Entrance ceremony for new employees

TOYOTA, Japan, April 1 Kyodo - New employees of Toyota Motor Corp. attend their entrance ceremony in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 1, 2023, the first weekday of the new business year. (Kyodo)

Public excitement in Indonesia grows high towards Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train

STORY: Public excitement in Indonesia grows high towards Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 17, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:49 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of passengers 2. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian): MASNI SARAGIH, Local resident STORYLINE: The services of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway (HSR) in Indonesia, locally known as Whoosh, have brought lots of joy for the public in the world's fourth-largest populous nation since it was officially launched about a month ago. According to PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC), a joint venture consortium between Indonesian and Chinese state-owned firms that constructs and runs the HSR, trains have carried about 383,000 passengers on the railway since the commercial operation started, with the highest daily occupancy rate reaching 98.7 percent. The public enthusiasm was so high that KCIC needed to intensify the travel schedule up to 28 trips per weekday and 36 trips per day on weeken

ISRAEL-BEN GURION AIRPORT-JUDICIAL OVERHAUL-PROTEST

ISRAEL-BEN GURION AIRPORT-JUDICIAL OVERHAUL-PROTEST

(230711) -- BEN GURION AIRPORT, July 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a protest against the government's plan to overhaul the judiciary at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 11, 2023. Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters staged rallies across the country on Tuesday, in the largest weekday protest in months against the hard-right government's plan to overhaul the judiciary. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

ISRAEL-BEN GURION AIRPORT-JUDICIAL OVERHAUL-PROTEST

ISRAEL-BEN GURION AIRPORT-JUDICIAL OVERHAUL-PROTEST

(230711) -- BEN GURION AIRPORT, July 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Police detain a woman during a protest against the government's plan to overhaul the judiciary at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 11, 2023. Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters staged rallies across the country on Tuesday, in the largest weekday protest in months against the hard-right government's plan to overhaul the judiciary. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-JUDICIAL OVERHAUL-PROTEST

ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-JUDICIAL OVERHAUL-PROTEST

(230711) -- TEL AVIV, July 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a protest against the government's plan to overhaul the judiciary in Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 11, 2023. Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters staged rallies across the country on Tuesday, in the largest weekday protest in months against the hard-right government's plan to overhaul the judiciary. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

ISRAEL-BEN GURION AIRPORT-JUDICIAL OVERHAUL-PROTEST

ISRAEL-BEN GURION AIRPORT-JUDICIAL OVERHAUL-PROTEST

(230711) -- BEN GURION AIRPORT, July 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman confronts police during a protest against the government's plan to overhaul the judiciary at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 11, 2023. Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters staged rallies across the country on Tuesday, in the largest weekday protest in months against the hard-right government's plan to overhaul the judiciary. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-JUDICIAL OVERHAUL-PROTEST

ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-JUDICIAL OVERHAUL-PROTEST

(230711) -- TEL AVIV, July 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People confront police during a protest against the government's plan to overhaul the judiciary in Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 11, 2023. Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters staged rallies across the country on Tuesday, in the largest weekday protest in months against the hard-right government's plan to overhaul the judiciary. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-JUDICIAL OVERHAUL-PROTEST

ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-JUDICIAL OVERHAUL-PROTEST

(230711) -- TEL AVIV, July 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman confronts mounted police during a protest against the government's plan to overhaul the judiciary in Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 11, 2023. Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters staged rallies across the country on Tuesday, in the largest weekday protest in months against the hard-right government's plan to overhaul the judiciary. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-JUDICIAL OVERHAUL-PROTEST

ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-JUDICIAL OVERHAUL-PROTEST

(230711) -- TEL AVIV, July 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a protest against the government's plan to overhaul the judiciary in Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 11, 2023. Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters staged rallies across the country on Tuesday, in the largest weekday protest in months against the hard-right government's plan to overhaul the judiciary. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde throws on a hoodie to hit the gym for her daily weekday workout in Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 15, 2023. Photo by Bauer-Griffin/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde throws on a hoodie to hit the gym for her daily weekday workout in Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 15, 2023. Photo by Bauer-Griffin/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde throws on a hoodie to hit the gym for her daily weekday workout in Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 15, 2023. Photo by Bauer-Griffin/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde throws on a hoodie to hit the gym for her daily weekday workout in Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 15, 2023. Photo by Bauer-Griffin/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde throws on a hoodie to hit the gym for her daily weekday workout in Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 15, 2023. Photo by Bauer-Griffin/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde throws on a hoodie to hit the gym for her daily weekday workout in Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 15, 2023. Photo by Bauer-Griffin/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde throws on a hoodie to hit the gym for her daily weekday workout in Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 15, 2023. Photo by Bauer-Griffin/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde throws on a hoodie to hit the gym for her daily weekday workout in Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 15, 2023. Photo by Bauer-Griffin/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde throws on a hoodie to hit the gym for her daily weekday workout in Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 15, 2023. Photo by Bauer-Griffin/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde throws on a hoodie to hit the gym for her daily weekday workout in Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 15, 2023. Photo by Bauer-Griffin/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde throws on a hoodie to hit the gym for her daily weekday workout in Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 15, 2023. Photo by Bauer-Griffin/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde Hits The Gym - LA

Olivia Wilde throws on a hoodie to hit the gym for her daily weekday workout in Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 15, 2023. Photo by Bauer-Griffin/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

Entrance ceremony for new employees

Toyota Motor Corp. President Koji Sato addresses an entrance ceremony for new employees in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 3, 2023, the first weekday of the new business year. New employees of Toyota Motor Corp. attend their entrance ceremony in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 3, 2023, the first weekday of the new business year.

Entrance ceremony for new employees

Entrance ceremony for new employees

New employees of Tamadic Co. attend an entrance ceremony held at Nagoya Noh Theater in Nagoya, central Japan, on April 3, 2023, the first weekday of the new business year.

Entrance ceremony for new employees

Entrance ceremony for new employees

New employees of Kansai Electric Power Co. attend an entrance ceremony in Osaka, western Japan, on April 3, 2023, the first weekday of the new business year.

Entrance ceremony for new employees

Entrance ceremony for new employees

New employees of Toyota Motor Corp. attend their entrance ceremony in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 3, 2023, the first weekday of the new business year.

Entrance ceremony for new employees

Entrance ceremony for new employees

New employees of Kansai Electric Power Co. attend an entrance ceremony in Osaka, western Japan, on April 3, 2023, the first weekday of the new business year.

Entrance ceremony for new employees

Entrance ceremony for new employees

Toyota Motor Corp. President Koji Sato addresses an entrance ceremony for new employees in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 3, 2023, the first weekday of the new business year.

Entrance ceremony for new ministry officials

Entrance ceremony for new ministry officials

New recruits at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare attend an entrance ceremony at the ministry in Tokyo on April 3, 2023, the first weekday of the new business year.

Entrance ceremony for new ministry officials

Entrance ceremony for new ministry officials

New recruits at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare attend an entrance ceremony at the ministry in Tokyo on April 3, 2023, the first weekday of the new business year.

Elderly singer performs before railway station

Elderly singer performs before railway station

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese "enka" ballad singer Saburo Daimon performs in a unique costume on Dec. 3, 2014, in front of an East Japan Railway Co. station in Hiratsuka, southwest of Tokyo. The 65-year-old has been staging such performances almost every weekday for over six years to help encourage local people.

Toyota initiation ceremony

Toyota initiation ceremony

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. holds an initiation ceremony for its newly hired employees at its head office in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year.

Initiation ceremony in tsunami-hit area

Initiation ceremony in tsunami-hit area

OTSUCHI, Japan - A newly hired employee of the Otsuchi town office in Iwate Prefecture receives a letter of appointment during an initiation ceremony at a temporary town office building in the tsunami-hit town on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year.

Environment Ministry initiation ceremony

Environment Ministry initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - A newly hired employee of the Environment Ministry gives a speech during the ministry's initiation ceremony in Tokyo on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year.

Initiation ceremony in tsunami-hit area

Initiation ceremony in tsunami-hit area

ONAGAWA, Japan - Masanori Takahashi (R), president of seafood product maker Takamasa Co. in tsunami-hit Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, welcomes the company's newly hired employees (in the front row) during an initiation ceremony at the company on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year.

