eats lunch with a group of students from Kangegasaki Garcia-Roman was telling a story about trick or treating with the student she is hosting To the right is Kangegasaki student Taichi Matsumoto eat lunch at Amherst Middle School on Friday The group of Amherst students are part of a group of families hosting visitors from Kangegasaki one of six students visiting Amherst from the town’s sister city of Kanegasaki during lunch at Amherst Middle School on Friday The two are part of a group of Amherst Middle School students hosting visitors from Kangegasaki AMHERST — Six Amherst Regional Middle School students had a unique experience for Halloween trick-or-treating alongside a half-dozen peers from Amherst’s sister city in Kanegasaki “It has been so much fun,” said Elaina Bust a seventh grader whose family has been hosting Kokomi Oikawa during her three-day visit to town Having pizza and carrots for lunch in the cafeteria on Friday the dozen students got another opportunity to spend time together and learn more about each other who dressed as an evil clown for Halloween said she and Oikawa dropped by Wildwood Elementary School before arriving at the middle school and hopes to show her around downtown and possibly do some shopping who has visited both Osaka and Tokyo in Japan with her family and whose grandmother speaks some Japanese it was natural to offer to host student Tomoka Sawada “I also thought it would be fun,” Brackenridge said “My Mom also said hello in ‘Japanese,’ and other stuff.” Before meeting the middle school students they would be shadowing the Kanegasaki visitors participated in a welcoming celebration at Town Hall Thursday afternoon bringing together town and school officials for the first visit from Amherst’s sister city in five years who is staying with Gigi Garcia-Roma’s family told those assembled that she is using her time in the United States which began with a two-day tour of Washington to hone her English skills and learn more about the United States “Because I want to write English and see foreign cultures and use them in the future,” Takahashi said “Thank you for inviting us from Kanegasaki We look forward to spending time with you for the next few days,” she said The visit marks a tentative resumption of exchanges that began in 1988 five years before the two towns began a formal sister-city relationship a virtual conference call between municipal leaders in both towns marked the 30th anniversary with a proclamation signed in both Japanese and English under the International Friendship Association created by a former Kanegasaki mayor middle school students would visit nearly annually while for many years Amherst students would return though Amherst has not sent students in 20 years for two main reasons that Japanese is not taught in the public schools and worry over equity and whether all students can afford the trip Takahashi speaking in English is an illustration of what Kazuhito Chiba who chairs Kanegasaki’s board of education touts as a place of both English education for students and giving them a global perspective by the time they graduate high school “Over the years there have been over 540 students from Kanegasaki who have participated in the program speaking in Japanese through interpreter Daniel DeGrasse Xiomara Herman also spoke about the welcoming atmosphere for the visitors “I hope you have the best day ever,” Herman said Herman said she is also committed to pushing for resuming the exchange “I am excited about when Amherst will be able to send students to have a true exchange of cultures,” Herman said “You are adventurous to take this trip from the other side of the world to America and Amherst,” said Town Manager Paul Bockelman Town Council President Lynn Griesmer spoke about bridging a 6,427-mile gap between the towns Mindy Domb said that by traveling across oceans the students are building friendship and understanding differences Bust said she would love the opportunity to travel to Kanegasaki “I think it would be super cool to go to Japan next year,” Bust said That feeling about traveling abroad was shared by middle schooler Galileo Nikosi Nikosi said he heard about the program over the school loudspeaker and then told his mother Nikosi and Matsumoto read Japanese books and played soccer the school’s seventh grade guidance counselor said they hope resources can be found to make it a true exchange for the students Middle school student Asher Gordon said his family was hosting Kashu Sato who dressed up as Groucho Marx for Halloween even if others thought he was Charlie Chaplin Gordon said there were no challenges in communication “I would like to learn a little bit of Japanese Before the celebration concluded and the students met for the first time each of the Kanegasaki students used their English skills to offer a presentation about their community and the places they should see when in the Japanese city Kanegasaki’s