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Toyota wins World Endurance Championship Six Hours of Fuji

OYAMA, Japan - Toyota Racing's hybrid racing car competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship race Six Hours of Fuji at Fuji International Speedway in the town of Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 12, 2014. The car, driven by Sebastian Buemi and Anthony Davidson, won the race.

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Toyota wins World Endurance Championship Six Hours of Fuji

OYAMA, Japan - Sebastian Buemi (2nd from L) and Anthony Davidson (2nd from R) of Toyota Racing hold up their trophies after winning the FIA World Endurance Championship race Six Hours of Fuji at Fuji International Speedway in the town of Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 12, 2014.

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Circuit experience game

NAGOYA, Japan - A man explains -- during a demonstration in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 4, 2012 -- a system to enable owners of Toyota Motor Corp.'s "86" sports car to record their actual driving at a race circuit and recreate it as a video game image.

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Toyota's new coupe 86

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. unveils its new 2-liter coupe ''86'' (hachiroku) in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2011. The car, which Toyota will begin selling in the spring, was named in a reference to popular sports models launched in the 1980s. Toyota will present the prototype model of the 86, equipped with what the automaker claims is the world's first horizontally opposed D-45 engine, at the Tokyo Motor Show from Dec. 3 to 11, 2011.

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Toyota's new coupe 86

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (front) stands by the automaker's new 2-liter coupe ''86'' (hachiroku) unveiled in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2011. The car to go on sale next spring was named in a reference to popular sports models launched in the 1980s. Toyota will present the prototype model of the 86, equipped with what the automaker claims is the world's first horizontally opposed D-45 engine, at the Tokyo Motor Show from Dec. 3 to 11, 2011.

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Prime Minister Aso in general election campaign

OYAMA, Japan - With Japanese national flags in their hands and wearing headbands that read ''victory,'' supporters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party headed by Prime Minister Taro Aso listen to his stump speech in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, on Aug. 29, the last day of campaigning for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election. Aso's LDP, which has held power almost without interruption for over 50 years, is struggling against the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan, which polls show is likely to see a landslide win in the election.

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Britain's Hamilton takes pole position in Fuji

OYAMA, Japan - Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain smiles at Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 11 after taking pole position for the Japanese F1 Grand Prix on Oct. 12.

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Britain's Hamilton takes pole position at Fuji

OYAMA, Japan - Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain gives his car a workout during a practice session for the Japanese F1 Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 11. The Mclaren driver took pole position for Oct. 12 race.

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Ferraris rev up for Guinness world record in car parade

OYAMA, Japan - A total of 490 Ferrari vehicles are lined up to take part in a parade for the Italian car in a bid to set a new Guinness world record at the Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 11. The current record in the category was set in Britain last June with 385 Ferraris taking part.

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Ferraris rev up for Guinness world record in car parade

OYAMA, Japan - A total of 490 Ferrari cars take part in a parade in a bid to set a new Guinness world record at the Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 11. The current record in the category was set in Britain last June when 385 Ferraris took part.

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Toyota to launch new sports car under Lexus brand

OYAMA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Vice President Akio Toyoda stands by the new Lexus IS F sports sedan in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 4. Toyota's Lexus division will launch the sports car in Japan on Dec. 25.

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British driver Hamilton wins Japanese Grand Prix

OYAMA, Japan - Formula One Japanese Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton of Britain (C) along with second-place Heikki Kovalainen of Finland (L) and third-place Kimi Raikkonen of Finland pose for photographers on the podium at the Fuji Speedway in the town of Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 30.

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British driver Hamilton wins Japanese Grand Prix

OYAMA, Japan - McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain holds the trophy after winning the Japanese Grand Prix at the Fuji Speedway in the town of Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 30.

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British driver Hamilton wins Japanese Grand Prix

OYAMA, Japan - Formula One Japanese Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton of Britain (R) and second-place Heikki Kovalainen of Finland spray champagne from the podium at the Fuji Speedway in the town of Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 30.

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British driver Hamilton wins Japanese Grand Prix

OYAMA, Japan - Britain's Lewis Hamilton drives his McLaren-Mercedes on the way to winning the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at the Fuji Speedway in the town of Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 30.

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Formula 1 Grand Prix underway at Fuji International Speedway

OYAMA, Japan - The Japan Grand Prix of Formula 1 racing opens at Fuji International Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture on Sept. 28 for the first time in 30 years.

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(1)Alleged abductor confesses to throwing boys alive into river

OYAMA, Japan - Policemen combs the riverbed in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, on Sept. 15 in search of one of two young brothers missing since Sept. 11. A 39-year-old man arrested on suspicion of abducting the two brothers has confessed to abusing the boys and throwing them alive into the Omoi River in Oyama.

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(2)Alleged abductor confesses to throwing boys alive into river

OYAMA, Japan - A mother and her daughter offer prayers Sept. 15 near the site where the body of one of two young brothers abducted by a 39-year-old man was found on Sept. 14. The man who was arrested on suspicion of abducting the two brothers has confessed to abusing the boys and throwing them alive into the Omoi River in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture.

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(2) Man confesses to killing 2 boys in Tochigi, 1 body found

OYAMA, Japan - A policeman combs the Omoi River in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, on Sept. 14 in search of one of two young brothers missing since Sept. 11. A man who has been arrested on suspicion of abducting the two brothers has confessed to killing them. Later the police found one body in the river.

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Man confesses to killing 2 boys in Tochigi; 1 body found

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers search for 4-year-old boy Kazuto Kobayashi in a river in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, on Sept. 15, where Kazuto's 3-year-old brother Hayato was found dead earlier in the day. Akihito Shimoyama, who was arrested on suspicion of abducting the two boys, has confessed to killing them.

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(2)Nippon Keidanren chief Okuda speaks after forum

OYAMA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) chats with Hiroshi Okuda (L), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, at a dinner reception following the end of the business lobby's forum held in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on July 23.

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Nippon Keidanren chief Okuda speaks after forum

OYAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks after the business lobby's forum in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on July 23.

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Keidaren chief addresses summer forum

GOTEMBA, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (C), chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), addresses his association's annual summer forum held in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on July 22. Revision of the Constitution was high on the agenda at the meeting.

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Business leaders discuss 'national interests' at summer forum

OYAMA, Japan - Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) Chairman Hiroshi Okuda (C) addresses a two-day summer forum of the organization that began in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on July 25. Discussions on the first day centered on what Japan should regard as its national interests.