Baseball clinic by former Mariner Suzuki

Baseball clinic by former Mariner Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki instructs members of Kyushu International University High School's baseball club during a baseball clinic in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 25, 2025.

Baseball clinic by former Mariner Suzuki

Baseball clinic by former Mariner Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki observes batting practice during a baseball clinic for members of Kyushu International University High School's baseball club in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 25, 2025.

Baseball clinic by former Mariner Suzuki

Baseball clinic by former Mariner Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki instructs members of Kyushu International University High School's baseball club during a baseball clinic in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 25, 2025.

Toyota Motor's Lexus

Toyota Motor's Lexus

File photo taken on Dec. 22, 2022, shows a production line for Lexus luxury cars at Toyota Motor Corp.'s Miyata plant in Miyawaka in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

Lexus NX line-off ceremony in Fukuoka Pref.

Lexus NX line-off ceremony in Fukuoka Pref.

MIYAWAKA, Japan - Toyota Motor Kyushu Inc. holds a ceremony to commemorate the production in full-swing of the Lexus NX sport utility vehicle in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu on Aug. 8, 2014.

Toyota to shift part of Lexus production to Canada

Toyota to shift part of Lexus production to Canada

NAGOYA, Japan - RX sport utility vehicles of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus luxury division are produced at Toyota Motor Kyushu Inc.'s Miyata plant in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, on July 6, 2012. Toyota plans to shift part of its production of the luxury Lexus sport utility vehicles from the plant in southwestern Japan to a plant in Canada, officials of the Japanese automaker said on July 24.

Toyota Motor Kyushu new president Nihashi

Toyota Motor Kyushu new president Nihashi

FUKUOKA, Japan - Toyota Motor Kyushu Inc. President Iwao Nihashi speaks at his inaugural press conference in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2012. Toyota Motor Kyushu is a manufacturing subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp.

Toyota workers in Kyushu do social aid work

Toyota workers in Kyushu do social aid work

MIYAWAKA, Japan - Employees of Toyota Motor Kyushu Inc. on March 10 paint a steam locomotive which is on display at a coal museum in Miyawaka city, Fukuoka Prefecture, as part of corporate social responsibility activities. Toyota wants to use such activities to help maintain employment in view of production cuts amid the deepened recession.

Toyota workers in Kyushu do social aid work

Toyota workers in Kyushu do social aid work

MIYAWAKA, Japan - Employees of Toyota Motor Kyushu Inc. on March 10 paint a steam locomotive which is on display at a coal museum in Miyawaka city, Fukuoka Prefecture, as part of corporate social responsibility activities. Toyota wants to use such activities to help maintain employment in view of production cuts amid the deepened recession. (Kyodo)

Toyota resumes production at all domestic assembly lines

Toyota resumes production at all domestic assembly lines

Photo taken May 6, 2016, shows Toyota Motor Kyushu Inc.'s Miyata plant in the southwestern Japan city of Miyawaka. Toyota Motor Corp. resumed production the same day on all of its assembly lines halted after a series of strong earthquakes hit southwestern Japan in mid-April, disrupting the supply of parts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Toyota Motor Kyushu new president Nihashi

Toyota Motor Kyushu new president Nihashi

FUKUOKA, Japan - Toyota Motor Kyushu Inc. President Iwao Nihashi speaks at his inaugural press conference in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2012. Toyota Motor Kyushu is a manufacturing subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp. (Kyodo)

Lexus production in Japan

Lexus production in Japan

Toyota Motor Corp. begins mass-production of its revamped Lexus ES luxury sedan at a plant in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Lexus production in Japan

Lexus production in Japan

Photo taken Nov. 7, 2018, shows a Toyota Motor Corp. production line at a plant in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, from which the revamped Lexus ES luxury sedan and other models are built. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Lexus production in Japan

Lexus production in Japan

Photo taken Nov. 7, 2018, shows a Toyota Motor Corp. production line at a plant in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, from which the revamped Lexus ES luxury sedan and other models are built. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 25, 2020, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s plant in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Production was curtailed at the plant amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 25, 2020, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s plant in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Production was curtailed at the plant amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Lexus production in Japan

Lexus production in Japan

Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Officer Yoshihiro Sawa makes a speech at a ceremony to mark the start of mass-production of the company's revamped Lexus ES luxury sedan at a plant in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Lexus production in Japan

Lexus production in Japan

Toyota Motor Corp. begins mass-production of its revamped Lexus ES luxury sedan at a plant in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo