Afghan Women’s Fate Under the Taliban

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Waheza, once an Afghan
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Prisoners in
Their Homeland
Since returning to power, the Taliban have abolished the rights
Afghan women had won over 20 years. The future looks
even bleaker and advocates worry the world has forgotten

Almost exActly A yeAr Ago, the lAst Amer- than during the 1990s, since retaking power the
ican troops left Afghanistan and the Taliban Taliban have banned women and girls from schools
regained full control of the country. Since then, and most workplaces outside their homes. Their
Afghanistan has descended into worsening poverty, dress, speech and movements are tightly restricted.
repression, particularly of women and girls, and In the worsening economic situation, some poor
international isolation, underscored by the killing families have resorted to selling their young daugh-
last week of Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri by ters into arranged marriages. Arbitrary arrests,
an American drone strike in Kabul. disappearances, torture and killings of men and
Azra Jafari, an Afghan politician and human women are widespread. Without an organized
rights activist, who was the sole woman co-au- pressure campaign from the United States and its
thor of the country’s 2003 constitution and in allies, Jafari says, nothing will change. “In Afghan-
2008 became her nation’s first female mayor, has istan, I don’t see any group that could control the
watched all this from exile in the U.S. with grow- Taliban,” she says.“The Taliban will never change
ing despair. “We were a working democracy for 20 their ideologies and the international community
LOS A NGE LE S TIM E S /G E T T Y

years and during this 20 years we were needs to make a plan.” So far, she says,
hopeful,” she tells Newsweek. “Now, we there has been nothing substantial from
have nothing. What we worked on for 20 by the West, besides statements condemn-
years is reduced to nothing.” ing the crackdown.
JENNI
Despite an initial public relations push FINK I n J a n u a r y, A n t ó n i o G u t e r r e s ,
to depict themselves as more moderate Unite d Nations se cretary-general

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said, “For Afghans, daily life has woman’s place remained deep rooted. officials took a conciliatory public
become a frozen hell.” Still, life had changed significantly tone. Taliban spokesperson Zabihul-
Jafari’s family fled Afghanistan for the better and Jafari believes the lah Mujahid spoke of an inclusive
during the Soviet occupation, where progress would have continued had regime that was free of discrimina-
as a teenager, she established a school the Taliban remained sidelined. Now, tion against women, although he
for Afghan refugee children. She she says, her fears that women will be was careful to always add “within the
returned home after the Taliban’s “completely shut away from society” framework of Sharia law” or “within
overthrow and was invited to help appear to be coming true. our culture framework.”
form the new government, helping Shortly after America’s chaotic What that means in practice is
to choose the first president. Five departure last August, Taliban that most women are restricted
years later, President Hamid Kar- from working, a barrier that’s
zai appointed her mayor of the Nili pushed families reliant on female
Municipality in central Afghanistan. breadwinners into poverty. Some
The move was remarkable not only who are working aren’t being paid
because she was the first woman to “The Taliban will properly because of the country’s
hold such an office, she was also Haz-
never change their financial crisis, according to Human

ideologies and
ara, a minority ethnic group often Rights Watch. Those who have been
persecuted and shut out of politi- able to remain employed must
cal power by Afghanistan’s majority the international adhere to strict dress code standards
Pashtuns. In April, according to the
community needs or face termination.

to make a plan.”
United Nations, the Taliban tortured In one official statement, the Tal-
and killed a midwife, amputating iban advised women to simply stay
her legs, stabbing her and shoot-
ing her 12 times, because she was a
woman and a Hazara.
After the fall of the Taliban in 2001,
the number of female students and
women-owned businesses increased.
Twenty seven percent of the seats
in the lower house of Afghani-
stan’s parliament were reserved for
women. The government also con-
structed over 3,000 health facilities,
providing medical care to women
who had few services available to
them under the Taliban. Childbirth
mortality declined and women’s life
expectancy jumped from 56 years in
2001 to 66 in 2017, according to the
Brookings Institute.
Women’s rights were not equally
distributed, with those in urban
areas tending to have more freedom
than those in the countryside. Across
the country old attitudes about a
CR EDIT TK

CONTROLLED Taliban members stop

women protesting for women’s rights
in Kabul on October 21, 2021.

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 home, because the “first and best sign left and now says she and most of her
of observing hijab is not to leave the friends are still looking to emigrate to
house.” Outside the house, women anywhere they can.
must cover their faces and, in some Afghans feel “hopeless,” Rezaei
parts of the country, must be accom- says, because they’ve now learned
panied by male relatives. Meanwhile, the Taliban have no intention of
men face fines or jail time if their changing. Any positive news com-
female relatives violate dress codes, ing out of Afghanistan, she warns, is
a move that could increase domestic just the Taliban trying to curry favor
violence in a country where nine out with the global community. “Women
of 10 women experience it, accord- are prisoners for the Taliban’s pur-
EXILED Azra Jafari was named the first
ing to the United Nations. In March, woman mayor in Afghanistan’s history in 2008. When
poses,” Rezaei says. “Of course it will
reneging on an earlier promise, the the Taliban returned, she escaped to the U.S. only get worse.”
Taliban banned girls from schools During Jafari’s six years as mayor,
beyond the sixth grade. she became known locally as “Mr.
Heather Barr, associate women’s Taliban’s policies were depriving Mayor,” a moniker she accepted with
rights director at Human Rights the country of one of its “most pre- pride. Now like Rezaei, who sees
Watch, likened Afghan women cious resources.” international attention shifting to
to “prisoners in their homes.” She Afghanistan needs all of its Ukraine, Jafari feels as if the world
warned in January that the crisis resources now. In the last year, its has turned its back on Afghanistan.
facing women and girls was “esca- economy has crumbled. Almost “They all say ‘Oh, it’s a dark situation
lating with no end in sight” and the immediately after the Taliban and we hope it’ll change.’ I have no
reclaimed power, Western nations idea how it’ll change when everyone
froze more than $9 billion in Afghan is silent,” Jafari says.
bank assets. Sanctions on Taliban Although sanctions and the lack
officials have fueled inflation, and of international support for Afghan-
prices of basic staples have soared. istan’s economy have been devastat-
Many families have had to sell off ing for the Afghan people, Jafari sees
the bulk of their possessions to keep them as the world’s most powerful
their homes; some have sold young weapons against the Taliban. Afghan-
daughters into arranged marriages istan’s economy is largely dependent
to make ends meet and pay debts. on international economic resources,
“As most teenage girls are still not and Jafari is pushing the United
allowed to go back to school, the States and its allies to use their eco-
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risk of child marriage is now even nomic power to further pressure

higher,” according to Henrietta the Taliban to comply with inter-
Fore, former UNICEF executive national human rights standards.
director. “Education is often the best She’s not optimistic.
protection against negative coping “ The international community
mechanisms such as child marriage wants to pass whatever’s going on
and child labor.” in Afghanistan in silence,” Jafari says.
Sediqa Rezaei, who worked as “We still have a lot of activists, jour-
a journalist in Kabul until the Tal- nalists, minorities and women in
iban takeover last year, has been Afghanistan and they live in fear. They
able to find a job in the Bamyan need help. Don’t forget about them.”
Province as a social worker for an
international organization. But she ▸ Jenni Fink is newsweek’s senior
searched unsuccessfully for a way editor of the politics team. Follow her
out of Afghanistan after U.S. troops on Twitter: @JenniFink_.

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by Didi Kirsten Tatlow Illustration by Ryan Olbrysh

Big Bet
CHINA’S PURSUIT
OF ISRAELI TECHNOLOGY
IS KEY TO ITS PLAN
TO EXPAND ITS GLOBAL
ECONOMIC AND
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skeptical about the message that popped cording to the Washington, D.C.-based Center for
up on his social media feed offering at- Strategic & International Studies. Israel is uniquely
tractive rewards if he came to work in China. “I just attractive in its combination of highly advanced de-
ignored it,” he told Newsweek. “It was kind of funny.” fense and security-minded tech and research, plus
Yet the message from the Zhejiang Torch Cen- still-weak safeguards. In the past 20 years, 97 percent
ter in Hangzhou was completely serious—part of of known investments in Israel from the People’s Re-
a multiyear, multiprong effort by the Communist public of China (PRC) were in the technology sector.
Party of China (CCP) to transfer human talent and Other countries, including the U.S., work to lure
top technology to fuel its “China Dream” of global top IP talent for government and private-sector
preeminence by 2049, the 100th anniversary of the projects, of course, but Beijing’s efforts stand out for ‘CHINA DREAM’
Communist revolution. their inventiveness and scale. They’re a key part of a Technological innovation
In messages on WeChat, China’s main social me- determined state effort to expand China’s economic is key to Beijing’s goal
of global preeminence
dia app, “Casey Xu” presented himself as an “inter- power and accelerate the development of military
by 2049. Left to right:
national recruiter.” Xu shared examples of people applications, cyberweapons and spyware that sup- Xi at a 2021 tribute
from “past projects” identified only by a three-letter port the rising power’s geopolitical ambitions. to fallen national
country code and three-digit number. One blurry “Technological innovation has become the main heroes; an aerial view
photograph showed “GBR 004” (Great Britain), a battlefield of the international strategic game,” Xi of a 100th anniversary
event for the Chinese
specialist in microwave photons used in cooking but Jinping, general-secretary of the party, told hun-
Communist Party last
also quantum physics and radio communications in dreds of the nation’s elite scientists in a major year; and a market
hard-to-reach spots such as tunnels or jungles. “NZL speech in the Great Hall of the People on Beijing’s vendor in Chengdu
002” (New Zealand) was an expert in nanomaterials Tiananmen Square in May 2021. using WeChat Pay.
that are important for aerospace and defense. “IND
004” (India) specialized in integrated circuits, key to
the “Internet of Things” that is increasingly connect-
ing people and devices everywhere. Since China also
values inside information, the Israeli policy expert
could perhaps have had a future as “ISR 007.”
The Zhejiang Torch Center boasts that it hosts a
unit of China’s national science and technology de-
velopment “863 Plan,” making it likely it seeks mili-
tary applications, as that’s what the plan was set up to
do. The pitch promised “attractive rewards and ben-
efits.” The center was an official project of the local
government, “supported by the Chinese government,”
Xu said helpfully. He added, “If you travel to China,
you might not get a visa. However, if you are a mem-
ber of a talent introduction project, the company and
local government will assist you with this issue.”
The Israeli analyst, who spoke to Newsweek on
condition of anonymity, rejected the approach. It
wasn’t the first he’d gotten from China. The Chinese
party-state operates hundreds of recruiting net-
works targeting intellectual property (IP) around the
world, and Israel has a flourishing sector in emerg-
ing technologies like laser optics and augmented
and virtual reality. It is one of the world’s foremost
innovation hubs, with around 4,000 active start-ups,
spending 5 percent of its annual GDP on research

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CHINA’S FOCUS ON ACQUIRING EMERGING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
RAISES CONCERN ABOUT BACKDOORS INTO U.S. TECH

Fears of ‘Unwanted Tech Outflow’ the region’s infrastructure as part of its “Belt and
Washington is Watching its key ally in the Road Initiative,” a geopolitical push to promote
Middle East closely. Israel and the U.S. share deep Chinese interests internationally, so Israel needs
defense and innovation ties in areas such as drone to manage its influence among neighboring Arab
technology and artificial intelligence, so China’s states and Iran, too. On the other hand, Israel’s
focus on acquiring emerging digital technologies close friendship with Washington—its security
raises concern about backdoors into U.S. technol- guarantor—is nonnegotiable.
ogy and unwanted tech outflow—leaked secrets— U.S. priorities are clear. In a strongly worded state-
from Israel. Washington’s nightmare is that the ment, the State Department told Newsweek, “We have
PRC, by partnering with or buying an Israeli com- been candid with our Israeli friends over risks to our
pany, could obtain a critical technology that gives it shared national security interests.” In diplomat talk,
an advantage in the military or other sensitive field. the word “candid” means people yelled.
Beijing’s intense focus on a crucial security “The PRC has declared that it is seeking to acquire
partner of the U.S. is a tricky balancing act for the foreign technologies to dominate the critical and
small nation. Israel is proud of its start-up culture emerging technologies of the future and to support
and doesn’t want to nix promising commercial its military-civil fusion policy of using civilian tech-
opportunities. China is also investing heavily in nology to give the PRC a military edge,” the State

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 Department said. “The PRC has been willing to do cooperation will be quantum, a field of physics cre-
whatever it takes to gain a technological advantage, ating unbreakable communications, among other
stealing intellectual property, engaging in industri- things. Significantly, the effort is led by national
al espionage, and forcing technology transfer.” security teams on both sides. “It has China written
Israelis are aware that Washington sees China as all over it. Not explicitly, but implicitly,” said Gering.
a growing threat. “People here don’t live in a cave. “Coming from an Israeli point of view, it’s like
It’s part of our culture now, we know about the parallel universes,” Assaf Orion, a director of the
risks,” said Tuvia Gering of the Jerusalem Institute China program at Israel’s Institute for National
for Strategy and Security. “But we aren’t pushing it Security Studies and former Brigadier-General,
to U.S. levels of alarmism.” told Newsweek. “With the U.S. we have a full-blown
Ilan Maor, president of the Israel-China & Hong strategic relationship across the spectrum. But it’s
Kong Chamber of Commerce, put it more bluntly. not our No. 1 trading partner.”
“I don’t agree with the American definition of ‘stra- That would be the European Union, a single mar-
tegic technologies,’” he said. “Because basically it ket of 27 nations, with the U.S. as No. 2 (but still
covers everything other than toilet paper, I guess.” the biggest if measured by individual country), and
Biden and Prime Minister Yair Lapid announced China catching up fast. Israel’s January–June trade
in July a high-level technology dialogue that will with the U.S. was $10.71 billion; China trade was a
focus on safeguarding shared national interests in smidge less at $10.68 billion. If current trends con-
critical and emerging technologies. A first area of tinue, China may overtake the U.S. this year.

A Growing China was Israel’s third largest trading partner

Trade Challenge
in 2021. But if current trends continue, it could
overtake the U.S. as the second largest soon.

ISRAEL’S GLOBAL TRADE PARTNERS, 2012–2022 (IN BILLIONS, U.S. $)

18.16
$
150 B

13.25 21.31
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10.68 10.96
19.32 17.43 18.15 18.51 19.93 22.52 19.41
$
100 B 43.23
18.51 18.97
10.68

10.71
36.59 36.7 37.14 34.32 38.68 42.34 45.13 42.16 33.59

25.45

$
50 B 22.61 22.75 23.61 26.49 34.43
24.35 25.09 24.38 27.01 25.43 DRONE ON
21.27
One key technology in
which China and Israel
32.04 33.87 32.55 24.44 20.83 23.62 25.5 28.98 31.67 38.38 25.38 share key interest:
drones. From top: A
drone flying amid citrus
$0
trees in Israel; and
2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

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2020

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air traffic controllers

monitor the action at
the Drone Air Control
KEY: China United States European Union Asia Rest of the World Centre in Tel Aviv.

