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Xiaomi Launches New Factory - Wuhan

An aerial drone photo shows Xiaomi's first smart home appliance factory in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 28, 2025. Chinese tech firm Xiaomi launched its first smart home appliance factory in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on Tuesday, marking a major expansion of the tech giant's manufacturing footprint beyond smartphones and vehicles. Photo by Pan Zhiwei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Xiaomi Launches New Factory - Wuhan

An aerial drone photo shows Xiaomi's first smart home appliance factory in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 28, 2025. Chinese tech firm Xiaomi launched its first smart home appliance factory in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on Tuesday, marking a major expansion of the tech giant's manufacturing footprint beyond smartphones and vehicles. Photo by Pan Zhiwei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Xiaomi Launches New Factory - Wuhan

The launching ceremony of Xiaomi's first smart home appliance factory is held in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 28, 2025. Chinese tech firm Xiaomi launched its first smart home appliance factory in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on Tuesday, marking a major expansion of the tech giant's manufacturing footprint beyond smartphones and vehicles. Photo by Tian Zhongquan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Auchan Becomes Super U - France

After 27 years, Schiever is separating from Auchan, a decision motivated by the giant's financial difficulties. Announced in March 2024, this divorce had cast doubt on the future of the stores. Nine months later, the mystery is cleared up: as of March 5, 15 stores are relaunching under the colors of the Coopérative U. In Sens in Yonne, , France on March 3, 2025. Photo by Helder Januario/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Auchan Becomes Super U - France

After 27 years, Schiever is separating from Auchan, a decision motivated by the giant's financial difficulties. Announced in March 2024, this divorce had cast doubt on the future of the stores. Nine months later, the mystery is cleared up: as of March 5, 15 stores are relaunching under the colors of the Coopérative U. In Sens in Yonne, , France on March 3, 2025. Photo by Helder Januario/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Auchan Becomes Super U - France

After 27 years, Schiever is separating from Auchan, a decision motivated by the giant's financial difficulties. Announced in March 2024, this divorce had cast doubt on the future of the stores. Nine months later, the mystery is cleared up: as of March 5, 15 stores are relaunching under the colors of the Coopérative U. In Sens in Yonne, , France on March 3, 2025. Photo by Helder Januario/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Auchan Becomes Super U - France

After 27 years, Schiever is separating from Auchan, a decision motivated by the giant's financial difficulties. Announced in March 2024, this divorce had cast doubt on the future of the stores. Nine months later, the mystery is cleared up: as of March 5, 15 stores are relaunching under the colors of the Coopérative U. In Sens in Yonne, , France on March 3, 2025. Photo by Helder Januario/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Auchan Becomes Super U - France

After 27 years, Schiever is separating from Auchan, a decision motivated by the giant's financial difficulties. Announced in March 2024, this divorce had cast doubt on the future of the stores. Nine months later, the mystery is cleared up: as of March 5, 15 stores are relaunching under the colors of the Coopérative U. In Sens in Yonne, , France on March 3, 2025. Photo by Helder Januario/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Auchan Becomes Super U - France

After 27 years, Schiever is separating from Auchan, a decision motivated by the giant's financial difficulties. Announced in March 2024, this divorce had cast doubt on the future of the stores. Nine months later, the mystery is cleared up: as of March 5, 15 stores are relaunching under the colors of the Coopérative U. In Sens in Yonne, , France on March 3, 2025. Photo by Helder Januario/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Auchan Becomes Super U - France

After 27 years, Schiever is separating from Auchan, a decision motivated by the giant's financial difficulties. Announced in March 2024, this divorce had cast doubt on the future of the stores. Nine months later, the mystery is cleared up: as of March 5, 15 stores are relaunching under the colors of the Coopérative U. In Sens in Yonne, , France on March 3, 2025. Photo by Helder Januario/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Auchan Becomes Super U - France

After 27 years, Schiever is separating from Auchan, a decision motivated by the giant's financial difficulties. Announced in March 2024, this divorce had cast doubt on the future of the stores. Nine months later, the mystery is cleared up: as of March 5, 15 stores are relaunching under the colors of the Coopérative U. In Sens in Yonne, , France on March 3, 2025. Photo by Helder Januario/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Boeing CEO grilled by lawmakers in Senate hearing over safety

