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☆ 1 in 3 senior execs say a return-to-office mandate is pushing them to quit
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. That earlier survey also found that 19% of non-exec workers would likewise quit if forced to pick up their commute again. AdvertisementOgawa said the findings were also notable because high-up executives are often the people tasked with implementing RTO mandates. That's a big drop from a prior survey in 2023, when 62% of CEOs held that expectation. Advertisement"They might not be looking to retain folks who wouldn't want to come back to the office," she said.

Persons: —, they'd, Gartner, Caroline Ogawa, execs, Ogawa, That's, Paul Knopp, Erik Bernard, What's, RTO Gartner's Ogawa, we've Organizations: Service, Gartner, Business, KMPG, KPMG US Locations: IT, Australia

☆ Tesla, Google, and Microsoft won't stop laying people off. Here's why that could backfire.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. The recent quip on Blind came from a worker at a large tech company commenting on word of more job cuts at Google. There's little doubt that for some tech workers, this gallows humor feels spot-on after waves of layoffs at some of the industry's biggest names — including Google, Microsoft, and Tesla. Elon Musk told staff last month that Tesla will lay off 10% of its workers. Advertisement"They think that their brand is bulletproof," Cascio said, referring to big-name tech companies.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, Tesla, Sundar Pichai, Pichai, Sandra Sucher, Harvard Business School who's, Wayne Cascio, who's, Cascio, Rich Otto, he'd, Harvard's Sucher, Zers, Caroline Ogawa, Ogawa, That's, Gartner's Ogawa Organizations: Service, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Business, Bloomberg, Harvard Business School, University of Colorado, LinkedIn, Gartner, Social Locations: University of Colorado Denver, Silicon

TOKYO (AP) — A U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying eight people crashed Wednesday into the sea off southern Japan, and the Japanese coast guard is heading to the site for search and rescue operations, officials said. Details about what happened to the Osprey and to the people on board were not immediately known, coast guard spokesperson Kazuo Ogawa said. The coast guard received an emergency call from a fishing boat near the crash site off Yakushima, an island south of Kagoshima on the southern main island of Kyushu, he said. Political Cartoons View All 1270 ImagesA U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft with 23 Marines aboard crashed on a north Australian island in August, killing at least three and critically injuring at least five during a multinational training exercise. There have been at least five fatal crashes of Marine Ospreys since 2012, causing a total of at least 19 deaths.

Persons: Kazuo Ogawa Organizations: TOKYO, —, Osprey, U.S . Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, . Marine Corps, Marines, Marine Ospreys Locations: U.S, Japan, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Iwakuni, Okinawa

TOKYO (AP) — Japan plans to suspend its own Osprey flights after a U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into waters off the southern coast during a training mission, officials said Thursday. A U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed during a training mission Wednesday off of the country’s southern coast, killing at least one of the eight crew members. The cause of the crash and the status of the seven others on board were not immediately known, Japanese coast guard spokesperson Kazuo Ogawa said. Coast guard aircraft and patrol boats found one male crew member, who was later pronounced dead by a doctor, Ogawa said. While the U.S. Marine Corps flies most of the Ospreys based in Japan, the Air Force also has some deployed there.

Persons: Taro Yamato, Kazuo Ogawa, Denny Tamaki, Ogawa, Hirokazu Matsuno, Hiroyuki Miyazawa, ___ Copp Organizations: TOKYO, U.S . Air Force, Ospreys, Defense Ministry, Gov, NHK, U.S . Air Force Special, Command, Yokota Air Base, 353rd, Operations, U.S . Marine Corps Air, Iwakuni, Kadena Air Base, Japanese, Defense, U.S . Forces Japan, Fifth Air Force, Yokota, U.S . Marine Corps, Air Force, Air Force Special Operations Command, Osprey, Marine Corps, Navy, Marine Corps Osprey, U.S . Marine, Marines Locations: Japan, Tokyo, U.S, Okinawa, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Coast, Yakushima, Yamaguchi prefecture, Australian, Washington

