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The Crow Premiere - NYC

Lisa Perkins (co-executive producer) at the World premiere of Lionsgate’s 'The Crow' at Village East Angelika Film Center in New York City, Ny, USA on August 20, 2024. Photo by Marion Curtis/Starpix/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Public Sector Workers Demonstrate - Paris

Murielle Guilbert, Co-Executive Director of SOLIDAIRES during a demonstration of civil services as part of a nationwide call by labour unions for better wages, in Paris, France on March 19, 2024. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. conservationist says global cooperation important for desert ecosystems amid climate change

STORY: U.S. conservationist says global cooperation important for desert ecosystems amid climate change DATELINE: July 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:18 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Joshua trees 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KELLY HERBINSON, Co-Executive Director of the Mojave Desert Land Trust 3. various of Joshua trees 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KELLY HERBINSON, Co-Executive Director of the Mojave Desert Land Trust STORYLINE: The Joshua trees, an integral part of California's Mojave Desert landscape, with their characteristic spiky leaves and unique branches, are locked in a desperate battle for survival. Increasingly severe droughts driven by climate change, habitat fragmentation due to expanding residential and commercial real estate development, and heightened wildfires all pose dire threats to this iconic and enduring symbol of the U.S. West. "There are desert and arid ecosystems all over the planet facing similar issues, including in China," Kelly Herbinson, Co-Execu

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U.S.-CALIFORNIA-VENTURA-DESERT ECOSYSTEMS-CLIMATE CHANGE-CONSERVATIONIST-INTERVIEW

(230721) -- VENTURA (U.S.), July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kelly Herbinson, Co-Executive Director of the Mojave Desert Land Trust, speaks during an interview in Ventura, California, the United States, on July 18, 2023. The Joshua trees, an integral part of California's Mojave Desert landscape, with their characteristic spiky leaves and unique branches, are locked in a desperate battle for survival. Increasingly severe droughts driven by climate change, habitat fragmentation due to expanding residential and commercial real estate development, and heightened wildfires all pose dire threats to this iconic and enduring symbol of the U.S. West. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Interview: U.S. conservationist says global cooperation important for desert ecosystems amid climate change

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U.S.-CALIFORNIA-VENTURA-DESERT ECOSYSTEMS-CLIMATE CHANGE-CONSERVATIONIST-INTERVIEW

(230721) -- VENTURA (U.S.), July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kelly Herbinson, Co-Executive Director of the Mojave Desert Land Trust, speaks during an interview in Ventura, California, the United States, on July 18, 2023. The Joshua trees, an integral part of California's Mojave Desert landscape, with their characteristic spiky leaves and unique branches, are locked in a desperate battle for survival. Increasingly severe droughts driven by climate change, habitat fragmentation due to expanding residential and commercial real estate development, and heightened wildfires all pose dire threats to this iconic and enduring symbol of the U.S. West. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Interview: U.S. conservationist says global cooperation important for desert ecosystems amid climate change

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Senate Committee On The Judiciary - Washington

Jennifer Mascott, Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Executive Director of the C. Boyden Gray Center, Antonin Scalia Law School, appears before a Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights hearing to examine S.359, to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct for justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC,USA, June 14, 2023. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Committee On The Judiciary - Washington

Jennifer Mascott, Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Executive Director of the C. Boyden Gray Center, Antonin Scalia Law School, appears before a Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights hearing to examine S.359, to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct for justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC,USA, June 14, 2023. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shanghai motor show

Honda Motor Co. Executive Vice President Shinji Aoyama (L) poses at the company's booth at the Auto Shanghai motor show in Shanghai on April 18, 2023.

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Shanghai motor show

Honda Motor Co. Executive Vice President Shinji Aoyama meets the press at the Auto Shanghai motor show in Shanghai on April 18, 2023.

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Hokuriku Shinkansen

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. President Tetsuro Tomita (R) and West Japan Railway Co. executive Makoto Shibata hold a signboard showing the four names for the bullet trains that will run on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2013. The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line is scheduled to start service between Tokyo and Kanazawa via Nagano in the spring of 2015.