STORY: Boeing CEO grilled by lawmakers in Senate hearing over safety SHOOTING TIME: June 18, 2024 DATELINE: June 19, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:39 LOCATION: Washington CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, U.S. Democratic Senator 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, U.S. Democratic Senator 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOSH HAWLEY, U.S. Republican Senator 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): DAVE CALHOUN, Boeing CEO 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, U.S. Democratic Senator 6. various of the hearing STORYLINE: Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun was grilled by U.S. lawmakers in a Senate hearing on Tuesday over the air giant's growing safety and quality control crises. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, U.S. Democratic Senator "It's not enough for Boeing to shrug its shoulders and say, well, mistakes happen. This is not an industry where it's okay to cut corners, to reduce inspections, to take shortcuts, and rely on broken parts that happen to be sitting around." Among the aud

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Retail giant Costco eyes Greater Bay Area market with new store

STORY: Retail giant Costco eyes Greater Bay Area market with new store SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 12, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: SHENZHEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Costco's opening in Shenzhen STORYLINE: U.S. retail giant Costco Wholesale on Friday opened a new store in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. This marks the sixth Costco store on the Chinese mainland. The store covers an area of 44,500 square meters, with nearly 15,000 square meters dedicated to shopping space. This opening represents a crucial step in the retail giant's expansion into south China. Costco decided to open the new Shenzhen store because of the city's development potential and economic hub status in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, said Prudence Jang, Country Manager of Costco China. Costco has over 870 stores worldwide, and some 120 million members. It opened its first store on the Chinese mainland in 2019 in Shanghai. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from She

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Norway's data regulator brings Meta privacy case to EU level

STORY: Norway's data regulator brings Meta privacy case to EU level DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Oslo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Datatilsynet (The Norwegian Data Protection Authority) X5 2. various of Oslo Downtown X4 TORYLINE: The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) has requested a binding decision from the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) in the Meta case. "In the request, we ask that the Norwegian temporary ban on behavioral advertising on Facebook and Instagram (owned by Meta) be made permanent and extended to the entire EU/EEA (European Union/European Economic Area)," the regulator said in a statement on Thursday. In July, Datatilsynet said it considered the U.S. technology giant's behavior-based marketing practices illegal as they excessively monitored user behavior. As a result, it argued, the company must halt such practices in Norway immediately. Datatilsynet is only authorized to make a temporary decision, which will expire on

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China hugely important for us: Swiss tech giant ABB

STORY: China hugely important for us: Swiss tech giant ABB DATELINE: March 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various Sami Atiya, president of ABB's Robotics & Discrete Automation, visiting a factory in China's Shanghai 2. various of Sami Atiya meeting with the Chinese team 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SAMI ATIYA, President of ABB's Robotics & Discrete Automation 4. various of ABB's robotics factory 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SAMI ATIYA, President of ABB's Robotics & Discrete Automation 6. various of ABB's robotics factory STORYLINE: The president of ABB's Robotics & Discrete Automation has said China is hugely important for the company as one of the most advanced automated economies in the world. Sami Atiya made the remark after visiting the Swiss tech giant's mega factory in Shanghai which involved an investment of 150 million U.S. dollars and covers an area of 67,000 square meters. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SAMI ATIYA, President of ABB's Robotics & Di

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Ex-pop group member picked as Toray's 2015 campaign girl

TOKYO, Japan - Seira Miyazawa, a former member of the Japanese female pop group Nogizaka 46, poses in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2014, following her nomination as Toray Industries Inc.'s campaign girl for 2015 to promote the chemical giant's synthetic fabrics.

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Japanese retailer Aeon opens 13th shopping mall in China

SUZHOU, China - A crowd waits in front of a shopping complex ahead of its opening on the outskirts of Suzhou in China's east coast province of Jiangsu on April 25, 2014. Built by Aeon Co., it is the Japanese retail giant's 13th shopping mall in China.

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes off for test flight

SEATTLE, United States - More than 3,000 spectators watch, as a Boeing 787 Dreamliner prepares for its first take off at Paine Field Airport outside Seattle on Dec. 15, 2009, marking the start of its long-awaited flight test program. The U.S. aircraft giant's mid-sized jet, scheduled for its first delivery to All Nippon Airways by the end of next year, is more light-weight and fuel-efficient than comparable planes.

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes off for test flight

SEATTLE, United States - A Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes off for the first time, along with a chase plane, at Paine Field Airport outside Seattle on Dec. 15, 2009, marking the start of its long-awaited flight test program. The U.S. aircraft giant's mid-sized jet, scheduled for its first delivery to Japan's All Nippon Airways by the end of next year, is more light-weight and fuel-efficient than comparable planes.