Yasunori Ogawa, Seiko Epson Corporation President and Representative Director and CEO, talks about their strategy at the company office in Tokyo, Japan, October 27, 2023. REUTERS/Miho Uranaka Acquire Licensing RightsTOKYO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Printing giant Seiko Epson (6724.T) is betting on growth in the Middle East and Africa as demand ebbs in its home market of Japan and other developed nations, its chief executive said. The Middle East, Turkey, and Africa were growth highlights in fiscal 2022. "Our products are not yet widely distributed in the Middle East, and there is tremendous potential there," Yasunori Ogawa said in an interview after the company posted quarterly results on Friday. To eke out more growth in developed markets, Epson plans to shift its portfolio more towards commercial and industrial customers looking to reduce waste.

Persons: Yasunori Ogawa, Miho Uranaka, Ogawa, stokes, Rocky Swift, Stephen Coates Organizations: Seiko Epson Corporation, REUTERS, Rights, Seiko Epson, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, East, Africa, Turkey, India, Dubai

☆ Why These Men’s Boots Are Everywhere This Fall: ‘They Make an Outfit Feel Tougher’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Ashley Ogawa Clarke | Photographs Marcus Mcdonald For The Wall Street Journal | Prop Styling Catherine Campbell Pearson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Analysis-China's economic gloom hangs over Japan's long-awaited recovery
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Tetsushi Kajimoto | Leika Kihara | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

TOKYO (Reuters) - Policymakers in Tokyo believe China’s deepening economic woes could hit Japan’s fragile recovery, especially if Beijing fails to shore up demand with meaningful stimulus, potentially delaying an exit from ultra-loose monetary policy. China is Japan’s largest trading partner, accounting for 20% of its exports, having replaced the United States in 2020. “Exports to China had already been weak and headwinds to inbound tourism are clearly bad for Japan’s economy,” said Toru Suehiro, chief economist at Daiwa Securities. Firms also promised wage hikes unseen in three decades this year, heightening the case for a retreat from decades of ultra-loose monetary policy. The darkening outlook for Japan’s recovery may push back the timing of a BOJ policy shift.

Persons: Marko Djurica, Kazuo Ueda’s, ”, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Ogawa, Takeshi Niinami, Toru Suehiro, Ueda, Toyoaki Nakamura, “, Seisaku Kameda Organizations: REUTERS, Bank of Japan’s, Reuters, Japan, Komatsu Ltd, Komatsu, Suntory Holdings, Daiwa Securities, Japan’s Sompo Holdings Locations: TOKYO, Tokyo, Beijing, Japan, United States, China

In a sign of growing pessimism over China, the government also said its monthly economic report for August that "concern over China's outlook" was among risks to Japan's recovery. "Exports to China had already been weak and headwinds to inbound tourism are clearly bad for Japan's economy," said Toru Suehiro, chief economist at Daiwa Securities. "All in all, it's hard to justify tightening monetary policy any time soon." Firms also promised wage hikes unseen in three decades this year, heightening the case for a retreat from decades of ultra-loose monetary policy. The darkening outlook for Japan's recovery may push back the timing of a BOJ policy shift.

Persons: Marko Djurica, Kazuo Ueda's, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Ogawa, Takeshi Niinami, Toru Suehiro, Ueda, Toyoaki Nakamura, Seisaku Kameda, Tetsushi Kajimoto, Sam Holmes Organizations: REUTERS, Bank of Japan's, Reuters, Japan, Komatsu Ltd, Komatsu, Suntory Holdings, Daiwa Securities, Japan's Sompo Holdings, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, China, TOKYO, Beijing, United States

☆ Track Pants for Date Night? Totally Fine—If You Wear Them Like This
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Ashley Ogawa Clarke | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LAST FALL, Kevin Ibanez’s work schedule suddenly freed him up to attend a friend’s wedding at the last minute. One problem: The smartish affair seemed to call for a suit, and the San Diego nurse, 32, lacked one. “I figured I’d put together a dressed-up outfit with what I had in my closet,” said Ibanez. He settled on a camp-collar shirt, chunky loafers and track pants.

