Fuji Heavy accepts orders for luxury Subaru-brand bicycles

Fuji Heavy accepts orders for luxury Subaru-brand bicycles

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Subaru XB bicycle Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. released. The company said Dec. 8 it has started accepting orders for its posh Subaru-brand bicycle, featuring a 27-speed derailleur and robust chromium-molybdenum steel alloy frame.

Antenna for Japan's future satellite unveiled

Antenna for Japan's future satellite unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - This chandelier-typed antenna, unveiled for a press preview at a Toshiba Corp. plant in Fuchu, western Tokyo, on June 5, will be carried by an experimental satellite to be launched possibly in fiscal 2003 by the National Space Development Agency. It has 14 folding umbrellas made of gold-coated woven molybdenum threads.

Ecosystem restored in mining town of Shaanxi, China

STORY: Ecosystem restored in mining town of Shaanxi, China DATELINE: May 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:00 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Jindui Town in northwest China's Shaanxi Province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): REN QIANG, Jinduicheng Molybdenum Co., Ltd. 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): REN QIANG, Jinduicheng Molybdenum Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MA XIAO, Jinduicheng Molybdenum Co., Ltd. 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): REN QIANG, Jinduicheng Molybdenum Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: Jindui Town in northwest China's Shaanxi Province is known as China's "capital of molybdenum," for its rich resources of the mineral. However, many years of mining had severely damaged the environment in Jindui Town. The Muzigou tailings pond in Jindui used to be known as a giant "sand sea." SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): REN QIANG, Jinduicheng Molybdenum Co., Ltd. "There used to be a tailings pond right here. And it was full of this kind of sand. If there were no reclamation or no plants, when the wind blows, a sa

Fuji Heavy accepts orders for luxury Subaru-brand bicycles

Fuji Heavy accepts orders for luxury Subaru-brand bicycles

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Subaru XB bicycle Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. released. The company said Dec. 8 it has started accepting orders for its posh Subaru-brand bicycle, featuring a 27-speed derailleur and robust chromium-molybdenum steel alloy frame. (Kyodo)

Antenna for Japan's future satellite unveiled

Antenna for Japan's future satellite unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - This chandelier-typed antenna, unveiled for a press preview at a Toshiba Corp. plant in Fuchu, western Tokyo, on June 5, will be carried by an experimental satellite to be launched possibly in fiscal 2003 by the National Space Development Agency. It has 14 folding umbrellas made of gold-coated woven molybdenum threads.