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

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

Sales promotion by Heineken ahead of Rugby World Cup

A bartender serves Heineken beer at a promotional event in Tokyo on June 4, 2019, ahead of the Rugby World Cup in Japan later this year. A sponsor of the World Cup, the Japanese distributor of Heineken beer is aiming for a 70 percent year-on-year increase in sales between September and November, when the World Cup will be held in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sales promotion by Heineken ahead of Rugby World Cup

A bartender serves Heineken beer at a promotional event in Tokyo on June 4, 2019, ahead of the Rugby World Cup in Japan later this year. A sponsor of the World Cup, the Japanese distributor of Heineken beer is aiming for a 70 percent year-on-year increase in sales between September and November, when the World Cup will be held in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo stock market's last day of 2018

Akira Nishino, who coached Japan's 2018 World Cup football team, poses for a photo in front of the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 28, 2018, the last trading day of the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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