farm fields were discussed by Oikawa “Agriculture is flourishing in Kanegasaki,” she said referenced the samurai residences that still stand and their unique roofs and floors “Samurai House is a place where you can feel Japanese culture,” she said Kanegasaki’s Toyota factory provides employment for Sato’s parents as well as many automobiles being produced on its assembly line where people can stay overnight and be rejuvenated and Sawada itinerary should the junior high school which has about 400 students and where practice chorus Bockelman complimented the Kanegasaki students on their bravery to do presentations in English “Your English is excellent,” Bockelman said you agree with our use of cookies to personalize your experience measure ads and monitor how our site works to improve it for our users Where to find every castle in Assassin's Creed Shadows Castles are made for infiltrating in Assassin's Creed Shadows Trust me - you're going to be visiting a lot of them during your time in Japan Whether you're looking for resources to smuggle, new armor, new weapons or simply items to sell, then a castle is the perfect place to look. Sure, they're full of hostile enemies but a major part of Assassin's Creed Shadows is about being sneaky So let's take a look at every castle location in Assassin's Creed Shadows If you'd like some more assassinating assistance, visit our Assassin's Creed Shadows tips hub where all of our guides are listed Below you'll find a map of all the castles we've found so far in Assassin's Creed Shadows. Credit goes to Map Genie for the creation of this interactive map - thank you for letting us use it Below you'll find every castle in Assassin's Creed Shadows listed by the region they're located in We've also included links to the castle we've written walkthroughs for © 2025 Eurogamer.net a brand of IGN Entertainment No part of this website or its content may be reproduced without the copyright owner's permission Eurogamer is a registered trademark of Gamer Network Limited To use all available functions on this website JavaScript must be enabled in your browser KARIYA (Japan) ― DENSO Corporation today announced that it will build an additional plant to expand production to include instrument clusters at the DENSO Iwate plant in Kanegasaki-cho to enhance the competitiveness of the group’s production system in Japan DENSO Corporation will invest approximately US$88 million (approx 10 billion yen) and the number of employees required will increase to around 1,000 by 2020 Construction will start in October 2017 and will be completed in October 2018 Production will begin in May 2019 and increase in stages DENSO Iwate currently manufactures semiconductor wafers and will start production of semiconductor sensors in June 2017 DENSO Iwate will expand its production lineup from semiconductor wafers to electronics products and will improve its capability to meet customer needs and also contribute to the development of the local community Manufacturing and selling semiconductor wafers and sensors * Exchange rate used is 113 yen to the US one dollar at the end of February for convenience only Read this week's magazine Martin Bennett casts real-life figures from the World War II era in a multilayered nonfiction novel Readers will be struck by the novel’s historical accuracy and immediately intrigued by the primary character: Mitsuo Fuchida a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Before becoming fascinated by Fuchida’s story had primarily viewed the war through an American lens “Although I know a good bit about World War II in both the European and Pacific theaters I’d never heard any details about the pilot who led the Pearl Harbor attack,” Bennett says I realized that this was one of the greatest undiscovered stories of the entire war and the greatest story I’d ever come across.” It was a story he felt determined to share with the world Bennett’s research for the book included poring over thousands of pages of primary and secondary sources speaking with foremost authorities on the Pacific War In the process of learning more about Fuchida Bennett came across additional World War II–era figures whom he felt belonged in his story an American who bombed Japan in the Doolittle Raid teachers and missionaries living in Japan who later escaped to the Philippines Bennett individually develops each of the primary characters before revealing to readers how their lives intersect Fuchida was preparing to testify at a war crimes trial in Tokyo Fuchida had little faith in the human potential for empathy Fuchida bumped into friend and sailor Kazuo Kanegasaki who told Fuchida about meeting the caring missionary Peggy Covell while being held as a prisoner of war Fuchida began to think differently about the potential for human kindness After being ordered to testify a second time Fuchida came across a pamphlet written by DeShazer called “I Was a Prisoner in Japan,” in which he describes how he persevered through his experience via the teachings of the Bible would end up meeting and becoming close friends These stories are inspiring and compelling on their own but together they weave into one powerful cord multiplying the impact and interest of this character-driven epic story,” Bennett says Supporting the nonfiction elements of the narrative are hundreds of archival photographs and other images—some never before published—that vividly capture the zeitgeist of the era and allow the main characters to come alive on the page Bennett always considered himself a storyteller but he found the idea of spending hours behind a keyboard off-putting whether in the pages of a book or on the big screen of a theater,” he says Bennett initially wrote Wounded Tiger as a screenplay But he later decided to write a narrative that marries the dramatic development of a novel with the factual content of a nonfiction work “I went to extraordinary lengths to ensure the historicity and accuracy of the characters allowing historians to vet the content,” Bennett says The result of Bennett’s in-depth research and storytelling prowess is a novel that anchors readers in history It also speaks to the power of finding a common humanity amid chaos and discord Wounded Tiger is a demonstration of both the destructive force of selfish ambition and hatred and the power of self-denial and love,” Bennett says Wounded Tiger is an authentic story of hope for all.” More than one hundred forty five years now have passed since Shiono Gisaburo Shoten the drug wholesaler that would become Shionogi & Co. Shionogi has evolved into a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer via the development of our first proprietary antibiotic also developed in-house; and the success of our hyperlipidemia treatment Crestor the Company identified priority therapeutic areas concentrating business resources on infectious diseases we launched the anti-HIV agent Tivicay and other new growth drivers as we succeeded in our transition to a more robust profit-generating business structure We aim to achieve further transformation by continuing to address healthcare needs The corporate trademark FUNDOH was registered Established the modern product detailing system agricultural chemical and clinical laboratory businesses (divested in 2002 Established Shionogi Shibuya building in Tokyo Established Institute for Medical Science on the Settsu plant property (now integrated into SPRC) Acquired the capsule business from Eli Lilly (divested in 2005) The Shionogi Charter of Conduct was established Established a joint research facility with Hokkaido University Shionogi Innovation Center for Drug Discovery Launched the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treatment Established Shionogi Techno Advance Research Co. Established the PET Molecular Imaging Center at the Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Launched the anti-viral drug for influenza C&O Pharmaceutical Technology (Holdings) Limited and integrated several research functions into SPRC New business scheme for the HIV integrase inhibitor franchise products initiated with ViiV Healthcare Launched the injectable cancer pain analgesic Established Beijing Shionogi Pharmaceutical Technology Limited in China Modified the Crestor royalty structure with AstraZeneca Launched the postmenopausal vulvar and vaginal atrophy treatment The Medium-Term Business Plan "SGS2020" starts house dust mite sublingual tablet in Japan New Medium-Term Business Plan Update to Shionogi Growth Strategy 2020 (SGS2020) Launched hyperlipidemia treatment Crestor OD tablets Established Shionogi Marketing Solutions Co. Established Shionogi Pharmacovigilance Center Co. Established Shionogi Career Development Center Co. Launched opioid-induced constipation (OIC) treatment Symproic Launched chronic cancer pain treatment OxyContin TR tablets Established European subsidiary Shionogi B.V Launched thrombocytopenia treatment Mulpleta in the US Established a joint venture Stream-I with M3 Made UMN Pharma a consolidated subsidiary Established Shionogi Education and Training Center in Amagaski,Hyogo Launched opioid-induced constipation (OIC) treatment Rizmoic in Europe Launched Vivance for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Shionogi Transformation Strategy 2030 (STS2030) Established a joint venture Ping An-Shionogi with Ping An Insurance Launched the siderophore cephalosporin antibiotic Fetroja (cefiderocol) in the US Launched the siderophore cephalosporin antibiotic Fetcroja (cefiderocol) in Europe Starteded wastewater epidemiological surveillance for COVID-19 in Japan Launched opioid-induced constipation (OIC) treatment Symproic in Taiwan Established a joint venture AdvanSentinel Co. Established a General Incorporated Foundation Built the SHIONOGI Group Brand and Established the Group Brand Mark Launched COVID-19 treatment