20 NE WSWEEK .COM SOURCE: Institute of National Security Studies, Tel Aviv

 not respond to interview requests from Newsweek.
Israel deepened its economic and tech ties with
China at precisely the time that the U.S. was moving
in the opposite direction. In 2017 the White House
issued a pivotal National Security Strategy spell-
ing out the ways in which China’s economic rise
posed a threat. The paper deepened a rethink be-
gun under President Obama, whose administration
complained about cyber theft by hackers from the
People’s Liberation Army (PLA), China’s military,
against companies such as Westinghouse Electric
and SolarWorld, and “warned China against using
its military might to intimidate others,” as Clayton
Dube noted for the University of Southern Califor-
nia U.S.-China Institute. (Examples include PLA is-
land-building in the South China Sea, Coast Guard
and fishing militia intrusions in Japanese waters,
as well as flying air force planes close to Taiwan,
which Beijing claims.)

China-Israel ties deepened during the corrup-

tion-dogged tenure of former Prime Minister
Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, who declared the two ISRAEL IS UNIQUELY ATTRACTIVE
countries were “a marriage made in heaven.” In IN ITS COMBINATION OF HIGHLY
2017, they signed a tellingly titled ”Comprehensive ADVANCED DEFENSE- AND SECURITY-
Innovation Partnership.” MINDED TECH AND RESEARCH,
On the Chinese side, the push was led by Commu- PLUS STILL-WEAK SAFEGUARDS.
nist Party grandee Liu Yandong. She isn’t just a lead-
ing Communist, but also a former head of the Unit-
ed Front Work Department, a secretive organization
under the CCP Central Committee whose job it is to
deepen the party’s influence in China and around
the world by co-opting people outside the party to
support its goals. The innovation partnership specif-
ically sought “closer exchanges among young tech-
nological personnel and cooperation in joint labs, a
global technology transfer center, innovation parks,”
FROM TOP : AVI M OR AG/G E T T Y; JACK G UE Z /A FP/GE T T Y

China’s state news agency Xinhua reported.

On the Israeli side, the political dialogue with
China was led by Tzachi Hanegbi, a controversial
former government minister and Netanyahu confi-
dante known for his right-wing views and extensive
intelligence links. Hanegbi today is chairman of the
Israel-China Parliamentary Friendship Group, a posi-
tion where he meets with high-level Chinese officials
such as Zhai Jun, its special envoy to the Middle East,
to talk “bilateral relations, the Palestinian question
and other international and regional hotspot issues,”
according to China’s foreign ministry. Hanegbi did

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“ISRAEL’S
ADVANCED
CAPABILITIES,
IN PARTICULAR
REGARDING ELITE
TECHNOLOGY,
HAVE THE
POTENTIAL
TO CONTRIBUTE
TO ALMOST
EVERY ASPECT
OF CHINA’S
BUILDUP
PLANS.”

JIAN G WEN YAO/XIN HUA /G E T T Y

22 NE WSWEEK .COM AUGUST 1 9, 2022

 BUILDING BLOCKS These days China is celebrating projects the U.S.
Beijing is investing in is unhappy about. “China-Israel ties bloom spec-
Israel’s infrastructure
tacularly,” Xinhua announced on the website of
as part of its Belt and
Road Initiative. Here, a
China’s State Council in March.
train runs through the Infrastructure is the most visible evidence of
Nanxihe Bridge, part of the burgeoning relationship. Chinese state-owned
the China-Laos Railway companies have built sorely needed facilities at the
system, which is one
Israeli ports of Ashdod and Haifa, a hydropower
of the program’s major
projects within China.
project in Kokhav Hayarden in the north of the
country and a line of the Tel Aviv light rail for the
traffic-clogged city on the Mediterranean. Of par-
ticular concern to U.S. officials is Haifa’s Bayport,
where Shanghai International Port group, owned
by the Shanghai government, acquired operating
rights for 25 years, potentially giving Chinese offi-
cials access to sensitive administrative and online
networks. The Communist Party has branches in all
state-owned enterprises including those overseas,
raising questions about where the information goes.
The economic activity and infrastructure push is
viewed positively by governments and people in the
region from Egypt to Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United
Arab Emirates and Iraq.
“Nobody in the region sees China the way the U.S.
does,” meaning as a threat, said Jonathan Fulton, a
professor at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi. “And I
think it’s troubling for Israel, as their relationship
to the U.S. is so close.”

The Free-Market Argument

Yet in terms of future power, technolo-
gy, more than infrastructure, is the key. Of 507
Chinese deals with Israel between 2002 and May
2022, 492 were in technology including IT, com-
munications, clean and agricultural tech and ro-
botics. It is significant that the overall number of
deals has been dropping in recent years as Israelis
have become more sensitive to U.S. concerns, but
the proportion of tech remains extremely high: 43
of 44 investments in 2021 through to May 2022.
It’s higher than in other countries such as
the United Kingdom, where tech investments
from China have ticked upwards in recent years
to reach about 40 percent of the total over the
last decade, British media and companies es-
timate. There are no exact figures. In response,
the U.K. has begun scrutinizing and can inter-
vene on national security grounds in acqui-
sitions in 17 “sensitive areas of the economy,”

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 A Tsunami “Actually it’s kind of interesting because we are do-

of Tech Deals ing what the Americans are supposed to do—give the
market freedom, but the Americans now lately decid-
Over the past two decades, ed that the market maybe is too free and they need
a stunning 97 percent of all to kind of change it,” Lavi said. “American companies,
deals between Israel and China
(including Hong Kong) have high-tech companies, are still doing business with Chi-
been in the technology sector. nese companies. So the U.S. has a problem coming to Is-
rael and telling it ‘beware’ or ‘don’t do that with China.’”
China’s access to Israeli military know-how is of
NUMBER OF KNOWN particular concern to the U.S. There’s a history. “Isra-
DEALS BETWEEN CHINA AND
ISRAEL, 2002–2022 el’s national defense industry has given our country

FROM TOP: JACK GUE Z /AFP/GE T T Y; I SR AELI PRIME MINI STRY/ANADOLU AGENCY/GE T T Y
many useful revelations in developing our defense
Infrastructure and
industry,” said a 2006 article in the Journal of Xidian
transportatIon [9] University, part of China’s defense and public secu-
rity apparatus. “We should actively cooperate inter-
nationally, taking the road of absorbing, retrofitting
and developing.” In the 1990s, China purchased
Israeli-developed Harpy unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs) and requested upgrades in 2003. Under mas-
NUMBER sive U.S. pressure Israel canceled the upgrade deal.
OF DEALS
BY TYPE Speaking unofficially, Israeli security experts say
OF TECH China is certainly spying for defense technologies with
“some success occasionally. We may have the occasion-
al thing where someone got through,” one expert said.
Picking his words carefully to share in public, in
February, Nir Ben Moshe, a former director of secu-
Life Sciences ............................................................................... 140 rity in the Israeli Ministry of Defense, wrote it was
Software and IT ........................................................................ 117 likely that “a substantial focus of interest in the eyes
Internet ................................................................................................ 50 of Chinese intelligence is the complex system of re-
Communications ...................................................................... 46
lations between Israel and its ally, the United States.”
Chips and semiconductors .......................................... 40
Various technologies ......................................................... 40
“The objects of these efforts would include major
Clean technologies ................................................................ 29 weapon systems in Israel that are developed in co-
Venture capital funds ........................................................ 27 operation with the United States or produced by it,”
Ben Moshe wrote.
SOURCE: Institute of National In January, Arie Egozi, editor-in- chief at iHLS, an
Security Studies, Tel Aviv
Israeli security company and website, said the U.S. has
warned of Chinese “straw companies” attempting to
partner with Israeli companies “to create corpora-
mostly in tech, including data infrastructure, tions that can look very legitimate but, in fact, are
AI and robotics, as well as energy and transport. aimed at moving Israel defense technologies to China.” EYES ON ISRAEL
Israel’s tech prowess
So it’s perhaps surprising that a mechanism to A scandal that broke last year highlighted that.
is critical to both the
screen deals established in the office of the Chief Prosecutors charged Ephraim Menashe, a drone pi- U.S. and China. From
Economist of Israel’s Finance Ministry in 2020—un- oneer, for illegal sales to Chinese companies of “loi- top: Engineers set up
der U.S. pressure—does not cover technology. There tering munitions,” or suicide drones—so named be- AI-equipped beehives
are good free market reasons for that, some Israelis say. cause they loiter until they spot a target, then explode in northen Galilee;
and Joe Biden in Tel
“The high-tech sector is a private sector in Israel on contact, a cross between a missile and a UAV. The
Aviv last month with
and the government does not want to interfere,” Harpy is one such example. Menashe has previously Israeli President Isaac
says Galia Lavi, a China researcher at the Institute been in trouble with the law over similar activities. Herzog (left) and Prime
for National Security Studies. The case provoked a scoffing, unofficial denial Minister Yair Lapid.

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 in China on www.guancha.cn, a website that runs
party-approved content and is affiliated with the
Shanghai Chunqiu Institute for Development and
Strategic Studies.
“Israel’s cruise missile technology [sic] is simply not
as good as India or Pakistan’s, or even the Houthis’,”
wrote Major General You Jin, referring to the Iran-
backed, Yemen-based, Islamist militia that fiercely
opposes Israel.
“Is there really any need for such sloppy technol-
ogy to be worth buying and researching?” You Jin
asked. “Professionally trained PRC intelligence offi-
cers wouldn’t do it even if their heads were kicked
by a donkey. This report seems to be hype or fabrica-
tion,” he wrote, trying to shift the blame to Taiwan.
“There is probably only one reasonable explanation
for this—those who bought the missiles are indeed
Chinese, not the gentle mainland China people but
some extreme Taiwanese Chinese.”
An Israeli security expert, speaking on condition
of anonymity, told Newsweek it was “rock solid” that
the case involved Chinese, not Taiwanese, companies.

Israel Solves Chinese Tech Problems

Whiz-bang technologies like suicide drones
are not the only or even the largest concern. Chi-
na’s access to less flashy technologies could shift the
global power balance via economy and tech.
“Israel’s advanced capabilities, in particular re-
garding elite technology, cyber, medicine and agri-
culture, have the potential to contribute to almost
every aspect of China’s buildup plans,” Ben Moshe
wrote. “Consequently, it is imperative to become
apprised of China’s patterns of intelligence activity
and to reduce the level of exposure of targets in
Israel to these efforts.”
Israel’s emerging technologies may be acquired
through legal business deals or joint research.
While technology transfer through legal means is
happening in the U.S. too, Israel has drawn special
attention because of its highly developed security
economy, which has produced controversial tech-
nologies such as NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware that
can infiltrate any smartphone.
China practices economic statecraft, not a free
market, meaning business deals often serve politi-
cal ends. As the U.S. tightens controls on chips and
other items it exports to China, Beijing is looking
to Israel as an alternative tech source. “As a new

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 global semiconductor R&D center, Israel’s multina- Chinese tech problems,” the expert said. “It was may-
tional and domestic chip companies are of strategic be a tiny step for China being able to achieve self-suf-
significance to China’s semiconductor industry,” said ficiency in semiconductors.”
an article in April by the Intellisia Institute in Guang- The concern is not just backdoor deals, but also
zhou, China’s southern Guangdong province. under-the-radar ones. In 2020, a Chinese state invest-
Meanwhile, Israel exports billions of dollars worth ment company in Jiashan, Zhejiang province, orga-
of chips to China from local branches of multination- nized the purchase of an Israeli company that makes
al corporations such as Intel, creating possible back- optical components capable of transmitting massive
doors into U.S. technology. An Israeli with knowledge amounts of data at high speeds through data centers,
of the matter, who requested anonymity as it was needed to power the future Internet of Things—5G,
highly sensitive, offered an example: A Chinese com- autonomous driving, AI and more. The purchase of
BIBI SUPPORTERS
pany that legally purchases a kind of chip from an ColorChip is still not recorded on IVC, Israel’s most
At a protest last
Israeli branch of a U.S. manufacturer asks Israeli en- comprehensive website of high-tech companies. February over the
gineers for tech solutions for an ostensible design flaw, In March this year, the deal moved into the U.S. internal use of Israeli
“a technical problem in the architecture” of the chip. when the company (Guangcai Xinchen in Chinese) spyware, demonstrators

JACK GUE Z /AFP/GE T T Y

“The Israelis were able to solve it for them,” the source signed a “strategic partnership” with Skorpios Tech- show support for
former Prime Minister
told Newsweek. It wasn’t clear what the problem was, nologies, a semiconductor company in Albuquerque,
Benjamin Netanyahu,
or if it was an attempt to expand capabilities in ways New Mexico, to jointly develop and manufacture who strengthened tech
that may have violated U.S. sanctions. ever-faster parts for customers—including in Chi- cooperation with China
“There is this potential for Israeli know-how to solve na. As it did not export dual-use technology—tech during his tenure.
 developed for civilian use that can also have military
applications—the deal was legal, said David Huff,
Skorpios’ senior vice president for sales and market-
ing. Having a factory ready and waiting in China saved
FROM TOP: EMMANUEL WONG/GE T T Y; WANG Z H UO LUN/X I NH UA /GE T T Y

having to build “a whole bunch of manufacturing fa-

cilities” in the U.S., he said.
The goal of all this activity is tech transfer, said
Nazak Nikakhtar, a former assistant secretary for
industry and analysis at the U.S. Department of Com-
merce, now a partner at the D.C. law firm of Wiley Rein,
in an email. “That’s how China does business,” she said.
If China’s Huawei were involved in ColorChip,
things might be different, Huff told Newsweek, add-
ing that his company had checked and it was not. The
U.S. and other countries have blacklisted the telecom
giant and scores of Huawei affiliates, saying the Shen-
zhen-based company spies via tech backdoors and soft-
ware upgrades. But a Chinese-language report on the
website of a Shenzhen-based company, Hua Ventures,
says Hua Ventures “is supporting ColorChip to become

IN THE PAST 20 YEARS, 97 PERCENT OF

KNOWN INVESTMENTS IN ISRAEL
FROM THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA A ‘Long Overdue’ U.S. Response
WERE IN THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR. Spooked by targeted purchaSeS in itS own
critical infrastructure and tech sector, the U.S. in
2018 strengthened its own inbound investment
screening mechanism, the Committee on Foreign
a world leader,” and ColorChip is listed in its portfo- Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Other coun-
lio. Other Chinese company reports say Hua Ventures tries have followed suit. Now the U.S. is going further,
(Huaye in Chinese) has a Huawei management team. in a move some security experts say is long overdue.
There’s a history of hidden Huawei deals in Israel. It wants to scrutinize the tech leaving the country
In 2016, Israeli journalists exposed a secret purchase via deals private companies make when they invest
by Huawei of Toga Networks, an R&D company with overseas—for example in China. Again, other coun-
offices in Hod Hasharon and Haifa, that today is Hua- tries, such as Germany, are watching closely.
wei’s outpost in Israel. The number of Israeli engineers A draft National Critical Capabilities Defense Act
at Toga has grown since, reaching about 500 today, the would have the power to check and nix such “out-
Israeli business media Globes reported in July—with bound investment” deals on security grounds. It has
TIES THAT BIND
about another 55 positions open. bipartisan and White House support but faces opposi-
From top: Liu Yandong
Huawei also owns HexaTier, an Israeli data secu- (center), an official
tion from influential figures including Senator Patrick
rity company. In 2021, the cybersecurity company who has led China’s J. Toomey, a Republican from Pennsylvania, and John
Mandiant detailed a Chinese espionage campaign by efforts to strengthen Murphy, a senior vice president of the U.S. Chamber of
a group called UNC215 against Israeli government relations with Israel; Commerce. They say it will hurt U.S. business.
and an installation at
institutions and companies. The intrusions hap- Until such a law is in place, the U.S. too will con-
the Kokhav Hayarden
pened amid China’s strategic interest in the Middle hydropower plant in
tinue to bleed emerging technology to China, mak-
East region and “interest in Israel’s robust technol- northeastern Israel, ing it even harder to persuade allies such as Israel
ogy sector,” Mandiant noted. built by the Chinese. to change, security officials say.

