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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Drones Inspect Transmission Line in Yinchuan

YINCHUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2025 - State Grid workers at the 110 kV Shayong Line No. 4 pole tower for the first time to use drone flaw detection technology to carry out X-ray detection of transmission lines, Yinchuan city, Ningxia Province, China, January 9, 2025. It is reported that X-ray inspection is the use of X-rays through metal materials, forming an image on the negative method to determine the internal defects of metal. In this operation, two UAVs were equipped with reflectors and X-ray machines to carry out flaw detection tests.

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Liquor barrel-making in southwestern Japan

A worker inspects newly crafted liquor barrels for defects in Tsuno in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 4, 2023.

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2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - Visitors visit the detection of 3D steel plate defects using 5G+AI technology at the 2023 Mobile World Congress Shanghai in Shanghai, China, June 28, 2023.

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Device unveiled for quickly finding defects in touch panels

OSAKA, Japan - Dai Nippon Printing Co. takes the wraps off its newly developed TM-1C measuring instrument capable of quickly finding defects in touch-sensitive panels in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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JR Hokkaido scandal

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Railway Co. President Makoto Nojima (2nd from R) and other executives bow in apology during a press conference in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 21, 2014. The railway operator announced punitive measures on a total of 75 employees over the failure to fix rail defects and the falsification of track maintenance data at the railway operator.

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Gov't instructs JR Hokkaido

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ota holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2014, on the ministry's instruction to Hokkaido Railway Co. in the wake of the previous year's revelations that it failed to fix rail defects and falsified track maintenance data.

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JR Hokkaido finds 170 more unrepaired rail defects

SAPPORO, Japan - Officials of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism arrive at the head office of Hokkaido Railway Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Sept. 25, 2013, for inspections. JR Hokkaido said the same day it has found 170 more unrepaired rail defects, bringing to 267 the total uncovered so far in its investigation into the previous week's cargo train derailment.

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N. Korean soldier defects to South

SEOUL, South Korea - File photo shows the Gyeongui Line road from the South Korean side of the border with the North on Dec. 27, 2011. A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Oct. 6, 2012, across the heavily armed border after killing two of his superiors, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

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Paloma Industries HQ

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of water heater maker Paloma Industries Ltd. in Nagoya on Dec. 16, 2010. The company came under fire for failing to address defects in its products, which killed a total of 21 people in Japan over 20 years through 2005. The sign on the top of the building reads ''Paloma.''

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Paloma Industries HQ

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of water heater maker Paloma Industries Ltd. in Nagoya on Dec. 16, 2010. The company came under fire for failing to address defects in its products, which killed a total of 21 people in Japan over 20 years through 2005. The sign on the top of the building reads ''Paloma.''

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Paloma Industries HQ

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of water heater maker Paloma Industries Ltd. in Nagoya on Dec. 16, 2010. The company came under fire for failing to address defects in its products, which killed a total of 21 people in Japan over 20 years through 2005. The sign on the top of the building reads ''Paloma.''

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Shiseido to recall 1.14 million eyelash curlers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Shiseido Co.'s Maquillage edge free eyelash curler product. Shiseido said Nov. 9, 2009, it will exchange about 1.14 million eyelash curlers for new ones at no charge due to possible defects that caused slight injuries to two users earlier this year.

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Sony to recall 440,000 VAIO TZ laptops worldwide

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. will recall about 440,000 VAIO TZ series of laptop computers (file photo) from around the world for free repairs of defects that could cause overheating, the company said on Sept. 4. According to Sony, seven people at home and abroad have sustained burns due to overheating.

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Nissan's 4th product quality control center begins full operations

TOKYO, Japan - The newly-built Field Quality Center of Nissan Motor Co. at Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, where engineers from Nissan and parts suppliers work together to examine defects in Nissan cars. Nissan has opened three similar facilities this year, two in the United States and one in Britain.

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Japan suspends flights of 176 SDF choppers over defects

TOKYO, Japan - The Defense Agency suspended flights of 176 Self-Defense Force helicopters for safety checks after a gear in the tail rotor of an SH-60J Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol chopper (in file photo) was found cracked last week, agency officials said Oct. 17.

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Toyota submits measures to improve recall operations

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (C), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks at a news conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on Aug. 3 after submitting a report on measures to improve its management of vehicle defects to the ministry.