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Honda, GM to jointly develop fuel cell vehicle

NEW YORK, United States - Honda Motor Co. Executive Vice President Tetsuo Iwamura (R) and General Motors Co. Vice Chairman Steven Girsky shake hands after announcing at a news conference in New York on July 2, 2013, that Honda and GM will jointly develop a fuel cell vehicle under their tie-up on environmental technology.

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Honda, GM to jointly develop fuel cell vehicle

NEW YORK, United States - Honda Motor Co. Executive Vice President Tetsuo Iwamura attends a news conference in New York on July 2, 2013, to announce that Honda and General Motors Co. will jointly develop a fuel cell vehicle under their tie-up on environmental technology.

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Shanghai motor show

SHANGHAI, China - Nissan Motor Co. Executive Vice President Andy Palmer unveils the "Friend-ME" concept car designed primarily in China at an international motor show in Shanghai on its opening day, April 20, 2013.

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Nissan to invest $358 mil. to build new plant in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Nissan Motor Co. Executive Vice President Hiroto Saikawa speaks during a press conference in Bangkok on Nov. 2, 2012. The Japanese automaker said it is investing $358 million to build a new plant in Thailand as it aims to increase its annual production capacity in the country and boost sales in the Southeast Asian region.

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Nippon Life Insurance's Uno wins world industry prize

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Nippon Life Insurance Co. Executive Adviser Ikuo Uno (R) receives the 2012 Insurance Hall of Fame award in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 18, 2012, for making a "lasting contribution to the insurance industry."

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New JR East president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows East Japan Railway Co. Executive Vice President Tetsuro Tomita. Sources said on Feb. 15, 2012, the railway operator will promote Tomita to president.

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Top 2 Kyushu Electric executives to resign

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. Executive Vice President Michiaki Uriu speaks during a press conference in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 12, 2012. The utility said Uriu will become president, succeeding Toshio Manabe who will resign along with Chairman Shingo Matsuo on April 1, 2012, over a scandal involving the company's attempt to manipulate public opinion regarding nuclear power generation.

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Kyushu Electric to name Uriu as new president

FUKUOKA, Japan - Undated file photo shows Kyushu Electric Power Co. Executive Vice President Michiaki Uriu. The company plans to name Uriu as its new president to succeed Toshio Manabe, who will resign over a scandal involving the utility manipulating public opinion on nuclear power generation, company sources said on Jan. 11, 2012.

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TEPCO press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Executive Vice President Takashi Fujimoto speaks at a press conference at the utility's head office in Tokyo on April 9, 2011.

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TEPCO press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Executive Vice President Takashi Fujimoto speaks at a press conference at the utility's head office in Tokyo on April 9, 2011.

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Next M'bishi Estate president

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Estate Co. Executive Vice President Hirotaka Sugiyama (L) and President Keiji Kimura shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2011. The company announced it will promote Sugiyama as its next president while Kimura will become chairman.

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Nissan Leaf EV on sale in U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Nissan Motor Co. Executive Vice President Carlos Tavares speaks in San Francisco on Dec. 11, 2010, during a ceremony to mark the beginning of sales of the Leaf electric vehicle in the United States.

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Honda ups full-year forecast for 3rd time on domestic, Asia sales

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. Executive Vice President Koichi Kondo briefs reporters on the company's business performance in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2010. He said the company raised its profit and sales outlook for the whole of fiscal 2009 ending in March for the third time, helped by cost-cutting efforts and brisk sales of fuel-efficient cars in Japan and other Asian markets.

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Mitsui Life Insurance to promote Yamamoto to presidency

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsui Life Insurance Co. Executive Managing Officer Yukiteru Yamamoto speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 22 after the company said it plans to promote him to the presidency on April 1 to replace Hiroshi Nishimura.

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Sanyo announces 1,200 job cuts

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. Executive Director Koichi Maeda announces at a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 15 that the company will cut about 1,200 jobs as sales have fallen sharply amid a deepening global economic slump.

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6 of 9 major life insurers see core profits expand in FY 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. Executive Director Koichiro Watanabe speaks on the company's business results for fiscal 2006 at a press conference in Tokyo on May 30. Six of Japan's nine major life insurers saw their core operating profits expand in the 2006 business year ended March 31 from a year earlier, supported by improved conditions for their fund management following interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan.

