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Tokyo, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)–Chinese automakers are banking on the Japanese electric vehicle market as they struggle with slowing growth in their home market and high tariffs in the United States and Europe. BYD Co., a Chinese electric vehicle giant, released the

Tokyo, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)–Nearly half of respondents in Japan support the government’s plan to cut consumption tax on food items to virtually zero, a Jiji Press survey for August has shown. In the survey, 49.1 pct backed the plan, while 31.6

Tokyo, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)–Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet edged down 0.6 percentage point from the previous month to 48.4 pct in August, a Jiji Press survey showed Thursday. According to the survey, conducted for four days through

Kumamoto, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)–Kumamoto Castle in Kumamoto Prefecture reopened to the public Thursday, about two weeks after a powerful earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture. Safety checks were completed quickly following the 7.1-magnitude earthquake on July 28, which registered up to

Tokyo, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)–Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet edged down 0.6 percentage point from the previous month to 48.4 pct in August, a Jiji Press survey showed Thursday. According to the survey, conducted for four days through

Tokyo, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi released a statement Thursday protesting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to one of the four disputed northwestern Pacific islands claimed by Tokyo but controlled by Moscow. “The Northern Territories are an inherent part

Tokyo, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)–Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to one of four Russian-held western Pacific islands that Japan calls its Northern Territories on Thursday, according to reports from Russia’s state-run Tass news agency and other media. Putin toured

Hong Kong, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan has filled the leadership vacancy at its consulate-general in China’s Chongqing, Japanese government sources said. Shigehiro Nishiumi, former deputy consul-general in Hong Kong, took office as head of the mission in the inland city Aug. 4

Tokyo, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)–Sales of beer and quasi-beer products in Japan in July fell 7 pct from a year earlier in volume, down for the fourth consecutive month, industry officials said Thursday. The decline was apparently because of reduced spending by

Tokyo, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s producer prices in July rose 7.2 pct from a year earlier, driven by elevated prices across a wide range of products, especially nonferrous metals and petroleum and coal products, amid tensions in the Middle East, Bank of