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes off for test flight

SEATTLE, United States - A Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes off for the first time at Paine Field Airport outside Seattle on Dec. 15, 2009, marking the start of its long-awaited flight test program. The U.S. aircraft giant's mid-sized jet, scheduled for its first delivery to Japan's All Nippon Airways by the end of next year, is more light-weight and fuel-efficient than comparable planes.

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Citigroup debuts on TSE as its CEO quits amid subprime woes

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Saito (L), president of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and Douglas Peterson, chief executive officer of Citigroup Japan Holdings Ltd., shake hands during a ceremony at the TSE in Tokyo on Nov. 5 to celebrate the U.S. financial giant's listing on the TSE's First Section.

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Citigroup debuts on TSE as its CEO quits amid subprime woes

TOKYO, Japan - Douglas Peterson, chief executive officer of Citigroup Japan Holdings Ltd., speaks during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Nov. 5 to celebrate the U.S. financial giant's listing at the TSE's First Section on Nov. 5.

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Centrair airport appoints Toyota's Inaba as president

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshimi Inaba (R), executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., shakes hands with Yukihisa Hirano, president of Central Japan International Airport Co., the operator of Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya. Inaba will succeed Hirano, a former Toyota board member credited with bringing the auto giant's effective management style to the operator of the airport, which opened in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, home to Toyota, in February 2005.

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NTT ordered to pay damages to workers who refused to retire

SAPPORO, Japan - Plaintiffs praise a ruling handed down by the Sapporo District Court in Sapporo on Sept. 29. The court ordered Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. to pay a combined 3 million yen in damages to five employees in Hokkaido who were relocated against their will after refusing to retire under the telephone giant's massive restructuring program in 2002.

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GM to sell Isuzu shares, maybe to Mitsubishi, Itochu

TOKYO, Japan - General Motors Corp. has informed Isuzu Motors Ltd (photo) that it will sell the bulk of its 7.9 percent equity stake in the Japanese truck maker as part of efforts to create resources for the American auto giant's corporate restructuring, Isuzu officials said March 30.

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(2)METI chief Nakagawa, Daiei's Takagi meet over retailer's rehab

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (R) speaks with reporters after his talks with Daiei Inc. President Kunio Takagi over the struggling retail giant's rehabilitation at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Oct. 10.

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(1)METI chief Nakagawa, Daiei's Takagi meet over retailer's rehab

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (R) is in talks with Daiei Inc. President Kunio Takagi (L) over the struggling retail giant's rehabilitation at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Oct. 10.

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(3)METI chief Nakagawa, Daiei's Takagi meet over retailer's rehab

TOKYO, Japan - Daiei Inc. President Kunio Takagi speaks with reporters following his talks with Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa over his struggling retail giant's rehabilitation at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Oct. 10.

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Yokozuna Akebono flops at summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Akebono does a roly-poly as he loses to sekiwake Tochiazuma at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 9. The Hawaiian-born giant's defeat at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan left both men at 2-1 for the 15-day tourney.

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ZIMBABWE-HARARE-HUAWEI-ICT TALENTS

(220921) -- HARARE, Sept. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwean ICT (information and communication technology) students attend a virtual class during Huawei's 2022 edition of Seeds for the Future program in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Sept. 20, 2022. Zimbabwean students who participated in this year's edition of Huawei's Seeds for the Future program have applauded the Chinese ICT giant's efforts in nurturing local ICT talents and helping close the gap between theory and practice. (Photo by Tafara Mugwara/Xinhua)

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iPhone 14 goes on sale

Photo taken at an Apple Store in Tokyo's Omotesando shopping area on Sept. 16, 2022, shows the U.S. tech giant's newly launched smartphone models -- (from L) iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.

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Amazon Japan delivery drivers form union, claiming overwork

A group of 10 people working as freelance delivery drivers for Amazon.com Inc.'s Japan unit have unionized and handed over a letter to the online shopping giant's Tokyo headquarters demanding that their poor working conditions be corrected, union members said Monday. The union claimed that, despite working as freelance drivers, Amazon Japan G.K. effectively controls their work hours by sending delivery instructions via smartphones and that outsourcing of delivery operations is a way to avoid signing labor contracts. Lawyers and supporters of the group said this is the first time Amazon delivery drivers have unionized in Japan.

