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Toyota, Iwatani test-fuels liquid hydrogen car

Toyota Motor Corp. and Iwatani Corp. conduct the first demonstration in Japan to fuel a liquid hydrogen-powered car at a hydrogen station in Kariya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 24, 2024.

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Toyota, Iwatani test-fuels liquid hydrogen car

Toyota Motor Corp. and Iwatani Corp. conduct the first demonstration in Japan to fuel a liquid hydrogen-powered car at a hydrogen station in Kariya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 24, 2024.

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Japan: Massive Fire Burns Boats Sending Huge Smoke In Kariya, Aichi 2

A massive fire broke out from a building of a construction firm in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan on Monday, August 12 burning a building of a construction company and several boats and yachts nearby. According to reports, the fire spread to the building and the watercrafts when the landowner was burning hay.

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Japan: Massive Fire Burns Boats Sending Huge Smoke In Kariya, Aichi

A massive fire broke out from a building of a construction firm in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan on Monday, August 12 burning a building of a construction company and several boats and yachts nearby. According to reports, the fire spread to the building and the watercrafts when the landowner was burning hay.

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Signs and logos of Aichi Steel's Kariya Plant and Toyota's founding prototype plant

Signs and logos of Aichi Steel's Kariya Plant and Toyota's founding prototype plant=Date:January 30, 2024, Place: Aichi

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Signs and logos of Aichi Steel's Kariya Plant and Toyota's founding prototype plant

Signs and logos of Aichi Steel's Kariya Plant and Toyota's founding prototype plant=Date:January 30, 2024, Place: Aichi

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Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, leaves Osaki Police Station in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, as police officers take him for further questioning by public prosecutors. Hirata turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years. He was immediately arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995.

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Cult-slain victim's son speaks after high court hearing

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, son of Tokyo notary Kiyoshi Kariya who was abducted and killed by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in 1995, meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2014, after the first appeal court hearing on former senior AUM member Makoto Hirata's alleged involvement in this and other criminal cases. The Tokyo High Court is set to hand down a ruling on March 4, 2015.

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Minoru Kariya

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, the son of the late Kiyoshi Kariya, one of the victims of the crimes committed by the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, answers reporters' questions in front of the Tokyo District Court on March 7, 2014, after the court sentenced a former senior AUM member to nine years in prison for his involvement in three AUM-related cases, including the abduction and confinement of Kiyoshi Kariya, a Tokyo notary clerk, in February 1995.

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AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, the son of one of the victims killed by members of AUM Shinrikyo, enters the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21, 2014, to attend the trial of Makoto Hirata, a former senior member of the doomsday cult. Hirata is charged with involvement in the abduction and confinement of Kiyoshi Kariya, then 68, in February 1995 in conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara. Kariya later died after being injected with an anesthetic drug by AUM members.

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Head office of Denso Corp.

KARIYA, Japan - Photo taken July 20, 2011, shows the head office of Denso Corp. in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture. Seven auto parts makers including Denso were raided by the Japan Fair Trade Commission the same day over their alleged involvement in a price-fixing cartel.

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71-yr-old Japanese climber listed as oldest '7 summitter'

NAGOYA, Japan - Tomiyasu Ishikawa (file photo), a 71-year-old climber in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, has received a certificate from Guinness World Records recognizing him as the oldest person to have conquered the tallest peaks on the world's seven continents, he said on April 12. The certificate says Ishikawa reached the summit of the 4,897-meter Mt. Vinson Massif, the tallest mountain in Antarctica, on Jan. 21 at 71 years and 60 days old and joined the seven summitter club, he said.

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18-yr-old boy arrested for knocking man off train platform

OKAYAMA, Japan - Police officers examine a platform at JR Okayama Station in the city of Okayama on March 26 after an 18-year-old boy allegedly pushed Kuniaki Kariya, an Okayama prefectural government official, onto the railway track from behind. Kariya was hit by an oncoming train and died of hemorrhagic shock.

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71-year-old Japanese climber joins 'seven summiter' club

NAGOYA, Japan - A file photo shows Tomiyasu Ishikawa, a 71-year-old climber from Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, who reached the summit of Mt. Vinson Massif, the tallest mountain in Antarctica, on Jan. 21, his family said on Jan. 27. By reaching the summit of the 4,897-meter mountain, the chairman of a mountaineering association in Aichi Prefecture is believed to have become the oldest ''seven summiter,'' having conquered the tallest peaks on the world's seven continents.

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Canon, Nikon hoping to stimulate camera market via rivalry

TOKYO, Japan - Nikon Corp. President Michio Kariya said in a recent interview that the Tokyo-based company has no intention of competing head-on with Canon Inc. in the world's fast-growing digital single-lens reflex camera market. Noting that the corporate size of Nikon is much smaller than Canon's, Kariya said his company thinks it is important to offer new types of cameras to consumers when its chief rival does not do so, instead of vying with similar price-range products around the same time.

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Water supply still out at quake-stricken Kariya

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A week after a powerful earthquake hit Chuetsu region in Niigata Prefecture, water supply has yet to return Kariwa, Niigata on July 22, as two sisters are forced to use canned water to wash their hands.

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Aisin Seiki restores 38-year-old Corolla

NAGOYA, Japan - Aisin Seiki Co. makes public a restored first version of the Toyota Corolla at its factory in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, on May 24. Aisin Seiki restored it as part of an educational program for its young engineers.

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AUM's Nakagawa apologizes to son of murder victim

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, whose father died after being abducted by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in 1995, briefs reporters Sept. 13 on his meeting with former senior AUM member Tomomasa Nakagawa at the Tokyo Detention House. Nakagawa is appealing the death sentence for his role in 11 cases including that of Kariya's father Kiyoshi.

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Super-compact EV

Toyota Auto Body Co. unveils a special model of the super-compact electric vehicle COMS at a media event in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 6, 2022, to mark the 10th anniversary of its launch. The one-seat vehicle developed for short-distance travel such as for goods delivery and nursing-care visits has a maximum speed of 60 kilometers per hour and can travel for 57 km on one electric charge.

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Commuter fuel cell bus in Japan

Photo taken Jan. 13, 2022, shows the car interior of a fuel cell bus introduced by Toyota Motor group companies for commuting in Kariya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Commuter fuel cell bus in Japan

Photo taken Jan. 13, 2022, shows a fuel cell bus introduced by Toyota Motor group companies for commuting in Kariya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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AUM's Nakagawa apologizes to son of murder victim

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, whose father died after being abducted by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in 1995, briefs reporters Sept. 13 on his meeting with former senior AUM member Tomomasa Nakagawa at the Tokyo Detention House. Nakagawa is appealing the death sentence for his role in 11 cases including that of Kariya's father Kiyoshi. (Kyodo)

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Aisin Seiki restores 38-year-old Corolla

NAGOYA, Japan - Aisin Seiki Co. makes public a restored first version of the Toyota Corolla at its factory in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, on May 24. Aisin Seiki restored it as part of an educational program for its young engineers. (Kyodo)

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Canon, Nikon hoping to stimulate camera market via rivalry

TOKYO, Japan - Nikon Corp. President Michio Kariya said in a recent interview that the Tokyo-based company has no intention of competing head-on with Canon Inc. in the world's fast-growing digital single-lens reflex camera market. Noting that the corporate size of Nikon is much smaller than Canon's, Kariya said his company thinks it is important to offer new types of cameras to consumers when its chief rival does not do so, instead of vying with similar price-range products around the same time. (Kyodo)

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4 injured in blast at Aisin Seiki unit plant

Firefighters gather at the site of an explosion at an auto parts factory operated by Advics Co., a unit of Aisin Seiki Co., in the central Japan city of Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, on May 30, 2016. Four people were injured in the explosion, according to police. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 injured in blast at Aisin Seiki unit plant

Firefighters gather at the site of an explosion at an auto parts factory operated by Advics Co., a unit of Aisin Seiki Co., in the central Japan city of Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, on May 30, 2016. Four people were injured in the explosion, according to police. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Toyota Industries Shuttles

Yusuke Yamada (R) of Japanese rugby club Toyota Industries Shuttles holds a jersey of his junior high school's rugby team in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 12, 2018, alongside his former teacher Masahiro Sone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Toyota Industries Shuttles

Yusuke Yamada (C) of Japanese rugby club Toyota Industries Shuttles runs with the ball during practice in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 12, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Water supply still out at quake-stricken Kariya

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A week after a powerful earthquake hit Chuetsu region in Niigata Prefecture, water supply has yet to return Kariwa, Niigata on July 22, as two sisters are forced to use canned water to wash their hands. (Kyodo)

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71-yr-old Japanese climber listed as oldest '7 summitter'

NAGOYA, Japan - Tomiyasu Ishikawa (file photo), a 71-year-old climber in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, has received a certificate from Guinness World Records recognizing him as the oldest person to have conquered the tallest peaks on the world's seven continents, he said on April 12. The certificate says Ishikawa reached the summit of the 4,897-meter Mt. Vinson Massif, the tallest mountain in Antarctica, on Jan. 21 at 71 years and 60 days old and joined the seven summitter club, he said. (Kyodo)

