Nice try, Fujitaka. They manufacture cigarette vending machines in Japan, and were all set to roll out a new system of age verification cameras on their machines, which would scan the face of the ...

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But for Sukima Department Inc., the company that manages the smoking lounge, the most important equipment there is the vending machine. The free area opened in April, and office workers in ...