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(2)METI chief Nakagawa, Daiei's Takagi meet over retailer's reha

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (R) speaks with reporters after his talks with Daiei Inc. President Kunio Takagi over the struggling retail giant's rehabilitation at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

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(1)METI chief Nakagawa, Daiei's Takagi meet over retailer's reha

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (R) is in talks with Daiei Inc. President Kunio Takagi (L) over the struggling retail giant's rehabilitation at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

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GM to sell Isuzu shares, maybe to Mitsubishi, Itochu

TOKYO, Japan - General Motors Corp. has informed Isuzu Motors Ltd (photo) that it will sell the bulk of its 7.9 percent equity stake in the Japanese truck maker as part of efforts to create resources for the American auto giant's corporate restructuring, Isuzu officials said March 30. (Kyodo)

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Centrair airport appoints Toyota's Inaba as president

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshimi Inaba (R), executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., shakes hands with Yukihisa Hirano, president of Central Japan International Airport Co., the operator of Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya. Inaba will succeed Hirano, a former Toyota board member credited with bringing the auto giant's effective management style to the operator of the airport, which opened in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, home to Toyota, in February 2005. (Kyodo)

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Citigroup debuts on TSE as its CEO quits amid subprime woes

TOKYO, Japan - Douglas Peterson, chief executive officer of Citigroup Japan Holdings Ltd., speaks during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Nov. 5 to celebrate the U.S. financial giant's listing at the TSE's First Section on Nov. 5. (Kyodo)

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Citigroup debuts on TSE as its CEO quits amid subprime woes

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Saito (L), president of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and Douglas Peterson, chief executive officer of Citigroup Japan Holdings Ltd., shake hands during a ceremony at the TSE in Tokyo on Nov. 5 to celebrate the U.S. financial giant's listing on the TSE's First Section. (Kyodo)

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Yokozuna Akebono flops at summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Akebono does a roly-poly as he loses to sekiwake Tochiazuma at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 9. The Hawaiian-born giant's defeat at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan left both men at 2-1 for the 15-day tourney.

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(3)METI chief Nakagawa, Daiei's Takagi meet over retailer's reha

TOKYO, Japan - Daiei Inc. President Kunio Takagi speaks with reporters following his talks with Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa over his struggling retail giant's rehabilitation at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

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Time Bandits (1981)

Ship On Giant'S Head Characters: WITH Film: Time Bandits (UK 1981) Director: Terry Gilliam 10 July 1981 Date: 10 July 1981

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Penrith, St Andrew's Church, the Giant's Grave 1893

Penrith, St Andrew's Church, the Giant's Grave 1893 Date: 1893

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Penrith, St Andrews's Church, the Giant's Thumb 1893

Penrith, St Andrews's Church, the Giant's Thumb 1893 Date: 1893

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St Agnes, Giant's Punchbowl 1892

St Agnes, Giant's Punchbowl 1892 Date: 1892

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Sony unveils FeliCa-compatible prototype accessories

Sony Corp. unveils in Tokyo a prototype ring and bracelet that are compatible with the electronics giant's FeliCa contactless smart card technology on Oct. 1, 2015. Possible applications of the accessories include cashless payments and authentication. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Amazon to launch Prime Instant Video service in Japan in Sept.

Jasper Cheung, president of Amazon Japan K.K., the U.S. online retailing giant's Japan unit, speaks in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2015. Cheung said that the company will launch its Prime Instant Video service in Japan in September to allow prime members, who pay an annual membership fee of 3,900 yen ($33) unlimited viewing of movies, animations and other videos. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panasonic's group net profit up 49% in FY 2014

Kazuhiro Tsuga, president of Panasonic Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 28, 2015, on the electronics giant's earnings results for fiscal 2014. Panasonic said its group net profit rose 49.0 percent from a year earlier to 179.49 billion yen ($1.5 billion) in the year ended in March on the back of its robust housing and automotive systems businesses. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Amazon starts music streaming service in Japan

Amazon launched the music streaming service Prime Music, available to the company's Prime membership program subscribers, in Japan on Nov. 18, 2015. Japan is the fifth country where the online retail giant's streaming music service has become available. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sony CEO pitches products at Berlin trade fair

Kazuo Hirai, CEO of Sony Corp., makes a sales pitch for the Japanese electronic giant's latest 4K smartphone, the Xperia Z5, and other products before the press during the IFA international electronics trade fair in Berlin on Sept. 2, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Students, Panasonic aim for world record for dry cell-powered train

Takumi Tsukizawa explains on Sept. 3, 2015, a dry battery-powered train car he and other students of Kawagoe Technical High School are making in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. The school and Panasonic Corp. plan to power the train with the electronics giant's Evolta dry cells in November to set a Guinness world record for the longest distance traveled by a dry battery-powered train. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo