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☆ I tested the game-changing F-35 stealth fighter, an incredible jet that demands more than just great flying skills from its pilots
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Billie Flynn spent years as a pilot in the testing program for the F-35 stealth fighter jet. I was involved with the F-35 program for essentially 20 years after coming over to Lockheed Martin from the Eurofighter Typhoon program. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jet performs its flight display at Le Bourget on June 20, 2017 during the International Paris Air Show. So there really are pilots who are better than others, but as a test pilot, that flying skill is what keeps us alive. And I think that's thanks to incredible engineers, incredible designers and incredible military fighter pilots who were instrumental in developing the airplane.

Persons: Billie Flynn, —, Lockheed Martin, It's, CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT, Yuriko Nakao Organizations: Service, Royal Canadian Air Force, Lockheed, Eurofighter, International Paris Air, Getty, Le, Paris Air Locations: Le Bourget, AFP, Paris, France

☆ Developers threaten Tokyo's historic Jingu baseball park, UNESCO panel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] An aerial view shows Meiji Jingu Stadium and Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo, Japan December 3, 2022. The U.N. cultural agency's panel, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), urged the government to review the plan. Rallies and petition drives have also voiced opposition to the plan, which includes the demolition and replacement of the Meiji Jingu Stadium, built in 1926, and now home to the Yakult Swallows team. Ruth, Gehrig and five other baseball Hall of Fame inductees were part of an All American team that played at Meiji Jingu Stadium during their barnstorming Japanese tour. In June, the Mitsui Fudosan-led group of developers launched a website for queries from the public, aiming to build "understanding and empathy" for the project.

Persons: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mitsui Fudosan, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruki Murakami, Yuriko Koike, ICOMOS, Ruth, Gehrig, Rocky Swift, Clarence Fernandez, Robert Birsel Organizations: Chichibunomiya Rugby, Kyodo, REUTERS, Rights, UNESCO, International Council, Mitsui Fudosan, Mitsui, Meiji, of Fame, Thomson Locations: Meiji, Tokyo, Japan, Jingu

The mayor of Fukushima, Hiroshi Kohata, said on Saturday the city’s town hall alone had received about 200 such harassment calls in two days. Security officers in front of the Japanese embassy in Beijing, China, on August 26, 2023. In an echo of the Japanese embassy’s statement, it urged Tokyo to protect the safety of Chinese residents in Japan. Many countries, including China, release treated radioactive water from their own nuclear plants, sometimes at higher concentrations than in Fukushima. Other prefectures are considering similar programs, with the Osaka governor proposing Fukushima seafood be served at all government cafeterias.

Persons: China’s, Hiroshi Kohata, It’s, ”, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Yoon Suk Yeol, Han Duck, Yoon, Han, Yuriko Koike, Rahm Emanuel, Matsuda, Xi Jinping, Fumio Kishida Organizations: Tokyo CNN, NHK, CNN, Security, Kyodo, Chinese Foreign Ministry, University of Tokyo’s Institute, Advanced Studies, South, Osaka, US, East China, Reuters Locations: Fukushima, Japan, China, Tokyo, Fukushima prefecture, Beijing, “, Qingdao, China’s Shandong, Suzhou, China’s Jiangsu, Asia, East

☆ Watchdog with teeth can help EU hunt unicorns
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Rebecca Christie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Yet the EU today is a long way from uniting its capital markets. By comparison, the United States has seven exchange groups, three listings exchanges and 16 trading exchanges, along with one clearing house and one depository. Bringing capital markets together through better regulation, as well as better market incentives, could keep the next generation of unicorns home. Follow @rebeccawire on TwitterCONTEXT NEWSEuropean Union leaders called for the EU to improve capital markets as part of a push for competitiveness at summits in March and June. Capital markets union is an EU endeavour launched in 2014 as a long-term project to boost investment across borders.

Persons: –, Austria’s i5invest, Backes, Magdalena Rzeczkowska, Nadia Calviño, ESMA, ” Calviño, won’t, centralisation, Francesco Guerrera, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, EU, ABC Fitness Solutions, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Canada, Berlin Brands Group, European Securities and Markets Authority, European, Central, Union, European Commission, Capital, Thomson Locations: BRUSSELS, Europe, China, Ukraine, Arkansas, London, Switzerland, United States, IPOs, Belgian, U.S, Paris, spillovers, Luxembourg, Poland, Brussels, EU, wean

☆ Diamond prices have fallen 18% from their peak — and analysts say there's still more room to plunge
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Diamond prices are down 18% from their all-time highs in February 2022, and are lower 6.5% year-to-date, according to one Global Rough Diamond Price Index. "A slightly better-than-average-quality 1-carat natural diamond was $6,700 a year ago, today this same diamond is selling for $5,300," Paul Zimnisky, the CEO of Paul Zimnisky Diamond Analytics, told CNBC. And when the economy started opening up again, diamond prices started moderating, and slid into a "steep decline," he added. said 29-year-old Singaporean Jonathan Lok, who proposed to his fiancée with a 0.76 carat lab-grown diamond ring late last year. The lab-grown diamond industry, which is energy-intensive, have also been seeing soaring energy costs taper off from its peak.

