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Japan prince leaves for Saudi Arabia

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito leaves his residence in Tokyo on June 20, 2012, on his way to Saudi Arabia. During an eight-hour visit to the Middle East country, the prince will extend his condolences to royal family and other officials in Jeddah following the death last week of Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz, who was also deputy premier and interior minister. (Pool photo)

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Curfew set in Kathmandu, anti-king protests go on in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Protesters call for the ouster of King Gyanendra in Kathmandu as Nepalese authorities imposed an eight-hour daytime curfew in the capital and its outskirts on April 22.

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200 spectators collapse at concert of popular Japan band GLAY

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Fans enjoy an all-night concert of popular Japanese rock group GLAY at an open air venue in the southwestern Japan city of Kitakyushu on Aug. 12. About 200 spectators collapsed after suffering fatigue and attacks of anemia, according to concert organizers. During the eight-hour concert which finished after 5.30 a.m., the high-selling four-member band performed 29 songs including an encore for the audience of some 80,000.

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Hankyu President Takata reports on release of hostages

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Takata, president of Hankyu Express International Co., meets the press at the company's Tokyo office in Minato Ward on Nov. 5 after a group of Japanese tourists was freed unharmed on Nov. 4. Thirty-three Japanese were released after a nearly eight-hour hijacking ordeal in Greece.

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3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

About 3,000 of social dance fans across Japan hold an eight-hour mass dance party July 3 at Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The photo shows the participants in formal and informal dresses dancing waltz and rumba in the cavernous hall, which has 1,600 square meters in floor space under a 52-meter-high roof made of cedar wood.

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The main plant of Yushin Seiki

Yushin Seiki is expanding the scope of its use of RPA (software robot automation) to improve operational efficiency. 27 operations in the manufacturing division have been introduced since June 2018, and by March 2007, more than 3,700 work hours had been reduced. If converted to an eight-hour work day, this would mean a reduction of four people's annual working hours. "Yasushi Kitagawa, senior managing director of the company, said, "RPA was the perfect solution for us (to improve work efficiency in such cases). Naoki Tsuji, executive officer of Yushin Seiki, feels that the introduction of RPA has led to "an increase in the number of proposals for other improvements, which is also leading to a change in employee awareness. (November 14, 2019, Yushin Seiki head office and plant, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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200 spectators collapse at concert of popular Japan band GLAY

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Fans enjoy an all-night concert of popular Japanese rock group GLAY at an open air venue in the southwestern Japan city of Kitakyushu on Aug. 12. About 200 spectators collapsed after suffering fatigue and attacks of anemia, according to concert organizers. During the eight-hour concert which finished after 5.30 a.m., the high-selling four-member band performed 29 songs including an encore for the audience of some 80,000.

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Curfew set in Kathmandu, anti-king protests go on in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Protesters call for the ouster of King Gyanendra in Kathmandu as Nepalese authorities imposed an eight-hour daytime curfew in the capital and its outskirts on April 22. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu President Takata reports on release of hostages

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Takata, president of Hankyu Express International Co., meets the press at the company's Tokyo office in Minato Ward on Nov. 5 after a group of Japanese tourists was freed unharmed on Nov. 4. Thirty-three Japanese were released after a nearly eight-hour hijacking ordeal in Greece.

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3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

About 3,000 of social dance fans across Japan hold an eight-hour mass dance party July 3 at Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The photo shows the participants in formal and informal dresses dancing waltz and rumba in the cavernous hall, which has 1,600 square meters in floor space under a 52-meter-high roof made of cedar wood.

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3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

About 3,000 of social dance fans across Japan hold an eight-hour mass dance party July 3 at Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The photo shows the participants in formal and informal dresses dancing waltz and rumba in the cavernous hall, which has 1,600 square meters in floor space under a 52-meter-high roof made of cedar wood.