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Toward an Athlete- and Planet-Friendly Hakone Ekiden: All Vehicles Provided for the 2026 Race Will Be Electrified
22 Dec 2025
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced that all vehicles provided for the 102nd Tokyo-Hakone Collegiate Ekiden Championship (Hakone Ekiden) will be electrified. The race, a relay marathon to be h
Toyota Aims to Begin Selling U.S.-Made Vehicles in Japan from 2026
19 Dec 2025
Toyota Motor Corporation aims to begin introducing three models produced in the United States―the Camry sedan, Highlander SUV, and Tundra pickup truck―to the Japanese market from 2026. By selling thes
[Additional Chairman's Remarks and Event Photos Uploaded] THE MOVEUM YOKOHAMA by TOYOTA GROUP to Open on Dec. 20
18 Dec 2025
The TOYOTA GROUP will open THE MOVEUM YOKOHAMA by TOYOTA GROUP ("THE MOVEUM YOKOHAMA"), an immersive museum offering hands-on cultural experiences and inspiring moments of learning, from December 20,
[Toyota Times] Akio Toyoda Teaches at a High School? Answering the Question, "What Is love?"
17 Dec 2025
Chairman Akio Toyoda, a.k.a. Aki-chan, taught a special class for 110 high school students. He spoke about cars, life, and his hopes for the next generation. After a Q&A session with the students, he even led an exciting extracurricular class.
Toyota Launches New RAV4 in Japan
17 Dec 2025
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) launched the new RAV4 on December 17, 2025.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing to Exhibit at Tokyo Auto Salon 2026
16 Dec 2025
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) plans to exhibit at Tokyo Auto Salon 2026 to be held at Makuhari Messe (in Chiba City, Japan) for three days from January 9 to 11, 2026. TGR's booth at the event will showcas
[Toyota Times] The Pain and Humiliation Behind Ever-Better Carmaking - New Sports Models World Premiere
16 Dec 2025
On December 5, three new sports cars had their world premiere at the Inventor Garage in Woven City. Take a look.
[Toyota Times] Guy Who Loves Cars Meets Guy Who Loves Food
11 Dec 2025
On this episode of Voice-Only Toyota Times News, we join Morizo at the Fuji Speedway Hotel to enjoy the food he's having and the conversations that unfold around the table!
[Toyota Times] My Boss Akio Toyoda: An Author's True Story of 5,012 Days
10 Dec 2025
My Boss Akio Toyoda was published in September. The author, Toyota Fellow Hideki Fujii, talks about what inspired him to write the book and the experiences that shaped his work as a speechwriter.
Lexus World Premieres Lexus LFA Concept BEV Sports Car
05 Dec 2025
Lexus, today, world premiered the Lexus LFA Concept―a battery electric vehicle (BEV) sports car concept model.
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
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The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