Persons: Diamond, Yuriko Nakao, Nakao, they're, Paul Zimnisky, Leon Neal, Daga, Jonathan Lok, Edahn Golan, Monirul Bhuiyan Organizations: Getty, Analytics, CNBC, Consumers, Bain & Company, Afp, Bloomberg, Edahn, Edahn Golan Diamond Research &, Labor, Sanctions Locations: Antwerp, Belgium, Harrods, London, Paris, France, Jwaneng, Botswana

☆ Dollar edges lower after US retail sales data
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/2] A picture illustration shows U.S. 100-dollar bank notes taken in Tokyo August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoTOKYO, May 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar slipped on Tuesday after data showed retail sales in April came in lower than expected, backing expectations that the Federal Reserve will pause raising rates next month. The dollar index was last down 0.1% at 102.33Reporting by Kevin Buckland Editing by Shri NavaratnamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Tokyo plan likened to putting skyscrapers in Central Park
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

People protest against the Tokyo metropolitan governments redevelopment project for the Meiji Jingu Gaien district in Tokyo on February 12, 2023. "This is like building skyscrapers in the middle of Central Park in New York," Professor Mikiko Ishikawa told the Associated Press. She studied landscape architecture and Central Park's history and said the park was an inspiration for the Japanese – as were European designs – when Jingu Gaien was completed in 1926. "Jingu Gaien is a public place, and you should think of it as a commons," she said. Koike addressed Jingu Gaien several months ago at news conference.

☆ Luxembourg finance minister ‘cautiously optimistic’ on economic growth outlook
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLuxembourg finance minister ‘cautiously optimistic’ on economic growth outlookYuriko Backes, finance minister of Luxembourg, discusses Europe’s economic outlook, the energy transition and gender finance.

☆ Mask-free Monday comes to Japan as government eases COVID guidelines
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Rocky Swift | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Commuters make their way on the first day of the Japanese government's relaxation of official guidance on masks as it emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan March 13, 2023. "Mask-wearing was part of our culture even before COVID-19," said Hitoshi Oshitani, a Tohoku University professor who was an architect of Japan's COVID response. "I think many people will be wearing masks even after the rules are relaxed." "As of today, mask wearing is at the discretion of each individual," Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike told reporters on Monday. Health experts in Japan have pointed to widespread mask use along with an embrace of hygiene and social distancing for the country's relatively lower death toll from COVID.

☆ Thousands sign petition to save 'sacred' Japan stadium where Ruth once played
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Elaine Lies | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TOKYO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Thousands of baseball fans have signed a petition to save an iconic Tokyo stadium nearly a century old where Babe Ruth once played and which inspired best-selling author Haruki Murakami to first pick up a pen. "The citizens of Tokyo are going to regret it," said Robert Whiting, who has written books on Japanese baseball and who over the weekend started an online petition to save the stadium, which "reeks of history." "They're going to lose a really beautiful, quiet, relaxing spot and a great place to watch a baseball game," he told Reuters. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig played there in 1934 as part of a Japanese tour, making the stadium only one of a handful remaining where Ruth played. By noon on Tuesday, Whiting's petition, addressed to Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike and several others, had almost 10,000 signatures.

☆ Retailers Pull Back From Using Chartered Cargo Ships
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

Retailers are moving away from using chartered ships to get around pandemic-triggered disruptions now that congestion at ports has cleared and pressures in supply chains have eased. A representative for Home Depot said it stopped using chartered vessels earlier this year as space opened up in global shipping. Party City started booking space on chartered vessels in mid-2021 in advance of Halloween, its busiest time of year, said Bruce Dzinski, Party City’s director of international transportation. Will Harwood, a spokesman for Lidl, said Tailwind owns two container ships and can carry additional cargo on other chartered vessels. Most other companies, like Home Depot and Costco, relied on third-party companies to operate chartered ships.

