The RAV4 is quite an important model for Toyota - especially in America, where it beat the Ford F-150 as the best-selling model in 2024. It's among the Japanese automaker's cash-cows, so to speak, but that will be affected for an indefinite time as Toyota has announced a pause in its RAV4's production in Japan.

The disruption should not impact the automaker’s production of the vehicle in the U.S., a company spokesperson said.

The plant in the central city of Toyota has seen a similar explosion in 2023 which forced the company to suspend production at some domestic plants for some time.An explosion at Chuo Spring Co's plant in Japan's central city of Toyota,

Toyota's top-selling CUV is expected to hit the Japanese Domestic Market next year, previewing our version ahead of time.

One man was killed and two others suffered minor injuries after a dust collector exploded Thursday morning at a central Japan factor

Japan's Toyota began selling a $20,000 smart electric car in China this week, aiming to attract buyers with its advanced features similar to Chinese rivals, as the automaker ups efforts to regain share in the world's largest auto market.

TOKYO: An explosion occurred at an auto parts plant in Japan on Thursday (March 6), killing one person and injuring two, the firm said.

Toyota and its Chinese partner, state-owned Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC), had first unveiled the car at an autoshow in Beijing last year. , Peng Baolin, VP of sales at GAC Toyota, said on his Weibo social media account on Thursday.

Car thieves in Japan clearly prefer practicality over performance judging by the country’s list of most stolen cars, trucks and SUVs

Wald International has thrown all restraint out the window with its new “Desert Series Black Bison Edition” for the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado. The modifications are so extensive, they make the off-roading icon look like Japan’s answer to the Brabus G-Class—if the G-Class had a serious identity crisis.

Dryophytes japonicus is the name given to the previously identified species well known in Japan, according to the study. It is found in the western half of Japan. The east Japan tree frog, or Dryophytes leopardus, has been identified as a new species through genetic testing.