Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association Nov. 2 Yr/Yr Change Total 132,576 units Down 10.0 pct Passenger Cars 102,056 Down 10.4 Trucks 30,520 Down 8.7 -Brand- Suzuki 43,498 Down 6.9 Daihatsu 47,576 Down 17.7 Mitsubishi 4,474 Up 0.6 Subaru 1,350 Down

Japan Automobile Dealers Association Nov. 2 Yr/Yr Change Total 249,180 units Up 0.5 pct Over-2,000-c.c. Cars 148,824 Up 5.4 Smaller Cars 67,933 Down 7.2 Trucks 31,448 Down 3.9 Buses 975 Up 40.9 -Brand- Daihatsu 890 Down 59.2 Honda 31,576 Up 10.3 Lexus

Tokyo, Nov. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Digital Agency has started offering on a trial basis an app to help draft answers to lawmakers’ questions in parliament, using its “Gennai” generative artificial intelligence platform, which is available to about 180,000 government workers. The app

Paris, Nov. 1 (Jiji Press)–Spanish authorities said Sunday that the identities of 66 of the 69 people killed in last week’s high-speed train collision in Spain had been confirmed, including one Japanese national. The names of two Japanese nationals are on the

Tokyo, Nov. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan Post Co. on Monday started selling New Year’s lottery postcards for 2027 at post offices and other outlets across the country. It will begin accepting the cards on Dec. 20. The deadline for ensuring delivery on New

Cairo, Nov. 1 (Jiji Press)–The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), built with Japanese support on the outskirts of Cairo, the Egyptian capital, marked its first anniversary Sunday. During its first year of operation, the museum attracted over 5 million visitors despite the deteriorating

Tokyo, Nov. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese satellite broadcaster Wowow Inc. has entered the paid video-streaming business by taking over NTT Docomo Inc.’s Lemino service through a joint venture with the major mobile carrier. With pay-TV subscriptions declining, Wowow hopes to exploit the expanding

Tokyo, Nov. 2 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said Monday that it will award Medals of Honor to 736 people and 25 organizations this autumn, including astronomer Mareki Honma, who participated in the project that captured the first image of a black hole.

Tokyo, Nov. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration is considering introducing a registration system for foreign agents as part of its planned antiespionage legislation. Under the expected system, individuals and organizations that collect information or engage in influence operations on

Tokyo, Nov. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan launched the National Disaster Management Agency on Monday to strengthen its preparedness for possible huge natural disasters, such as a temblor in the Tokyo metropolitan area and an eruption of Mount Fuji. The agency, set to serve

Tokyo, Nov. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called for early stability in the Strait of Hormuz and the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb in a video message shown at an international conference in Bahrain’s capital of Manama on Sunday. In the

Tokyo, Nov. 1 (Jiji Press)–A Vietnamese farmed fish is attracting attention as an alternative ingredient for “surimi” fish paste, which is used to make products such as “chikuwa,” “satsuma-age” and “kamaboko” fish cakes. Surimi prices are soaring amid tight supplies, putting processed

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Nov. 1 (Jiji Press)–The Chinese marine research ship Tongji has left the Japanese exclusive economic zone off Hateruma Island in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, the Japan Coast Guard said Sunday. The ship was spotted dropping what appeared to

Atlanta, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Foreign ministers of the Group of 20 developed and emerging economies Saturday ended their two-day meeting in Atlanta in the U.S. state of Georgia without a joint statement. The meeting showed the difficulty of forming a consensus in

Atlanta, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–The so-called Quad countries of Japan, the United States, Australia and India on Saturday announced a plan to provide over 85 million dollars to support access to reliable artificial intelligence services in the Indo-Pacific region. The plan was

Atlanta, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Saturday that his country will cooperate even more closely with Saudi Arabia to restore free and safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. At a meeting with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal

Atlanta, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Saturday that he exchanged frank opinions with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on Russia’s detention of a Japanese newspaper reporter. But Motegi declined to disclose details of his conversation with Lavrov, saying

Tokyo, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Whether Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will attend deliberations at a House of Representatives committee will be crucial to efforts to pass legislation to cut the consumption tax through the lower chamber as early as Friday. The ruling

Sapporo, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Former residents of Russian-held islands called the Northern Territories in Japan took a chartered flight Saturday to fly near the northwestern Pacific islands so that they can pay respect to their ancestors from above. The aerial memorial service

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–The Okinawa prefectural police in southern Japan arrested U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kalvin Montoya Cardona, 21, of Camp Hansen on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol early on Saturday. Cardona is suspected of violating

Chennai, India, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Omron Healthcare Co. will hike the annual production capacity for home-use blood pressure monitors by 10 times at its first Indian plant for its mainstay products, President Ayumu Okada has said. The rise will take the

Tokyo, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s corporate income reported in fiscal 2025 rose 16.2 pct from the previous year to 118.9 trillion yen, hitting a record high for five years in a row, National Tax Agency data have shown. All industries posted increases,

Atlanta, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Friday demanded the immediate release of a reporter for Japan’s Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper detained by Russian authorities, in a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said. The 30-minute

Tokyo, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Users of the foreign exchange margin trading service affected by a cyberattack on GMO Internet Inc. have called on the company to explain how millions of yen in assets were lost virtually overnight. In the cyberattack, perpetrators gained

Tokyo, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is expected to continue cautiously considering whether to declare that the country has fully emerged from deflation, despite the Bank of Japan’s announcement Friday that underlying inflation has reached its 2 pct target. Opposition parties

Atlanta, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Friday signed a memorandum on the Trilateral Arctic Pacific Partnership to strengthen their countries’ cooperation in Arctic affairs. The three were Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, U.S.

By Sakurako Nakagawa Yokohama, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–The Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History in the eastern Japan city of Yokohama, south of Tokyo, attracted some 6,800 visitors, including locals, on its reopening day on Oct. 17, after a 21-month closure for

Kyoto, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–The head of Doshisha, which operates Doshisha International Senior High School, has apologized over a boat accident in Okinawa Prefecture that killed a female student, at his first press conference since the March 16 accident. “I offer my

Atlanta, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Friday demanded the immediate release of a reporter for Japan’s Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper detained by Russian authorities, in a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said. The meeting

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Final preparations are underway to reopen the main hall of Shuri Castle in Okinawa Prefecture in November, as Saturday marked the seventh anniversary of the fire that destroyed the landmark in the southwestern Japan prefecture. The