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 “PRESIDENT BIDEN’S VIEW IS
WE ALL NEED TO PLAY A
BETTER DEFENSE, MAKING SURE
THAT AMERICAN AND ISRAELI
“You have to do this simultaneous dance, and it TECHNOLOGIES ARE NOT
takes time,” Matt Turpin, a former U.S. National Se- FACILITATING THE PRC’S
curity Council China director, told Newsweek. “You MILITARY BUILDUP.”
have to persuade your own companies, and then allies’
companies. You kind of have to keep talking about
it at multiple levels until they take things seriously.”
“President Biden’s view is we all need to play a bet- sources to recruit,” FBI Director Christopher Wray
ter defense, which must include holding the PRC warned in London alongside Ken McCallum, direc-
accountable for its unfair and illegal practices and tor of Britain’s domestic security service MI5.
making sure that American and Israeli technolo- BACKDOOR WORRY Wray drew attention to regional bureaus of Chi-
gies are not facilitating the PRC’s military buildup From top: A na’s Ministry of State Security, which he said “key in
or human rights abuses,” the State Department said semiconductor wafer specifically on the innovation of certain Western
made by an Israeli firm
in its statement to Newsweek. companies...from Fortune 100s to start-ups, folks that
recently acquired by
In early July, U.S. and allied security officials took Intel; and Britain’s MI5
focus on everything from aviation, to AI, to pharma.”
the unusual step of going public with their concern. Director Ken McCallum McCallum, in turn, told of a British aviation
The Chinese government uses intelligence offi- (left) and FBI Director expert who “received an approach online, ostensi-
cers “to target valuable private sector information, Christopher Wray issue bly went through a recruitment process, and was
a joint warning last
multiplying their efforts by working extensively offered an attractive employment opportunity. He
month about China
through scores of ‘co-optees,’ people who aren’t seeking indirect ways
was then asked—and paid—for detailed technical
technically Chinese government officials but assist to acquire valuable information on military aircraft. The ‘company’
in intelligence operations, spotting and assessing private sector intel. was actually run by Chinese intelligence officers.”
Israel is unlikely to introduce formal tech

COU NTE RCLOCK WI SE FROM TOP LEF T: KOBI WOLF/BLOOM BE RG /G E T T Y; DOMINIC LIPIN SKI/GE T T Y; GREG BAKER /AFP/GE T T Y
screening mechanisms unless there is a scandal,
said Doron Ella, a China researcher at the Institute
for National Security Studies. “I think Israel won’t
do anything of significance until there is an explo-
sion with the U.S. It could be the ColorChip deal, it
could be another deal,” Ella said.
“The rest of the world isn’t where the United
States is on China,” said Nikakhtar, the former Com-
merce official. “For most of the rest of the world,
businesses see China as an easy revenue stream.
That will likely change once they too become the
targets of China’s economic warfare and coercion.”
For Orion, the defense strategist, there are other
ways of handling things. “We are not the U.S.,” he
said. “Our legal system is different. We do counter-
terrorism differently. We fight our wars differently.
We’ll safeguard ourselves from China’s challenges
in our own way, while learning from others.”
To Ilan Maor, it’s all rather overblown. He be-
lieves there’s plenty of business and technology to
go around. A managing partner of Sheng Enterpris-
es, he began working with Chinese companies two
decades ago as a diplomat in China. He dates cur-
rent cooperation back to 2008, when the Commu-
nist Party secretary of Jiangsu province visited Israel.
“When he asked, what can we do together, we said
let’s have an R&D cooperation agreement, and he

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 hands. Israeli scientists from at least four
universities have engaged in joint research with at
least five military research institutions in China, in-
cluding the Northwestern Polytechnical University
in the city of Xi’an, one of the “Seven Sons of Na-
tional Defense” network that feeds China’s defense
industry and People’s Liberation Army, research by
Jeff Stoff, a former U.S. government official, shows.
The projects range from new types of aircraft en-
gines to speech and hearing analysis algorithms—
for example reducing noise and blur in recordings,
thus improving surveillance capability.
In 2015, the Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing do-
nated $130 million for a branch of Israel’s storied Tech-
nion research institute in Shantou University, Guang-
dong province. Chinese authorities matched it with
SYMBOL OF POWER immediately said yes,” Maor said in an interview. $147 million. Today, the “Guangdong Technion-Israel
The Chinese Communist “Jiangsu is taking the lead on that and cities like Institute of Technology” offers degrees in mathemat-
Party logo is displayed
Changzhou, like Wuxi, Suzhou, are very much in- ics, chemical and aerospace engineering, biotechnolo-
on a Shanghai
skyscraper last year as
volved and initiating cooperation with Israel.” gy and more. Li previously made multiple investments
part of the country’s A “China-Israel CCP branch” coordinates in Israeli technology firms via his disruptive technol-
celebration of the start-ups at the China-Israel Changzhou Innova- ogy venture capital company, Horizons Ventures.
100th anniversary of tion Park, which has about 160 Israeli start-ups In another education deal, in 2021, Jiang Qingzhe,
the CCP’s founding.
or joint ventures, according to the Chinese am- the Communist Party secretary—and thus the real
bassador to Israel, Cai Run, with scores more in boss—of a leading university in Beijing, the University
Shanghai and other cities. The projects are fund- of International Business and Economics, traveled to
ed by the Israel Innovation Authority. The agen- Israel to open a branch in the town of Petah Tikva. “The
cy did not respond to requests for an interview. campus will foster greater opportunities for innova-
Business is flourishing, Maor said: Sheng Enter- tion and cooperation between the two countries,” the
prises has done $2 billion in deals in two decades. Chinese embassy in Israel said in a congratulatory letter.
But he was aware of the risks and said he rejects Across the Middle East, relations are shifting be-
proposals involving dual-use technologies. cause of the Abraham Accords, signed by the U.S., Is-
“We have been approached a couple of times in the rael and the United Arab Emirates in 2020—but also
past” by Israeli tech entrepreneurs “on technology that because of China’s growing involvement. Trade and
we estimated was dual-use and we decided not to deal construction deals for Chinese companies in war-torn
with it. And this is something that Israel specifically Iraq, including building much-needed schools, totaled
has to be very careful about. We have a very strong billions of dollars last year; Chinese infrastructure and
strategic cooperation with the U.S. so we have to not oil deals with Saudi Arabia are flourishing. Israel re-
only be careful, but be fair, to the Americans, who mains suspicious of China’s warm relations with Iran,
have been supporting Israel for many years,” he said. Israel’s No. 1 enemy, but also wants cordial relations.
Orion, the defense strategist, says security circles Said Orion, “China is not Israel’s No. 1 threat. It’s
are aware of the problem and working on it. “I be- not an enemy nor a rival, but also not an ally. It’s a
lieve once Israel tailors its own security suit, it will partner, with some challenges to manage.” Israel’s
satisfy most U.S. security expectations over China. security establishment and the public are awake to
After all, we are quite good at this,” he said. the risks, he said. “I think the honeymoon is over.”

Research to Improve Surveillance ▸ This story is the first in newsweek’s “Covert China”
Business, and espionage, aren’t the only areas series exploring how China is working to expand its in-
where valuable emerging and critical tech changes fluence in order to achieve global preeminence by 2049.

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WHITE
CHURCHES
ACT ON

Weary of
JULIA DUIN
by
Waiting for
the federal
government to
COMPENSATE
Black americans
for centuries
of slavery,
faith groups
have started
their oWn
programs

RECONCILIATION
Right: A church in
California. Far right:
Kwame Akoto-Bamfo’s
Nkyinkim sculpture,
dedicated to victims
of the slave trade.

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AUGUST 1 9, 2022
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n the Sunday before Juneteenth, Racial Justice

the Rev. Ryan Marsh stood in The definiTion of whaT consTiTuTes reparaTions
front of about 50 mostly white varies widely. In west Baltimore’s Bolton Hill neigh-
parishioners to announce a borhood, members of Memorial Episcopal Church
“reparations distribution” pro- voted in January 2021 to give five $100,000 grants—
gram for the church. coming from its $450,000 endowment plus private
Marsh’s congregation at donations—over a five-year period to the Guy Hol-
Salt House, a young Lutheran lyday Memorial and Justice Reparations Fund. The
church in the Seattle suburb of money, funneled through a committee named after
Kirkland, is among dozens of a late Baltimore city housing inspector, will go to-
churches that in the last two ward criminal justice reform, affordable housing,
years have begun taking the initiative in making rep- safe drinking water, more urban green spaces, local
arations for centuries of slavery that many religious schools and more jobs for Black youth. The church
leaders, at the time, justified on theological grounds. had been discussing the church’s founding as a me-
These faith-based groups are giving donations morial to slave owners since 2017.
to Black-led organizations, gifts to Black individ- The Rev. Grey Maggiano, rector of the parish, said
uals (not necessarily church members) and royal- Black-led nonprofits or Black-led organizations are
ties for Black musicians each time a congregation managing the donations. A committee first identifies
sings a Black spiritual. Salt House dedicates 1 per- the projects the church wishes to support. Grants
cent of the church’s budget—rough-
ly $6,000 annually—to reparations
efforts and encourages parishioners
to donate for a reparations fund that “CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
and denominations played
distributes money through lotteries
held twice a year, on Juneteenth and a massive role in the
creation and perpetuation
in December. Applicants can use of race-based chattel slavery.”
the money for anything they need.
“The white American church has
always been complicit in the evils of white suprem-
acy,” Marsh, who is white, told the congregation.

FROM TOP : ANN A M ON E YM AK ER /GE T T Y; R J SAN GOSTI/ THE DENVER POST/GE T T Y

“Reconciliation requires both repentance and repair
...and the church cannot wait for governments to
act justly.”
These initiatives come amid some movement on
reparations in statehouses and in Washington, D.C.
In 2020, California formed a reparations task force,
with recommendations due in 2023. A handful of
cities—including Asheville, North Carolina, and
Evanston, Illinois—have reparations initiatives
underway. In Congress, a reparations bill known
as H.R. 40 has been proposed every year since 1989,
only to die in the House. But in July a group of Black
lawmakers, led by Representative Sheila Jackson Lee
(D-Texas), pressed President Joe Biden to issue an
executive order creating an H.R. 40 Commission to
examine the history of the slave trade and to recom-
mend remedies that address the wrongs inflicted
on slaves and their descendants. Reparations would
almost certainly be one of those recommendations.

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of between $5,000 to $15,000 are then given out in about $5,000 per year will be raised.
the early fall of each year, starting last year. Donors “We will dialogue with local Black musicians as to
are typically parishioners or community members. where the money should go,” he says. “We hope it’s
The response, says Maggiano, has been “extreme- a natural relationship, more than a grant process
ly positive.” where you just make out a check.”
In Brookline, Massachusetts, the 300-member Waite shared the idea with the Washington, D.C.-
United Parish church takes up an offering every based Center for Congregational Song, which now
time a traditional Black spiritual is sung, on the has a “reparations royalty pilot” on its site that the
CALL AND RESPONSE
premise that the slaves who composed the hymns center says has attracted interest from 20 congre-
Above: Representatives
never got paid. The money—roughly $12,000 Sheila Jackson Lee
gations, including Presbyterian, United Church of
raised since last October—will go to a music pro- (D-TX) and Jamaal Christ, Lutheran, Unitarian Universalist, Moravian
gram for Black youth. Bowman (D-NY) hold and Mennonite churches.
In Denver, the 1,500-member Montview Bou- a press conference on One of the project’s stated goals is to provide
H.R. 40 last year. Right:
levard Presbyterian Church is starting a similar “majority white congregations’ music ministries an
A Christmas Eve service
program this fall, paying out roughly $500 each at Montview Boulevard
opportunity to ‘put their money where their mouth
time a spiritual is featured during a worship ser- Presbyterian Church is’ concerning racial justice in the U.S.”
vice. Adam Waite, its music minister, estimates that in Denver, Colorado. Don Rojas, director of communications for the

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National African American Reparations Commis- recipients for medical bills, housing, business start-
sion (NAARC), doesn’t object to white congrega- up expenses and other needs.
tions paying to sing Negro spirituals. “Being a person of color myself, I was thrilled to
“They should be applauded for their sense of hear of Salt House’s reparation fund,” says Andrew
moral [and] spiritual responsibility to proactive- Ndayambaje, one of the members of a committee
ly address the living legacies of slavery, America’s that decided disbursements. “I knew this would
‘original sin,’” he says. MOVERS help cover economic inequality.”
Some organizations keep their reparations in- Clockwise from top left: Marsh says his congregation decided early on to
George Floyd’s viewing
house. The Seattle-based Evangelical Lutheran put money directly into the hands of local individ-
at Fountain of Praise
Church of America’s Northwest Washington Synod, Church in Houston;
uals and families rather than routing it through
which oversees Salt House and 108 other congre- Representatives Joe organizations.
gations, has set up a reparations fund for retired Neguse, Sheila Jackson The inspiration for Salt House’s reparations pro-
Black ELCA clergy. About $28,000 has been given Lee and Mary Gay gram was historian Jemar Tisby’s 2020 book The
Scanlon; Juneteenth
out over the past two years to a dozen recipients. Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American
2021 at the Martin
Salt House, which has had two reparations Luther King Memorial
Church’s Complicity in Racism.
distributions totaling $7,000, gives to whomever in Washington, D.C.; and “The repair is what matters,” Marsh says. “The reason
asks. The money has gone to more than a dozen the Rev. Grey Maggiano. is generational harm, and this money is a reparation.”