Persons: Kevin Ibanez’s, ”, Ibanez, loafers Locations: San Diego

☆ Why Cool Guys Can’t Get Enough of This Banker-Style Shirt
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Ashley Ogawa Clarke | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ What’s Too Casual for Work in 2023? ‘You Can Get Away With More Now.’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Ashley Ogawa Clarke | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WE KNOW this much: The lines between what many guys wear for work and play keep blurring. Office dress-codes seem to dissolve by the day. “Smart casual means something very different in 2023 than it did in 2019,” said Los Angeles stylist Luca Kingston. “You can get away with more” at work now, he added.

Persons: “ Smart, ”, Luca Kingston Organizations: WE Locations: Los Angeles, “

☆ Asia stocks drop to month low as US CPI fails to enthuse
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Tom Westbrook | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The yen touched a six-week low of 144.89 per dollar in early trade, though volumes were thinned owing to a public holiday in Japan. Its stock markets were closed and Treasuries went untraded in the Asia session. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) fell 0.7% with stocks in Hong Kong and China the biggest drag. Headline U.S. CPI was 0.2% last month, the same as a month earlier, and the details were encouraging - with core goods inflation slowing down and only rents proving stubbornly sticky. DOLLAR GAINSIn foreign exchange markets, choppy trade in the wake of the inflation data left the dollar on course for a weekly gain.

Persons: Issei Kato, Treasuries, Mary Daly, Andrew Lilley, Philip Lowe, Nozomu Ogawa, Sally Auld, JB, There's, HSI, Tom Westbrook, Muralikumar Anantharaman Organizations: REUTERS, SYDNEY, Headline U.S, CPI, San Francisco Fed, Yahoo Finance, Daiwa, Markets, HK, Chevron, Brent, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, U.S, Asia, Pacific, Hong Kong, China, Sydney, New York, Australia

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☆ Call It Dance, Puppetry or Sculpture, It Is Eerily Beautiful
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Dawn Chan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A classic marionette might have eight to 10 strings. Leah Ogawa’s latest puppet, an ethereal tree-shaped form, has more than 600: clustered into thickets and tangles, threaded through eye bolts on the ceiling, and fanning out overhead to all corners of the room. Or you could call it a dance performed amid a landscape of strange props. Or a kinetic sculpture activated from the sidelines. Throughout the 21-minute arc of “Divine Generations,” a silent four-person ensemble pulls and unspools various cords around the room, to coax inert disc-shaped elements into a wakeful upward dance.

Persons: Leah Ogawa’s, Ogawa, John Tsung, ”, Tsung, John Adams – Locations: KinoSaito, Lower Hudson Valley, Verplanck

REUTERS/Issei KatoTOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) - Japan on Saturday marked one year since former prime minister Shinzo Abe was gunned down during an election speech by a man angry at his links to the Unification Church. The death of Japan's longest serving prime minister, which was caught on video, rattled a nation unused to gun violence. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other senior officials and lawmakers joined Abe's widow, Akie, at a private memorial service at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo. Among them was Tsuu Ogawa, 49, a hotel worker, who celebrated her birthday the day that Abe was assassinated. In social media posts before the shooting, he blamed the Unification Church for leaving his mother in financial straits.

