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All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines on Friday unveiled a joint policy to deal with the harassment of workers by customers and vowed to act resolutely and respond systematically to such acts.

Japan's transport ministry Friday issued administrative guidance to Honda Motor Co., Mazda Motor Corp. and Yamaha Motor Co., urging them to take measures to prevent any recurrence of irregularities in their vehicle and equipment performance tests.

A Chinese woman who fell into serious condition after trying to stop a knife attack that injured a Japanese woman and her child in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, eastern China, on Monday has died, according to local public security authorities.

The Japanese government said Friday that it will provide subsidies in August and September to slash electricity and city gas bills by 2,125 yen per month for an average household.

The Japanese government decided Friday to promote Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maki Kobayashi to cabinet public affairs secretary.

The organizer of the Sendai Tanabata Festival, one of the three largest festivals in the Tohoku northeastern Japan region, plans to create festival decorations to pray for the reconstruction of areas affected by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake in central Japan.