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

New York, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Ryosuke Takashima, mayor of Ashiya, a city in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, is among Time’s 100 most influential emerging people, according to the list released by the U.S. magazine on Tuesday. Takashima, who became the youngest-ever mayor

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka has hit combined 200 career wins in the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (NPB) and U.S. Major League Baseball, becoming the fourth Japanese professional baseball player to achieve this feat. With this achievement, the 36-year-old

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Talks between Japan’s ruling and opposition parties have stalled over a proposal to scrap the provisional gasoline tax surcharge. The slowdown is widely attributed to the political lull caused by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election, slated

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a candidate in the Liberal Democratic Party’s upcoming leadership election, has said that expanding the ruling coalition, currently made up of the LDP and Komeito, is the “best option.” Koizumi and four other

Mumbai, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Next-generation E10 series Shinkansen bullet trains of East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, are expected to be delivered to India in 2029 for a planned high-speed rail link in the South Asian nation, an urban development official

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Business sentiment among large manufacturers in Japan improved for two consecutive quarters, the Bank of Japan’s “Tankan” survey for September showed Wednesday. The headline diffusion index for large manufacturers’ current business conditions rose to plus 14 from plus

Misawa, Aomori Pref., Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force and the Royal Australian Air Force kicked off their “Bushido Guardian” joint exercise in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Tuesday. The Japan-Australia exercise is joined by the U.S. Air Force for the

Minabe, Wakayama Pref., Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Undeterred by major setbacks that recently befell the famed “Kishu ume,” or plums grown in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, “umeboshi” pickled plum makers are working on developing new products using hail-damaged ume. Wakayama has

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi and Shinjiro Koizumi are neck-and-neck in support among rank-and-file members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ahead of Saturday’s party leadership election, a Jiji Press survey has found. The survey covered 47 senior local LDP officials

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–An elderly 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 rushed to the scene after a relative of the woman

(Adnkronos) – A 6.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of the Philippines. The epicenter, according to the USGS (US Geological Survey), was recorded approximately 11 kilometers east-southeast of the Calape area, in Bohol province, with a population of approximately 33,000

(Adnkronos) – Eight people were killed and several others were injured in a car bomb explosion outside the headquarters of the Pakistani security forces in the southwestern city of Quetta. Local authorities reported that before the vehicle exploded, four armed men on

(Adnkronos) – At least 31 people have been arrested in Moldova during opposition protests, following the defeat in Sunday’s parliamentary elections won by the pro-European ruling party Pas. This was announced by the Chisinau police, the day after the demonstrations in front

(Adnkronos) – Decisive week for Sébastien Lecornu: by next Monday, the French Prime Minister – who has come under fire in recent hours with accusations of lying about his master’s degree – plans new consultations, is preparing to detail his budget draft,

(Adnkronos) – Jian Guo, former assistant to European Parliament member Maximilian Krah, a prominent figure of the German far-right party Afd, Alternative for Germany, has been sentenced to 4 years and 9 months in prison for espionage activities in favor of China.

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi, who is running for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership, on Tuesday called for restricting the number of foreign workers the country accepts. “I’m not thinking of accepting them without limit,” Koizumi said

Busan, South Korea, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung met in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday and agreed that the two countries will continue “shuttle diplomacy,” or reciprocal visits by their leaders, to

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Mizuho Securities Co. plans to reorganize and expand its workforce to strengthen sales efforts aimed at wealthy individuals and corporate clients, President Yoshiro Hamamoto has said. The brokerage’s retail and business banking division posted net operating revenue of

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on Tuesday indicted without arrest former lawmaker Akira Ishii and a former staffer at his office, Kaaru Okawa, 60, for alleged fraud involving state-paid salaries of a secretary. The prosecutors did not

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, said Tuesday that it has accepted the resignation of its chairman, Takeshi Niinami. Until Niinami’s successor is appointed, the activities of the association’s chief will be undertaken by Senior

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese power generation company Jera Co. said Tuesday that it has decommissioned five aging units at its thermal power plants in three prefectures. Their equipment had deteriorated as all of the plants have been in operation for more