Persons: Shinzo Abe, Issei Kato TOKYO, Japan's, Fumio Kishida, Akie, Tsuu Ogawa, Abe, Critics, Atsuhiro Ueda, Kishida, Tetsuya Yamagami, Daishiro Yamagiwa, Tim Kelly, Irene Wang, Kim Coghill Organizations: REUTERS, Unification Church, Liberal Democratic Party, Unification, Korean, Economic, Thomson Locations: Zojoji, Tokyo, Japan

☆ The Most Stylish Guys You Know Are Getting Everything Tailored (Even T-shirts)
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Ashley Ogawa Clarke | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

SOMETIMES WHEN Evan Glick, who’s cursed with a “fairly short torso,” tries on T-shirts in stores, “it just looks like I’m wearing a summer dress.” But if you spotted the 32-year-old Brooklyn data engineer in the street, you’d never mistake his top for a frock. Last summer, he began taking his tees and shorts to get tailored at his local wash and fold, for $15 a pop. Now everything fits snugly. “I don’t have to be disappointed with a too-big shirt,” he said.

Persons: Evan Glick, who’s, ”, you’d Locations: Brooklyn

☆ Joby receives FAA nod to begin flight testing of its first built aircraft
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 28 (Reuters) - Joby Aviation (JOBY.N) said on Wednesday the U.S. aviation regulator has given the nod for flight testing of its air taxi, as it edges towards securing approval to begin commercial operations. The California-based company also said Toyota North America's CEO, Tetsuo Ogawa, will join its board on Saturday. Joby said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had granted a Special Airworthiness Certificate which allows flight testing of its first production prototype without passengers. The aircraft will be delivered to Edwards Air Force Base after completing initial testing, the company said. The delivery is made under Joby's $131 million contract with the U.S. Air Force.

Persons: Tetsuo Ogawa, Joby, Aishwarya Nair, Krishna CHandra Organizations: Joby Aviation, U.S, Toyota North, Toyota, Archer Aviation, Vertical Aerospace, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Edwards Air Force Base, U.S . Air Force, Thomson Locations: California, Bengaluru

☆ Joby stock soars 44% after the flying-taxi company receives permit to begin flight test
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Joby Aviation stock soared as much as 44% on Wednesday after the company received a permit to begin flight testing. The company launched its production line and expects to deliver the first ever eVTOL aircraft. Joby has received investments from Toyota and Delta Air Lines, among others. Joby received a Special Airworthiness Certificate for the first aircraft it built at its production line in Marina, California, according to a Wednesday press release from the company. Toyota president and CEO of Toyota Motor North America Tetsuo Ogawa will join Joby's board of directors, according to Joby.

Persons: Joby, —, Tetsuo Ogawa Organizations: Joby Aviation, Toyota, Delta Air Lines, Service, Toyota Motors, Toyota Motor, Edwards Air Force Base, US Air Force Locations: Marina , California, Manhattan, JFK

☆ Joby receives FAA nod to begin flight testing of electric air taxi
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Joby Aviation founder JoeBen Bevirt poses next to a Joby Aviation Air Taxi ahead of their listing at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 11, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoJune 28 (Reuters) - Joby Aviation (JOBY.N) said on Wednesday the U.S. aviation regulator has given the nod for flight testing of its electric air taxi, taking it a step closer to securing approvals for commercial operations. Joby said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had granted a Special Airworthiness Certificate, which allows flight testing of its first production prototype without passengers. Rival Archer received the green signal for flight testing in 2021. Joby's aircraft will be delivered to Edwards Air Force Base after completing initial testing, the company said.

Persons: JoeBen Bevirt, Andrew Kelly, Tetsuo Ogawa, Joby, Archer, Germany's, Aishwarya Nair, Krishna Chandra Eluri Organizations: Joby Aviation, Joby Aviation Air Taxi, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, U.S, Toyota North, Toyota, Archer Aviation, Vertical Aerospace, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Aerospace, Edwards Air Force Base, U.S . Air Force, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York City, U.S, California, Joby's, Bengaluru

☆ These 6 Wrinkle-Resistant Men’s T-shirts Always Look Sharp
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Ashley Ogawa Clarke | Photographs F. Martin Ramin The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WHEN IT COMES to T-shirts, Jeff Yamazaki encourages competition. The Los Angeles actor, 31, pits his tops against one another—call it a tee-off. “I’ll buy a couple white tees [from different brands] at the same time and see which one holds up best,” he said. After the candidates weather many wears and washes, he’ll pick a winner. (He’ll then buy the victor again, perhaps in a different color.)