Xocova in Japan Yasuke must help Kuma root out 6 Corrupt Daikan who're lining their own pockets during the crisis With the Oda clan defeated and their allies scattered Omi has fallen on hard times in Assassin’s Creed Shadows there are still people working to bring prosperity back to the province asks Naoe and Yasuke to track down a list of corrupt Daikan; opportunistic officials who’re using the economic uncertainty to fill their own pockets While there are 6 members of the Corrupt Daikan in total you are only given leads on the first three immediately you need to complete additional main story missions before returning to the hunt later on Below we've embedded an interactive map showing the locations of every Corrupt Daikan in Assassin's Creed Shadows: we'll go into more detail about where to find each Corrupt Daikan and how to draw them out you’re given the following three clues: The city of Omizo is on the western shore of Lake Biwa and the farmlands are found to the north of the city As you approach the white diamond that marks the farmlands you see a city guard shaking down a poor farmer who can’t afford to pay and you’ll spot another blue dot to the southeast of your position who you can creep up on to assassinate through the hatch in his floor Next on your list is the Soiled Merchant who lives nearby in a different part of the province You’re given the three clues to find him: Otsu and the Mouth of Seta are on the southern shore of Lake Biwa The Lower District is on the right of the map you see some poorer merchants lamenting that their former partner refuses to see them since coming into his new-found wealth Hop the wall and either approach stealthily as Naoe or all-guns-blazing as Yasuke You get the damage after kill engraving for defeating him Less of a connoisseur and more of a glutton this member of the Corrupt Daikan is causing famine in their fiefdom by keeping all of the food produced nearby for their own lavish feasts You’re given the customary three leads to help track them down: you must venture to the northern province of Wakasa with Sotomo Gate being the most northern part of the area Kanegasaki Castle is in the top-right corner and as you approach you’ll see a procession of merchants lining up to bring food to the Connoisseur’s excessive banquet Rather than fighting your way through the whole castle particularly since it’s a much higher level than the Connoisseur quest it’s actually quite easy to run around the western side climb the viewpoint and pick out the Connoisseur in the courtyard at the very back of the Castle sneak around his backside and dole out swift justice to this uncaring sponge who’s hungry for punishment you receive the Barnacle Mallet and Tools on hit engraving To reveal the next Corrupt Daikan members, you need to complete the main story mission, The Price of Rice you get these three clues for finding the Sword Hunter: You find the Ibu Highlands near the top right corner of the map Nomura Village is just below Nagahama on the eastern shore of Lake Biwa Ride south down the main road along the lake shore and the village will be on your left since it’s a good starting point for tracking down the Yuki Onna Yokai You find the Sword Hunter on the east side of the village in the large house at the back surrounded by guards but easy to isolate as he wanders But you can also just barge in and clear the whole place as Yasuke if you prefer you get the Critical Change on Multiple Enemies engraving but a clandestine fixer who shields themselves from harm more with subterfuge than strength The noh theatre is just to the right of the ornament vendor below Honnoji Temple in the south of Kyoto It’s conveniently located near the Kakurega You find The Concubine unguarded and alone inside a small hut For defeating them you receive The Concubine’s Veil and the Poison Affliction Duration engraving Next, to reveal the final Daikan, you must first complete the main story mission: The Wheel Unmasked After The Hoarder is revealed when you complete the Wheel/Mourner main quest line The Imperial Palace is in the north of the city Right next to the palace wall you overhear some merchants discussing how Bunzo keeps his stolen artwork in a warehouse for only him to see - that sounds like Hoarder behaviour to me That warehouse is the building just over the wall from where you overhear the conversation As soon as he catches wind of your presence he’ll make a break for it eventually running to a dead end in one of the outbuildings but your only option is to meter out some more brutal justice you receive the Dragonfly’s Cunning Trinket and Katana Specialization engraving it’s time to return to Kuma at his lookout next to Hachiman Canal There he thanks you for your efforts and dishes out the final reward: loads of XP and its unique Damage for empty armor pieces engraving For more Assassin's Creed Shadows action, check out our other walkthrough guides as