“RepaRations fiRst focuses on foRmally acknowledging collective

CLOCK WI SE FROM TOP LE F T: A ND RE W C ABALLERO-RE YN OLDS /AF P/GE T T Y; BILL CL ARK /CQ ROLL C ALL /GE T T Y;
TA SOS K ATOPODI S /GE T T Y; BILL O’LE ARY/ THE WA SHINGTON POST/G E T T Y
 In an email interview, Tisby told Newsweek the
federal government should be the primary source
of reparations funding, but Christian institutions
that directly benefited from slavery should pay up
as well. Those that did not benefit from slavery can
voluntarily do reparations “as a way of loving and
serving their neighbors of African descent.”
He added, “Christian churches and denomina-
tions also played a massive role in the creation and
perpetuation of race-based chattel slavery. Through
their theology, their proslavery political and social
positions, and their inaction, Christians are complic-
it in racism, too.”
The injustice done “has not been repaired,” he
wrote. “The only question for Christians and
churches is whether they will be part of the solu-
tion or continually ignore the harm.”

Responsibility foR past wRongs and theiR CONTINUING EFFECTS.”

Changing Attitudes while most of the clergy and congregation walked out.
talk of reparations has been around since the The following September, on the Jewish holy day
Civil War, when the idea arose that Black people of Yom Kippur, representatives of the Black Unit-
should be paid back for their unpaid work over the ed Front showed up at B’nai Israel Congregation
centuries and compensated for racial inequities in in Washington, D.C., to demand $10 million and
housing, education and business ownership. for “the Jewish church to shake off the shackles of
Despite reparations having been paid to Japanese white racism and capitalist exploitation that have
and Native Americans over historical wrongs, there strangled its Christian vision.” (Arriving too late in
never has been a federally sanctioned system of repa- the day to meet any members, they were reduced to
rations for Black Americans. Union General William reading out their demand to the synagogue janitor.)
T. Sherman decreed that 400,000 acres of confiscat- What changed religious attitudes may have been
ed Confederate land, along with some leftover Army videos of the May 25, 2020, murder of George Floyd,
mules, would go to former slaves in a policy dubbed an unarmed Black man, by a white policeman and
“40 acres and a mule.” However, President Andrew the nationwide demonstrations and riots that ensued.
Johnson later rescinded the order. In 2021, the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the
The cause simmered for more than a century, with United States announced it would raise $100 million
the religious community caught in the middle. In April to benefit the descendants of slaves. Several Episcopal
1969, civil rights activist James Forman compiled the dioceses, including in Texas, Maryland and New York,
UN IVER SA L HI STORY A RCHIVE /GE T T Y

“Black Manifesto,” a list of demands that included a call have also announced millions of dollars in grants.
for “Christian white churches and Jewish synagogues” Meanwhile, individual congregations were won-
to pay $500 million in reparations to Black Americans. dering what they could do. When the city of Evanston, RIGHTING WRONGS
A month later, on May 4, 1969, Forman interrupt- Illinois, decided to establish a reparations fund with Reparations would
address “generational
ed a service at the Riverside Church in New York City money to go toward better housing for Black peo-
harm” of slavery. Above:
by walking to the front of the mostly white congre- ple, 100 members of First United Methodist Church Plantation slaves in
gation to present the manifesto. His words were donated $50,000. The 669-member mostly white Virginia gather outside
drowned out by the church organist, who played on church has a Black pastor, the Rev. Grace Imathiu, their huts, circa 1754.

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 “WITHOUT
ACCOUNTABILITY,
qualify for reparations payments.
In March, the reparations task force
voted to limit reparations to those

THERE IS NO JUSTICE.”
who are descended from free and
enslaved persons who were living in
the U.S. during the 19th century. Some
advocates had called for reparations
to include all Black people in the state.
It is not yet known what form the rep-
California’s A California plan to financially com- arations might take or how much individ-
reparations plan pensate the descendants of enslaved uals may receive in financial restitution.
Could Compensate as African Americans could potentially One of the task force’s recom-
many as 2.8 million see 2.8 million people in the state mendations suggests the creation of
BlaCk ameriCans receive reparations, though details a cabinet-level position to oversee
for “the insidious of the plan are not yet available. a new African American Affairs
effeCts of slavery.” California’s Task Force to Study agency. That agency would assist
and Develop Reparation Proposals people in filing claims for repara-
for African Americans published its tions and would include a geneal-
interim report in June about the ogy branch “to support potential
state’s historic role in slavery. claimants with genealogical re-
That report did not outline how a search and to confirm eligibility.”
program of reparations would work, California Attorney General Rob
but a detailed plan is expected in the Bonta welcomed the interim report,
task force’s final report, due out in saying in a statement: “Without
2023. It may have major implications accountability, there is no justice. For
for California’s Black population. too long, our nation has ignored the
About 2.8 million Black people harms that have been—and continue
live in California—less than 6 per- to be—inflicted on African Americans
cent of the state’s population—but in California and across the country.”
b y Darragh roche it’s not yet clear how many would “California was not a passive actor
in perpetuating these harms,” Bonta
said. “We must double down on our
efforts to address discrimination in
our state and nation and take a hard
look at our own history, including at
the California Department of Justice.”
“This interim report is a histor-
ic step by the State of California to
acknowledge the insidious effects
of slavery and ongoing systemic
discrimination, recognize the state’s
failings, and move toward rectifying
the harm,” the attorney general said.
California is the first state in the
nation to move forward with po-
tential reparations for the descen-
dants of enslaved people. Governor
Gavin Newsom signed legislation
creating the task force in 2020.
In March 2021, Evanston, Illinois,
AL SEIB /LOS A NG ELE S TIM E S /GE T T Y

became the first city in the U.S. to

pay reparations for slavery. The initial
phase of Evanston’s plan involved pay-
ing 16 city residents $25,000 for home
repairs or property costs. The overall
program was set to cost $10 million.

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 POLITICS

who has prioritized discussions about racism. One

of her lay leaders, Matthew Johnson, said 70 mem-
bers have already raised $20,000 to donate this year.
“The [federal] government hasn’t done anything yet,”
Johnson said, “so we need to do something at the grass-
roots level to give what is owed to past and future gen-
erations of people harmed by slavery in our country.”
This past June, 16 congregations—including a
Buddhist council, three synagogues, Baha’is and
various Christian denominations—announced a
consortium to contribute to the city’s fund and cit-
ed the Black Manifesto as one of their inspirations.
“No amount of money could adequately compen-
sate for 400 years of systemic subjugation,” a joint
statement said. “Reparations first focuses on for-
mally acknowledging collective responsibility for
past wrongs and their continuing effects.”

A More Expansive Effort

Not everyoNe is takeN with the idea of religious
reparations. Woullard Lett, of the National Coalition
of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA), says
payments such as the interfaith effort in Evanston are
“insufficient to repair the harm inflicted on African
chattel and enslavement and its ongoing vestiges.”
What’s needed, he says, is not only compensation,
but a more expansive effort that involves rehabili-
tation for those injured and restoration of all that

“NO systemic
AMOUNTsubjugation.
OF MONEYreparations
could adequately compensate for 400 years of
first focuses on formally acknowledging
FROM TOP : HAWA IM AGE S; JAHI CHIKWEN DIU/ THE WA SHINGTON POST/GE T T Y

collective responsibility for past wrongs and their continuing effects.”

was originally lost. spent 18 months researching reparations. It plans to

“To know the remedy, you have to understand the create a fund that reparations task force chair Nancy
injury,” he says. “It’s not a broken labor contract, it’s Goodhue hopes will include 1 percent of the church’s
a broken covenant among the human family. That budget, about $10,000. Money would go toward or-
is part of the role of the church. They can play their ganizations supporting better education, housing
INSPIRATION
role in promoting remedies.” and job opportunities for Black people.
This page: Jemar Tisby
Many churches have refused to do so. (top) and Iris Roley, who
“We hope to find other congregations doing this
“We see the influence of the evangelical right on is associated with the and support each other and fan up a grassroots
legislation,” Lett says, “but when it comes to address- Cincinnati Black United movement to do reparations,” Goodhue says. “It’s
ing injuries for African people, what do they do? Front (bottom). Left: ambitious, but we’ve got to do something.
Black Lives Matter
Throw up their hands and pass the plate around.” “Doing this work is justice, it’s deeper and it’s
Los Angeles leaders
Even the most conservative denominations may Paula Minor, Hiram
hard. You have to look at what harm has been done.
be moving on this issue. The majority-white High- Cormier, Jason Reedy We haven’t been the best of people. This work needs
land Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, has and Michael Lambert. to happen if our nation is going to change.”

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Monozukuri ensures Japan’s niche dominance prevails
The ‘Made in Japan’ brand has to us and that is why our market is done by people. Some parts of big data into the mix so that we can
long been synonymous with high share is expanding.” the process of course may be au- create new businesses,” says presi-
quality. And behind the superior For Kazuhiro Ito, president of au- tomated, but the core of Japanese dent and CEO Tatsuyuki Isogawa.
Japanese quality that Nippon tomotive parts manufacturer Dynax quality comes from the people that “We have to find new insights into
manufacturers offer is the mono- Corporation, monozukuri is all about have a passion for manufacturing.” achieving customer satisfaction.
zukuri philosophy, which focuses offering “one-of-a-kind value” and Adaptation and diversification This is our challenge going forward.
on craftsmanship, attention to “pursuing unique manufacturing is also key to long-standing mono- We have to develop new systems
detail and the constant pursuit of that only we can do”, as in its friction zukuri companies focused on ever- using ICT and we have to take up
innovation to meet client, market materials for the clutch field, for changing market demands. Nissin the challenge to build new products.
and societal demands. And while example. He adds: “In addition, all Kogyo, for example, has gone from That is monozukuri for us.”
Japan has faced stiffer regional material development, laboratory making tube TV components to Like ShinMaywa, Hiyoshi Cor-
competition in recent years, the testing, evaluation testing, paper parts for new energy vehicles poration is looking to expand its
‘Made in Japan’ brand still domi- mill and saturation are all done in- (NEVs). “In the NEV market, it global reach and leadership with
nates when it comes to niche B2B house to meet the needs of our is essential to have high-quality environmental solutions such as
fields, where monozukuri-made customers. In the past, we used to components considering the in- its CALUX method, a simple and
parts, equipment and materials buy friction materials, but now we creased demands for durability rapid method for dioxin analysis.
are still the top choice for clients manufacture everything in-house and safety. It was not easy to find “In 1988 Hiyoshi decided it wanted
seeking unbeatable quality. and supply our customers with our the next opportunity for us after to work on environmental conser-
A case in point, Nitto Kohki’s own one-of-a-kind products.” the TV business. Therefore, we are vation around the world based
unique ‘CUPLA’ series of quick While the fruits of monozukuri now very eager to contribute to on its experience, technology, and
connect couplings, which are used are shown in the high-quality prod- the NEV industry with our niche achievements in sanitation, pol-
in a range of industries, have been ucts, Takashi Saigo, president and core technologies,” explains presi- lution, and environmental issues
copied but never matched by com- CEO of Starlite, says it ultimately dent Takashi Shimizu. in Japan,” says president Hiroshi
petitors. “There are companies comes down to the people behind it. Having started out as an aircraft Murata. “Since then, we have ac-
in China and other countries uti- “When you talk about the strengths manufacturer, ShinMaywa Indus- cepted a total of more than 1,000
lizing our trademark for pirated of Starlite, it could be said that it tries has since diversified into a people from 36 countries, including
versions,” says president Akinobu is our materials, products, or even range of industries, with its focus Taiwan, India, Vietnam, the U.S.,
Ogata. “However, our clients really manufacturing methods. However, now on expansion in ICT. “We spe- and Brazil, and have provided op-
place importance on quality, so in for me, it’s people that are our great- cialize in monozukuri in different portunities to train environmental
the end, they actually came back est strength. Ultimately monozukuri fields, but we want to add ICT and experts from around the world.”

