Yokkaichi

Jamie at Frugalista Japan posted on not really a slow time, more a downright boring year in Yokkaichi, which I suspect might be near Tokyo, but it sounds far too dull to even bother looking up!

April Blog Matsuri!

Deas of Rocking in Hakata manages to cover both Hello Kitty and shipbuilding talking about his home town of Imabari which seems even slower than Yokkaichi above.

April Blog Matsuri!

The Yokkaichi plant's new chip facility, which could significantly boost its memory chip output capacity, started running this month.

Toshiba Sees Recovery in Flash Memory Business

Daisuke Wakabayashi/The Wall Street Journal Factory fans, exhibiting kojo moe, photograph a plant in Yokkaichi, Japan.

Japan's Belching Smokestacks Draw Industrial-Strength Sightseers

"Looking at how our clients have been doing lately, we've seen more gadgets struggle," Yasuo Naruke , who heads Toshiba's memory-chip business, said at a news conference held at the company's Yokkaichi plant in Mie Prefecture, central Japan.

Toshiba Sees Recovery in Flash Memory Business

When the company originally announced its plans for Yokkaichi and Kitakami in 2008, it said it expected to spend about 1.5 trillion yen on the two facilities combined.

Toshiba Revives Plan to Build Plant

When the company originally announced its plans for Yokkaichi and Kitakami in 2008, it said it expected to spend about 1.5 trillion yen on the two facilities combined.

Toshiba Revives Plan to Build Plant

When the company originally announced its plans for Yokkaichi and Kitakami in 2008, it said it expected to spend about 1.5 trillion yen on the two facilities combined.

Toshiba Revives Plan to Build Plant

Mr. Ito said Honda will also abandon a plan to build another new plant in Yokkaichi, Mie prefecture in central Japan, which was to produce mini vehicles.

Honda Plans More Green Cars

Honda dropped a previous plan to build a new plant in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, it said.

Honda To Launch Electric Car, Plug-In Hybrid In 2012