Mamachari bicycles are the perfect bicycle for city cyclists, ridden by everyone – old/young, female/male, students, salarymen, mothers, grandmothers and fathers in Japan. No other bicycle is better ...

Bicycle rental services are available at tourist spots all over Japan, including the country’s big cities as well as remote areas like Okinawa and Shikoku. The Japanese term is rentasaikuru, deriving ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Move over, Prius. Riding the vogue for eco-conscious products, companies ranging from battery to tire to motorcycle makers in Japan are looking to cultivate a market that beats even ...

The demographic profile of e-bike users in Japan has undergone significant changes, contributing to the expanding market demand. Initially popular among older adults who benefited from the reduced ...

The so-called sharing economy has spread to a variety of fields such as cars and homes, and Japan has seen another rising trend in recent years — bicycles. A growing number of municipalities and ...

There’s no denying the Japanese sports bike segment is experiencing a lull. The Big Four–Suzuki, Kawasaki, Honda, Yamaha–have ...

SAGAMIHARA, Japan – The penultimate stage of Japan’s largest international bicycle race was held here Saturday, and nearly 20 volunteers from Camp Zama were there to help. The volunteers assisted with ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese bicycle-sharing startup Mobike has set up a subsidiary in Fukuoka city in southern Japan and plans to begin service later this year, it said on Thursday. The move into one ...

FUKUOKA -- A suspect in the murder of a bicycle shop employee in this southwestern Japan city told a regular customer, who spotted him at the shop around the time of the incident, that the store would ...