JAPAN
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Auto Sales Fall: The five major car makers expect to sell a total of 5.07 million cars in the current financial year, which ends in March--about 350,000 units less than their initial estimate and 3.3% less than in the previous financial year, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said. Sluggish sales of new fall models prompted the more pessimistic appraisal, the paper said.