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6 of 9 major life insurers see core profits expand in FY 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Life Insurance Co. Executive Director Yoshinobu Tsutsui speaks on the company's financial results for fiscal 2006 at a press conference in Tokyo on May 30. Six of Japan's nine major life insurers saw their core operating profits expand in the business year ended March 31 from a year earlier, supported by improved conditions for their fund management following interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan.

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Nissan, NEC to supply advanced lithium-ion batteries by 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. Executive Vice President Carlos Tavares (2nd R) and Nissan Senior Vice President Minoru Shinohara (R) pose with NEC Tokin Corp. President Takehiko Nakata (L) and NEC Corp. Managing Executive Officer Konosuke Kashima (2nd L) on April 13 in Tokyo after the three companies agree to set up a joint venture in Japan later this month to develop and market a new type of lithium-ion battery for gas-electric hybrid and other ecological vehicles by 2009.

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Core profit at Japan's 9 big life insurers hits record high

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. Executive Director Koichi Watanabe speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27 on the group's business results for the first half of fiscal 2006. The combined core operating profit at Japan's nine major life insurers hit a record high for the April-September period, supported by the solid stock market and rising returns from bond investment.

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Takeda Pharmaceutical fails to declare 122.3 bil. yen in income

OSAKA, Japan - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Executive Director Toyoji Yoshida (fore) speaks at a press conference in Osaka on June 28. He said his company failed to declare 122.3 billion yen in taxable income over six years to March 2005.

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JR East names vice president Seino as president

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. Executive Vice President Satoshi Seino (L) speaks at a press conference at the company head office in Tokyo on Feb. 15 after being named to succeed President Mutsutake Otsuka (R).

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Police raid Yamaha Motor over chopper export to China

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Toyoo Otsubo (L), a Yamaha Motor Co. executive, speaks during a news conference at the company's head office in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 23 after police raided the headquarters and other places to search for evidence on suspicion that the company illegally exported an unmanned helicopter to China.

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JR West reports 621 false records on tunnel, bridge checks

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. executive Kenzo Tokuoka (front) apologizes in Osaka on July 6 after the company found 621 cases of fabrication of records in its documents since March 2000, most of them falsely suggesting that regular inspections of tunnels and bridges along the Sanyo Shinkansen Line and conventional train lines had been conducted.

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Aeon to resume business with Sharp

TOKYO, Japan - Aeon Co. executive Kunihiko Hisaki (front) tells reporters in Tokyo on June 11 the company has decided to resume business with Sharp Corp., the day after the major retailer announced it would suspend transactions with the electronics firm in protest at Sharp's filing a lawsuit to seek a ban on sales of Taiwanese liquid crystal display televisions, which the company claims violate Sharp patents. The TVs are sold by Aeon.

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CSK to take 50% stake in Cosmo Securities

TOKYO, Japan - Takahiro Suzuki (L), chief financial officer of Information services provider CSK Corp. speaks as Cosmo Securities Co. Executive Managing Director Takashi Motohashi listens at a press conference in Tokyo on March 25. CSK will become the largest shareholder in Cosmo Securities by buying a roughly 50% stake in the mid-ranking brokerage house from Resona Bank.

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Matsushita posts robust results, raises full-year outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Executive Director Tetsuya Kawakami announced earning results for the first three quarters of fiscal 2003 at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6. The company posted double-digit profit growth on the strength of brisk sales of digital electronics products.

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Matsushita revises down profit forecasts for fiscal 2002

TOKYO, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Executive Director Tetsuya Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20. The consumer electronics giant revised downward its group profit forecasts for the business year to March 31, 2003, citing latent losses on its stockholdings and expenses stemming from restructuring programs at overseas subsidiaries.

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Aeon to recall Burberry mufflers due to possible fakes

TOKYO, Japan - Aeon Co. Executive Director Hiroshi Matsui (L) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 6 on the company's decision to recall about 7,000 Burberry lamb's wool mufflers for women sold between 1998 and 1999 at its outlets nationwide. Aeon, the operator of Jusco supermarkets, said it has found some of them may have been fake products.