NEC initiation ceremony

NEC initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. holds an initiation ceremony for its newly hired employees in Tokyo on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year.

NEC initiation ceremony

NEC initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 2, 2012, shows newly hired employees of NEC Corp. attending the company's initiation ceremony in Tokyo. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year.

Japanese automakers to run plants weekends

Japanese automakers to run plants weekends

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Shiga, chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 19, 2011. JAMA said its member firms will close plants in Japan on Thursdays and Fridays and open them on weekends from July through September to reduce weekday electricity consumption, following damage to power generation capacity of utilities caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Resona Bank extends most branches' operating hours to 5 p.m.

Resona Bank extends most branches' operating hours to 5 p.m.

OSAKA, Japan - Resona Holdings Chairman Eiji Hosoya (C) leads a campaign to publicize Resona Bank's extension of weekday operating hours and new ''TIMO'' 24-hour Internet bank account, which has a plastic cash-cum-credit card in lieu of a bankbook, at one of the bank's branches in Osaka on April 1.

Parisians mourn terror attack victims

Parisians mourn terror attack victims

Women mourn people killed by the recent terror attacks in Paris on Nov. 16, 2015, near one of the sites of the attacks on the first weekday in the French capital since the atrocities that claimed the lives of more than 120 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Parisians mourn terror attack victims

Parisians mourn terror attack victims

People offer silent prayers on Nov. 16, 2015, near one of the sites of the recent terror attacks in Paris, on the first weekday in the French capital since the atrocities that claimed the lives of more than 120 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Parisians mourn terror attack victims

Parisians mourn terror attack victims

People offer silent prayers on Nov. 16, 2015, near one of the sites of the recent terror attacks in Paris, on the first weekday in the French capital since the atrocities that claimed the lives of more than 120 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Aftermath of terror attacks in Paris

Aftermath of terror attacks in Paris

Parents walk their children to school on Nov. 16, 2015, near one of the venues hit by the recent terror attacks in Paris, on the first weekday in the French capital since the atrocities that claimed the lives of more than 120 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Impoverished suburb a different universe from mainstream France

Impoverished suburb a different universe from mainstream France

Almost no shops are open even during the day on a weekday in the impoverished Grande Borne neighborhood in the town of Grigny, south of Paris, as seen on Feb. 2, 2015. The district, where the unemployment rate reaches about 40 percent, was home to one of the Paris gunmen in the January terror attacks in France. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese automakers to run plants weekends

Japanese automakers to run plants weekends

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Shiga, chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 19, 2011. JAMA said its member firms will close plants in Japan on Thursdays and Fridays and open them on weekends from July through September to reduce weekday electricity consumption, following damage to power generation capacity of utilities caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

Initiation ceremony in tsunami-hit area

Initiation ceremony in tsunami-hit area

ONAGAWA, Japan - Masanori Takahashi (R), president of seafood product maker Takamasa Co. in tsunami-hit Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, welcomes the company's newly hired employees (in the front row) during an initiation ceremony at the company on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year. (Kyodo)

Environment Ministry initiation ceremony

Environment Ministry initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - A newly hired employee of the Environment Ministry gives a speech during the ministry's initiation ceremony in Tokyo on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year. (Kyodo)

Initiation ceremony in tsunami-hit area

Initiation ceremony in tsunami-hit area

OTSUCHI, Japan - A newly hired employee of the Otsuchi town office in Iwate Prefecture receives a letter of appointment during an initiation ceremony at a temporary town office building in the tsunami-hit town on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year. (Kyodo)

NEC initiation ceremony

NEC initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. holds an initiation ceremony for its newly hired employees in Tokyo on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year. (Kyodo)

NEC initiation ceremony

NEC initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 2, 2012, shows newly hired employees of NEC Corp. attending the company's initiation ceremony in Tokyo. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year. (Kyodo)

Toyota initiation ceremony

Toyota initiation ceremony

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. holds an initiation ceremony for its newly hired employees at its head office in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year. (Kyodo)