M'bishi Heavy gives up 1st Japan-made passenger jet project

M'bishi Heavy gives up 1st Japan-made passenger jet project

File photo taken in March 2020 shows Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s SpaceJet test plane at Nagoya airport in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. The company announced the termination of its plan to develop Japan's first domestically manufactured passenger jet on Feb. 7, 2023.

M'bishi Heavy gives up 1st Japan-made passenger jet project

M'bishi Heavy gives up 1st Japan-made passenger jet project

File photo taken in March 2020 shows Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s SpaceJet test plane at Nagoya airport in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. The company announced the termination of its plan to develop Japan's first domestically manufactured passenger jet on Feb. 7, 2023.

Abe in Fukushima ahead of quake-tsunami anniversary

Abe in Fukushima ahead of quake-tsunami anniversary

NAMIE, Japan, March 7 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) attends the opening ceremony of Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 7, 2020, four days before the ninth anniversary of the earthquake-tsunami disaster. (Pool photo)

Dongdaemun Design Plaza unveiled in Seoul

Dongdaemun Design Plaza unveiled in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Seoul municipal authorities unveil to the media the new Dongdaemun Design Plaza (center foreground), built near the "Dongdaemun" tourist spot area, in the South Korean capital on March 7, 2014. The complex was designed by Iraqi-born, London-based architect Zaha Hadid, who has also designed the yet-to-be-built Olympic Stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

IOC calls Tokyo's bid 'very impressive'

IOC calls Tokyo's bid 'very impressive'

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose holds a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 7, 2013, on Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. The International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission called Tokyo's bid proposal ''very impressive'' as it wrapped a four-day inspection of the Japanese capital the same day.

IOC calls Tokyo's bid 'very impressive'

IOC calls Tokyo's bid 'very impressive'

TOKYO, Japan - Craig Reedie, chair of the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission, holds a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 7, 2013. The commission called Tokyo's plan for hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics ''very impressive,'' as it wrapped a four-day inspection of the Japanese capital the same day.

IOC calls Tokyo's bid 'very impressive'

IOC calls Tokyo's bid 'very impressive'

TOKYO, Japan - Craig Reedie, chair of the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission, holds a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 7, 2013. The commission called Tokyo's plan for hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics ''very impressive,'' as it wrapped a four-day inspection of the Japanese capital the same day.

IOC calls Tokyo's bid 'very impressive'

IOC calls Tokyo's bid 'very impressive'

TOKYO, Japan - Craig Reedie, chair of the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission, holds a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 7, 2013. The commission called Tokyo's plan for hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics ''very impressive,'' as it wrapped a four-day inspection of the Japanese capital the same day.