ShinMaywa Industries: Vision and

insight for a sustainable future
Established as an aircraft two exam-
ples that have Non-Clog Scroll
manufacturer, ShinMaywa
garnered an Submersible Pump
has now successfully diver- excellent reputation in this regard.
sified into five business divi- In addition, ShinMaywa con-
sions that provide equipment stantly strives to discover new in-
and machinery essential for sights that customers are not aware
today’s global, sustainably- of in order to create new businesses
that solve social issues worldwide.
conscious society. As the proud manufacturer of
the US-2, the world’s only am-
“Our monozukuri (manufacturing) was developed over phibian aircraft capable of open-
our 100-year history. We now have started to transform sea landing and takeoff, which is
into a ‘future-oriented’ corporate group that can operated by the Japan’s Maritime
contribute to the realization of a better global society.” Self-Defense Force, Mr. Isogawa
is clear that his company, twice
TRD701 Automatic Wire named Supplier of the Year by
Terminating Machine Tatsuyuki Isogawa, President & CEO, ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd.
Boeing, is so much more than
The acquisition of three foreign that’s why we purchased them,” that we can maximize our local just an aircraft-related business.
companies in five years contin- explains company president and production capabilities.” “We want to be recognized as a
ued ShinMaywa Group’s long- CEO Tatsuyuki Isogawa. Social contribution is the key role global company providing services
term vision oriented towards “The alliances, whether do- of the Group and in North America, to a wide variety of industries.”
2030, which looks to expand mestic or foreign, are to acquire ShinMaywa (America), Ltd.’s main
profits and sales with overseas unique technology, and while products – wire processors, which
growth through such alliances. Southeast Asia is a good source improve productivity in the auto-
“These companies had the tech- for this growth, a sales and dis- mobile industry, and pumps for
nologies we were missing, so tribution partner is required so wastewater treatment – are just www.shinmaywa.co.jp/english
Dynax building components for the EV revolution
Though Dynax has been developing friction components for the automotive industry for almost 50 years, and
in-wheel motor technology for the last decade, its plans to become an EV manufacturing specialist are only
just beginning.
synchronizer rings. However, build a production line before bon neutrality in the future with
with the transition from inter- the business is finalized. We the perspective of infrastructure
nal combustion engine (ICE) want to show our customers development to create a small
vehicles to electric vehicles emergency pow-
(EVs), manufacturers involved er source. We
in automotive components like are developing a
Dynax are having to respond small generator
and adapt. which will hope-
“Countries are declaring fully be launched
their intentions to become in 2023.”
carbon neutral, and in order Normally, the
to achieve this, the trend to- Disconnect-cone clutch b l ades need
module for HEV and PHEV wind speeds of
“We aim to be the best roughly 7.8 to
company in the world that this in-wheel motor is a 13.6 knots to rotate, but Dy-
at creating one-of-a- product to rely on.” nax’s generator uses a small wind
kind value and inspiring Not only are Dynax’s in-wheel turbine with vertical blades that
motors more fuel efficient, they can rotate at a wind speed of 3.9
our customers.” are also expected to improve knots in order to generate elec-
the driving experience. “For tricity. The 7 meter-high turbine
Kazuhiro Ito, one thing, you don’t need any can be installed in dense urban
President, extra parts in terms of gears. environments, like in a street
Dynax Corporation In-wheel motor And in the case of in-wheel mo- lamp, and used for multiple pur-
Price competition is getting wards vehicle electrification tors, the advantage is that they poses such as charging
tougher globally, but Japa- is inevitable. For our part, we fit directly into smartphones.
nese companies continue to have to develop friction mate- the wheels, so With the com-
have a large share of niche rials that are compatible with t h ey a re pany set to cel-
markets thanks to their electric vehicles, and we intend very com- ebrate its 50th
m u l t i - p ro d u c t , m u l t i - f u n c - to develop motors that can pact in anniversary
tional production. One such enter the EV market,” says Mr. terms of next year, the
business is Dynax, a special- Ito. “In terms of electrifica- vehicle con- Dynax presi-
ist in various components for tion, a motor is a motor but the struction,” dent says the
automotive, construction and mechanism is divided into two says Mr. Ito. firm’s long-term
agricultural vehicles. parts: e-Axle and in-wheel mo- In order to Inverter goal is sustainability.
tors. Nowadays, almost 100% accelerate the transition to- “We feel that we have to sus-
of car manufacturers, includ- wards electrification in the tain ourselves, and although the
ing Tesla, have gone for e-Axle. future, new research and de- existence of clutches will not
Our in-wheel motors are supe- velopment is required. Though disappear, we will push ahead
rior in that they are extremely Dynax has been developing in line with the move towards
low-cost and fuel-efficient, but in-wheel motors for 10 years, EVs,” he says. “The other issue is
they have not yet been adopted it is only the beginning in how to secure human resources.
by customers.” terms of its plan to become a One of our initiatives on this
From the point of view of component specialist for EV front is to develop local town-
major car manufacturers, Mr. manufacturers. ships through social contribution
Ito believes that it will be dif- “The next step is inverter con- to the community by recruiting
Wind-powered electric generator ficult for in-wheel motors to trol,” says Mr. Ito. “We are now people, and to attract people and
“We aim to be the best be adopted now. However, with working together with universities promote recruitment activities
company in the world at cre- venture companies that make to develop this feature as well, from there. Specifically, we are
ating one-of-a-kind value and EVs currently springing up all and we are developing solutions trying to attract people by cre-
inspiring our customers. One- over the world, inquiries for where we combine the motor and ating a wine business and have
of-a-kind value means pursu- Dynax’s products in this field inverter and sell already grown 110 grapevines
ing unique manufacturing that are racing the function in Hokkaido. In 2025, we will
only we can do. In the clutch i n . “ We from a sin- build a winery and have finished
field, that would be friction have al- gle product. planting 28,000 grape saplings
materials,” says Kazuhiro Ito, ready arranged We are also on 20 hectares.”
President of Dynax. for an advanced de- develop-
Since its foundation in 1973, velopment line to produce ing a small
Dynax has researched, devel- the motors so that venture wind power
oped and designed products companies can be confident e-Axle generator using
such as wet-type friction plates, that Dynax will supply them,” our motor technology.
clutch pack assemblies and Mr. Ito explains. “The idea is to This combines the issue of car- www.dynax-j.com/en
Lightweight parts for the EV revolution
Through its lightweight, high-performance parts, Japanese manufacturer Akashi-
Kikai is not only ready for the EV revolution, but is helping drive the construction
industry forward as well.
Whenever an industry under- gevity has been its dedication to award-winning camshaft now Manual Transmission
goes a drastic change, solutions nurturing its human resources. being employed in construc-
are developed which not only Company president Tetsuo Mi- tion machinery as well as in
respond to that sector’s specific ura explains: “I like to think of the automotive vehicles it was
challenges, but can also be uti- it as building human capability. designed for. Akashi-Kikai sent
lized in a wide range of fields. If you have good engineers and engineers to major construction
Founded in 1946, vehicle parts good personnel, you can develop companies such as Caterpillar
producer Akashi-Kikai, a subsidiary them and, at the same time, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries,
of Daihatsu, has always focused on evolve monozukuri (Japanese to learn more about the field
creating small and cost-effective manufacturing craftsmanship).” and has begun working on hy-
solutions which have multiple ap- The EV revolution has not tak- drologic components. Automatic Transmission (CVT)
plications, and the sudden increase en the company by surprise. In The almost-silent nature of
in demand for EVs 2019, envisioning EVs is often the first thing the
has only sharpened the huge change user notices, and Akashi-Kikai is
this focus. Many of ahead, Akashi- developing a high-performance
the company’s key Kikai crafted a noiseless gear which would
components, such five-year plan to also have applications in the Steering Gear
as its steering gear change its busi- construction industry. The com-
and transmission ness and meet new pany’s success has allowed it to
gears, have been market demands. expand into the Indonesian and
developed with Tetsuo Miura, Mr. Miura also Malaysian markets, where it has
weight in mind and President & CEO, understands the joint ventures with local part-
will continue to be Akashi-Kikai Industry Co., Ltd. potential wider ners. No matter how the com-
used in EVs. applications for pany continues to expand, Mr.
The backbone of h i s c o m p a n y ’s Miura stresses that its employees
the company’s lon- https://akasi-kk.co.jp products, with its will be central to its growth. Transfer

Pursuing the use of light-weight carbon neutral

materials for manufacturing innovation
Tokai Kogyo is a full-service supplier specializing in material and manufacturing
development integrated with superior design, with the company now focusing R&D on
plant-based materials for primarily automotive parts.
Urethane Glass run plete answer. “Due to AI’s limita-
seat pad tions in retaining the craftsman-
ship spirit, we strive to make our
company attractive for talented
individuals,” says Mr. Kimura.
Other changes, in both societal
“We want to work with demands for comfort and envi-
both Japanese and ronmental responsibility, have also
foreign manufacturers played their part. “Product devel-
for joint development and opment is carried out to meet re-
quirements ranging from durabil-
lower production costs.” ECU case ity to weight reduction, quietness
for EPS and design,” Mr. Kimura explains.
Yuichi Kimura, “For carbon neutrality, our energy-
President & CEO, efficient processes still yield the
Tokai Kogyo Co., Ltd. Door opening
same quality, with plant-based
weatherstrip
Founded in 1947, Tokai Kogyo materials a focus of our R&D.”
specializes in automotive mate- “Our strength is the assurance president, highlighting that “every
rials and parts manufacturing, and control of high-quality prod- country has its own culture, lan-
with a focus on superior design. ucts, enabling us to gain the trust guage and mindset, so local partners
“We want to contribute to and of the international community to acting on our behalf is crucial.”
enrich society through our mono- compete in the global market.” With such human resource
zukuri,” says President and CEO, Collaboration is vital for the challenges, automation certainly
Yuichi Kimura. company’s business model, says the has its place, but is not the com- www.tokaikogyo.co.jp/EN
Dies and precision stamped parts
for the next generation of automobiles
A long-time leader in precision stamped parts and dies for ICE (internal combustion engine) components, Nissin
Kogyo has emerged as a forerunner in one-of-a-kind battery parts for hybrid and electric vehicles.

“We would like to bring GLOBAL NETWORK

our stamping and UTSUNOMIYA; OGAKI; OTSU HEADQUARTERS; BEIJING, CHINA; NANTONG, CHINA;
core technology to the LOYANG, SINGAPORE; BATAM, INDONESIA; OHIO, U.S.A.
highest level. It is our high-quality components at scale
goal to keep challenging has seen Mr. Shimizu look to di-
ourselves in new versify into other markets. He
markets worldwide.” sees comparisons between the
NEV and medical sectors: “In the
Takashi Shimizu, President, near future, our strengths may
Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd. be best harnessed in the medical
Medical Device industry, and in particular for the Sheet Metal Forging
With an industry presence for manufacture of disposable parts,
more than 60 years, Nissin Ko- Company President, Takashi such as catheters.” As with other
gyo initially came to prominence Shimizu, is keen to emphasize markets, a certain quantity of
manufacturing electron guns for Nissin Kogyo’s unique ability to orders is required to fulfill the
television sets, establishing an envi- keep apace not only with the type company’s machine capacities.
able reputation for its niche core of auto components required, An established international
technologies. But reputations live but also the scale of produc- presence, Nissin Kogyo has suf-
and die on a company’s ability to tion demanded by a rapidly ex- ficient global reach to future-proof
adapt quickly to societal change, panding market. To this end, the its status should the automotive
and with the market for tube TVs company’s cutting and grinding component market become satu-
in terminal decline, finding the next method, suitable for dealing with rated in the coming years. With
opportunity has been a challenge. low volumes, has taken a prover- plants in the U.S.A., Singapore, Deep Drawn
In the last few years, armed with bial back seat for now. Indonesia and China, Mr. Shimizu
knowledge of burr control, surface As the NEV industry continues makes no secret of the importance
treatment and assembly technolo- to expand – Japan is planning to of receiving support from the com-
gies, and eager to contribute to an ban conventional gasoline car pany’s original local subsidiaries:
emerging market, Nissin Kogyo sales by 2035 – Nissin Kogyo has “We began our business in the
has successfully repositioned itself also looked to collaborate with U.S.A. in 1990. Fortunately our first
as a high-quality manufacturer of its cousin company to consoli- partner is still with us, and still
date its market position. studying new technologies with us.”
Mr. Shimizu explains: “This col- It is this spirit of collaboration
laboration maximizes our special which enables Nissin Kogyo to
tools capability. We do die de- function on a global scale, and Mr. Round Trim®
sign and build in-house, and our Shimizu, for one, has no desire for investing in cutting-edge technol-
cousin company makes bespoke that to change. As the company ogy, and challenging itself in new
machines for special tooling.” So nears its 70th anniversary, ex- markets, in conjunction with its
far, the venture has seen the com- pansion is not on his horizon. Far established global team.
panies work together on approxi- more important, in his words, is
Electric Vehicle mately 20 machines, one of which to “bring our technology to the
precision automobile parts for the is being used to manufacture next level by collaborating with
new energy vehicle (NEV) industry, parts for lithium-ion batteries our colleagues at Nissin Global.”
taking advantage of its peerless used in electric vehicles (EVs) in Customer satisfaction is key
stamping technology to meet in- the company’s Indonesian plant. too, of course. But it will develop
creased consumer demands for Away from the EV industry, organically if the company contin-
https://nissinjpn.co.jp/en/
safety and durability. Nissin Kogyo’s ability to produce ues adapting to societal changes,
Shoei Kogyo: Helping clients to excel
An industry-leading presence for almost 75 years, Shoei Kogyo continues to thrive in the face of geopolitical and
global health challenges, offering a diverse portfolio of solutions to a wide range of companies.

SHOEI MEXICANA
them to be more competitive in
terms of quality and price.”
It’s an approach that has reaped
“Our strength is in our dividends for the company, with an
established base in China and plans
collaboration with to expand current operations in
customers in every field; Mexico. Changes in the automotive
our strategy is not to industry, meanwhile, represent a sig-
develop new products, Press and welding equipment
nificant opportunity to bring in new
but new methods to methods and ways of doing business.
Company president Hiroyuki ments that would otherwise oper- For Mr. Iguchi the most im-
manufacture them.” Iguchi, however, is keen to em- ate independently of one another. portant thing is growth. For the
phasize that his firm is neither As Mr. Iguchi explains: “We company itself – but also for the
Hiroyuki Iguchi, President
focused on a specific industry nor don’t just translate designs into people who work for it.
& CEO, Shoei Kogyo Co., Ltd.
does it offer a specific product. products, but develop the design
Though known as a manufacturer Rather, the company’s strength proposals in collaboration with
of automobile and electrical com- is in providing solutions, and in the customer. We propose ideas
ponents since its foundation in particular streamlining the re- that increase productivity and
1946, Shoei Kogyo has also had no- search, design and development reduce costs to help clients excel
table success in the medical sector. process by integrating depart- against competitors, allowing www.shoei-kgy.co.jp

