Vladivostok

Russia eyes Japanese investment to kick start its...
The buildings in Russky Island off the coast of Vladivostok were built as the site of the APEC meetings held last September. After the meetings, those buildings are expected to be remodeled as the new campus of Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, but the relocation work has not yet been completed. (Daisuke Nishimura)
April 29, 2013
VLADIVOSTOK--President Vladimir Putin will try to court Japanese investment in the Russian Far East during his meetings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Russian plant ships first Toyota Land Cruisers
Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, second from right, inspects a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado assembly plant in Vladivostok. (Daisuke Nishimura)
February 26, 2013
VLADIVOSTOK--A freight train carrying 16 of the first Land Cruiser Prados assembled at a new plant here will soon deliver them several time zones away in western Russia.
BIZ BRIEF: Toyota Land Cruiser Prado assembly...
February 18, 2013
Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) announced on Feb. 18 that Sollers-Bussan LLC, a Russia-based vehicle-assembly company, has begun assembly of the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado SUV at its...
Toyota Land Cruiser assembly begins in Vladivostok
Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, second from right, inspects an assembly plant in Vladivostok that is expected to begin commercial production of Land Cruiser Prado SUVs of Toyota Motor Corp. (Daisuke Nishimura)
January 26, 2013
VLADIVOSTOK--A joint venture by Mitsui & Co. and Moscow-based automaker Sollers has begun test production of Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles at a newly retrofitted plant in...
Vladivostok eyes visa waiver for Japanese
A suspension bridge spans the Golden Horn Bay in Vladivostok. The bridge, one of the largest of its kind worldwide, was built ahead of the 2012 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Vladivostok. Photo taken Sept. 3 (Daisuke Nishimura)
October 27, 2012
VLADIVOSTOK--The city government here intends to waive visa requirements for some foreign visitors, in recognition that the time and trouble it takes to obtain a visa from a...
FAR EAST FOCUS: APEC-related projects add momentum...
Children play in the Central Square in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East. (Daisuke Nishimura)
September 30, 2012
Giant bridges and other huge infrastructure projects were completed in Vladivostok for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings held in early September, drastically...
'Children's railway' a training ground for future...
The “Children’s Railway” where youngsters perform all operations. Stopping here is the three-car "Khabarovsk". (Photo: Yoshinori Toyomane)
September 09, 2012
Kids' play is what what I had in mind when I first learned about a children's railway in the suburbs of Khabarovsk where all operational tasks, from engineer to conductor to...
EDITORIAL: Vladivostok summit a golden opportunity...
August 01, 2012
The foreign ministers of Japan and Russia huddled July 28 in the Russian resort city of Sochi and agreed to continue negotiations on the thorny Northern Territories issue.
FAR EAST FOCUS: Pyongyang exploits N. Korean...
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June 25, 2012
KHABAROVSK, Russia--A North Korean defector toiled as a logger for about 10 years in a “labor camp” of sorts in Russia’s Far Eastern region under a state program to earn...
Japan, Russia to cooperate on LNG project in...
Yukio Edano, Japan’s economy, trade and industry minister, with Russian energy minister Alexander Novak after their talks in St. Petersburg on June 24 (Takashi Fukuyama)
June 25, 2012
ST. PETERSBURG--Japan has effectively reached agreement with Russia on the supply of liquefied natural gas from the Russian Far East.
FAR EAST FOCUS: Attracting factories, especially...
Passers-by stroll past a Japanese-made vending machine in downtown Vladivostok. Previously used in Japan, the drink labels are still in Japanese.(Ryosuke Ishibashi)
May 17, 2012
In March, reporters who gathered for the announcement of a new vehicle at a factory in central Vladivostok, Russia, feasted their eyes on the Actyon, an SUV from South Korean...
Vladivostok becoming a production base for Japanese ...
Used Japanese vehicles are on display at an open-air sales facility in Vladivostok. (Kazuhiro Sekine)
September 12, 2011
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia -- Vladivostok, long a bustling market for used Japanese vehicles, is about to morph into a production center for new Japanese automobiles.
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