1. A US media outlet has reported what it says is a draft memorandum of understanding to be signed by the United States and Iran to end their fighting. Attention is now focused on whether the agreement will take effect after the signing, which is scheduled for Friday.
2. NHK has learned that the original version of the Japanese animated movie “Grave of the Fireflies” has been discovered. The original version contains some scenes created using only line drawings and hardly any color. The movie, directed by Takahata Isao, is about two young Japanese siblings who struggle to survive after their mother dies in an air raid during World War II.
3. Japan’s antitrust watchdog has raided the offices of six major ice cream makers on suspicion of forming a price-fixing cartel. The Fair Trade Commission carried out inspections at the head offices of Meiji, Morinaga Milk Industry, Lotte, Morinaga, Ezaki Glico and Akagi Nyugyo on Tuesday. The FTC says they are under investigation for violating the anti-monopoly law and maintaining a cartel to keep prices high.