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Mazda Motor Corp. President and CEO Masahiro Moro at the Japanese automaker's general shareholders meeting Tuesday apologized for its vehicle test fraud that came to light earlier this month.

Japanese professional baseball player Ginjiro Sumitani remains committed to inspiring seriously ill children, with his project of inviting such children and their families to his home games entering the 10th year.

The Japanese government said Tuesday that it will draw up guidelines for smoothly implementing a new system for shared custody of children by divorced parents.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, who is on an official visit to Britain, attended a reception Monday hosted in central London by five Japanese-British friendship organizations including the Japan Society.

The Japanese Embassy in Beijing has warned Japanese nationals to be on alert following a knife attack Monday against a Japanese mother and her child by an apparent Chinese man in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.

A threatening message warning of an attack using sulfuric acid to blind Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has been sent to those linked to the governor, investigative sources said.