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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

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s transport ministry issued Wednesday a notice of suspending 111 post offices across the country from using mini cargo vehicles for delivery services for up to 160 days from Oct. 8, due to their failures to properly conduct

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito met with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is visiting Japan for the 2025 World Exposition in the western city of Osaka, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. During their meeting on Tuesday, which

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–A 76-year-old woman was stabbed at an apartment in Machida, Tokyo, on Tuesday evening and died shortly after being transported to hospital. Officers from Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department arrested Kota Kuwano, a 40-year-old man from Machida, who was

Osaka, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese airline ANA Holdings Inc. and U.S. startup Joby Aviation Inc. performed the first demonstration flight of their flying car for the press at the World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka on Tuesday. The electric

Kagoshima, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–A Chinese survey ship was spotted again within Japan’s exclusive economic zone off the island of Amami Oshima in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, according to the Japan Coast Guard. The JCG’s 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, based