Japan reports rising traffic accident deaths in H1

TOKYO, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The number of traffic accident deaths in Japan rose 2.1 percent year-on-year to 1,182 in the first half (H1) of 2023, recent police data has shown.

This marked the first increase in a decade for the January-June period, the National Police Agency (NPA) said in an online report, noting monthly fatalities increased in January and March compared to the previous year.

Of the 1,182 to