well as our pages on the Iron Hand Guild locations, Yokai locations and the Godai Shinobi VG247 is a registered trademark of Gamer Network Limited 1,700 employees are working overtime to build Toyota’s Aqua / Prius c would the factory in Kanegasaki be able to build more Toyota sits on 120,000 backorders for Japan alone The two lines in Kanegasaki have an annual capacity of 300,000 units, that comes out to 25,000 cars a month. With overtime, output can be raised to 30,000 per month. The plant made 30,000 Aqua in January 30,000 Aqua in February and will make 30,000 Aqua in March The plant is supposed to make other cars than the Aqua The Iwate plant is also responsible for the production of the Blade All traces of these cars have vanished from the factory From the two manufacturing lines to the tree-lined lots where finished cars await shipment it is Aqua/Prius c as far as the eye can see Asked what he will do to create more capacity for the Aqua Hattori says that production of the Ractis may be gradually shifted to the Kanto Auto Works plant in Higashi Fuji popular with notoriously overpaid Japanese taxi drivers A look at the numbers shows that shifting production will bring no relief Hattori flatly denies rumors that the Aqua/Prius c might be built elsewhere than at Kanto Auto Works or even in a different plant than in Iwate That snow is “a pain in the neck,” says plant manager Kazutoshi Yoshida He will keep 1,500 tons of the pain in the neck literally under wraps and use water from the melting snow to cool the air-conditioning in summer 12 of them do lawn care duty without using any fuel They also “create a relaxed mood amongst our workers.” I don’t dare to ask what happens to the well-fed goats come wintertime A year ago, I had visited Toyota’s new plant in Ohira, 70 miles south of Kanegasaki I had speculated that the plant may be a pilot plant “We want to be the global model plant for compact vehicles,” says a proud Hattori and his plant manager Yoshida says it again encouraged to acquire a multitude of skill sets Workers regularly act as production engineers “This is not something that can happen in emerging nations,” says Yoshida 60 percent of what this plant made was exported with further reductions likely unless the yen gets weaker and the dollar stronger Some 50 miles from the coast, and sheltered by two mountain ranges, the plant survived the earthquake only slightly damaged. It was back up four days after the quake. Then, it had to wait for parts from less lucky suppliers. One factor in its survivability is the gas-fired cogeneration plant that can provide two thirds of the plant’s electrical power the last two of Japan’s 54 nuclear power plants will go off-line for maintenance leaving Japan’s power grid in an even more precarious state than last summer the plant opened to outside visitors for the first time since March 11 we work with one shift,” says my guide Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf was Bertel's most important corporate account Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a> Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a> an American offshore powerboat racing organization More by Bertel Schmitt The anime first aired back in October and is centered around Chidori an adorable little ninja that helps Nobunaga as he fights against opposing forces in Japan’s Warring States period It’s a gag anime that pairs actual history with hilarious perspectives and dialogue and the 2nd season is sure to be just as great This adaptation is based on a 4-panel gag comic by Shigeno Naoki serialized in Hakusensha’s Young Animal CastChidori: Minase InoriOda Nobunaga: Hatano WataruSukezou: Murase AyumuKichou: Takahashi ChiakiOichi: Mimori SuzukoKinoshita Hideyoshi: Yamaguchi KappeiNene: Kugimiya RieShibata Katsuie: Okawa ToruMori Yoshinari / Imagawa Yoshimoto: Seki TomokazuImagawa Ujizane: Ochiai FukushiSaito Tatsuoki: Ueda YujiTakenaka Shigeharu: Hirakawa DaisukeMaeda Toshiie / Ota Gyuichi: Morishima ShutaMatsu: Matsui Naoko Official Anime Site: http://nobunaga-no-shinobi.com/Official Anime Twitter: https://twitter.com/shinobinobunaga Source: @Press Check out the special poster featuring Levi The announcement also came with a hot teaser visual Start with Overlord's limited-time collab cafe this new season will have an OP performed by Sako Tomohisa and an ED performed by Yasuda Rei Leaf KYOTO event Commemorative event for the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Tsuruga "Tsuruga Street Wave Festival" will be held on March 16 and 17 Today's print edition Home Delivery Ten years have passed since Toyota Motor East Japan Inc Under the initiative of Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda this “northern base” was created by merging Kanto Auto Works in Yokosuka Central Motor in Ohira and Toyota Motor Tohoku in Taiwa “There will be no recovery of Japan without the recovery of the Tohoku region Toyota Motor East Japan will be its driving force,” Toyoda said at the time expressing his determination to transform the new company into Toyota group’s third base behind similar operations in the Chubu and Kyushu regions.