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3rd CISCE: Advanced Technologies in Beijing - China

A staff member demonstrates a remote-controlled washing machine of Panasonic during the third China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing, capital of China, July 17, 2025. Themed on "Connecting the World for a Shared Future," the 2025 CISCE runs from July 16 to 20, gathering more than 650 companies and institutions from 75 countries, regions and international organizations. Overseas exhibitors accounted for 32 percent among all, or 3 percentage points higher compared to the previous edition. This year's event also saw more than 170 visitor delegations from abroad, and over 230 exhibitors here are first-timers. Photo by Ding Hongfa/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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3rd CISCE: Advanced Technologies in Beijing - China

Visitors pose for photos while tasting beer at the booth of Tsingtao Beer during the third China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing, capital of China, July 17, 2025. Themed on "Connecting the World for a Shared Future," the 2025 CISCE runs from July 16 to 20, gathering more than 650 companies and institutions from 75 countries, regions and international organizations. Overseas exhibitors accounted for 32 percent among all, or 3 percentage points higher compared to the previous edition. This year's event also saw more than 170 visitor delegations from abroad, and over 230 exhibitors here are first-timers. Photo by Ding Hongfa/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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3rd CISCE: Advanced Technologies in Beijing - China

Visitors pose for photos while tasting beer at the booth of Tsingtao Beer during the third China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing, capital of China, July 17, 2025. Themed on "Connecting the World for a Shared Future," the 2025 CISCE runs from July 16 to 20, gathering more than 650 companies and institutions from 75 countries, regions and international organizations. Overseas exhibitors accounted for 32 percent among all, or 3 percentage points higher compared to the previous edition. This year's event also saw more than 170 visitor delegations from abroad, and over 230 exhibitors here are first-timers. Photo by Ding Hongfa/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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3rd CISCE: Advanced Technologies in Beijing - China

Visitors are seen at the booth of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) during the third China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing, capital of China, July 16, 2025. Themed on "Connecting the World for a Shared Future," the 2025 CISCE runs from July 16 to 20, gathering more than 650 companies and institutions from 75 countries, regions and international organizations. Overseas exhibitors accounted for 32 percent among all, or 3 percentage points higher compared to the previous edition. This year's event also saw more than 170 visitor delegations from abroad, and over 230 exhibitors here are first-timers. Photo by Ding Hongfa/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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3rd CISCE: Advanced Technologies in Beijing - China

This photo taken on July 17, 2025 shows the booth of Starbucks during the third China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing, capital of China. Themed on "Connecting the World for a Shared Future," the 2025 CISCE runs from July 16 to 20, gathering more than 650 companies and institutions from 75 countries, regions and international organizations. Overseas exhibitors accounted for 32 percent among all, or 3 percentage points higher compared to the previous edition. This year's event also saw more than 170 visitor delegations from abroad, and over 230 exhibitors here are first-timers. Photo by Ding Hongfa/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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3rd CISCE: Advanced Technologies in Beijing - China

This photo taken on July 17, 2025 shows robots at the booth of Nvidia during the third China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing, capital of China. Themed on "Connecting the World for a Shared Future," the 2025 CISCE runs from July 16 to 20, gathering more than 650 companies and institutions from 75 countries, regions and international organizations. Overseas exhibitors accounted for 32 percent among all, or 3 percentage points higher compared to the previous edition. This year's event also saw more than 170 visitor delegations from abroad, and over 230 exhibitors here are first-timers. Photo by Ding Hongfa/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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3rd CISCE: Advanced Technologies in Beijing - China

This photo taken on July 17, 2025 shows the booth of Apple during the third China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing, capital of China. Themed on "Connecting the World for a Shared Future," the 2025 CISCE runs from July 16 to 20, gathering more than 650 companies and institutions from 75 countries, regions and international organizations. Overseas exhibitors accounted for 32 percent among all, or 3 percentage points higher compared to the previous edition. This year's event also saw more than 170 visitor delegations from abroad, and over 230 exhibitors here are first-timers. Photo by Ding Hongfa/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Matsui pops up in Yankees' Old-Timers' Day game

NEW YORK, United States - Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui pops up in a friendly game among former Yankees players during the 68th annual Old-Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium in New York on June 22, 2014.

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Matsui pitches in Old-Timers' Day friendly game

NEW YORK, United States - Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui serves as a pitcher in a friendly game among former Yankees players during the 68th annual Old-Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium in New York on June 22, 2014.

