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[Breaking News]PM Takaichi's remark tops Japan 2025 catchphrase list

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 1 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2025, as her remark "I will work, work, work, work and work" was selected as Japan's top catchphrase for 2025. Takaichi made the remark after winning the leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Oct. 4. (Kyodo)

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PM Takaichi's remark tops Japan 2025 catchphrase list

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2025, as her remark "I will work, work, work, work and work" was selected as Japan's top catchphrase for 2025. Takaichi made the remark after winning the leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Oct. 4.

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PM Takaichi's remark tops Japan 2025 catchphrase list

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi poses for photos at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2025, as her remark "I will work, work, work, work and work" was selected as Japan's top catchphrase for 2025. Takaichi made the remark after winning the leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Oct. 4.

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GLOBALink | New quality productive forces enable greener economy: British expert

STORY: New quality productive forces enable greener economy: British expert SHOOTING TIME: March 5, 2024/File DATELINE: March 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of footage about new quality productive forces 2. SOUNDBITE (English): KEITH BENNETT, London-based international relations consultant STORYLINE: Marked by innovation, new quality productive forces is an emerging catchphrase in China's policymaking, which are advanced productivity in essence. A British expert said the concept can enable a greener economy and improve people's quality of life. SOUNDBITE (English): KEITH BENNETT, London-based international relations consultant "China is actually leading the world in this. No country has put forward this theory of 'new (quality) productive forces' in such a clear, scientific way as China is now doing. Traditional heavy industry tends to be highly pollutant. It's actually by focusing on the 'new (quality) productive forces' that will enable a greener econo

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New productive forces reshape China's economic landscape

STORY: New productive forces reshape China's economic landscape SHOOTING TIME: File DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:26 LOCATION: HEFEI/TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's technology and innovative breakthroughs 2. various of Lenovo 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU CHUCHUN, Head of Lenovo Innovation Industrial Base (Tianjin) 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU CHUCHUN, Head of Lenovo Innovation Industrial Base (Tianjin) 5. various of VW 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ERWIN GABARDI, CEO of Volkswagen Anhui 7. various of China STORYLINE: Developing new productive forces, a recent catchphrase in China, is among the priorities for this year's economic work mapped out by a tone-setting conference held last December. By underscoring this concept, China aims to foster advanced productivity through revolutionary technology breakthroughs, innovative allocation of production factors and deepened industrial upgrading. At a Lenovo innovation industrial base in Tianjin, a "zero carbon" intelligent

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Japanese comedian Tonikaku in Tokyo

Japanese comedian Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura, who reached the final of major British talent show "Britain's Got Talent," kicks off a homecoming press conference with a pose that featured in his act with his English call-and-response catchphrase, "Don't worry, I'm wearing pants," at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 16, 2023.

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New logo, catchphrase unveiled to lure foreign travelers to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A new logo and catchphrase designed to woo more foreign tourists to Japan was unveiled by tourism minister Seiji Maehara at a news conference on April 6, 2010.

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New logo, catchphrase unveiled to lure foreign travelers to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese tourism minister Seiji Maehara unveils a new logo and catchphrase designed to woo more foreign tourists to Japan at a news conference at his ministry on April 6, 2010.

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Koizumi's pet expression chosen as catchphrase of year

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) stands holding a plaque at a ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 3 to award a prize to people who coined this year's best catchphrases. Six phrases related to Koizumi, such as his ''reform without sacred cows,'' were chosen by publisher Jiyukokuminsha as this year's most popular catchphrases.

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Koizumi's pet expression chosen as catchphrase of year

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) stands holding a plaque at a ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 3 to award a prize to people who coined this year's best catchphrases. Six phrases related to Koizumi, such as his ''reform without sacred cows,'' were chosen by publisher Jiyukokuminsha as this year's most popular catchphrases.

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"Onsen" hot spring-themed toilet paper

Photo taken in April 2015 shows toilet paper wrapped in packaging associated with "onsen" hot springs -- steam from hot water in the shape of the letters "OITA," a wooden tub, and the catchphrase "Onsen Prefecture Oita." The southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita has been using the catchphrase to attract tourists. The steam mark is also printed on the toilet paper sold by Oita Paper Products Co. and made from recycled paper. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Onsen" hot spring-themed toilet paper

Photo taken in April 2015 shows toilet paper wrapped in packaging associated with "onsen" hot springs -- steam from hot water in the shape of the letters "OITA," a wooden tub, and the catchphrase "Onsen Prefecture Oita." The southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita has been using the catchphrase to attract tourists. The steam mark is also printed on the toilet paper sold by Oita Paper Products Co. and made from recycled paper. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New logo, catchphrase unveiled to lure foreign travelers to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A new logo and catchphrase designed to woo more foreign tourists to Japan was unveiled by tourism minister Seiji Maehara at a news conference on April 6, 2010. (Kyodo)

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New logo, catchphrase unveiled to lure foreign travelers to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese tourism minister Seiji Maehara unveils a new logo and catchphrase designed to woo more foreign tourists to Japan at a news conference at his ministry on April 6, 2010. (Kyodo)