Innholdsfortegnelse for 10/23/2020 i Newsweek International

ALL SUMMER LONG, JOE BIDEN SURROGATES in Pennsylvania lived in fear of a rerun of 2016’s Nightmare on Election Night, when the Democratic candidate for president, after leading in the polls for weeks, lost the state to Donald Trump by less than one percentage point, clearing his path to the White House. Their biggest concern was tactical: By avoiding in-person campaigning during the pandemic, Biden insiders worried, the former VP was ceding a big advantage to Trump, who, coronavirus be damned, was holding boisterous rallies across the Keystone State and, by proxy, knocking on millions of doors, just as he’d successfully done four years before. Fast forward to early fall, though, and suddenly Biden was everywhere—on a tour of western Pennsylvania with whistle stops in Pittsburgh, Latrobe, Greensburg and Johnstown;…

One of the key tenets of Monozukuri – the Japanese manufacturing philosophy of craftsmanship behind the nation’s high-quality products and services – is quality control through testing. As such, Monozukuri focuses not just on the final product, but also the development of high-quality testing solutions – be they for a car, a semiconductor, a factory machine, or a piece of software. Software is becoming ever more present in business, industry, and our day-to-day lives. In the new ‘smart’ era, almost all electronic products we use – from phones, laptops and watches to cars, fridges and even light fittings – are highly dependent on software. And with the emergence of IoT, Big Data, lightning fast 5G/6G internet, more sophisticated factory automation and robotics, demand for high-quality testing solutions will continue to…

01 Campera Hotel Baja California, Mexico Unplugging is easy in the Valle de Guadalupe in Baja California, Mexico, a region filled with wineries and less than an hour from the rugged Pacific coast. These 12 bubbles are plopped right in the middle of rows of grape vines. 02 Satori Bubbles Costa Rica Sleeping in the jungle doesn’t need to be uncivilized. These bubbles come with a private pool and fire pit and are a short walk from a beach where you may spot sea turtles. You may even pick up a tip or two to add a few years to your life: This area in the Nicoya Peninsula is one of the world’s “blue zones,” where the longest life spans have been recorded. 03 Sky Lodge Peru…

2005 “When will the real world catch up?” asked Newsweek, referring to the many movies and shows that portray women in power. Some fear that “those glass ceilings have been broken for naught, and younger women...have decided that the struggle just isn’t worth it.” Women are now half of the U.S. college-educated workforce, but only 7.4 percent of Fortune 500 company CEOs and have never gotten key leadership positions like president or vice president. This year, perhaps, that might change with the selection of Kamala Harris, the first Black woman to be nominated for VP by a major party. 1966 According to Newsweek, Senator Robert F. Kennedy emerged as a strong advocate, giving “a bravura performance” to the Senate pushing for a $750 million anti-poverty bill. Last year, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,…

“There is an undeniable essence of devotion and sacrifice to work that forms the foundations of Monozukuri”Masahiko Suga, President, Magtronics From cars and electronics, to high-tech engineering components and machines, Japanese manufacturers are renowned for delivering the highest quality, ensuring the longstanding reputation of the ‘Made in Japan’ brand worldwide. In recent years, Japan has faced stiff competition from regional competitors that try to replicate the nation’s manufacturing standards. And while these competitors may surpass Japan in terms of quantity and price, they often fail to capture the true essence of Monuzukuri, the Japanese manufacturing philosophy grounded in dedication, skill and the pursuit of innovation. Monozukuri production has always been focused on the highest manufacturing standards, where painstaking attention to detail in every part of the production process results in…

Its exceptional rebound from economic collapse after 2008’s financial meltdown stunned the world. Can the Atlantic island’s unique socioeconomic model help it transcend the current global crisis in the same way? The signs are that it can. Having brought COVID-19 under control early, its economy performed better in the first half of 2020 than many others in the European Economic Area. “A lesson we learned from 2008 is that you need to be financially prepared for a crisis. We had created cushions,” explains Bjarni Benediktsson, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs. This allowed quick implementation of support measures for businesses and a workforce with the world’s highest level of gender equality—protecting an open economy lying only a few hours from the U.S. and Europe. “We have access to the larger…

On the back of unfettered expansion in global internet services and the demand for ever faster bandwidths, the market for optical communication devices grew 14% CAGR between 2015 and 2019. DFB LDs (distributed feedback semiconductor laser diodes) are essential to the manufacture of optical devices. And with the advent of 5G (and later 6G), the market for high-performing DFBLDs is predicted to grow 30% CAGR through 2025. Such growth represents big opportunities for Crestec Corporation, which develops Advanced Productive Electron Beam Lithography (ELB) Systems for customers across the world. Crestec’s latest EBL model CABL-AP boasts superior operational features that will allow for greater speed and efficiency, higher precision and performance, and lower costs in the manufacturing of the latest DFB-LDs for 5G/6G, cloud services, medical sensing and LiDAR. “We believe…

“We are devoting a lot of our energy to enhancing added value through the development of mechatronic and systematized products, under the keywords ‘motion control’”Katsuhiro Teramoto, President & CEO, Nabtesco Corporation With the emergence of Industry 4.0 technologies such as advanced robotics, automation, Big Data, IoT, and electronic vehicles, a new era of Monozukuri manufacturing has begun. Combining their industrial, technological and innovative prowess, Japanese companies have positioned themselves at the global forefront of Industry 4.0 – building high-performing products, parts and components for these new technologies, while also incorporating them into their Monozukuri manufacturing practices. “Japan’s advanced technology cultivated from Monozukuri and years of basic research, will work as advantages towards creating products using information technologies like Big Data and IoT,” says Katsuhiro Teramoto, president and CEO of Nabtesco…