#TOPIX Replacement

[terrymcmurray]

Look at this photo of my best friend. Now my dog can do tricks. TOPIX, Craigslist Forums Replacement for Duffield VA Scott County.

[kinopioa]

Observation of English produced M&M CG shoe models (Red and Yellow)

From 1996 till present, M&M's has had subtle design changes for the shoes. For this I looked at the main company's CG model (Now known as Laika/House Special*), and other Eng produced company CG models

*For ref Will Vinton Studios becomes Laika in 2005, then Laika after 2014 specified a new Advertising branch called House Special

1996-98: The shoe soles face inward for the shorter side. There's no m imprint yet

Crude interpretation

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1999-2006 an "m" imprint was added, but some ads the shorter side of the sole faces outward. This seems to be an error, as main press art and other foreign models were consistent with having the shorter side inward, and even Blue has his sole inward unlike Red and Yellow

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1999-2017 The sole is similar to the 1996 design, only with the m from previous

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2017-2022: The grooves were replaced with raised loops. Even the m is raised instead of inset

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Post 2022: As the models were redone for arms and shoes, the shoes were replaced with lace sneakers more similar to Orange (Crispy)'s sneakers. Shoe sole design is similar to the 2017-2022 sole

Other companies

Partizan Mini-Minuit (2002-2013, Eng post 2006): They are a French company that typically do ads for Europe. Rarely they do Eng ads, and the soles are oddly lacking the m and super thick

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Topix (2003-2014?): Canadian for origin, they generally have extremely similar models to the main Laika one for body, but sometimes the shoe sole incorrectly has 1 shoe not flipped. They seemed to have done many collaborations with worldwide M&M's campaigns in the early 2000s

Example of correct and incorrect Topix shoe

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Trilobite Productions (2002-2017): An Australian company, they had a similar body mesh to Laika's for Red and Yellow, though shoe sole was significantly flatter for detail and not as heavily ringed

[renovationnagoyapanasonic]

Panasonic's Renovation Nagoya

In response to the demand in China for comfortable lifestyles, health, beauty and clean indoor environments and the need to minimize environmental impact, Panasonic has developed products that help realize healthy, smart living. The company also works on systems and solutions technology (e.g. HEMS*3) to improve the comfort and security of residential spaces. Check their site to know more details リフォーム 名古屋 パナソニック . To further contribute to the development of attractive towns, Panasonic is working with Toyota to jointly develop products and technologies related to housing and town building. In FY2012, the company will make full-scale entry into the Chinese housing equipment and construction materials market. The company will handle fully integrated product development, sales, lifestyle suggestions, spatial design and construction work in China, based on the expertise of Panasonic's experience and knowledge of housing equipment commercially developed in Japan. In addition, it will greatly expand the sales to kitchen / furniture manufacturers in China of components for housing equipment devices developed in Japan and increase their use for housing built in China. These efforts are expected to raise the annual sales in China to 25 billion yen (approximately 2 billion RMB). * 1

The company is aiming to grow in the Japanese home renovation market and urban development. It is also collaborating with Mitsui & Co. on projects related to town development, leveraging Panasonic's knowledge and digital technology of living and Toyota's expertise in mobility.

In response to the growing demand for healthy, clean and safe indoor environments in China as well as for reducing the time required for maintenance and achieving comfortable lifestyles, Panasonic is focusing on system solutions (e.g. HEMS*3) that minimize environmental impact and realize smart lifestyles for entire houses. In addition, it is focusing on expanding sales to kitchen/furniture manufacturers in China of housing equipment devices commercially developed in Japan.

The Company operates its business based on the philosophy "Ideas for Life." In addition to housing and electronic appliances, it offers batteries, mobile phones, audio and video products, digital cameras, projectors, kitchen appliances, semiconductors, etc. It has a primary listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX 100 indices. The company was founded in 1918 by Konosuke Matsushita.

The company was originally branded as 'National Electric Industrial' until 1988 when it started to use the Panasonic brand name. By March 2004, it replaced 'National' with the global tagline 'Panasonic ideas for your life.' It also changed its corporate logo to reflect the new branding. The company has offices worldwide. Its subsidiaries and affiliates include Panasonic Homes Co., Ltd., Panasonic Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. and Matsumura-gumi Corporation. The company is headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It also has overseas subsidiaries and affiliates in the United States, France, Germany, Singapore, Malaysia and China.

