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Kyoto, July 17 (Jiji Press)–A procession of “yamahoko” floats, the highlight of Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri summer festival, took place on Friday, with 23 floats adorned with elaborate textiles, embroidery and other decorations parading through the streets of the western Japan city to

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–The House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, on Friday approved an eight-day extension of the current session until July 25. During the extension, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Japan Innovation Party coalition aims to enact a

(Adnkronos) – The foreign ministry has inaugurated a new entrance to a health clinic accessible to all those who work at the ministry, which it is hoped will become “increasingly efficient” and will open to members of the public as well, foreign

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Nikon Corp. plans to focus its growth investment on semiconductor lithography equipment, President and CEO Yasuhiro Omura said in an interview. “Semiconductor lithography equipment will have a large volume,” Omura said, referring to the Japanese precision machinery maker’s

(Adnkronos) – The dramatic double earthquake that struck Venezuela on June 24 continues to worsen, approaching five thousand deaths.   According to the president of the Venezuelan Parliament, the confirmed victims have risen to 4,930. 

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Japanese frozen food maker Nichirei Corp. said Friday that it is preparing to fully resume operations as early as next week following a cyberattack earlier this week. The company on Friday partially restarted operations at refrigerated warehouses and

New York/Silicon Valley, July 16 (Jiji Press)–A jury at a U.S. federal district court in Texas on Thursday ruled that companies under Japanese semiconductor memory maker Kioxia Holdings Corp. violated patent claims by U.S. satellite communications company Viasat Inc. The jury awarded

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Prices of newly harvested rice in Japan are increasingly likely to fall this year after rising for two straight years. This month, the Kagoshima Prefectural Economic Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives notified local agricultural cooperatives of suggested purchase prices

Osaka, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Twenty-three people, mainly students, were injured after an unknown substance was sprayed at a municipal junior high school in the city of Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Friday morning. According to the city’s board of education, 15

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s parliament Friday passed into law a bill designed to prevent the birth of genetically edited “designer babies” whose appearance and other characteristics would be altered according to their parents’ preferences. The law prohibits the implantation of genome-edited