The new specialized subset provides guided experience and access to Tokyo’s legendary car culture through timed meet visits, ...

The 1990s are often considered the golden age of Japanese sports cars, all thanks to the country’s economic boom and bubble ...

Vintage Japanese Motor Union co-founder Savant Young in the Boyle Heights clubhouse. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times) As Savant Young carefully wipes down his charcoal gray 1973 Mazda RX-3 inside ...

The battle of the American car versus the Japanese has been ongoing for decades. Two wildly different philosophies on ...

“Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community,” on view from July 31 through Nov. 12, chronicles the central roles Japanese Americans have played in countless car scenes throughout ...

Professor Oliver Wang now knows more about Japanese American car culture in Los Angeles than he ever thought he would. He learned about racing mechanic Takeo “Chickie” Hirashima; Jimmie Yamane, the ...

Tokyo — The Japan Mobility Show is an ocean, 6,397 nautical miles, and a world away from the Detroit Auto Show. The vehicle mix inside the Tokyo Big Sight convention center — and the streets outside — ...

Welcome to Japan, the drift's capital of the world! Fasten your seatbelts, rev up your engines, and drift or race on narrow and winding roads. You will follow the story of Touma, a Polish driver who ...

Perhaps I relate to Dino Dalle Carbonare because he's living my dream as a big guy with a beard and glasses fully engulfed in the Japanese car scene. Or perhaps I just find his videos intriguing ...

Japanese American import cars — and those who work to build, drive, drift or race them — have long been synonymous with Southern California car culture. A panel on Saturday, August 30 will explore the ...

2026 is shaping up to be a big year for automotive-themed video games as Grand Theft Auto VI will be joined by Forza Horizon 6. The latter was announced at the Xbox Tokyo Game Show and will arrive ...