Takenaka: The bolts and nuts of industry

The industrial bolts and nuts made by Takenaka Seisakusho hold in place the backbone
of Japan’s physical and social infrastructure.
the aspects that will provide ad- which it supplies special bolts for
vantages for our customers,” says wind energy plants. “Those wind
Saeko Takenaka, President of Tak- energy plants are on land right
enaka Seisakusho. “One of those now, but with the increased gov-
advantages we’ve pursued is the ernment support, we will see more
TAKECOAT®-1000, which was de- and more wind energy plants and
signed to prolong the life of the TAKECOAT®-1000 film thickness
metal used in bolts and extend the with clients requiring just one-
“When it comes to adding time before they start to rust. This tenth of the maintenance effort
value to our products, is just one example of the problems associated with conventional
we are pursuing the that our clients brought forward for zinc-coated bolts.
aspects that will provide us to solve with our technologies.” “As found in salt spray tests,
where conventional zinc bolts rust-
advantages for our Courtesy of Sumitomo Corporation ed completely within 500 hours,
customers.” Offshore wind farm TAKECOAT®-1000 lasted over
wind farms move to the ocean,” 6000 hours and had still not rusted.
Saeko Takenaka, President, says Ms. Takenaka. “When a wind When it comes to the initial invest-
Takenaka Seisakusho energy plant is built in the ocean, ment, of course, TAKECOAT®-1000
Formed in 1935 as a manufacturer you need to have components that is more expensive than conventional
of nuts and bolts for ships, today are anti-corrosive. There we can cheap bolts, however, when you
Takenaka Seisakusho’s products After a 2000-hour Salt Spray bring our TAKECOAT® technology, take into consideration the costs
support critical physical and social Test: TAKECOAT®-1000 (right), so we are actively pursuing the over the lifecycle of the product
infrastructure, including nuclear Electro-Galvanized (left) manufacturing processes needed over ten years, customers can re-
power plants, railways, express- One of the industries which ben- for offshore wind farms.” ally save a lot of money and time.”
ways, bridges and hospitals. efits from such advanced tech- The main advantage provided
“When it comes to adding value nologies developed by Takenaka by TAKECOAT®-1000 is the re-
to our products, we are pursuing is the renewable energy sector, to duction in maintenance required, www.takenaka-mfg.co.jp/en
Coupling the future
With its unique CUPLA products, Nitto Kohki has made itself indispensable to some
of the world’s largest firms and industries.
In an era where regional competi- ies, and, as Mr. Ogata points out, a People are at the heart of Nit-
tors are replicating the concept of contribution to the advancement to Kohki’s company philosophy,
monozukuri and threatening to of electric- or hydrogen-powered whether they are employees or
push Japan out of mass produc- vehicles also represents an im- not. Take engineers, for example. “Nitto Kohki has placed
tion markets, it would be easy to portant contribution to carbon There is concern in Japan that the importance on energy
conclude that, for some compa- neutrality in general. country’s aging population will lead
nies, quality plays second fiddle But Nitto Kohki doesn’t only to the rapid spread of automation,
and labor saving, and
to cheap labor costs. contribute to society through placing human jobs at risk. Mr. also on producing good
For Nitto Kohki president its products. There are, as Mr. Ogata, however, does not see engi- products.”
Akinobu Ogata, however, nothing Ogata emphasizes, “actions that neers’ jobs as precarious; it is more
could be further from the truth. can be taken as well”. One such a question of reimagining their role. Akinobu Ogata,
In recent years, he says, custom- President,
ers the company had previously Nitto Kohki Co., Ltd.
thought lost have returned and “CUPLA”
helped increase the coupling gi- quick connect couplings electric screwdrivers. To this end,
ant’s market share. The pursuit of the company has recently entered
excellence not only obliges Nitto into a collaboration with a major
robot supplier to attach ‘delvo’ to
robotic arms. On the other hand,
there is Europe and the U.S. Nitto
Kohki is not a name most West-
ern firms currently recognize –

“HHV CUPLA” fuel coupling for

high pressure hydrogen
Kohki to invest proper time and
money in research and develop-
ment, but also helps to differenti-
ate the firm from its competitors. action was to develop equip- “At Nitto Kohki,” Mr. Ogata
Having a reputation for quality, ment to suck out the sputum says, “we have a corporate
meanwhile, means Nitto Kohki’s of patients with dyspnea. Mr. motto: ‘development provides “delvo” electric screwdriver
coupling products continue to be Ogata adds: “Large-scale black- corporate insurance’. That ‘de- a by-product, no doubt, of the
used in leading-edge industries, outs occurred in Hokkaido when velopment’ encompasses four company’s much valued discretion
such as semiconductors, where the area was hit by the 2018 important meanings. Firstly, the – but Mr. Ogata is confident that
reliability is by far more impor- Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earth- development of products that will soon change. More generally,
tant than cost. quake. I sent our aspirators and contribute to society. Secondly, he is open to overseas collabora-
Operating behind the scenes dry cells to the stricken area the development of the sales tion: “If any overseas firms have
sometimes means that Nitto Koh- two days after, as I thought market. Thirdly, the development an interest in our technology and
ki’s work slips under the radar, but of human resources. And fourth- want to have a discussion with us,
Mr. Ogata isn’t interested in global ly, the development of a system we are always willing to engage.”
acclaim. It is far more important to for organization management.” Whatever happens, it is un-
be “contribtuing to society” which It is the last of these that ap- likely that Nitto Kohki’s company
the company does in various, often pears to be presently the most sig- values will change. The key is
unheralded, ways. Many manu- nificant. “From now on,” Mr. Ogata people to contribute to society.
facturers, for instance, use Nitto continues, “I think it is going to be Employees should feel happy
Kohki couplings for handling elec- important for engineers to engage about the work they do. If, in
trolytes used to fill lithium batter- more in process management.” turn, society values the work
That is, ensuring company products that Nitto Kohki does, the com-
“AUTO-HINGE”, for quiet and
meet standards of safety, security pany will continue to develop.
smooth door closing
and quality through machine main- That relationship, of course, is
our dry cell drive equipment tenance and an increased focus on symbiotic. Working for the good
was useful when electricity was research and development. of society drives excellence; self-
not available. Our aspirator was Looking to the future, Mr. Ogata less excellence paves the way
also required by many hospitals is keen to build the company’s for success.
that were looking after Covid reputation overseas. On the one
patients. I was glad to see it was hand, there are global needs for
helpful for healthcare workers labor-saving where Nitto Kohki
“MEDOMER” air massager and patients.” can contribute with its ‘delvo’ www.nitto-kohki.co.jp/e
Yuken: Diversifying for society’s needs
The hydraulics company is shifting its business model to respond to globalization, digitalization and sustainability trends.
Though the company between companies in the
deals primarily with oil hy- same sector, however, it is
draulic products, the group possible for companies in dif-
president stresses how Yuken ferent sectors to do so. That
Kogyo – like all Tier 1 busi- is our vision.”
nesses – must respond to With decarbonization
globalization, digitalization a key global trend for
and sustainability trends. the future, energy-saving
“Therefore, we need to products are in greater
expand our business into demand, and thus Yuken
Linear servo valves other areas, through part- Kogyo is transitioning its
“Our hydraulic products “Today the business environ- nerships or through merg- strategy to focus on more
can contribute to wind ment is changing at an accelerated ers and acquisitions. That environmentally friendly
pace due to the Fourth Industrial will be the source of our products. “Our hydraulic
power generation and Revolution,” says Hideharu Naga- future growth,” he says. products can contribute to
electric vehicles.” hisa, President of Yuken Kogyo. “We often receive sug- wind power generation, as
“Our group of companies gestions for overseas KIRIKO shaving wind power generators use
Hideharu Nagahisa, is therefore aiming partnerships, and compactor a hydraulic system,” says
President, Yuken Kogyo to create added we are proactively consider- Mr. Nagahisa. “Another example
Founded in 1956, Yuken Kogyo value to meet ing those offers. For example, is society’s shift to electric vehicles
specializes in hydraulics, supplying our custom- we are considering entering (EVs). The EV body materials are
its hydraulic equipment and sys- ers’ needs, the mobile market in India. varied, so we are responding to this
tems to various industries. Start- whilst im- We are also considering ex- trend too. There are many opportu-
ing with the establishment of its proving our panding our business into the nities for us to explore.”
overseas manufacturing base in global produc- aerospace industry, as well as
Taiwan in 1969, the company has tion system the water hydraulics and hy-
built a group network for manufac- to support Energy draulic robot industries. It can
turing and sales throughout Asia. our growth.” saving HPU be difficult to create synergies www.yuken.co.jp

Approaching 60 years of grinding wheel excellence

Since its foundation in 1967, New Registon has garnered a global reputation for
producing depressed center grinding wheels of the highest quality.
“Data is the new oil” has al- As company president Kenji of grinding discs has increased
most become a cliché, but when Yamauchi explains, traditional- elasticity and provides a softer
we think of data not just as ly it has been difficult for engi- product for the end users, while Blue
a mass of figures but also as neers in the grinding wheel in- New Registon’s electroplating Cerac
useful feedback, it’s true that dustry to obtain feedback from technology adopts the use of
its value becomes clear. One the end users. To combat this, synthetic diamonds embedded
company that is truly dedicated New Registon regularly sends into a base metal and allows for
to using this feedback as the members of its sales teams to a hard abrasive grinding force
cornerstone of its business is visit end users and distribu- in its Metaridge Burr.
Japanese grinding wheel pro- tors to gauge any issues or The family company has
ducer New Registon Co., Ltd. requests. “This has helped us previously worked with Eu-
Founded in 1967, New Reg- to improve the quality of our ropean partners to develop
iston specializes in products, and it its products, and with a 30% Super Green Sigma
high-performance gives us a com- domestic market share, it has
grinding wheels for petitive advan- expanded its sales network
cutting, grinding, tage in this in- to include the United States,
and polishing met- dustry,” adds Mr. China, Italy, UAE and many
als. As is often the Yamauchi. more. As this expansion con-
case with Japanese Thanks to this tinues, New Registon is always
producers, B2B feedback, the looking for new end-users and
specialist New Reg- company has distributors with niche needs Osaka headquarters
iston’s strength is been able to de- that the company can meet
in the added value velop ceramic with its specialized wheels. As
incorporated into Kenji Yamauchi, President, g r i n d i n g d i s c s Mr. Yamauchi puts it: “While
its products; value New Registon Co., Ltd. with supplemen- some people may say that only
that is ultimately tary pads, as well the price matters, we try to
derived from its as its Super Green add value to our products for
customers. www.newregiston.co.jp/en/ series. This series our end users.”
 CONTENT BY THE WORLDFOLIO

Entrance to Starlite’s Ritto Plant

Pursuing innovation for a sustainable society

Starlite is a company committed to working toward the creation of systems that
do not place an excessive burden on the planet by deepening its understanding of
usability and continuously improving products for more sustainable use.
Founded in 1936 as a venture In doing so, the company is tion as part of the low-carbon
business to develop original committed to working toward agenda, the company is looking
phenolic resin sliding materi- the creation of systems that do at how it can apply some of the
als, Starlite has since diversi- not place an excessive burden technologies it is developing to “We are working
fied into a wide range of fields, on the earth “by deepening our serve the sector with innovative tirelessly with our R&D
including the steel, shipbuilding, understanding of usability and solutions. Since 2009, Starlite department to achieve a
industrial machinery, automo- continuously improving products has had a technology alliance
with Röchling Automotive and
circular economy.”
bile, telecommunications and for longer use,” says Mr. Saigo.
housing industries, by utilizing “In addition, we hope to pursue developed various products, one
Takashi Saigo,
various materials such as high- spiritual enrichment by focus- example being the active grille
President & CEO, Starlite
performance engineered plastics shutter (AGS) which manages
and advanced tribology (friction, aerodynamics and thermal sys- products range from damage and
wear, lubrication engineering) tems in cars. “We would like heat resistant aprons for rolling
technology. to further expand this original mills and rudder bearings for ma-
“We are a technology devel- Active Grille technology of theirs in the Japa- rine applications, to brakes for
opment-oriented creative group Shutter (AGS) nese market through the joint various equipment and miniature
that supports the safety and se- venture,” adds Mr. Saigo. “We peel-off claws for multi-functional
curity of people’s lives and pro- ing on serious problems such as are also working on reducing the printers. In recent years, Starlite
vides solutions for social issues social disparity, natural disasters, weight of a lot of our components. has contributed to ensuring the
through monozukuri ,” explains climate change, environmental We believe that there is room safety and efficiency of on-site
Takashi Saigo, President and CEO pollution and mental illness that to develop components that use work operations by developing
of Starlite. “It is Starlite’s mission we are facing as a result of recent lightweight plastics rather than ‘eMET’, a helmet with an IoT-based
to provide support for an enriched economic development.” heavy metals such as steel.” remote management system. Fur-
life in harmony with nature, and When it comes to sustain- thermore, the company released
every moment we strive to fulfill ability, Starlite plans on moving Japan’s first-ever biomass-based
this mission means growth for us. into bioplastics and advancing helmets in June this year.
We do not merely pursue conve- recycling technology, with re- Moving forward, Starlite aims
nience and comfort, but provide cent research and development to mobilize the power of the
focused on looking into the ad- group to tackle
justment of temperatures used a w i d e ra n g e
to melt materials for recycling. of problems for
“We are working very hard with the future of the
our R&D department to achieve eMET planet by address-
a circular economy,” says Mr. ing today’s social
Saigo. “When you talk about Compounding experience of issues with its
sustainability, many people au- material technology developed technologies and
tomatically jump to recycling. over many years, combined with ideas, and by co-
However, I feel it’s important to evaluation and analysis technolo- creating with like-
Clutches and brakes
keep using existing things also gies, has enabled the development minded people.
experiences and services through and to find new uses for them.” of new functions suited to various
our products that are truly neces- As the automotive industry operating environments and per-
sary for the planet and society.” transitions towards electrifica- formance requirements. Starlite’s https://starlite.co.jp
Eight Tool’s hexagon wrenches providing
quality across multiple industries
While manufacturing is becoming more automated, some processes can never be handled by machines. Eight Tool
provides the tools to ensure these processes are done with the highest level of precision.
This is best demonstrated with its improvement and even more
unique alloy steel, SNCM+V, which global reach through new sales
“provides the ideal balance of hard- and promotional partnerships.
ness and torsional resistance that
is specifically suited for hexagon
wrenches,” explains Mr. Oka, while
another critical strength is the ‘fit-
ness’ of the wrench heads to bolt
walls, “aiding wear resistance and
“Our Excellent series of torsional power transmission.”
Supporting industry professionals
products have specific globally Eight manufactures 2,000+
quality standards products to meet diverse needs
a wrench to be inserted into a bolt
to ensure superior cap from tilted angles. Countless “With our international part-
performance.” tests and redesigns, along with ners, we try to learn local demands
our skilled engineers, result in and make sure to provide the best
Yasuhiro Oka, products in which our customers suitable products possible, one
President, Eight Tool Co., Ltd. can feel the difference.“ customer at a time.”
“We provide high-quality prod- With a new production man-
ucts for superior performance and agement system to maximize
work-cost efficiency,” says Eight Tool Excellent series from Eight Tool workflow efficiencies and an eye
president Yasuhiro Oka. “That is why “A unique and popular fea- on automation, this small com-
they’ve been accepted by industry ture is Taper Head, an enhanced pany with big dreams is striving
professionals for over six decades.” ball-point function that enables forwards, for continual product http://eight-tool.co.jp/en