☆ Tokyo makes solar panels mandatory for new homes built after 2025
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Kantaro Komiya | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

TOKYO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - All new houses in Tokyo built by large-scale homebuilders after April 2025 must install solar power panels to cut household carbon emissions, according to a new regulation passed by the Japanese capital's local assembly on Thursday. The mandate, the first of its kind for a Japanese municipality, requires about 50 major builders to equip homes of up to 2,000 square metres (21,500 square feet) with renewable energy power sources, mainly solar panels. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike noted last week that just 4% of buildings where solar panels could be installed in the city have them now. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government aims to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared with 2000 levels. "In addition to the existing global climate crisis, we face an energy crisis with a prolonged Russia-Ukraine war," Risako Narikiyo, a member of Koike's regional party Tomin First no Kai, said at the assembly on Thursday.

☆ Japanese capital requires solar panels for new homes built from 2025 amid efforts to address climate change
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

All new houses in Tokyo built by large-scale homebuilders after April 2025 must install solar power panels to cut household carbon emissions, according to a new regulation passed by the Japanese capital’s local assembly Thursday. The mandate, the first of its kind for a Japanese municipality, requires about 50 major builders to equip homes of up to 2,000 square meters (21,500 square feet) with renewable energy power sources, mainly solar panels. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike noted last week that just 4% of buildings where solar panels could be installed in the city have them now. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government aims to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared with 2000 levels. “In addition to the existing global climate crisis, we face an energy crisis with a prolonged Russia-Ukraine war,” Risako Narikiyo, a member of Koike’s regional party Tomin First no Kai, said at the assembly Thursday.

☆ Japan's ispace launches world's first commercial moon lander
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Rocky Swift | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

ispace Inc's HAKUTO-R mission took off without incident from Cape Canaveral, Florida, after two postponements caused by inspections of its SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The project was a finalist in the Google Lunar XPRIZE before being revived as a commercial venture. The M1 lander will deploy two robotic rovers, a two-wheeled, baseball-sized device from Japan's JAXA space agency and the four-wheeled Rashid explorer made by the United Arab Emirates. "The Rashid rover is part of the United Arab Emirates ambitious space programme," said Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who is also vice-president of the United Arab Emirates and who watched the launch at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre. Privately funded ispace has a contract with NASA to ferry payloads to the moon from 2025 and is aiming to build a permanently staffed lunar colony by 2040.

☆ What’s gone wrong at Beyond Meat
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And fierce competition is squeezing sales, including in frozen, plant-based chicken, a category that is growing while refrigerated plant-based meat sales falter. “We believe that healthy competition within plant-based meat is a good thing as it brings investment in marketing to the category,” said Brown during the November analyst call. It’s true that the plant-based meat pie is smaller these days. Ground plant-based meat fell about 19%, and patties were down 30% in that period. It launched a retooled version, Beyond Chicken Tenders, in stores in 2021, and has built its plant-based chicken portfolio since then.

☆ HSBC will have to share custody with JPMorgan of $52 bln in gold bars
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Peter Hobson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Gold bars are displayed during a photo opportunity at the Ginza Tanaka store in Tokyo September 7, 2009. HSBC had been the sole custodian for SPDR Gold Trust, also known as GLD, since it launched in 2004. The bank currently stores about 910 tonnes of gold for GLD in London -- around a quarter of all the gold held for ETFs globally. Cavatoni said the WGC's agreement with JPMorgan allowed it to store gold in the United States and Switzerland but for the time the fund intended continue storing all its gold in London. HSBC said: "We're pleased to continue acting as a custodian for the World Gold Council's SPDR Gold Trust."

☆ How to keep your crypto safe by moving it offline into your own wallet
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Sofia Pitt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Cold storage can protect your digital assets by taking them offline and harboring your crypto in a digital wallet. If you're interested in moving your crypto into cold storage, here's how to get started. Types of cold storage walletsThere are a number of cold storage wallets you can buy to get started. How to move your cryptocurrency to cold storageIt's important to buy your cold storage wallet directly from the manufacturer. Once you have a pin, you'll be able to add your crypto to your cold storage wallet by clicking receive, which will show you your cold storage wallet's address.

☆ Equal treatment between EU states important for fiscal rules reform, Luxembourg finance minister says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailEqual treatment between EU states important for fiscal rules reform, Luxembourg finance minister saysYuriko Backes discusses the updated proposals to the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact.

