ILEA000019961: Yachtsman Horie to sail nonstop around the world in 2004

[Breaking News]Nikkei ends at new record high

TOKYO, Japan, July 9 Kyodo-A monitor in Tokyo on July 9, 2024, shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average trading over the 41,700 line before finishing the day at 41,580.17, an all-time closing high.(Kyodo)

[Breaking News]Tokyo's Topix stock index hits record high

Tokyo, Japan, July 4 Kyodo - A financial data screen in Tokyo shows the Topix stock index logging an all-time high in early trading on July 4, 2024.

[Breaking News]Japan's benchmark bond yield hits 1%

Tokyo,Japan, May 22 Kyodo -A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond hitting 1 percent for the first time in 11 years on May 22, 2024, amid speculation that the Bank of Japan is moving to normalize its monetary policy.(Kyodo)

1 year before 2025 World Expo

Tokyo, Japan, April 13 Kyodo -Uniforms for the 2025 World Expo staff are unveiled during an event in Tokyo on April 13, 2024, exactly a year before the opening of the event in Osaka, western Japan.(Kyodo)

Chinese lantern plants

Pots of hozuki, or Chinese lantern plants, sit at a farm in Koga in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on July 2, 2020. About 25,000 pots, initially meant for selling at the annual hozuki festival in Tokyo's Asakusa area, will be sold on the internet this year after the traditional festival dating back 250 years was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Whale dish in Japan

Photo taken March 17, 2020, shows Bryde's whale meat served at a restaurant in Tokyo. Japan resumed commercial whaling in July 2019 after a 31-year hiatus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) Toyoda at a regular press conference

Toyoda compared the economic impact of the new Corona to the 2008 Lehman shock, saying, "This time, the financial system is relatively sound. But in the Lehman Shock, China was the driving force, supporting the global car market. This time, the impact has spread to the whole world and we cannot expect it to support the market. On the other hand, regarding the current state of the supply chain (parts supply network), he said, "The Great East Japan Earthquake has made us realize how the supply chain is designed to meet Chinese demand, rather than bringing (parts) from China. In general, since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the Great East Japan Earthquake, production and procurement of parts where they can be sold has progressed one step further than at that time," he said. Regarding the impact on domestic production and sales. (March 19, 2020, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Tokyo stocks fall on spread of coronavirus

A financial board in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2020, shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closing below 22,000 for the first time since October last year due to investor concern over the global economic impact of the growing number of coronavirus cases. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Chief of Airbnb's Japan unit

Yasuyuki Tanabe (L), chief of Airbnb Inc.'s Japan unit, and three-time Olympic wrestling gold medalist Saori Yoshida (2nd from R) pose for a photo during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2019. Airbnb and the International Olympic Committee have signed a nine-year sponsorship agreement covering five summer and winter Olympics through 2028. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

HIGHTECH SEIKO's newly installed vacuum furnace.

Hitec Seiko (Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba City) has introduced a new type of vacuum heat treatment furnace. The new furnace reduces the processing time to about 10 hours, 30% less than the previous model. By increasing the utilization rate and providing more space in the furnace, the company aims to stabilize the quality. We will increase the sales of the heat treatment business to 270 million yen in the fiscal year ending March 2020, up 12.5% from the previous fiscal year. The company has newly introduced the PQ-65 pressure-cooled horizontal vacuum furnace manufactured by IHI Mechanical Systems (Koto-ku, Tokyo), with a view to entering the aerospace field in the future. The maximum processing capacity of the vacuum furnace is 400 kilograms, which is the same as the conventional furnace, but the processing time can be reduced from 15 hours with the conventional furnace. HIGHTECH SEIKO, Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba City, July 19, 2019. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Yachtsman Horie to sail nonstop around the world in 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Kenichi Horie, a two-time round-the-world yachtsman from Japan, announces in Tokyo on July 3 he will take up a new challenge in October next year when he sets out on a solo nonstop voyage around the world, this time on an eastbound trip around Cape Horn. (Kyodo)

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