Crew safe after ditching balloon in round-the-world try

Crew safe after ditching balloon in round-the-world try

British pilots Andy Elson and Colin Prescot of a British hot-air balloon are rescued March 7 in the Pacific Ocean by a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) helicopter after abandoning their attempt to make the first nonstop circumnavigation of the world. The two were picked up unhurt shortly after the balloon landed some 80 kilometers south of Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan. The photo shows the balloon drifting at the mercy of the wind after landing in the sea in a bad weather.

Brighton, Ditching Road Training College 1891

Brighton, Ditching Road Training College 1891

Brighton, Ditching Road Training College 1891 Date: 1891

Crew safe after ditching balloon in round-the-world try-2

Crew safe after ditching balloon in round-the-world try-2

British pilots Andy Elson(L) and Colin Prescot(R) of a British hot-air balloon are rescued March 7 in the Pacific Ocean by a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) helicopter after abandoning their attempt to make the first nonstop circumnavigation of the world. The two were picked up unhurt shortly after the balloon landed some 80 kilometers south of Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan. The photo shows the balloon drifting at the mercy of the wind after landing in the sea in a bad weather. Date:3/8/99

Gov't gained mandate for "Abenomics," sales tax hike delay: Abe

Gov't gained mandate for "Abenomics," sales tax hike delay: Abe

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe smiles while being interviewed at the headquarters of his Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on July 10, 2016, following the House of Councillors election. Abe said the election has delivered the LDP and its junior coalition partner Komeito a mandate to continue his "Abenomics" policy despite his ditching of the target for raising the country's consumption tax. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Gov't gained mandate for "Abenomics," sales tax hike delay: Abe

Gov't gained mandate for "Abenomics," sales tax hike delay: Abe

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe smiles while being interviewed at the headquarters of his Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on July 10, 2016, following the House of Councillors election. Abe said the election has delivered the LDP and its junior coalition partner Komeito a mandate to continue his "Abenomics" policy despite his ditching of the target for raising the country's consumption tax. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Calls to boycott Lancome grow in Hong Kong

Calls to boycott Lancome grow in Hong Kong

Pro-democracy advocates and politicians in Hong Kong on June 8, 2016, call for an international boycott of French cosmetic giant Lancome, which allegedly succumbed to pressure from China in ditching a singer from a promotional concert for her pro-democracy stance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Keidanren eyes dropping new recruitment schedule

Keidanren eyes dropping new recruitment schedule

Sadayuki Sakakibara, chief of the Japan Business Federation, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2015. The nation's largest business lobby, known as Keidanren, is considering ditching a new recruitment schedule introduced this year to push back the start of job hunting for prospective university graduates by four months to August and may revert to the previous practice of beginning recruitment from April, effective from spring 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Crew safe after ditching balloon in round-the-world try

Crew safe after ditching balloon in round-the-world try

British pilots Andy Elson and Colin Prescot of a British hot-air balloon are rescued March 7 in the Pacific Ocean by a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) helicopter after abandoning their attempt to make the first nonstop circumnavigation of the world. The two were picked up unhurt shortly after the balloon landed some 80 kilometers south of Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan. The photo shows the balloon drifting at the mercy of the wind after landing in the sea in a bad weather.