Persons: Jeff Yamazaki, “, ” Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Your Flannel Shirts Aren’t Working Anymore. Follow Brad Pitt’s Lead and Wear This Instead.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Ashley Ogawa Clarke | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

SKIP THE SAD PLAID Striking features such as colorful buttons distinguish a new breed of overshirt from all the blah flannel clones. Illustration: Paul TullerTHE ACTOR Kunal Nayyar enjoys dressing up when he flies, “like how they used to do in the olden days.” His favorite jet-setting item? Not a natty blazer a la 1950s travelers, but an overshirt with a twist. Nayyar, of “The Big Bang Theory” fame, swears by cozy cashmere designs with buttons made of gemstones such as pink rose quartz or purple amethyst. These precious fasteners add distinctive hits of color, said the 42-year-old.

☆ Slain Japanese journalist's last Myanmar images shared after 15 years missing
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Athit PerawongmethaApril 26 (Reuters) - The family of a Japanese journalist killed while reporting on Myanmar's 2007 "Saffron Revolution" released his last pictures on Wednesday, sharing footage from a recently obtained video camera missing since his fatal shooting 15 years ago. Myanmar security forces arrested thousands of people during the monk-led demonstrations in what was one of the biggest uprisings in decades against military rule. Aye Chan Naing, DVB's co-founder, declined to say how the organisation obtained Nagai's camera, to ensure the safety of those involved. Widely seen footage smuggled out of Myanmar in 2007 showed a soldier aiming a rifle near Nagai, who falls backwards on the road. "We would like for the truth to be clarified and to be made known, that is how we feel," Ogawa added.

☆ The Wildly Popular Men’s Shirt to Avoid This Summer—and What to Wear Instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Ashley Ogawa Clarke | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

NECK AND NECK Two shirts, two collars—a sturdy design (left) and a flat camp style (right). Even if none ring a bell, chances are you’ve seen the style, distinguished by a splayed, notched collar that exposes clavicles and lies pancake-flat against the chest. Today’s camp styles range from $990 Celine designs with palm-tree accents right through to $33 Old Navy takes. Athleisure giant Lululemon offers a head-scratching version in a sweat-wicking fabric better suited to gym clothes. Countless trendy brands sell few other collar styles come spring and summer.

☆ 'Avoided Emissions' are key to helping society reach net zero CO2 emissions by 2050
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Panasonic With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Its CO2 emissions, including its value chain, are estimated to be as much as 110 megatons. To address this, Panasonic unveiled its "Panasonic GREEN IMPACT" initiative in January 2022. This aims for a reduction impact of "around 1% (approximately 300 million tons)" of current total global CO2 emissions by 2050. Panasonic has clearly defined them in Panasonic GREEN IMPACT," said Shimono. ***Avoided Emissions refers to CO2 emissions cut using a company's products or technologies.

☆ Why Men Want Jackets That Give Them ‘Hourglass Figures’ Like Daniel Craig and Idris Elba
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Ashley Ogawa Clarke | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

I SPY A HIGHLY DEFINED WAIST ‘James Bond’ star Daniel Craig in a trio of recent hourglass looks. AT A MOVIE premiere last October, a star got the cameras flashing with a head-turning hourglass silhouette—nipped-in at the waist and gently flared below. Not Scarlett Johansson, or some Marilyn Monroe manqué, but Daniel Craig, a man who’s famously embodied James Bond. Mr. Craig, 55, smoldered in a cinched navy tux—his latest embrace of waist-nipping tailoring. Along with fellow A-listers including Idris Elba, Mr. Craig is making men want such exaggerated tailoring for one simple reason: The narrow waist accentuates his broad shoulders and chest, making him look more buff.

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