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Foreign-invested companies eye opportunities in China's Wuhan

STORY: Foreign-invested companies eye opportunities in China's Wuhan DATELINE: Sept. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the roundtable meeting 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SAEKI TAKEHIKO, Director of Japan External Trade Organization's Wuhan office 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MEI BAOCHUN, Vice President of Smith Group China 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YU XIN, Greater China General Manager of Government Affairs with Dow STORYLINE: Around 90 representatives from transnational companies and foreign chambers of commerce in China gathered for an economic roundtable in China's Wuhan on Wednesday. Many of the attendees voiced hope for enhancing trade relations with China, eyeing more opportunities in the Chinese market. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SAEKI TAKEHIKO, Director of Japan External Trade Organization's Wuhan office "What I am currently interested in are consumer-related aspects, as well as energy conservation and environmental protection. As China's pursuit o

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Expats see opportunities through China's local "two sessions"

STORY: Expats see opportunities through China's local "two sessions" DATELINE: Jan. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:01 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): TIAN ZHONGQUAN, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEVE CARPENTER, President of AmCham China's Central China Chapter 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SAEKI TAKEHIKO, Director of Japan External Trade Organization's Wuhan office 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JEFF LAING, Principal of Wuhan Maple Leaf Foreign National School 5. various of Wuhan STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): TIAN ZHONGQUAN, Xinhua correspondent "Hello, I am in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. At the beginning of each year, local "two sessions" are regularly held across China, which aims to discuss local development in the past year and make plans for the year to come. In the past 2022, Hubei's economy has shown great vitality. And the ongoing "two sessions" of Hubei continue to attach great importance on the development of economy, education, envi

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Military papers on Hiroshima A-bombing damage found

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A series of books chronicling damage caused by the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima are shown on Jan. 6, 2015, in the western Japanese city. One of the books quotes a memo written by Bunro Saeki, commander at the now defunct Imperial Japanese Army's shipping command, which is believed to be based on written army rescue operation orders found recently at a Defense Ministry institute in Tokyo.

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Mental support teams sent to landslide-hit Hiroshima

OKAYAMA, Japan - Mayumi Saeki (R), a Disaster Psychiatric Assistance Team member dispatched by the health ministry, talks with another member on Aug. 24, 2014, on ways to give health support to mentally distressed people affected by the recent massive landslides that hit Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Cherry blossom festival in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese singer Anna Saeki performs during the opening ceremony of an annual cherry blossom festival in Washington on March 22, 2014.

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Japan Tobacco to undertake drastic restructuring

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Tobacco Co. Vice President Akira Saeki speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2013, as the company said it will close four of its nine cigarette manufacturing-related factories in Japan and a vending machine production base, most of them in March 2015, and cut 1,600 jobs, or about 20 percent of the employees in its tobacco business, due to falling sales.

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Saeki captures 1st national title

TOKYO, Japan - Miho Saeki defeated Aiko Nakamura in the women's singles final in Tokyo on Nov. 20 to capture her first title at the national championships.

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(1)MLB All-Stars - Game 6

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese outfielder Takahiro Saeki slams a solo homer off Anaheim Angels pitcher Francisco Rodriguez in the eighth inning of Game 6 of a series of U.S.-Japanese exhibition games at Sapporo Dome on Nov. 11. The Japanese All-Star team beat major league players 5-1 for their second straight victory. (MLB)

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Tunisian soccer team moves to Kashihara for training

KASHIHARA, Japan - The Tunisian soccer team is welcomed by local people in Kashihara, Nara Prefecure, at a hotel on May 21 after arriving there from Saeki, Oita Prefecture, for training for the World Cup finals that begin May 31. The team did the first stage of its training in Saeki from May 17.

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Saeki hits game-leading solo homer

TOKYO, Japan - Yokohama Baystars outfielder Takahiro Saeki watches the ball after hitting a game-leading solo homer off Yomiuri Giants starter Masumi Kuwata in the top of the fifth inning at Tokyo Dome on Aug. 23.

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8 firms apply for listing on Nasdaq Japan market

TOKYO, Japan - The presidents of eight companies (at the back) that applied for listing on the newly-opened Nasdaq Japan stock market attend a news conference in Tokyo on May 8, along with Tatsuyuki Saeki (R in front), president of Nasdaq Japan Inc., and Kyoji Kitamura (C), president of the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE). The Nasdaq Japan market was opened the same day by the OSE.

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OSE, Nasdaq Japan sign accord to launch Nasdaq Japan market

OSAKA, Japan - Kyoji Kitamura (R), president of the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE), and Tatsuyuki Saeki, president of Nasdaq Japan Planning Co., shake hands in Osaka on April 19 after signing a business tie-up agreement to launch the Nasdaq Japan stock market in June.

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Saeki wins at Winbledon

Japan's Miho Saeki advances to the second round of the women's draw by defeating Christina Papadaki of Greece 6-3, 6-2 on the opening day of the Wimbledon tennis championships June 21.