Creating the lightweight steel cables pulling

the automotive industry forward
Chrysanthemum has over 60 years’ experience developing streamlined cables and demand
for them is set to boom as the automotive industry seeks lighter weight solutions.
As it continues to develop thin-
ner, lighter products, Chrysanthe-
mum is seeking to work with global
Tier 1 companies to discover their
specific needs and demands. As
HQ (Japan) Vietnam plant
“We strive to be an Founded in 1960, Chrysanthe- sible, as company president Hisashi
attentive company mum manufactures products in two Kikugawa explains: “Cables can
that provides detailed categories: stranded inner cables transmit significant power without
and coated cables. The stranded taking up space, contributing to
care, sensing what our cables are mainly made of two ma- making cars lighter.”
customers need.” terials, high carbon steel and stain- The company’s best-selling
less steel, and finished with zinc product-line is its stranded cables,
Hisashi Kikugawa, President, plating (galvanizing) or the com- which are soft, flexible and du-
Chrysanthemum Co., Ltd. pany’s special KIKU-GT finishing. rable, and its cables have a wide Mr. Kikugawa says, the company’s
In the automotive industry, the range of uses, from window regu- slogan, ‘Be Attentive’, is at the foun-
ability to produce the lightest, lator systems to sliding doors. dation of all it does, from product
most streamlined products pos- In 2014, Chrysanthemum ex- development to customer service,
sible while ensuring strength is panded by establishing a plant and ensures its business remains
paramount, especially as the transi- in Vietnam, and works on a two- as strong as the cables it produces.
tion towards electric vehicles (EVs) Steel cable pronged strategy: developing
marches on. One of the companies The cables are then coated with res- high-end value-added products
working to make high-quality yet in in response to customers’ need. in Japan whilst also meeting
lightweight components is Japan’s Chrysanthemum works to en- mass-production needs from its
Chrysanthemum Co., Ltd. sure its cables are as thin as pos- base Vietnam. www.chrysan.co.jp/english
Asahi Tekko: The kaizen kings leveraging
data for manufacturing innovation
Under the stewardship of President Tetsuya Kimura, auto parts manufacturer Asahi
Tekko has embraced DX to make changes that have transformed the company.
We needed a lot of effort to improve Discussion about an electricity
factory efficiency: employees had consumption graph
to take a lot of data, cycle times, through kaizen activity, and we’ve
operating ratios, the reasons to already reduced electricity by 22%
disturb production, and so on. I compared to 2013 levels without
wanted them to do only value- buying renewable energy or high-
added jobs and sought to gather efficiency machines.
such data automatically. The impact iXacs has had at Asa-
“Now, using IoT technologies, iX- hi Tekko has led the firm to create i
A visualization of CO2 emission
acs automatically collects the data Smart Technologies, which it sells to
data by factory area
“Since my 2013 arrival, the we need 24 hours a day, seven days other businesses as well as providing
a week. And it analyzes the data to and electricity usage,” Mr. Kimura them with consultants specialized in
company has transformed visualize issues in our production notes. “This data is used for im- supporting kaizen processes. “The
through DX technologies. lines. It accelerates kaizen drasti- proving factory management. For mission is to promote and trans-
We’ve already curtailed cally. As a result, we’ve already example, we found that some fa- fer the success enjoyed by Asahi
the annual labor cost Tekko to other Japanese companies
by 3 million dollars and through IoT,” Mr. Kimura says.
electricity use by 22%.
In addition, we’ve begun
a transformation process
from an auto parts manu-
facturer for TOYOTA to an
IT-focused enterprise.”
Tetsuya Kimura, President, Asahi Tekko has reduced electricity
Asahi Tekko Co., Ltd. consumption by 22% since 2013
Since his arrival at Asahi Tekko, a “We provide our services to sever-
major automobile parts manufac- al different industries such as screw
turer with over 80 years’ experi- manufacturers, chemical manufac-
ence, President Tetsuya Kimura has turers and electrical component
set about implementing kaizen, or iXacs transmitter and monitoring screen manufacturers. Regardless of the
continuous improvement, through curtailed the annual labor cost by cilities supplying compressed air to industry, these kaizen activities are
digital transformation (DX). 3 million dollars (vs 2013).” production machines had excessive basically the same.”
“When I came from Toyota in As many countries, including Japan, performance at night, and so we Ultimately, the changes Mr. Kimura
2013, I realized there were some target carbon neutrality by 2050, introduced more appropriate facili- has made at Asahi Tekko are all about
management problems, and the Asahi Tekko’s kaizen activities are ties to reduce extra consumption.” creating a happier, more productive
company was in a deficit,” Mr. Kimu- contributing to this drive. “The global workforce. “As I mentioned before,
ra explains. “Without change, I knew trend is to have new facilities that my philosophy is to let people do the
our company would not survive.” are more efficient when it comes to work that is value-added,” he says.
He continues: “My basic philoso- electricity, or to change to a renewable “People’s working hours could be re-
phy is to let people do value-added energy source,” Mr. Kimura says. “The duced, but there could be more value
work. What I want for this company cost for both of these options is very added during that time. Through our
is to develop the means to attain high. This leads to less competitive- systems and technologies, we’d like to
that. The reason why we do kaizen ness, so companies are hesitant. contribute to that, so people can go
“However, we’ve noticed that kaizen CO2 emissions of a production home early and be with their families.”
activity to improve productivity also line every hour He concludes: “The company cul-
reduces energy consumption as a by- “Based on the TOYOTA Production ture has changed, and people are
product because it reduces the standby System philosophy, we can distin- enjoying their work more. That’s
power at the same time. By having guish net CO2 emissions from waste something that’s lacking in many
this buffer, we’re able to invest in pur- by combining operational data and Japanese companies. Hopefully we
chasing renewable energy. For further electricity data. It shows us many can change that.”
Asahi Tekko’s forging process reduction, we’ve started to visualize emission issues clearly. The blue bars *net rate = net CO2 emissions/
is to make a person’s work easier. DX electricity consumption in real time.” (in the above graph) show net CO2 (net CO2 emissions + waste
sounds complicated, but simply put, Digital data collection has been emissions and the red and orange emissions) x 100
it is using digital means to make a key to Asahi Tekko’s lower elec- ones show waste. The black line
person’s work easier. tricity consumption. “We’re able shows net rate*,” adds Mr. Kimura.
“One great example is our inter- to directly measure each building “Now we are gaining a lot of
net of things (IoT) system iXacs. and area, to determine their gas data like this to reduce electricity www.asahi-tekko.co.jp
Hamaya Corporation: The recycling company of the future
As recycling becomes an ever-more important issue in today’s society, e-waste
specialist Hamaya Corporation is providing quality reuse and recycling solutions.
The digital revolution has led to an
explosion in the number of elec- “We want to develop
tronic devices we use on a daily ba- advanced recycling
sis, but what happens when these
devices become obsolete? Japan’s
technology and introduce
Hamaya Corporation, founded in it into our business sector
1991, is one of the companies in the future.” Hamaya’s large crusher machine
leading the way in the recycling database, which are used to en-
of ‘e-waste’. The Japanese firm, Shigeru Kobayashi, sure the printed circuit boards it
which also focuses on used home President, buys are optimum quality. These
appliance exports and scrap metal, Hamaya Corporation circuit boards are then crushed
works to ensure the uncountable and delivered to a refining com-
number of electronic devices being pany, or in the case of its NPO
produced are properly managed arm in Japan, scrap electronic
through both reuse and recycling. circuit boards are dismantled.
Mr. Kobayashi’s vision is to use
Hamaya’s strong standing in the
business of e-waste to help cre-
ate an environmentally friendly
and sustainable society as global
Dismantling e-waste at NPO Hamaya’s analysis center commodity use skyrockets. As
Hamaya Africa as “the most efficient strat- he says: “E-waste needs to be
Printed circuit boards Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore egy” and aims to move into markets properly handled, so we carry the
Hamaya has been handling print- and Brunei, among others. Com- with high population densities to responsibility of being a socially
ed circuit boards from scrap elec- pany president Shigeru Kobayashi ensure Hamaya can have the high- aware, eco-friendly company.”
tronic devices for several years and understands the importance of est impact possible.
expanded its purchasing from Ja- working with local companies in Hamaya has its own high-tech
pan to markets including Brazil, the foreign markets such as India and analysis center and result quality www.hamaya-corp.co.jp

CALUX tackles cancer-causing dioxins

CALUX bioassay (Chemically Activated Luciferase Expression) is a simple and rapid
method for measuring dioxins and is attracting global attention as a green biotechnology
that reduces CO2 emissions by 92% as compared to the conventional method.
time to break down once they are dioxin analysis. Hiyoshi Corp. – which
in the environment and so are found specializes in environmental services
throughout the world, particularly in – was one of the first to address
the global food chain. Indeed, today this issue by introducing the CALUX
more than 90% of human exposure bioassay in Japan. “In particular, we New Testing Building
is through food, mainly meat, dairy focused on the field of measurement besides dioxin measurement, such
products, fish and shellfish. Highly to visualize dioxin emissions and pollu- as in the development of new drugs.
toxic, these compounds have been tion,” explains Hiroshi Murata, Presi- Having become an official method
linked to reproductive and develop- dent of Hiyoshi Corporation. in the United States, the EU, Japan
“The CALUX method can mental problems, as well as being a Compared to the traditional HR- and Taiwan, CALUX is now in line to
tackle cancer-causing cause of cancer. GCMS method, the CALUX method gain international standardization
dioxins globally once it is rapid, sensitive and inexpensive. It (ISO) certification.
becomes the international can measure dioxins in a wide variety “For developing nations in Asia,
standard method for of media, including waste samples constant monitoring of various
such as emissions from incinerators, hotspots like open solid waste
dioxin measurement.” soot, and cinders; general environ- burning sites, informal e-waste
mental samples such as water, soil, recycling sites and industrial zones
Hiroshi Murata, President,
air, and sediment; biological samples can be achieved through CALUX
Hiyoshi Corporation
such as blood, breast milk, and fat; bioassay as it is a cost effective and
One of the major causes of environ- CALUX Bioassay for Dioxin Testing and food and feed samples. rapid screening technique thereby
mental and social damage globally In Japan, dioxins became a ma- In recent years, CALUX (H1L6.1c2) tackling the dioxins issue globally,”
is pollution. And there are some envi- jor social issue in the 1990s, and and LUMI-CELL (VM7LucE2) have says Mr. Murata.
ronmental pollutants such as dioxins the conventional HR-GCMS method been introduced in California, U.S.A.,
that are hazardous to human health. for analysis was expensive and time as methods to measure AhR and ER
Dioxins are called persistent organic consuming. Hence there was a need activity in recycled water. CALUX is www.hiyoshi-es.co.jp
pollutants (POPs) as they take a long to find a simple and rapid method for also being used in other applications 908 Kitanosho, Omihachiman, Shiga, Japan
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 Culture HIGH, LOW + EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

FA L L T R AV E L

Tour the World

From Inside the U.S.A.
These destinations allow you to experience the full flavor of different
cultures—without the expense of venturing abroad

With inflation recently hitting its As a nation of immigrants and diverse ethnic
highest rate in over 40 years, many Amer- groups, the U.S. is filled with locales that allow
icans are dialing back ambitious post-pandemic you to immerse yourself in the food, music, art,
travel plans. A July survey by Forbes found that history, culture and customs of other countries
U.S. vacationers, on average, have trimmed and communities. You just need to know where
$1,636 from their travel budgets due to high to find them and what to do when you get there.
flight costs and other financial concerns, mainly Newsweek consulted experts from Lonely
through such measures as picking cheaper des- Planet and Rough Guides to identify the best
tinations, staying closer to home and multicultural enclaves in the U.S. to
driving rather than flying. visit in the coming months. Here are
Skipping foreign shores for the the picks—all places that will expand
delights of home can be a smart by your knowledge of the world and the
money move but you don’t have to KERRI ANNE diverse people that make up this coun-
give up on your dreams of a cultur- RENZULLI try, while helping you stay within that
ally diverse getaway to accomplish it. tighter travel budget.

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 “ W E ’ R E T RY I N G TO T E LL A LOT MO R E STO R I E S’’
Abbi Jacobson on Amazon Prime’s A League of Their Own ▸ P.56

Gullah Geechee Corridor While the Gullah Geechee Cultural Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership
GEORGETOWN AND HILTON Heritage Corridor stretches 12,000 Conference in the 1960s. From nearby
HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA square miles from Pender County in North Hilton Head Island, you can take a two-
Carolina, to St. Johns County, Florida, hour Gullah Heritage Trail bus tour, where
Along the Sea Islands and coastal
a good place to start is in Georgetown, Gullah guides show you several historic
plains of the Southeast, you’ll find the
home to the Gullah Museum, which sites, like Mitchelville, the first self-
Gullah Geechee people—descendants
explains the Gullah Geechee’s enslaved governed town of freed slaves in the U.S.
of enslaved West Africans forced
to work on rice, cotton, and indigo and post-abolition history and showcases
plantations before the Civil War. quilts, sweetgrass baskets, dolls and Planning a fall visit? The Lowcountry
Living on isolated islands and coastal other artforms they’ve crafted. Head Fish & Grits Music Festival on
areas helped the community stick south to St. Helena Island to see The Penn October 1 will showcase music and local
together through the centuries Center, one of the nation’s first schools for cuisine designed to bring awareness
and develop its own unique culture formerly enslaved people that became a to the Gullah Geechee culture and its
with deep African roots. meeting place for Dr. Martin Luther King, connection to the African diaspora.
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Little Havana
MIAMI
President Joe Biden recently relaxed many of
the Trump-era restrictions on travel to Cuba
but visiting the island strictly as a tourist
remains prohibited, so a trip to Miami’s
Little Havana neighborhood is the closest
most Americans can get to experiencing
authentic Cuban culture and cuisine. Settled
by Cuban immigrants in the 1960s and ‘70s
after the 1959 revolution that brought
Fidel Castro to power, Little Havana is at
the heart of a city that is home to nearly
two-thirds of all Cubans who live in the U.S.

