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For the first time in seven years, Toyota Motor Corporation has foregone a bear

The union called for the establishment of a wage system that rewards union members for their efforts by further strengthening the method of differentiating salaries based on evaluations. Although the new distribution system has been postponed with no increase in pay, the reform of the evaluation system has become a common understanding between labor and management. The company expressed its desire to incline the wage system to be maintained, including regular pay raises, in this spring's struggle. In response, Chairman Nishino took a positive stance, saying, "Labor and management will continue to hold discussions. The entire industry is closely watching the future of Toyota's wage system reform. The photo shows then-Vice President Kawai (right) at a press conference following the company's response to the Spring Offensive on March 11. (Photo taken on March 11, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

JAXA's fairing separation and release test for the H3 rocket

On April 17, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted a separation and release test of the fairing (the tip of the rocket) for the new H3 core rocket at Kawasaki Heavy Industries' Harima Works in Harima, Hyogo Prefecture (photo). The fairing is a container that protects the satellite from wind pressure and frictional heat from the air while the rocket flies in the atmosphere. The internal capacity of the satellite is 2.3 times larger than that of the "H2A" 4S model. Carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) layers were used for the perimeter panels, and the number of panels assembled was reduced by enlarging each panel to keep costs down. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Harima Plant, Harima-cho, Hyogo Prefecture, December 17, 2019; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Inspection Robot for Jibiru Survey Design

Jibiru Survey & Design (Fukui City) has completed a dedicated base for bridge inspection support robots on land adjacent to its headquarters plant. The investment was about 40 million yen. The company expects to receive more inquiries after its robot was listed in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's new technology guidelines, and aims to receive orders for the inspection of about 400 bridges a year. In 2008, Jibiru Survey & Design entered the bridge inspection robot business, aiming to diversify its business from construction consulting. By the end of March 2007, the company had inspected 334 bridges. In February 2007, the Japanese government published a list of guidelines and new technologies that can be used as a guide for bridge inspections, and the company's robots were included in the list. Photo taken on August 6, 2019, date unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Japan-Russia talks

Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin (3rd from L) speaks during a meeting of the Japan-Russia Intergovernmental Committee on Trade and Economic Issues at the Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Portable air purifier

Photo taken in Osaka on Dec. 6, 2018, shows a portable air purifier developed by three companies including Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Icebreaker Shirase approaches Showa Station in Antarctica

ANTARCTIC SEA, Dec. 20 Kyodo - Adelie penguins are seen walking about 200 meters from Japan's icebreaker Shirase in the Antarctic Sea. The ship carrying Japan's Antarctic research team was about 90 kilometers from Showa Station, a Japanese permanent research station in the Antarctica.

Kamikaze pilot's letter kept at museum

FUKUOKA, Japan - A brief letter penned by kamikaze pilot Yukio Araki at a temple near an air base in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, before his transfer to a nearby base in Kagoshima Prefecture in early 1945 is shown in this file photo taken on Feb. 11, 2014. The letter reads: "I just go forward on my path."

Prosecutors file arrest warrant for ex-Korean Air exec

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former Korean Air Vice President Cho Hyun Ah, who allegedly attacked a cabin crew member physically and verbally on an Incheon-bound plane from New York's JFK International Airport on Dec. 5, 2014. South Korean state prosecutors filed an arrest warrant for Cho, 40, on Dec. 24, over charges of violating aviation security and other laws.

NRA inspects No.3 reactor of Shimane nuclear plant

MATSUE, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Toyoshi Fuketa (R) inspects the inside of unit 3's reactor building at Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2014. Starting date of commercial operation of unit 3 has not been set. (Pool photo)

NRA chief inspects Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka (R, front), chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, walks by radioactive water tanks during his inspection at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Okuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 12, 2014. (Pool photo)

Hot-air balloon released in Antarctica for air survey

SHOWA BASE, Antarctica - Japanese researchers release a hot-air balloon at Showa Base in Antarctica on Dec. 26 to survey the distribution of ozone layers and greenhouse gases in the stratosphere. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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