Japan’s industry-wide car sales, including 660cc minivehicles, fell 0.5% in July from a year earlier to 525,032 vehicles, industry data showed on Friday, according to Reuters.

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Total sales for the January to July period were up 1.1% to 3,550,943 vehicles; minivehicle sales of 1,092,036 for the same period were down 3.4%, the report showed.

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