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Sanwa Bank, Toyo Trust to form partnership

Sanwa Bank President Naotaka Saeki (L) shakes hands with Toyo Trust President Nobuyoshi Takeuchi at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 20 prior to a press conference to announce an agreement to expand their business collaboration, including pension services and sharing of their automatic teller machines.

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Uyenotecnica's handling equipment for robots

Ueno Technica has developed a handling device for industrial robotsthat can pick up and grasp workpieces with a single unit. It is expected to be used for picking parts in bulk, and the two functions can be used separately according to the weight and size of the workpiece. The company is looking for needs mainly in the automotive industry and aims to put it to practical use as soon as possible. Normally, the pad sticks out at the tip and the fingers are folded. When the finger is used, it is extended and moved toward the tip, and the pad is moved by the linear motion mechanism and stored at the top. The company is a group company of Hirotec Corporation (Saeki Ward, Hiroshima City), which is engaged in the design and manufacture of automotive parts, and will exhibit at the International Robot Exhibition to be held at Tokyo Big Sight from April 18. Photo: December 3, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Saeki captures 1st national title

TOKYO, Japan - Miho Saeki defeated Aiko Nakamura in the women's singles final in Tokyo on Nov. 20 to capture her first title at the national championships. (Kyodo)

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OSE, Nasdaq Japan sign accord to launch Nasdaq Japan market

OSAKA, Japan - Kyoji Kitamura (R), president of the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE), and Tatsuyuki Saeki, president of Nasdaq Japan Planning Co., shake hands in Osaka on April 19 after signing a business tie-up agreement to launch the Nasdaq Japan stock market in June.

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The Grudge 2 (2006)

Takako Fuji & Sarah Michelle Gellar Characters: Kayako Saeki & Karen Film: The Grudge 2 (2006) Director: Takashi Shimizu 12 October 2006 Date: 12 October 2006

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The Grudge 2 (2006)

Sarah Michelle Gellar & Takako Fuji Characters: Karen & Kayako Saeki Film: The Grudge 2 (2006) Director: Takashi Shimizu 12 October 2006 Date: 12 October 2006

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The Grudge 2 (2006)

Misako Uno & Takako Fuji Characters: Miyuki & Kayako Saeki Film: The Grudge 2 (2006) Director: Takashi Shimizu 12 October 2006 Date: 12 October 2006

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The Grudge 2 (2006)

Takako Fuji & Amber Tamblyn Characters: Kayako Saeki & Aubrey Film: The Grudge 2 (2006) Director: Takashi Shimizu 12 October 2006 DF-05029 - Amber Tamblyn stars in Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures

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The Grudge 2 (2006)

Takako Fuji Characters: Kayako Saeki Film: The Grudge 2 (2006) Director: Takashi Shimizu 12 October 2006 Date: 12 October 2006

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The Grudge 2 (2006)

Takako Fuji Characters: Kayako Saeki Film: The Grudge 2 (2006) Director: Takashi Shimizu 12 October 2006 Date: 12 October 2006

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The Grudge 2 (2006)

Edison Chen & Takako Fuji Characters: Eason, Kayako Saeki Film: The Grudge 2 (2006) Director: Takashi Shimizu 12 October 2006 Date: 12 October 2006

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Spiral; Uzumaki (2000)

Hinako Saeki Characters: Kyoko Sekino Film: Spiral; Uzumaki (2000) Director: Higuchinsky 11 February 2000 Date: 11 February 2000

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SAEKI-Nasdaq-Japan

Tatsuyuki SAEKI - the president of Nasdaq Japan Planning. (February 2, 2000)

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Shikoku Electric's Ikata No. 1 nuclear reactor to be scrapped

Shikoku Electric Power Co. President Hayato Saeki (L) informs Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura in Matsuyama, western Japan, on March 25, 2016 of the company's plan to scrap the No. 1 reactor of its Ikata nuclear complex in Ehima Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Restart of Ikata reactor by end of 2015 difficult

Shikoku Electric Power Co. President Hayato Saeki attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Takamatsu on Oct. 29, 2015. He said it will be difficult to restart the No. 3 reactor at the company's Ikata plant by the end of the year, although its reactivation has been approved by the governor of Ehime Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ehime gov. approves reactor restart in 3rd case under tougher rules

Shikoku Electric Power Co. President Hayato Saeki (far R) speaks at a press conference at the Ehime prefectural government building on Oct. 26, 2015 after gaining approval from Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura the same day to restart the power supplier's nuclear reactor. The No. 3 reactor of the Ikata plant will be the third reactor to resume operations in Japan under tougher safety rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ehime gov. approves 3rd reactor restart since improved safety rules

Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura (R) informs Shikoku Electric Power Co. President Hayato Saeki of his approval of the restart of the power supplier's nuclear reactor at the Ehime prefectural government building on Oct. 26, 2015. The No. 3 reactor of the Ikata plant will be the third of its kind to resume operations in Japan under tougher safety rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prime minister indifferent to local areas: town mayor

TOKYO, Japan - The Higashi Kyushu Motorway under construction in the city of Saeki, Oita Prefecture, linking Kitakyushu and Kagoshima cities. (Kyodo)

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Health food firm head held for fraud over bogus investment

TOKYO, Japan - Masuo Saeki (L), 61, chairman of Tokyo-based health food maker Richland, is taken to the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on Jan. 30 after being arrested on suspicion of making up a bogus investment scheme and collecting some 53.7 billion yen from about 13,000 individuals. (Kyodo)

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(1)MLB All-Stars - Game 6

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese outfielder Takahiro Saeki slams a solo homer off Anaheim Angels pitcher Francisco Rodriguez in the eighth inning of Game 6 of a series of U.S.-Japanese exhibition games at Sapporo Dome on Nov. 11. The Japanese All-Star team beat major league players 5-1 for their second straight victory. (MLB)(Kyodo)

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Girl finds missing mother's comb

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Saeki Hoshi, 8, holds a comb used by her beautician mother as the girl found it at a place where her mother's beauty parlor and their home used to be in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture on April 17, 2011. The mother went missing and their home-parlor about 25 kilometers north of the crippled Fukushima Nuclear Power Station was mostly lost in the March 11 tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Military papers on Hiroshima A-bombing damage found

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A series of books chronicling damage caused by the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima are shown on Jan. 6, 2015, in the western Japanese city. One of the books quotes a memo written by Bunro Saeki, commander at the now defunct Imperial Japanese Army's shipping command, which is believed to be based on written army rescue operation orders found recently at a Defense Ministry institute in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Mental support teams sent to landslide-hit Hiroshima

OKAYAMA, Japan - Mayumi Saeki (R), a Disaster Psychiatric Assistance Team member dispatched by the health ministry, talks with another member on Aug. 24, 2014, on ways to give health support to mentally distressed people affected by the recent massive landslides that hit Hiroshima, western Japan. (Kyodo)

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Ikata unit starts commercial operation

Shikoku Electric Power Co. President Hayato Saeki (L) meets with Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura at the prefectural office in the southwestern Japan city of Matsuyama on Sept. 8, 2016, to report that the No. 3 reactor at the utility's Ikata plant has started commercial operation. Currently, three reactors, including the Ikata unit, are operating in Japan after passing tougher safety checks introduced in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Saeki hits game-leading solo homer

TOKYO, Japan - Yokohama Baystars outfielder Takahiro Saeki watches the ball after hitting a game-leading solo homer off Yomiuri Giants starter Masumi Kuwata in the top of the fifth inning at Tokyo Dome on Aug. 23.

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8 firms apply for listing on Nasdaq Japan market

TOKYO, Japan - The presidents of eight companies (at the back) that applied for listing on the newly-opened Nasdaq Japan stock market attend a news conference in Tokyo on May 8, along with Tatsuyuki Saeki (R in front), president of Nasdaq Japan Inc., and Kyoji Kitamura (C), president of the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE). The Nasdaq Japan market was opened the same day by the OSE.

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Nasdaq Japan unveils strict listing requirements+

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son (L), president and chief executive officer of Softbank Corp., Tatsuyuki Saeki (C), president of Nasdaq Japan Planning Co., and Frank Zarb (R), chairman and chief executive officer of the U.S. National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 23. Zarb said that companies on the Nasdaq Japan market will be delisted if they fail to meet NASD's standards.

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3 killed in Okayama head-on collision

OKAYAMA, Japan - A man, his mother and aunt are killed Oct. 11 when the station wagon (L) they were riding in collided head-on with a large truck (R) in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, police said. Killed in the 11 a.m. collision inside the Ohara Tunnel were Hiroshi Saeki, 50, his 78-year-old mother, Haruyo, and his 80-year-old aunt, Tamayo Yumba, police said. Tadataka Suzuki, the truck's 58-year-old driver, suffered minor injuries to his legs, police said.

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Saeki wins at Winbledon

Japan's Miho Saeki advances to the second round of the women's draw by defeating Christina Papadaki of Greece 6-3, 6-2 on the opening day of the Wimbledon tennis championships June 21.

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Saeki wins at Winbledon

Japan's Miho Saeki advances to the second round of the women's draw by defeating Christina Papadaki of Greece 6-3, 6-2 on the opening day of the Wimbledon tennis championships June 21.

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Sanwa Bank, Toyo Trust to form partnership

Sanwa Bank President Naotaka Saeki (L) shakes hands with Toyo Trust President Nobuyoshi Takeuchi at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 20 prior to a press conference to announce an agreement to expand their business collaboration, including pension services and sharing of their automatic teller machines. ==Kyodo