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BOEING

WORLD
Aug 22, 2017
U.S. Air Force awards contracts to Boeing, Northrop to replace aging ICBM systems
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. separate contracts to continue work on the replacement of the aging Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system, the Pentagon said on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 22, 2017
Boeing bests Airbus in Paris Air Show orders for first time since 2012
Boeing Co. secured twice as much in order value at the Paris Air Show as rival Airbus SE, marking the U.S. plane maker's first victory in five years at the aviation industry's annual showcase.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2017
Boeing gets United endorsement lift at airshow and ups demand forecast for new 737
Boeing won a key endorsement from United Airlines for the latest model of its best-selling 737 on Tuesday and struck an upbeat tone by raising its 20-year industry demand forecast despite signs the pace of growth is slowing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2017
Boeing launches new version of 737 with flurry of orders at subdued Paris air show
Boeing unveiled a new version of its bestselling 737 aircraft on Monday, injecting life into a faltering civil aviation market as French President Emmanuel Macron flew in to open the world's biggest air show in Paris.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2017
Boeing weighs 'mild to wild' design for pivotal midmarket jet
Boeing has looked at options "from mild to wild" for the design of a proposed mid-market jet, a senior executive said, hinting at a breakthrough that industry sources say will create building blocks for future models.
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2017
Key retail CEOs head to Washington to fight Trump-planned border tax
Chief executives of some of America's largest retailers, including Target Corp. and Best Buy Co. Inc., are headed to Washington this week to make their case that a controversial tax on imports would raise consumer prices and hurt their businesses, according to people familiar with the plan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 26, 2017
Israel finishes advanced tests of joint-made David's Sling midrange missile interceptor
Israel has completed successful tests of an advanced version of its David's Sling intermediate missile interceptor system that it is developing jointly with the United States, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 23, 2016
Trump tweet sets 10-year Pentagon push for F-35 on its ear as he asks Boeing for cheaper alternative
President-elect Donald Trump upended years of Pentagon procurement planning with a tweet on Thursday, announcing he had asked Boeing Co. to price an upgrade of its F-18 Super Hornet jet that could replace Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-35, the most expensive U.S. weapon system ever.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 12, 2016
Iran seals $17 billion deal for 80 Boeing jetliners, closes in on another Airbus order
Iran signed a $16.6 billion deal for 80 Boeing passenger jets on Sunday and was said to be close to another for dozens of Airbus planes to complete what would be the biggest package of firm contracts with Western companies since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Oct 15, 2016
Space exploration and human evolution
Can we become a multiplanetary species? There have been several spectacular announcements along these lines recently. Both SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos have unveiled ambitious plans and tested rockets. Now aerospace multinational Boeing has ramped up its plans to get to Mars....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2016
TPP foe Trump set to blast trade in trade-dependent Boeing's backyard
Republican Donald Trump, who has made his criticism of a pending Pacific trade agreement central to his campaign, on Tuesday was to visit a Seattle suburb that is home to a large Boeing Co. plane manufacturing facility that depends heavily on sales to Asian markets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 30, 2016
AirAsia gets $1 billion offer for its leasing company
AirAsia Bhd., the region's biggest discount carrier, received an offer valued at about $1 billion to buy its aircraft-leasing company amid a surge in business in the continent.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2016
SpaceX breaks Boeing-Lockheed monopoly on military space launches
The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday awarded billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX an $83 million contract to launch a GPS satellite, breaking the monopoly Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. have held on military space launches for more than a decade.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2015
Musk's made-in-USA SpaceX vies in crowded, Russia-powered field for $3.5 billion NASA contract
Less than a decade after its first rocket launch, Elon Musk's SpaceX finds itself in an unfamiliar position.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 30, 2015
Engine explodes into flames on aging, taxiing jetliner in Florida after fuel leak spotted; 15 hurt
An engine on a passenger jet bound for Caracas burst into flames while taxiing for takeoff at a Florida airport on Thursday, forcing frightened passengers to exit the plane using inflatable emergency slides.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2015
Trump slams Boeing plan for new China facility, saying it will hurt American workers
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump bashed Boeing Co. on Wednesday over its plans to open a new facility in China that the company's largest union says could hurt American workers.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Pope Francis, radical leader who broke the papal mold, dies at 88
Pope Francis blesses the faithful during the weekly general audience at the Vatican in August 2023.
Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.
Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday, a day after talks in Washington.
Shohei Ohtani announces birth of daughter
Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka attend a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2024.
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.

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