Toyota Industries factory searched over engine data fabrication case

HEKINAN, Japan, Jan. 30 Kyodo - Transport ministry officials enter a Toyota Industries Corp. factory in Hekinan in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 30, 2024, a day after the company admitted to having manipulated engine torque data for 10 vehicle models that are sold with its engines globally. (Kyodo)

Toyota Industries factory searched over engine data fabrication case

Toyota Industries factory searched over engine data fabrication case

Photo taken on Jan. 30, 2024, shows a Toyota Industries Corp. factory in Hekinan in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Transport ministry officials entered the factory the same day as the company admitted to having manipulated engine torque data for 10 vehicle models that are sold with its engines globally.

Toyota Industries factory searched over engine data fabrication case

Toyota Industries factory searched over engine data fabrication case

Transport ministry officials enter a Toyota Industries Corp. factory in Hekinan in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 30, 2024, a day after the company admitted to having manipulated engine torque data for 10 vehicle models that are sold with its engines globally.

Toyota Industries factory searched over engine data fabrication case

Toyota Industries factory searched over engine data fabrication case

Transport ministry officials enter a Toyota Industries Corp. factory in Hekinan in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 30, 2024, a day after the company admitted to having manipulated engine torque data for 10 vehicle models that are sold with its engines globally.

Japanese startup aims for commercial space travel in 2023

Japanese startup aims for commercial space travel in 2023

Photo taken in Hekinan in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 2, 2018, shows Shuji Ogawa, president of Japanese startup PD AeroSpace Ltd., in front of a test vehicle his company has developed for a commercial space travel project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese startup aims for commercial space travel in 2023

Japanese startup aims for commercial space travel in 2023

Photo taken in Hekinan in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 2, 2018, shows Shuji Ogawa, president of Japanese startup PD AeroSpace Ltd., behind a test vehicle his company has developed for a commercial space travel project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Soy sauce maker invents hula hoop-like activity to promote tradition

Soy sauce maker invents hula hoop-like activity to promote tradition

Yoichi Ninagawa, president of Nitto Jozo Inc., a white soy sauce maker, stands with a Taga Hoop in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture in July 2016. Japanese soy sauce and miso fermented soybean paste makers have been holding competitions to hula "taga," or the bamboo hoop used to fasten the wooden barrel that holds the fermented products, in a bid to maintain the condiments' traditional production method. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Soy sauce maker invents hula hoop-like activity to promote tradition

Soy sauce maker invents hula hoop-like activity to promote tradition

A man rotates a Taga Hoop during an event in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture in July 2016. Japanese soy sauce and miso fermented soybean paste makers have been holding competitions to hula "taga," or the bamboo hoop used to fasten the wooden barrel that holds the fermented products, in a bid to maintain the condiments' traditional production method. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo