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Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Fujifilm Corp.’s Utsurundesu single-use film camera, sold as QuickSnap outside Japan, celebrated its 40th birthday this month, enjoying a recent resurgence in popularity. A younger generation of users has bought into its analog photo-taking experience, including rolling the

(Adnkronos) – A conference at Italy’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday was set to focus on Italy’s economic role in rebuilding war-battered Ukraine, Gaza and Syria, the parliament said in a statement.  Lower house speaker secretary Francesco Battistoni was due to

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s industry ministry said Tuesday that it will provide up to 159 billion yen in subsidies to the Japanese unit of Israel’s Tower Semiconductor Ltd. Tower Partners Semiconductor Co., based in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, plans to invest

Osaka, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police sent papers to prosecutors on Tuesday accusing a smoker of causing a fire that killed two firefighters in the western city of Osaka in August last year. The Osaka prefectural police department suspects that the fire

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fair Trade Commission raided three companies Tuesday over suspected bid-rigging in contracts to supply refrigeration equipment for Seven-Eleven Japan Co. stores, informed sources said. The FTC searched the offices of Fuji Electric Co. in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward,

Kyoto, July 14 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese district court on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit seeking an injunction to suspend operations at the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture. Akira Saito, presiding judge

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling and opposition parties agreed Tuesday to put a bill to establish a secondary capital of the country to a House of Representatives committee vote Wednesday, a development making it possible for the legislation to clear the

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Rising interest rates are leading to higher interest rates on loan-type scholarships for university students in Japan. Higher rates on such scholarships may cause some people’s repayment balances to increase by more than 1 million yen. This would

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan will enhance heatstroke and cold protection measures at disaster evacuation centers under a revision of its basic disaster management plan decided Tuesday. The revised plan, which serves as the cornerstone of disaster response measures by the central

Toyama, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Police have arrested a 53-year-old man in the central Japan prefecture of Toyama for allegedly planning indiscriminate killing in Tokyo and preparing a knife for the potential rampage. The suspect, Katsumi Mori, who is unemployed and from the