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Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–New automobile sales in Japan from January to June rose 1.8 pct from a year before to 2,387,189 units, mainly driven by the launches of revamped models, industry data showed on Wednesday. Toyota Motor Corp., Daihatsu Motor Co.

Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–Inbound tourism continued making contributions to rises in roadside land prices in Japan this year, according to National Tax Agency data released Wednesday. Prices of land facing roads in the country as of Jan. 1 rose 2.9 pct

New Delhi, July 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in a contribution published in The Times of India on Wednesday, said that Japan and India are “strategically aligned” partners. “The relationship between Japan and India is now a strategically aligned trusted

Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–The number of hibakusha survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had fallen to 91,105 as of the end of March this year, Japan’s welfare ministry said Wednesday. The number of hibakusha with victim

Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s parliamentary leaders on Wednesday presented a draft supplementary resolution for the bill revising the Imperial House Law, calling for continued discussions on stable Imperial succession. The supplementary resolution, attached to the bill submitted by the government to

Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–Chubu Electric Power Co. overwrote data after a regulatory investigation into its earthquake risk data fraud involving its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, the secretariat of the Nuclear Regulation Authority said Wednesday. “We suspect

Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said Wednesday that it will dispatch an emergency medical team to Venezuela, recently hit by major earthquakes, as early as this week. The Japan Disaster Relief Medical Team will be made up of 42 members,

Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi left for India on a government jet Wednesday for a summit with her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, where they are seen confirming the two countries’ cooperation in economic security. With China’s increasing economic

Tokyo/Beijing, July 1 (Jiji Press)–Two Japanese nationals detained in the Chinese city of Dalian in May were arrested in mid- and late June, respectively, Japanese government officials said Wednesday. The two, both Fuji Electric Co. group employees, are believed to have violated

Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Financial Services Agency has ordered Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd. to report details of a personal data breach involving information on about 4.38 million customers, the unit of U.S. insurance giant Aflac Inc. said Wednesday. The order