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Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election, on Wednesday demanded that the weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun correct a story reporting that his aide had kicked 826 rank-and-file members out of

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s average retail price of regular gasoline fell 0.1 yen from a week earlier to 175.2 yen per liter as of Monday, marking the first decline in four weeks, due to lower crude oil prices, the industry ministry

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese research team has unraveled the Venus flytrap’s detailed mechanism to detect insects using its touch sensor. While humans have known for about 200 years that the carnivorous plant detects insects using its sensory hairs, the mechanism

Nagoya, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese elementary school teacher Fumiya Kosemura pleaded guilty to charges of sharing child pornography via social media, in the first hearing on his case at Nagoya District Court on Wednesday. The charges are “correct, and I’m very sorry,”

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police Wednesday launched special teams to reinforce their fight against “tokuryu” ad hoc crime groups made up of anonymous members. The National Police Agency and Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department took the action with no sign of decline

Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association Oct. 1 Yr/Yr Change Total 807,723 units Up 4.7 pct Passenger Cars 622,543 Up 5.8 Trucks 185,180 Up 1.0 -Brand- Suzuki 279,120 Down 1.6 Daihatsu 247,028 Up 28.7 Mitsubishi 33,138 Up 1.0 Subaru 8,037 Up

Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association Oct. 1 Yr/Yr Change Total 162,823 units Down 0.9 pct Passenger Cars 127,951 Up 1.7 Trucks 34,872 Down 9.5 -Brand- Suzuki 54,463 Up 0.9 Daihatsu 47,267 Up 9.8 Mitsubishi 5,865 Down 21.7 Subaru 1,714 Up

Japan Automobile Dealers Association Oct. 1 Yr/Yr Change Total 265,391 units Down 3.3 pct Over-2,000-c.c. Cars 158,580 Down 1.2 Smaller Cars 70,930 Down 11.2 Trucks 35,031 Up 5.8 Buses 850 Down 3.5 -Brand- Daihatsu 1,763 Down 41.2 Honda 31,346 Down 11.3 Lexus

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Business sentiment among large manufacturers in Japan improved for two consecutive quarters, apparently warmed up by a recent Japan-U.S. tariff agreement, the Bank of Japan’s “Tankan” survey for September showed Wednesday. The headline diffusion index for large manufacturers’

Kyoto, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Nintendo Co. said Tuesday that it established a subsidiary in Singapore on Friday, its first unit in Southeast Asia, to boost its business in the region. The new unit, Nintendo Singapore Pte. Ltd., is capitalized at 8 million