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Kumamoto, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–Temperatures reached 40.3 degrees Celsius in the city of Kumamoto on Monday, topping 40 degrees for the first time on record in the namesake southwestern Japan prefecture, adding to the plight of local residents hit by a powerful

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s education ministry is asking municipalities and education boards across the country to consider providing supplementary learning materials for elementary and junior high school students that are currently purchased by parents, to reduce household financial burdens. In a

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s education ministry is asking municipalities and education boards across the country to consider providing supplementary learning materials for elementary and junior high school students that are currently purchased by parents, to reduce household financial burdens. In a

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,

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