☆ Sapporo Holdings investor 3D writes to external directors seeking overhaul -Nikkei
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

FILE PHOTO: Cans of Sapporo Holdings' beer are aligned during a photo opportunity at the company's lobby in Tokyo February 16, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoTOKYO (Reuters) - Sapporo Holdings Ltd investor 3D Investment Partners has reached out to the Japanese beer maker’s five external directors seeking major changes in an attempt to improve its performance, the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday. Unhappy with Sapporo’s low profit margins and return on equity, the Singapore-based fund has asked the five outside directors to postpone the announcement of a new business plan scheduled on Wednesday, among other requests, the paper said. 3D Investment Partners and Sapporo Holdings declined to comment on the report. In a letter to the directors dated Nov. 3, the fund noted that Sapporo Holdings had failed to meet its sales target during the past 15 years, and that its return on equity (ROE) averaged 2% in the past five years - far lower than rivals Kirin Holdings’s 14% and Asahi Group Holdings’s 11%, the Nikkei said.

☆ Tokyo begins same-sex partnership recognition
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

TOKYO — Tokyo began issuing certificates recognizing same-sex couples on Tuesday, becoming the largest municipality to do so in a country in which same-sex marriage is not allowed. Seven years after Tokyo’s Shibuya district first introduced same-sex partnership recognition in 2015, more than 200 smaller towns have joined the move, accounting for less than one-fifth of Japanese municipalities. Still, many sexual minority couples say the partnership recognition will improve their daily lives, allowing them to rent apartments and sign documents in medical emergencies, and in inheritance. Fumino Sugiyama, a transgender activist, said the certificates recognize the presence of sexual minorities and the need to recognize their rights. Moda said the certificate only recognizes partnerships between adults and needs to cover children of same-sex couples.

☆ 5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Candice Choi | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day:Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on September 13, 2022 in New York City. Stock futures fallWall Street was headed toward another down week with U.S. stock futures lower Friday. A pedestrian walks by a Bed Bath and Beyond store in San Francisco, California. Bed Bath & Beyond closuresWhen Bed Bath & Beyond announced last month that it would close roughly 150 of its "lower producing" namesake stores, many people wondered if the location near them would be among those shuttered. In late August, Bed Bath said that it secured more than $500 million in new financing ahead of the key holiday season and that it was trimming its workforce, in addition to the store closures.

☆ How to mine doge, plus a playbook for trading meme stocks
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-11 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Welcome to this weekly roundup of Investing stories from deputy editor Joe Ciolli. Yuriko Nakao/Getty ImagesHello and welcome to Insider Investing. I'm Joe Ciolli, and I'm here to guide you through the current market and investing landscape. Here's what's on the docket:If you aren't yet a subscriber to Insider Investing, you can sign up here. Dason ThomasDason Thomas says he began mining crypto in his garage to earn altcoins like doge and litecoin.

Simbolul olimpismului a avut parte de o primire discretă din cauza temerilor provocate de coronavirus. Înainte de sosirea flăcării olimpice, cinci bărbaţi cu trompete au fredonat o melodie trepidantă sub un foişor care i-a adăpostit de ploaie, în faţa jurnaliștilor și a câtorva oficiali. Tribunele erau goale pe stadionul Parcul Olimpic Komazawa, suburbiile sud-estice ale capitalei, care a fost folosită și la Jocurile Olimpice de la Tokyo din 1964. Jocurile amânate de pandemie vor fi primele care vor avea loc în mare parte în spatele ușilor închise. Metropola va găzduit Jocurile Olimpice de Vară, în perioada 23 iulie-8 august.

Locations: Komazawa, Tokyo

Locations: Komazawa, Tokyo

☆ Flacăra olimpică a sosit la Tokyo; Ceremonie discretă și tristă pe un stadion gol și pe o vreme ploioasă
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaFlacăra olimpică a sosit la Tokyo; Ceremonie discretă și tristă pe un stadion gol și pe o vreme ploioasăFlacăra olimpică a sosit vineri la Tokyo pentru o ceremonie pe un stadion gol, a doua zi după ce autorităţile japoneze şi organizatorii au decis să interzică prezenţa spectatorilor de teama Covid-19. Flacăra olimpică a sosit vineri în Tokyo, metropola care va găzduit Jocurile Olimpice de Vară, în perioada 23 iulie-8 august, dar publicul a fost ţinut departe de ceremonie. Într-o dimineaţă ploioasă, cu exact două săptămâni înainte de ceremonia de deschidere a celui mai mare eveniment sportiv de când a început pandemia, flacăra a fost adusă pe scenă într-un felinar şi înmânată guvernatorului oraşului, Yuriko Koike. Tribunele erau goale pe stadionul Parcul Olimpic Komazawa, suburbiile sud-estice ale capitalei, care a fost folosit şi la Jocurile Olimpice de la Tokyo din 1964. Tokyo, JAPAN 9 July 2021.

Organizations: Olympic Locations: Tokyo, Komazawa, Japan

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