In the future, Renovation Nagoya Panasonic will focus on creating attractive towns and contributing to the realization of sustainable society by leveraging the strengths of both companies. Toyota will contribute its expertise in mobility, and Panasonic will apply its knowledge of living, information and communication technologies to realize the new value of town development. The company intends to develop its business with a view to becoming a leading player in the market for attractive towns in Japan and beyond.

[ovalnews]

TSB: "Smart Key Not Found" on 2023 Range Rover and others

Issue – A customer may report that the smart key remotes intermittently do not unlock/lock the vehicle, or the message “Smart Key Not Found” displayed on the instrument cluster Technical Description – Possible faulty Radio Frequency Receiver located above the headliner – This is not a RFA module issue and the RFA module should not be replaced Status – Using TOPIx Diagnostic workflows, the system…

[atakportal]

Hot Topix - Modern WordPress Magazine Theme

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Hot Topix - Modern WordPress Magazine Theme

Last update: Version 3.3.1 – July 19, 2018

Hot Topix is the complete makeover for your WordPress magazine site! This ultra-modern, professional theme is compatible with WooCommerce and bbPress, is retina-ready, fully-responsive and comes with five different ad units, including a wallpaper ad. Hot Topix also comes with a drag-and-drop homepage, featured posts on each category page, a “sticky” menu bar, post/page slideshows and so much more!

Other Key Features

Responsive design – Hot Topix adjusts its layout based on the device it is being viewed on. This means the theme’s content will be easy to read and easy to navigate whether it is being viewed on a desktop computer, a tablet or a mobile device.

Retina Ready – The theme and its images look sharp and crisp on retina-ready devices!

Featured Posts on Category Pages – No more boring category pages with a list of the most recent posts. Hot Topix prominently displays the 5 most recent posts so your category pages look as professional as the homepage!

4 Different Ad Units – Hot Topix takes full advantage of available ad space to give you 5 different ad units, including a rare wallpaper ad and a special ad unit for mobile devices! The ad units include a 970×90 leaderboard ad (which can also be used as a 728×90 ad banner), a wallpaper ad, and unlimited 300×250 and 160×600 ads.

Drag-and-Drop Homepage – Create unlimited homepage layouts by dragging and dropping our custom widgets into the layout that gives your website the professional look and feel you are truly looking for.

10 Custom Widgets – From a custom carousel widget that displays your content prominently on the homepage to a custom tabber widget that displays popular posts, Hot Topix gives you the flexibility and ease of use to display your content the way you want it without altering any code.

Complete List of Features

Compatible with WordPress 4.9+

SEO Optimized

HTML5 & CSS3

Translation-ready (contains .po/.mo files)

Comes with XML dummy data (posts, tags, categories, menus)

Easy implementation with Google Adsense ads

WordPress Featured Image support

WordPress Custom Background support

WordPress Custom Menu support

No need for any additional plugins

Custom Theme Options panel

Custom CSS section in Theme Options so users will not lose custom changes to CSS when you update to a new version

Built in Google Analytics support

Optional homepage blog layout

Free lifetime updates

News ticker

Mobile/tablet versions use “swipe” navigation for carousel widget

Easily upload you own logo

Threaded comments

Ability to turn Responsiveness on/off

Ability to turn Featured Image on posts on/off

Ability to turn social buttons on posts on/off

Optional Author Info at the bottom of posts

Custom copyright/footer text

Custom favicon

In-depth documentation

And much more!

More Testimonials

This is an excellent theme. Super-great and fast support. Five Stars. – OneEyeBrand

I purchased this theme and it does everything advertised and more.

The coding is well done, it works error free with quite a number of plug-ins that I am running and the finished product is well worth the investment.

The support is top notch and I would definitely recommend this template and this author. – fonic8

I am a professional designer. I used to use themes for clients, but none ever had what I wanted, so I started to create my own from scratch. However, I have a personal blog site that I run, and I wanted a magazine theme that would fit my needs.

Let me make this clear. I HAVE DOWNLOADED OVER 100 THEMES from theme forest. Each come with it’s own complications.

This theme is BY FAR, the easiest to implement, and the best looking. It’s SIMPLE to make changes to it (php, css knowledge of course), and it’s a great, great, great SOLID theme.

I can’t tell you how many times I have run across themes with such complicated php that you can’t do ANYTHING with it. THIS THEME IS NOT THAT CASE.

Out of the box, it just WORKS. If you are looking for a theme that works out of the box, OR one that you can customize, THIS THEME IS IT.