Start with a cup of Cuban coffee from Little Tokyo

one of the neighborhood’s many walk- LOS ANGELES
up windows, called ventanitas, such as at One of only three official “Japantowns” in
La Colada Gourmet. Then check out Maximo the U.S. and a National Historic Landmark
Gomez Park where you can watch locals slam District, the 130-plus-year-old Little Tokyo
dominos, admire the many huge fiberglass neighborhood of Los Angeles was once
rooster statues that dot the neighborhood, home to the largest Japanese community in
Polish Downtown and observe skilled cigar-makers hand roll the the nation prior to World War II and, today,
CHICAGO tobacco product in “America’s Cigar Central” remains a hub for the area’s more than
In June, state leaders dubbed a 15-mile as Cigar Aficionado called the neighborhood. 177,000 residents of Japanese heritage.
stretch of Milwaukee Avenue as the Polish Peruse Cuban art at one of the area’s many
Heritage Corridor in recognition of the galleries and studios like Futurama and Latin
Visit the Japanese American National
hundreds of thousands of Poles who’ve Art Core. Dine on palomilla steaks, maduros and
Museum’s exhibit marking the 80th
made neighborhoods like Avondale, ropa vieja at the popular Versailles restaurant
anniversary of the government order to

CLOCK WI SE FROM TOP LE F T: M ICHAŁ LU DWIC ZAK /GE T T Y; LI SOVSK AYA /GE T T Y; NICOL A S MCCOMBER /GE T T Y
Jefferson Park and Niles their home since or Cuban sandwiches and guava milkshakes
intern about 120,000 Japanese-Americans
the 1800s. Today, almost a third of all at Sanguich de Miami before heading out for
living on the West Coast in “relocation”
immigrants to the U.S. from the Eastern live music, dancing and drinks. Stop at Café
camps for the duration of World War II,
European country live in Chicago. La Trova—currently No. 28 on The World’s 50
running through October 9; the Higashi
Best Bars list—to experience the “cantinero”
Honganji Buddhist Temple; and the Japanese
style of bartending created in Cuba. The
Step inside the Polish Museum of American Cultural & Community Center to
Cubaocho Museum & Performing Arts Center’s
America to learn more about the watch Kabuki performances at its Aratani
rum-focused bar also hosts salsa bands,
city’s Polish roots and discover what the Theatre or beef up your cooking skills
Latin jam sessions and Cuban jazz legends.
area looked like in the 1850s. Fill up on through lessons at its Toshizo Watanabe
pierogies stuffed with potato, cheese, Culinary Cultural Center. Fill up at famous
sauerkraut or beef at Kasia’s Deli, named On the third Friday of the month, ramen shop Daikokuya or try Suehiro
by veteran restaurant critic Mimi Sheraton Little Havana’s galleries stay open Cafe, where you can sample agedashi tofu,
as one of the best places in the world for till 11 p.m. and a street party pops up. tonkatsu and chazuke. For dessert, head
tasting these savory little parcels. Sample to Fugetsu-Do, which has been serving up
other Polish staples like stuffed cabbage, handmade mochi confections filled with
veal meatballs, borscht and blintzes at traditional flavors like red sweet beans
Staropolska or old-school Podhalanka. for 120 years. If you’ll be in LA soon,
Finally, pick up a sausage treat for later at you can catch the Nisei Week Japanese
Kurowski’s Butcher Shop and Rich’s Bakery. Festival (August 13-21), where you’ll see
a car show of vehicles decorated with
anime, manga, and video game graphics;
If you visit between September 2
taiko drum performances and exhibitions
and 5, you can attend the Taste of
of bonsai, calligraphy and ikebana.
Polonia Festival at the Copernicus Center,
the city’s Polish cultural center. More
than 30,000 people turn out each year to For the full multicultural experience,
watch 30-plus bands play, view traditional check out other LA ethnic enclaves such
dance performances, browse crafts and as Little Armenia, Little Ethiopia, Historic
learn how to cook Polish delicacies. Filipinotown, Koreatown and Thai Town.

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Mexican Metropolis
SAN ANTONIO
Reminders that Texas was once Mexican
land abound in San Antonio—the phrase
“Remember the Alamo!” was, after all, coined
here, a rallying cry for state independence
following the infamous 1836 standoff in
which 200 Texans died defending a besieged
mission against thousands of Mexican
soldiers for 13 days. The area was annexed
by the United States in 1845 but retains
deep Mexican roots, with 57 percent of
residents being of Mexican descent today.

At the city’s Historic Market Square

you can find artists selling their
handicrafts in the plaza; retailers offering
Mexican clothing, art and cooking supplies;
and restaurants cooking up tacos, chilaquiles,
pan de huevo and banderilla de coco. There’s
plenty of tequila around to quench your
thirst and mariachi music to be enjoyed,
too. At the nearby Centro de Artes gallery,
you can view artworks depicting Latino
life in the U.S. across its two-story exhibit
space. And the Mexican Cultural Institute,
run by the Mexican government, continues
to bring Mexican arts and traditions
to the forefront of the city’s mind.

Visit during late October (29-30) to

attend Muertos Fest, marking the
Mexican holiday Dia de Los Muertos. Listen
to poetry readings and live music, visit
art vendors and crafters, admire rows of
beautiful ofrendas covered in marigolds
Blackfeet Nation from the Blackfeet tribe and 18 others. and photos of the dead, and watch the
BLACKFEET INDIAN RESERVATION, MONTANA The Museum of the Plains Indian also skeleton-led dance, drum and puppet
Just east of the natural splendor of Glacier showcases the artwork of the Blackfeet procession. At night, the city’s famed River
National Park lies the 1.5 million-acre and several other Northern Plains tribes Walk lights up with 20 barges decorated in
Blackfeet Indian Reservation, home to in addition to historic clothing, weapons neon sugar skulls and fantastical creatures.
Montana’s largest Native American tribe. and household tools. Book an herbal walk
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This reservation, while only a slice of the or horseback ride with a Blackfoot Culture
vast territory from Edmonton, Canada Camp guide to learn about the tribe and the
down to Yellowstone National Park that region’s history, as well as spot pishkuns
the Blackfeet once controlled, continues or buffalo jump sites, which are hills or
to be used by the tribe’s more than cliffs where herds of bison were driven
17,300 members for cultural and spiritual over. Adventurous hikers can scale Chief
purposes, such as hosting summer’s North Mountain, a sacred site for the Blackfeet
American Indian Days Celebration. that has been used for ritual and ceremonial
purposes for thousands of years.

Visit the Blackfeet Heritage Center to

see crafts using quill, bead or horsehair Visit between now and October 29
work, handcrafted jewelry, moccasins, to see the museum’s “Connections”
carvings, pottery, drums, paintings, wood exhibition exploring the relationship
reliefs and dozens of other artworks made between German-American modernist artist
by more than 500 Native American artists Winold Reiss and the Blackfeet people.

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Little India
NEW YORK
The Indian American population of the
New York metro area, numbering 711,000,
is bigger than in any other place in the
country. The greatest concentration of
South Asian residents—Bangladeshis
and Pakistanis, as well as Indians—can be
found in Jackson Heights in the borough
of Queens. But South Asian culture is
spread across the city, from Manhattan’s
East 6th Street (sometimes called Curry
Row) to Staten Island’s Little Sri Lanka.

Dine at the well-known Jackson Diner,

which has been serving up Tandoori
dishes and specialties from northern
India since the ‘80s, or try Angel Indian
Restaurant’s biryani rice dishes and the
chole bhature, made of curried chickpeas
and fried bread. Vegetarians should head
to Samudra to sample one of its giant
dosas or other Southern Indian dishes like
bisi bele bath and pongal. Among Jackson
Heights restaurants, you’ll find colorful
sari shops mixing with those selling Indian
sweets, gold jewelry, henna, Indian spices,
and other grocery staples. To experience
India’s biggest holiday, Diwali, the Hindu
festival of lights, head to Times Square on
October 15. The area transforms into a
gathering place for those wishing to watch

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dance and musical performances from the
different states of India, sample an array of
Beale Street the Stax Museum of American Soul to learn Indian dishes and light the small clay lamps,
MEMPHIS even more about the city’s musical past. known as diyas, to welcome good fortune.
But Memphis is about more than music. A The Chhandayan Center for Indian Music in
Starting in the 1840s, Memphis and its
must-see highlight: the National Civil Rights midtown offers Indian dance classes so you
iconic Beale Street became a hub for Black
Museum, which covers five centuries of the can brush up on your moves beforehand.
Americans seeking economic opportunity.
Home to Ida B. Wells’ anti-segregationist fight for freedom, abolition, and equality, and
newspaper as well as Black-owned clubs, is located at the former Lorraine Motel, where As in Los Angeles, New York is filled with
restaurants, shops and businesses, this Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in other culturally diverse neighborhoods
National Historic Landmark District is 1968. The Slave Haven Underground Railroad to explore. Among them: Little Italy,
the place during the 20th century where Museum offers another window into the Chinatown, Little Guyana, and Little Odessa.
Black musicians developed the Memphis city’s past. Once home to an abolitionist
blues sound and residents marched for who helped enslaved people escape to
equality during the Civil Rights Movement. the north, the museum is full of secret
passageways, trap doors, and artifacts that
show the cruel conditions of enslaved life.
Celebrate blues, soul and rock’n’roll
pioneers, like Louis Armstrong, W.C.
Handy, and Muddy Waters, by taking in a The Civil Rights Museum is just one
live music show on the street where these stop on the city’s Civil Rights Historic
musicians once played. Visit the Memphis Loop, part of the Memphis Heritage Trail,
Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum, which showcases the a 20-block walking museum designed
artists who defined the “Memphis Sound.” to highlight the contributions of African
Tour Sun Studio, where B.B. King, Elvis Americans who helped shape the business,
Presley and other major stars recorded, or cultural, and musical heritage of the city.

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Polynesian Paradise
OAHU, HAWAII
Settled originally by Polynesian explorers
from the Marquesas Islands as far back
as 400 C.E., Hawaii has developed unique
traditions and foods reflective of its
Oceania origins that deviate greatly from
those found in the continental U.S. Today,
some 355,000 Native Hawaiians and Pacific
Islanders in the state keep that heritage
alive through activities largely centered
on the state’s most popular island: Oahu.

Visit the Polynesian Cultural Center

on Oahu’s north shore to better
understand the island’s past. Step inside
recreated Polynesian villages and learn how
to hula dance, play ancient Hawaiian games, Koreatown
and taste poi, a dish made with fermented PALISADES PARK AND FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY
taro root. At night, the center hosts luau If you’re after delicious Korean barbeque,
dinners where you can sample fried salmon karaoke rooms, or some K-Beauty staples,
and kalua pork and enjoy a show. The nearby head to the neighboring towns of Palisades
Little Bavaria Waimea Valley nature park houses several Park and Fort Lee. Koreans make up more
FRANKENMUTH, MICHIGAN historic places of worship, including Hale than half of Palisades Park’s residents
Originally settled by Lutheran immigrants o Lono, built in 1470, which is still used by and almost a quarter of Fort Lee’s in a
from the Franconia region in Germany Hawaiians today, and a 45-foot waterfall you county that boasts one of the largest
in the mid-1800s, this town has held so can swim in. Check out the Bishop Museum, total Korean populations in the nation.
steadfastly to its roots that its nickname is which boasts the world’s largest collection of
Little Bavaria. Its buildings are decorated Polynesian art and artifacts, and the Iolani
Broad Avenue in Palisades Park is home
with exposed wood frameworks and Palace, the only royal residence in the U.S.,
to dozens of Korean eateries. Cook up
colorful shutters that mimic those you’d home to Hawaii’s former king, Kalakaua,
orders of bulgogi rib eye or samgyeopsal
see in any Bavarian Alpine village. who ruled the island some 130 years ago.
pork belly over small grills built into your
table at So Moon Nan Jip; sample Korean
Come fall, the town adopts Bavaria’s Come in September to attend the noodles at Myung Dong; or taste Korean
most well-known tradition: Oktoberfest. Aloha Festivals, which celebrate the dumplings filled with pork and kimchi at
Aiming for authenticity, Frankenmuth’s event island’s unique traditions through events You Chun. Finish with Korean shaved ice
has the blessing of the Munich original and like the state’s largest block party, called topped with black sesame or green tea at
/GETTTTYY

imports its beer from the German city’s iconic Waikīkī Ho‘olaule‘a on September 17, or Cafe Leah or Cafe Mocha. In Fort Lee, dine
GILL/GE

Hofbrauhaus brewery. Besides sipping steins, the Floral Parade, on September 24, where at Bada Story for fish imported directly
JOSE GI

visitors can listen to German bands play traditional pā‘ū horseback riders and hula from South Korea twice a week, or head to
Y; JOSE

alphorns and accordions, dance the polka, dancers cut through the streets of Waikiki. Taste 1080 for Korean barbecue staples.
ARTIN/GETTTTY;

cheer on their favorite mutt in the Weiner After filling your belly, relax at the King
dog races, and munch on knockwurst and Spa & Sauna, a 40,000-square-foot facility
MARTIN/GE

leberkase–all in lederhosen. The town’s shops with 10 different Korean-style saunas and
stock wooden Christmas ornaments, cuckoo a food court offering traditional bibimbap
ARIE M

clocks, and Bavarian sausage year-round, rice bowls and other Korean favorites. You
MARIE

while the Frankenmuth Historical Museum can pick up beauty supplies from Aritaum
Y; M

celebrates the spot’s German ancestors.After or K-Beauty Outlet. The indulge your inner
T: GGEETTTTY;

exploring, grab dinner from the Bavarian Inn pop star by belting out K-Pop tunes from
Restaurant, where waiters in German garb BTS or BLACKPINK at Rock 21 Karaoke,
LEFFT:

serve traditional fare, including stollen. which offers private rooms and an extensive
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list of songs in English and Korean.

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Can’t travel in time for Oktoberfest?

You can still enjoy award-winning Into games? Head to Grand Billiard or
WISE

German-style Hefeweizen beers anytime Star Billiards, which have pocketless

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you visit at the Frankenmuth Brewery, pool tables used to play a form of four-ball
CLOCK

Michigan’s oldest craft brewery. called sagu that’s popular in Korea.

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PA RT I N G S H OT

Abbi Jacobson
Using a beloved film like A LeAgue of Their own as soUrce mate- Were you obsessed with
rial for a new Amazon Prime series of the same name comes with more the film as a kid?
than just anxiety, as co-creator and star Abbi Jacobson is acutely feeling now. I loved it. There was no other film,
“This is people’s favorite f**king movie. There’s so much pressure.” Not based on where it’s women playing, and so
the film, the dramedy (August 12) explores a more diverse set of stories about well. Hilariously, as a kid, I don’t think
the women who made up the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League I was picking up on any of the queer
in 1943. “It was really important to us to get to tell those stories that were undertones, but it’s an iconic queer
missing from the film, but also try to maintain the spirit and the energy.” The film even though no one’s gay in it.
show explores the queerness of some of the players, the stories of Black women
denied entry into the league and the treatment of Latinx women, among other How is the show different
stories. “Balancing the comedy and the drama is definitely a challenge.” One from the film?
familiar face from the film does make a pivotal appearance in the series: Rosie There were things Penny Marshall
O’Donnell. Meeting O’Donnell was “f*cking insane,” Jacobson says. “I wrote to couldn’t really lean into and we
her, ‘We have a role for you. Would you ever consider?’ She was like, ‘I’ll do it.’” can. We’re really trying to tell a lot
more stories about women who
dreamed of playing baseball.

The way in which the women

“This is
speak is unlike any other period
piece. Was that intentional?

people’s That was kind of controversial. I hope

favorite
you’re not brought out of the period
by every once in a while hearing my
f**king “likes.” But the modern way a lot of the

movie.
characters speak was intentional.

There’s This does feel like an acting

so much departure from Broad

pressure.”
City. How did that feel?
I hope at some point I do roles
that are even more of a departure,
but I still do very much feel that
Carson has a lot of my DNA, just
in a very different way than the
Abbi on Broad City does. I was very
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scared about the acting part. I

have a hard time even just saying
I’m an actor. I fully have impostor
syndrome, especially about that
part of it, and I worked really hard
to try and get some tools in my tool
belt for this role. —H. Alan Scott

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