Toyota launches new Lexus sports coupe to enhance brand image

Toyota launches new Lexus sports coupe to enhance brand image

TOKYO, Japan - Tokuo Fukuichi, head of the Lexus division at Toyota Motor Corp., poses with a new RC sports coupe in the company's Lexus luxury range during a presentation in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2014. The new coupe is being rolled out along with a higher-performance RC F version, with prices starting from 5.65 million yen (about $53,000) and 9.53 million yen (about $89,000), respectively.

Tohoku University and TEPCO to conduct joint research on decommissioning

Tohoku University and TEPCO to conduct joint research on decommissioning

The term is five years. The division will conductresearch in a wide range of fields to solve various technical problems at the decommissioning site, including evaluation technology to detect the aging deterioration of structures. With the aim of fostering human resources, a CFReND branch office will be established at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant site this summer. On-site exchanges of opinions between engineers at the decommissioning site and Tohoku University faculty and graduate students will be promoted. Nobuyoshi Hara, vice president of Tohoku University (photo at right), says, "We will continue our efforts to promote decommissioning. (Photo taken on March 24, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Toyota launches new Lexus sports coupe to enhance brand image

Toyota launches new Lexus sports coupe to enhance brand image

TOKYO, Japan - Tokuo Fukuichi, head of the Lexus division at Toyota Motor Corp., poses with a new RC sports coupe in the company's Lexus luxury range during a presentation in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2014. The new coupe is being rolled out along with a higher-performance RC F version, with prices starting from 5.65 million yen (about $53,000) and 9.53 million yen (about $89,000), respectively. (Kyodo)