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Matsui, ex-Yankees manager Torre at Old-Timers' Day

NEW YORK, United States - Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui (L) shakes hands with former manager Joe Torre during the Yankees' 68th annual Old-Timers' Day on June 22, 2014, at Yankee Stadium in New York.

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Oh faces Enatsu in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants legendary slugger Sadaharu Oh (at bat) and Yutaka Enatsu of the Hanshin Tigers face off during an old timers' game between the popular Japanese professional baseball clubs at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Kakefu hits single from Egawa in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Hanshin Tigers slugger Masayuki Kakefu hits a single from his old nemesis former Yomiuri Giants ace Suguru Egawa during an old timers' game between the popular Japanese professional baseball clubs at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Matsui hits 2-bagger in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants star slugger Hideki Matsui hits a double in an old-timers' game between the Giants and the Hanshin Tigers at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Oh, Matsui participate in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants legends Sadaharu Oh (L) and Hideki Matsui shake hands at an old-timers' game against the Hanshin Tigers at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Matsui plays in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants star slugger Hideki Matsui comes up at bat during an old-timers' game between the Giants and the Hanshin Tigers at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Ex-S. Korea captain Park plays in Kyoto Sanga OB game

KYOTO, Japan - Former South Korean football star Park Ji Sung (L) plays in an old-timers' game of Kyoto Sanga in Kyoto on June 28, 2014, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the J2 club. Park started his professional career with Kyoto Sanga.

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Old Timers Day

NEW YORK, United States - Former major league catcher Yogi Berra (back L) appears in the Old Timers Day event at Yankee Stadium in New York on June 23, 2013.

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Tokyo Disney operator holds event to recruit 2,000 part-timers

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants line up to interview for jobs at Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea in an event organized by Oriental Land Co. at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Jan. 25. The operator of the two amusement parks is recruiting part-timers for 20 types of job at a time when major Japanese manufacturers are slashing nonregular workforces amid the global economic slowdown.

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Kyoto Univ. not to renew employment contracts of 100 part-timers

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 22 shows part of the campus of Kyoto University in the city of Kyoto. The university has decided not to renew the employment contracts of about 100 part-time staffers whose five-year contracts will expire in fiscal 2010 amid the deepening recession.

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Kyocera chief vows to secure all jobs, including part-timers

KYOTO, Japan - Kyocera Corp. President Makoto Kawamura speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News. Kawamura said the Kyoto-based ceramics and electronics manufacturer will secure the jobs of all of the company's workers, including part-timers, despite the current economic downturn.

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Top Japanese manufacturers retain hefty earnings while shedding jobs

OITA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 10 shows members of a labor union for non-regular workers and part-timers of affiliates of Canon Inc. in Oita Prefecture handing an official at the firm a written request that the company maintain jobs for them.

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Gov't compiles 'second-chance' measures

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet ministers related to a government 'second-chance' campaign meet at the prime minister's office on Dec. 26. They compiled a set of measures to help promote the employment of women, elderly people and ''Neets'' (people Not in Employment, Education or Training), and ''freeters'' (job-hopping part-timers).

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Tigers' Imaoka homers against Giants

TOKYO, Japan - Hanshin Timers' infielder Makoto Imaoka homers in the first inning against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on June 21.

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Young Tokyo temporary workers form labor union

TOKYO, Japan - Young temporary workers in Tokyo and neighboring prefectures have organized a labor union aimed at improving their working conditions, union members said Dec. 9. Anyone under 40 and supporting themselves on part-time jobs is eligible to join the ''Shutoken Seinen Union'' (metropolitan area youth labor union) for a membership fee of 1,500 yen a month. Manabu Natori (R), 27, a part-time hospital clerk, became the union chief and 24 other workers aged between 19 and 36, most of them part-timers at fast-food shops, have joined it.

