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The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the country's main opposition party, decided Wednesday to submit a motion of no confidence against the cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday.

Police arrested a 46-year-old man Wednesday on suspicion of killing his former wife, who was found dead near the bodies of their three children at their house in Tokyo in May.

The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan rose 60.1pctfrom a year before to 3,040,100 in May, hitting a record high for the month, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.

The former chief accountant of a Liberal Democratic Party faction led by former party Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai on Friday admitted charges linked to a political funds scandal rocking the ruling party.

U.S. investment firm Blackstone Inc. has announced that it will acquire Japanese digital comics provider Infocom Corp. for a total of about 280 billion yen, its largest investment in Japan.

Kenta Izumi, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, called on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to dissolve the House of Representatives for a snap election, during a Diet debate between party leaders on Friday.