It was dark when Daiki Funamizu pulled his truck into the market in Osaka, ending a 15-hour haul down Japan’s main island. He rubbed his sore back and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

If trends hold, Japanese automakers will have nearly 25 percent of the light-truck market. They will have led consumers into new definitions of car-based trucks.

Measuring about half the length of a Ford F-150, Kei trucks look almost like toys in comparison to your standard pickup truck. But for a car so tiny, you might be surprised at the massive ...

After various setbacks amid frustrating legislation, American kei truck owners are finally making headway. I t's not every day that American politics goes the way of the little guy, but 2024 could ...

Together, these trends have created an urgent dilemma for an industry already facing significant headwinds in Japan. The truck maker aims to start verification tests in 2026, with an aim to launch ...

Measuring about half the length of a Ford F-150, Kei trucks look almost like toys in comparison to your standard pickup truck. But for a car so tiny, you might be surprised at the massive ...

Kei trucks are some of the most popular vehicles on Japanese roads but are almost entirely unknown in the U.S. Here are the ones most worth importing.

Tetsu Ichino, owner of Japanese grocery store Maruichi in Rockville, Maryland, told CNN that he bought his Kei truck for $5,000. Adding shipping and taxes, his total came to $8,100. “I was able ...