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Gov't compiles 'second-chance' measures

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet ministers related to a government 'second-chance' campaign meet at the prime minister's office on Dec. 26. They compiled a set of measures to help promote the employment of women, elderly people and ''Neets'' (people Not in Employment, Education or Training), and ''freeters'' (job-hopping part-timers). (Kyodo)

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Top Japanese manufacturers retain hefty earnings while shedding j

OITA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 10 shows members of a labor union for non-regular workers and part-timers of affiliates of Canon Inc. in Oita Prefecture handing an official at the firm a written request that the company maintain jobs for them. (Kyodo)

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Kyocera chief vows to secure all jobs, including part-timers

KYOTO, Japan - Kyocera Corp. President Makoto Kawamura speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News. Kawamura said the Kyoto-based ceramics and electronics manufacturer will secure the jobs of all of the company's workers, including part-timers, despite the current economic downturn. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto Univ. not to renew employment contracts of 100 part-timers

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 22 shows part of the campus of Kyoto University in the city of Kyoto. The university has decided not to renew the employment contracts of about 100 part-time staffers whose five-year contracts will expire in fiscal 2010 amid the deepening recession. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Disney operator holds event to recruit 2,000 part-timers

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants line up to interview for jobs at Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea in an event organized by Oriental Land Co. at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Jan. 25. The operator of the two amusement parks is recruiting part-timers for 20 types of job at a time when major Japanese manufacturers are slashing nonregular workforces amid the global economic slowdown. (Kyodo)

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Tigers' Imaoka homers against Giants

TOKYO, Japan - Hanshin Timers' infielder Makoto Imaoka homers in the first inning against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on June 21. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Matsui homers in Old Timers' Day exhibition game

Hideki Matsui (C) attends the New York Yankees Old Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium on June 12, 2016. Matsui homered into the second deck off David Cone in an exhibition game on his 42nd birthday. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Part-timers forced to live severe life

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japan Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), delivers a speech at a meeting of Japan's largest labor group to launch this spring labor offensive in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Feb. 9. (Kyodo)

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Sub-contract workers filling vacancies of regular workers

TOKYO, Japan - Rengo, the Japanese Trade Union Federation, sponsors a gathering to improve conditions of increasing part-timers in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Feb. 17. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto Univ. not to renew employment contracts of 100 part-timers

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 22 shows part of the campus of Kyoto University in the city of Kyoto. The university has decided not to renew the employment contracts of about 100 part-time staffers whose five-year contracts will expire in fiscal 2010 amid the deepening recession. (Kyodo)

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Oh, Matsui participate in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants legends Sadaharu Oh (L) and Hideki Matsui shake hands at an old-timers' game against the Hanshin Tigers at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Oh faces Enatsu in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants legendary slugger Sadaharu Oh (at bat) and Yutaka Enatsu of the Hanshin Tigers face off during an old timers' game between the popular Japanese professional baseball clubs at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 16, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Matsui pitches in Old-Timers' Day friendly game

NEW YORK, United States - Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui serves as a pitcher in a friendly game among former Yankees players during the 68th annual Old-Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium in New York on June 22, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Matsui, ex-Yankees manager Torre at Old-Timers' Day

NEW YORK, United States - Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui (L) shakes hands with former manager Joe Torre during the Yankees' 68th annual Old-Timers' Day on June 22, 2014, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (Kyodo)

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Ladislav Mrkvicka, actor

People read the announcement about death of Czech actor Ladislav Mrkvicka at the National Theatre in Prague, Czech Republic, December 28, 2020. Actor Ladislav Mrkvicka, who won the 2020 Czech Lion award for the best supporting actor in the Czech film Old-Timers (Starici) and the 2019 Thalia award for outstanding contribution to Czech drama, died at the age of 81. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Vietnamese in Japan amid coronavirus pandemic

Financially strapped Vietnamese students due to the coronavirus pandemic have supper at a Tokyo temple that is supporting such people on April 24, 2020. The virus-linked economic downturn has led to many foreign technical interns and part-timers being dismissed in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vietnamese in Japan amid coronavirus pandemic

A Vietnamese technical intern whose job offer in Japan was canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic prays at a Tokyo temple that is supporting people like her on April 24, 2020. The virus-linked economic downturn has led to many foreign interns and part-timers being dismissed in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young Tokyo temporary workers form labor union

TOKYO, Japan - Young temporary workers in Tokyo and neighboring prefectures have organized a labor union aimed at improving their working conditions, union members said Dec. 9. Anyone under 40 and supporting themselves on part-time jobs is eligible to join the ''Shutoken Seinen Union'' (metropolitan area youth labor union) for a membership fee of 1,500 yen a month. Manabu Natori (R), 27, a part-time hospital clerk, became the union chief and 24 other workers aged between 19 and 36, most of them part-timers at fast-food shops, have joined it.