Honda has made some tiny visual tweaks to the Accord sedan in Japan. Both versions use the same 2.0-liter, dual-electric motor hybrid system. The Accord is available with Honda’s Sensing 360+ driver assistance system. As manufacturers and buyers alike have drifted away from traditional three-box sedans and into SUVs, cars like the Honda Accord have gone from volume sellers to niche products. Honda still has reason to keep building the Accord, though, and has just launched an updated version in Japan that speaks to how much life the nameplate has left in it. The important part: this is not a facelift. Set against the changes Honda has actually made, a facelift would count as a massive design overhaul. What Honda has done are some of the tiniest tweaks imaginable, most of which we suspect will reach the global model before long. Read: Honda’s Accord Is Getting A Futuristic Makeover, And Maybe The Prelude’s Fake Shifter All versions sold in Japan now come with clear side markers in the headlights, rather than orange ones, a small but notable improvement in the front-end design. In addition, all vehicles now include body colored headlight garnishes. In Japan, Honda is selling the refreshed Accord in four available colors: Canyon River Blue Metallic, Platinum White Pearl, Crystal Black Pearl, and Meteoroid Gray Metallic. Special Self-Driving Tech The most obvious changes have been made to the Accord e:HEV Sensing 360+. This version is set apart from the standard e:HEV due to its new body-colored front grille and body colored shark fin antenna. Of course, it’s the technology used by this model that firmly establishes it as the flagship. As the name implies, it’s fitted with Honda’s Sensing 360+ driver-assistance system, which, in Japan, includes a driver monitoring system and allows for hands-off driving on mapped highways. This system was introduced earlier this year and has helped Honda match some of the driver-assistance functions offered by its competitors. All versions of the Accord in Japan continue to use the familiar 2.0-liter four-cylinder hybrid with two electric motors and an eCVT. Local prices start at 5,951,000 yen ($37,000) and top out at 6,351,400 yen ($39,600).