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); }); The establishment of Toyota East Japan has brought about various changes in the Tohoku region — the area of Japan most impacted by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake In a time of both misinformation and too much information quality journalism is more crucial than ever.By subscribing Your subscription plan doesn't allow commenting. 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The page may not be displayed properly if the JavaScript is deactivated on your browser Japanese version Javascript Menu by Deluxe-Menu.com JPN) - Japan's factories boosted output in September reversing a slide in the previous month owing to stronger domestic demand and highlighting that the world's third-largest economy is gathering steam Industrial production rose 1.5 percent month-on-month compared with a revised fall of 0.9 percent in August as demand among Japanese consumers for electronics and cars rose ahead of a sales tax hike next year the nation's plants expanded production by 1.8 percent economist at Norinchukin Research Institute in Tokyo said the data pointed to a recovery that is "continuing steadily" while Japan's export picture remains tepid with unsteady demand overseas Bank of Japan (BoJ) policymakers will be poring over the latest data as it starts a two-day policy meeting that wraps up on Wednesday Markets are keen to see if the central bank would expand an aggressive monetary easing programme as they watch for signs its US counterpart was ready to start winding down its own stimulus drive Analysts widely expect the Federal Reserve to hold steady on its bond-buying programme in the absence of a firm recovery in the world's biggest economy The fresh Japanese production figures come after separate data Tuesday showed that the country's thrifty households boosted their spending last month while the unemployment rate fell The 3.7 percent on-year jump in spending -- the best result in six months -- far outstripped economists' expectations Japanese growth has easily outpaced expansion in other G7 nations this year and the government hailed recent consumer price data as showing it is winning the war on deflation The latest spending figures and a stronger labour market are key yardsticks for the success of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policy blitz Stronger consumer spending was likely driven by expectations over a sales tax hike next year as consumers looked to buy goods more cheaply before the rate increase designed to bring down Japan's staggering national debt But Tokyo has been under heavy pressure to reduce a debt mountain that is proportionately the heaviest burden among rich countries at more than twice the size of the economy Abe has pledged to drag Japan out of its 15-year deflationary spiral by stoking price rises through lifting wages and consumption A producers' survey released with the industrial production figures on Wednesday showed manufacturers have mixed expectations over the coming months forecasting a 4.7 percent output rise in October before a decline of 1.2 percent in November "The outlook for the manufacturing sector remains buoyant," London-based Capital Economics said in a note "While the October forecast will likely turn out too optimistic there is a good chance that industrial production will finally return to the levels observed at the beginning of last year in the coming months." Tokyo hailed a key inflation indicator touching a five-year high as proof its growth blitz was working Stripping out volatile fresh food and energy prices which have largely driven recent increases prices did not fall in September -- deflation-plagued Japan's best result since December 2008 KANEGASAKI - An exciting new model of Toyota's popular Prius hybrid vehicle will eliminate all turn signals and replace them with a large virtue signal The car will feature a lighted signal spanning the rear of the trunk which will flash several messages when activated The base model simply says "BETTER THAN THOSE PEOPLE," while custom options include messages like "Doing My Part," "Environment First," and  "If Only You Cared About The Earth As Much As I Do." "We understand what matters to our drivers," a Toyota spokesperson told reporters "More than letting other drivers on the road know which direction they are turning our drivers desperately want to let people know their values are superior to everyone around them at any given moment." Toyota expects the shaming message of the virtue signal to distract the public from noticing its rising carbon footprint from the additional energy utilized to build the signal Access comments and our fully-featured social platform.