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Japanese glass enterprise confident in China's display market

STORY: Japanese glass enterprise confident in China's display market SHOOTING TIME: March 14, 2024 DATELINE: March 16, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:03 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Electric Glass (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. 2. SOUNDBITE (Japanese): TAKAHIDE FUJII, General manager of Electric Glass (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: A Japanese enterprise in east China's Xiamen has voiced confidence in and vowed to better serve the Chinese market. Electric Glass (Xiamen) is one of the leading Japanese manufacturers and suppliers of liquid crystal glass blocks. SOUNDBITE (Japanese): TAKAHIDE FUJII, General manager of Electric Glass (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. "We've invested more than 500 million yuan (about 70 million U.S. dollars) in the fifth phase of our Xiamen project. It will be put into production in May. So far, our total investment in Xiamen has exceeded 8 billion yuan. We have full confidence in the development of our business in Xiamen. China has great market potential in the display industry.

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Architect Aneha fails to appear before Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Tomoyuki Watanabe (L), head of a construction design office, Togo Fujita (C), president of eHomes Inc., and Takahide Suzuki, president of Japan ERI Co., attend a meeting of the House of Representatives Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee on Dec. 7 to speak as unsworn witnesses in connection with a scandal over architect Hidetsugu Aneha's falsification of quake-resistance data for condominiums and hotels.

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New Yokohama Mayor Nakada starts work

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Nakada, the city of Yokohama's new mayor, poses for photographers at his city hall office April 8 in Yokohama's Naka Ward. Nakada, 37, a former independent member of the House of Representatives, beat incumbent three-term Mayor Hidenobu Takahide and two other candidates in the March 31 mayoral election.

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Rookie wins Yokohama mayoral election

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Nakada, 37, an independent championing structural reform without counting on help from major political parties, celebrates with his supporters early April 1 after scoring an upset victory over incumbent three-term Mayor Hidenobu Takahide in the March 31 Yokohama mayoral election.

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World Cup campaign kicks off as trophy goes on tour

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mayor of Yokohama Midenobu Takahide (R) receives the World Cup trophy from Bobby Charlton, ambassador from the World Cup governing body FIFA, at a public soccer field in Yokohama's Nishi Ward on March 9. The trophy started its two-month tour of 20 host cities in Japan and South Korea.

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Yokohama mayor meet press over tax on off-track betting booths

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hidenobu Takahide meets the press at the municipal government building in Yokohama on Dec. 14 after the city assembly approved a revised ordinance allowing the city to impose Japan's first local tax on horse-race betting. The city, the birthplace of modern horse-racing in Japan, estimates the 5% levy on bets placed at the city's off-track betting booths will bring in 1 bil. yen.

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Yokohama mayor smiles over 2002 World Cup site

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hidenobu Takahide is all smiles at the Yokohama municipal office July 12 after the city was chosen as the site for the final of the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament.

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Rookie wins Yokohama mayoral election

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Nakada, 37, an independent championing structural reform without counting on help from major political parties, celebrates with his supporters early April 1 after scoring an upset victory over incumbent three-term Mayor Hidenobu Takahide in the March 31 Yokohama mayoral election.

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World Cup campaign kicks off as trophy goes on tour

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mayor of Yokohama Midenobu Takahide (R) receives the World Cup trophy from Bobby Charlton, ambassador from the World Cup governing body FIFA, at a public soccer field in Yokohama's Nishi Ward on March 9. The trophy started its two-month tour of 20 host cities in Japan and South Korea.

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Architect Aneha fails to appear before Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Tomoyuki Watanabe (L), head of a construction design office, Togo Fujita (C), president of eHomes Inc., and Takahide Suzuki, president of Japan ERI Co., attend a meeting of the House of Representatives Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee on Dec. 7 to speak as unsworn witnesses in connection with a scandal over architect Hidetsugu Aneha's falsification of quake-resistance data for condominiums and hotels. (Kyodo)

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New Yokohama Mayor Nakada starts work

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Nakada, the city of Yokohama's new mayor, poses for photographers at his city hall office April 8 in Yokohama's Naka Ward. Nakada, 37, a former independent member of the House of Representatives, beat incumbent three-term Mayor Hidenobu Takahide and two other candidates in the March 31 mayoral election.

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Narita airport users reach 1.1 billion

Akihiko Tamura (L), president of Narita International Airport Corp., gives a commemorative plate to Takahide Kondo (2nd from L) for being the 1.1 billionth user of the airport near Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ should be more flexible on 2% inflation target: ex-policymaker

Takahide Kiuchi, an economist who left the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2017. Kiuchi said that the central bank should be more flexible in pursuing its 2 percent inflation target and gain a freer hand in adjusting monetary policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ policymaker warns current monetary policy may hurt economy

Takahide Kiuchi, a Bank of Japan policymaker, holds a press conference in Kofu, central Japan, on Feb. 23, 2017. Kiuchi expressed concern that the central bank's current policy, aimed at keeping the country's long-term interest rates low to spur domestic demand, may eventually hurt the economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokohama mayor meet press over tax on off-track betting booths

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hidenobu Takahide meets the press at the municipal government building in Yokohama on Dec. 14 after the city assembly approved a revised ordinance allowing the city to impose Japan's first local tax on horse-race betting. The city, the birthplace of modern horse-racing in Japan, estimates the 5% levy on bets placed at the city's off-track betting booths will bring in 1 bil. yen.

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Yokohama mayor smiles over 2002 World Cup site

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hidenobu Takahide is all smiles at the Yokohama municipal office July 12 after the city was chosen as the site for the final of the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament.

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Yokohama mayor smiles over 2002 World Cup site

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hidenobu Takahide is all smiles at the Yokohama municipal office July 12 after the city was chosen as the site for the final of the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament.