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Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–Liberal Democratic Party members are concerned that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s plan to cut the consumption tax rate on food could negatively affect the ruling party’s performance in the 2028 House of Councillors election. Under the plan,

Hiroshima, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–A tour offering views of reconstruction in Hiroshima, a city in western Japan, following the U.S. atomic bombing 81 years ago aboard a streetcar that survived the blast started on Sunday. The tour uses Hiroshima Electric Railway Co.’s

Hiroshima, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–A tour offering views of reconstruction in Hiroshima, a city in western Japan, following the U.S. atomic bombing 81 years ago aboard a streetcar that survived the blast started on Sunday. The tour uses Hiroshima Electric Railway Co.’s

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–BYD Co.’s entry is set to intensify competition into Japan’s electric minivehicle market, still a niche in the country’s passenger-vehicle segment. The Chinese electric vehicle giant last week launched the Racco in Japan, becoming the latest entrant in

Saitama, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–A Vietnamese national in his 30s has made a statement suggesting he killed a 91-year-old woman of Iruma, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, according to investigative sources. Acting on the man’s statement, the Saitama prefectural police searched a forested

Japan Automobile Dealers Association Aug. 3 Yr/Yr Change Total 276,679 units Up 9.7 pct Over-2,000-c.c. Cars 155,822 Up 6.3 Smaller Cars 86,756 Up 17.4 Trucks 32,881 Up 6.0 Buses 1,220 Up 94.0 -Brand- Daihatsu 2,953 Up 44.3 Honda 34,144 Up 15.5 Lexus

Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association Aug. 3 Yr/Yr Change Total 140,484 units Up 1.6 pct Passenger Cars 108,884 Up 2.9 Trucks 31,600 Down 2.9 -Brand- Suzuki 46,522 Down 2.1 Daihatsu 40,673 Down 2.7 Mitsubishi 6,240 Up 2.0 Subaru 1,035 Down

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–Local chapter members of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan expressed opposition on Sunday to a proposed three-way merger with two other opposition parties, the Centrist Reform Alliance and Komeito. Sunday’s meeting brought together senior members of the

Uki, Kumamoto Pref., Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–Temperatures in Kumamoto Prefecture are forecast to reach 40 degrees Celsius or higher for the first time on record Monday, adding to the plight of people in the southwestern Japan prefecture hit by a powerful earthquake

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–Plant suspension at automakers caused by last week’s major earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture is being prolonged, with the impact spreading beyond the Kyushu region, which includes the southwestern Japan prefecture. Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and Daihatsu