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Toyota submits measures to improve recall operations

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (C), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., and other Toyota officials bow in apology during a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on Aug. 3 after submitting a report on measures to improve its management of vehicle defects to the ministry.

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Toyota submits measures to improve recall operations

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (L), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., presents a report on measures to improve its management of vehicle defects to Takuji Iwasaki, director general of the Road Transport Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, on Aug. 3.

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Gov't tells Toyota to improve management of defects

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto, vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks to reporters at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on July 21 after receiving a written instruction urging Toyota to improve its management of vehicle defects from the ministry.

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Gov't tells Toyota to improve management of defects

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (L), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., receives a written instruction from Sadaji Iwasaki, director general of the Road Transport Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, in Tokyo on July 21 urging Toyota to improve its management of vehicle defects.

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Diet passes FY '2005 extra budget, to shift to 2006 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Yuriko Koike bow in appreciation after a fiscal 2005 supplementary budget designed to finance government measures to deal with such recent social issues as asbestos-induced health problems, buildings' safety defects and bird flu was endorsed in a House of Councillors plenary session on Feb. 3.

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Thalidomide to be tested on patients as bone marrow cancer drug

TOKYO, Japan - Two officials of Fujimoto Pharmaceutical Corp. speak at a press conference in Tokyoon July 20. They said the company will begin testing thalidomide on patients as a bone marrow cancer treatment as early as in August, more than 40 years after the agent, notorious for severe birth defects, was banned in Japan.

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4 ex-M'bishi Fuso directors return 100 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Wilfried Porth, president of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., speaks to reporters about the successive coverups of vehicle defects at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on June 23.

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M'bishi Fuso to submit recall reports on 33 more defects

TOKYO, Japan - Wilfried Porth (L), president of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on June 14 about 33 more defects in its big vehicles that will require recalls.

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Mitsubishi Fuso sacks manager for false defect report

TOKYO, Japan - Wilfried Porth, president and chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., speaks about the company's recent false report on truck defects at a news conference in Tokyo on July 12. He said the company fired a quality-control manager for falsifying information on the defects.

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Mitsubishi Fuso to fix 450,000 defective vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso President and Chief Executive Officer Wilfried Porth (L) tells reporters in Tokyo on June 14 the company will repair about 450,000 vehicles in connection with additional cases of auto parts defects it was responsible for between 1992 and March this year.

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Mitsubishi Fuso files recall for 168,002 trucks

TOKYO, Japan - Hideyuki Shibusawa, executive officer in charge of quality technology at Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., speaks at a press conference on May 26 after telling the transport ministry the company will recall 168,002 large vehicles due to clutch-housing defects.

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Mitsubishi Fuso admits accident prompted cover-up

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Wilfried Porth (L) admitted May 20 that its ''corporate culture'' of concealing defects grew out of a fatal accident in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 2002 as it apologized to the family of a driver killed in the accident, caused by a clutch housing failure.

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Police to arrest ex-Mitsubishi execs in wheel death case

TOKYO, Japan - Kanagawa prefectural police investigators enter the head office of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. in Tokyo's Minato Ward on May 6. Police obtained arrest warrants for seven former Mitsubishi Motors Corp. executives suspected of making false reports on vehicle parts defects in connection with a fatal accident in Yokohama in 2002.

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(1)Mitsubishi Fuso to recall vehicles with defective hubs

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. President Wilfried Porth (C) bows in apology when he announces at a press conference at the transport ministry in Tokyo on March 11 that the company will recall some of its large vehicles following about 50 accidents, including a fatal one, in which their wheels came off while running. The company had claimed the vehicles had no structural defects and that the accidents were a result of improper maintenance by users.

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(2)Mitsubishi Fuso to recall vehicles with defective hubs

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. President Wilfried Porth briefs reporters in Tokyo on March 11 on the company's decision to recall some of its large vehicles following about 50 accidents, including a fatal one, in which their wheels came off while running. The company had claimed the vehicles had no structural defects and that the accidents were a result of improper maintenance by users.

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N. Korean ship prevented from leaving Okinawa due to defects

NAHA, Japan - The 1,499-ton North Korean freighter Rungrado remains anchored at Nakagusuku Bay port on eastern Okinawa Island on Oct. 3, although the ship was scheduled to leave the port Oct. 1. Authorities have prevented the vessel from leaving due to defects found during an inspection by the regional bureau of the Cabinet Office.