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18-yr-old boy arrested for knocking man off train platform

OKAYAMA, Japan - Police officers examine a platform at JR Okayama Station in the city of Okayama on March 26 after an 18-year-old boy allegedly pushed Kuniaki Kariya, an Okayama prefectural government official, onto the railway track from behind. Kariya was hit by an oncoming train and died of hemorrhagic shock. (Kyodo)

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71-year-old Japanese climber joins 'seven summiter' club

NAGOYA, Japan - A file photo shows Tomiyasu Ishikawa, a 71-year-old climber from Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, who reached the summit of Mt. Vinson Massif, the tallest mountain in Antarctica, on Jan. 21, his family said on Jan. 27. By reaching the summit of the 4,897-meter mountain, the chairman of a mountaineering association in Aichi Prefecture is believed to have become the oldest ''seven summiter,'' having conquered the tallest peaks on the world's seven continents. (Kyodo)

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Head office of Denso Corp.

KARIYA, Japan - Photo taken July 20, 2011, shows the head office of Denso Corp. in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture. Seven auto parts makers including Denso were raided by the Japan Fair Trade Commission the same day over their alleged involvement in a price-fixing cartel. (Kyodo)

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Cult-slain victim's son speaks after high court hearing

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, son of Tokyo notary Kiyoshi Kariya who was abducted and killed by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in 1995, meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2014, after the first appeal court hearing on former senior AUM member Makoto Hirata's alleged involvement in this and other criminal cases. The Tokyo High Court is set to hand down a ruling on March 4, 2015. (Kyodo)

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Ex-AUM cult member held after 16 years on run

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Hirata (L), a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult who has been on the run for more than 16 years, is escorted by police officers from Marunouchi Police Station to Osaki Police Station, both in Tokyo, on Jan. 1, 2012. Hirata, 46, turned himself in to police the previous night and was arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995. (Kyodo)

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Ex-AUM cult member Hirata arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult. Hirata turned himself in to police in Tokyo on Dec. 31, 2011, after being on the run for more than 16 years and was immediately arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995. (Kyodo)

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Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, leaves Osaki Police Station in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, as police officers take him for further questioning by public prosecutors. Hirata turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years. He was immediately arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995. (Kyodo)

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Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, leaves Osaki Police Station in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, as police officers take him for further questioning by public prosecutors. Hirata turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years. He was immediately arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995. (Kyodo)

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Ex-AUM cult member held after 16 years on run

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Hirata (back C), a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult who has been on the run for more than 16 years, is escorted by police officers from Marunouchi Police Station to Osaki Police Station, both in Tokyo, on Jan. 1, 2012. Hirata, 46, turned himself in to police the previous night and was arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995. (Kyodo)

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Pro boxing restarts in Japan

Photo shows a boxing timekeeper (R) wearing a face shield and mask ahead of a bout in Kariya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 12, 2020. Japanese professional boxing restarted the same day following a five-month suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Pro boxing restarts in Japan

Photo shows a bout in Kariya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 12, 2020, as professional boxing resumes in the country without spectators following a five-month suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Pro boxing restarts in Japan

A man disinfects a boxing ring rope ahead of a bout in Kariya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 12, 2020. Japanese professional boxing restarted the same day following a five-month suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Pro boxing restarts in Japan

Photo shows a bout in Kariya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 12, 2020, as professional boxing resumes in the country without spectators following a five-month suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Pro boxing restarts in Japan

Photo shows a bout in Kariya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 12, 2020, as professional boxing resumes in the country without spectators following a five-month suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Pro boxing restarts in Japan

Photo shows a bout in Kariya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 12, 2020, as professional boxing resumes in the country without spectators following a five-month suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Pro boxing restarts in Japan

Photo shows a bout in Kariya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 12, 2020, as professional boxing resumes in the country without spectators following a five-month suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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(1)Aisin fire in 1997

NAGOYA, Japan - Arial photo of Aisin Seiki Co.'s Kariya factory on Feb. 1, 1997, when a fire broke out and Toyota Motor Corp. was later forced to shut down its operations for four days. Aisin was the sole supplier of certain brakes used in all Toyota vehicles. (Kyodo)

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(2)Aisin fire in 1997

NAGOYA, Japan - Arial photo of Aisin Seiki Co.'s Kariya factory four days after fire. A fire broke out Feb. 1, 1997 and Toyota Motor Corp. was forced to shut down its operations for four days. Aisin was the sole supplier of a brakes used in all Toyota vehicles. The photo was taken Feb. 5, 1997. (Kyodo)