Sales of new motor vehicles rose 5.3 percent in August from a year earlier to 255,954 units, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Monday.
It was the second month in a row of year-to-year increase.
Excluded from the calculations are minivehicles, which are defined as motor vehicles with engine capacities of up to 660cc, and specialty vehicles such as trailers.
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