped photos and sought autographs. [See more photos in this roll]
Morning market in Hakodate, Hokkaido
September 4, 2011 by CJ
Morning market in Hakodate, Hokkaido
(Photo by Tokyo Reporter, August 20, 2011) [See more photos in this roll]
Brazilian Festival at Yoyogi
September 4, 2011 by CJ
Brazilian Festival at Yoyogi
(Photo by Tokyo Reporter, September 3, 2011) [See more photos in this roll]