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"Takoyaki" guitar

Yamano Music Co. executive Toshihiro Yonemoto (L) and Iwatani Corp. executive Yasushi Sakai pose for a photo with the "takoyaki" (octopus balls) guitar, co-developed by the companies, in Osaka on Aug. 8, 2022.

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Xinhua Headlines: At Davos, world leaders impressed by China's economic resilience

(220527) -- DAVOS, May 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-executive chairman of the Carlyle Group, attends a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos, Switzerland, May 23, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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SWITZERLAND-DAVOS-WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

(220524) -- DAVOS, May 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-executive chairman of the Carlyle Group, attends a session themed "Global Economic Outlook" of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos, Switzerland, May 23, 2022. The WEF Annual Meeting 2022 is held here from May 22 to 26. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-NISSAN-FORMER EXECUTIVE-COURT

(220303) -- TOKYO, March 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Former Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly (1st L) walks into the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo, Japan on March 3, 2022. Former Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly and the automaker itself were found guilty Thursday on charges connected to the underreporting of ex-CEO Carlos Ghosn's pay. The former Nissan representative director was sentenced by the Tokyo District Court to six months in prison, suspended for three years. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-NISSAN-FORMER EXECUTIVE-COURT

(220303) -- TOKYO, March 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Former Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly (C) walks into the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo, Japan on March 3, 2022. Former Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly and the automaker itself were found guilty Thursday on charges connected to the underreporting of ex-CEO Carlos Ghosn's pay. The former Nissan representative director was sentenced by the Tokyo District Court to six months in prison, suspended for three years. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-NISSAN-FORMER EXECUTIVE-COURT

(220303) -- TOKYO, March 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Former Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly walks to the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo, Japan on March 3, 2022. Former Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly and the automaker itself were found guilty Thursday on charges connected to the underreporting of ex-CEO Carlos Ghosn's pay. The former Nissan representative director was sentenced by the Tokyo District Court to six months in prison, suspended for three years. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Daihatsu Vice President Minoura to become president

OSAKA, Japan - Daihatsu Motor Co. Executive Vice President Teruyuki Minoura (file photo) will replace Takaya Yamada as president after a general shareholders' meeting in June, company officials said Jan. 18. (Kyodo)

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JR East names vice president Seino as president

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. Executive Vice President Satoshi Seino (L) speaks at a press conference at the company head office in Tokyo on Feb. 15 after being named to succeed President Mutsutake Otsuka (R). (Kyodo)

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Takeda Pharmaceutical fails to declare 122.3 bil. yen in income

OSAKA, Japan - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Executive Director Toyoji Yoshida (fore) speaks at a press conference in Osaka on June 28. He said his company failed to declare 122.3 billion yen in taxable income over six years to March 2005. (Kyodo)

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Core profit at Japan's 9 big life insurers hits record high

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. Executive Director Koichi Watanabe speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27 on the group's business results for the first half of fiscal 2006. The combined core operating profit at Japan's nine major life insurers hit a record high for the April-September period, supported by the solid stock market and rising returns from bond investment. (Kyodo)

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Nissan, NEC to supply advanced lithium-ion batteries by 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. Executive Vice President Carlos Tavares (2nd R) and Nissan Senior Vice President Minoru Shinohara (R) pose with NEC Tokin Corp. President Takehiko Nakata (L) and NEC Corp. Managing Executive Officer Konosuke Kashima (2nd L) on April 13 in Tokyo after the three companies agree to set up a joint venture in Japan later this month to develop and market a new type of lithium-ion battery for gas-electric hybrid and other ecological vehicles by 2009. (Kyodo)

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6 of 9 major life insurers see core profits expand in FY 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Life Insurance Co. Executive Director Yoshinobu Tsutsui speaks on the company's financial results for fiscal 2006 at a press conference in Tokyo on May 30. Six of Japan's nine major life insurers saw their core operating profits expand in the business year ended March 31 from a year earlier, supported by improved conditions for their fund management following interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan. (Kyodo)