I cannot stress enough how happy I am with this purchase. NICE JOB. – tuskmaster

I highly recommend purchasing this theme or any from MVP. Great themes and awesome support. Keep up the great work ! – onthegom

Support

MVP Themes takes pride in its support! If you have any questions related to the setup of Hot Topix that are not covered by the theme documentation or if you run into any bugs with the theme, please submit a ticket at the MVP Themes Support Center.

Unfortunately, MVP Themes cannot perform customization work for each of our customers, so Hot Topix comes “as-is”. Any customization you would like to make to the theme outside of fixing bugs will need to be done by you or a third party.

Updates

v3.3.1 – July 19, 2018

Updates Theia Post Slider to latest version (2.0.0)

v3.03.0 – November 14, 2017

Theme is now PHP7 compatible

Fixes bug with retina feature

Updates Theia Post Slider to latest version (1.15.0)

Affected files: /js/retina.js /widgets/All Files style.css

v3.02.0 – April 24, 2017

Adds compatibility with WooCommerce 3.0

Removes share count due to change in Facebook API

Updates Theia Post Slider to latest version (1.14.0)

Affected files: attachment.php functions.php page.php page-fullwidth.php style.css

v3.01 – August 7, 2016

Increases speed and efficiency of theme by removing Tag arrays in Theme Options and Widgets by adding input fields

Fixes bug with social sharing function

Updates Theia Post Slider to latest version (1.10.4)

Affected files: /admin/theme-settings.php /widgets/widget-carousel.php functions.php style.css

v3.0.3 – May 13, 2016

Fixes bug with flyout menu

Affected files: /css/media-queries.css /js/scripts.js functions.php style.css

v3.0.2 – March 9, 2016

Fixes bug with jQuery

Updates Theia Post Slider plugin to latest version (1.9.15)

Affected files: functions.php style.css

v3.0.1 – March 8, 2016

Fixes bug with category pages from previous update

Changes width of menu on boxed header option

Affected files: /admin/theme-settings.php category.php functions.php style.css

v3.0 – March 2, 2016

Adds built-in fly-out menu to replace Menufication

Increases speed of backend by removing dropdown of Google Fonts. Now, you can simply enter the font name in the Theme Options

Updates title tag code to comply with WordPress 4.0+

Fixes bug with XML data

Fixes bug with Checkout button on Cart page in Woocommerce

Fixes bug with Theme Options caused by WordPress 4.4 update

Updates Theia Post Slider plugin to its latest version (1.9.14)

Social media sites now require full URL in Theme Options

Theme is now full-width on all mobile devices

Affected files: All

v2.9.1 – August 28, 2015

Fixes bug with social count relating to Google Plus

Fixes bug with Woocommerce star rating display

Affected files: functions.php style.css

v2.9 – August 22, 2015

Changes formatting of share counts higher than 1,000 to 1.0K, 1 million to 1.0M, etc

Fixes bug with widget code to comply with WordPress 4.3

Affected files: All files in /widgets folder functions.php style.css

v2.8 – June 3, 2015

Updates mobile display to be full-width

Updates Theia Post Slider to latest version (1.9.1)

Affected files: /css/media-queries.css style.css

v2.7 – March 17, 2015

Updates Responsive Ad Unit below articles to enter code from Theme Options rather than individual articles

Updates Theia Post Slider to latest version (1.8.3)

Affected files: /admin/theme-settings.php functions.php single.php

v2.6 – March 14, 2015

New Feature! – Full-Width Posts layout

New Feature! – Adds ability to display a responsive ad unit at the bottom of posts

New Feature! – Adds caption/photo credit space below Featured Image

Adds Social Count number to social sharing buttons

Updates Theia Post Slider to latest version (1.8.2)

Affected files: attachment.php functions.php header.php page.php page-fullwidth.php single.php style.css

v2.5 – January 19, 2015

Updates social sharing buttons

Makes minor visual updates

Updates Theia Post Slider to latest version (1.8.1)

Affected files: All files

v2.4.1 – January 6, 2015

Fixes bug with default mobile menu

Fixes bug caused by last update causing plugins to load in author description

Affected files: /css/media-queries.css single.php

v2.4 – December 19, 2014

Fixed issue with nav menu in Chrome

Fixes conflict between plugins and author description on post pages

Updates Theia Post Slider plugin to latest version (1.8.0)

Affected files: author.php single.php style.css

v2.3 – September 26, 2014

Fixes retina related errors by updating retina.js to latest version

Updates Theia Post Slider plugin to latest version (1.6.4)

Affected files: /admin/theme-settings.php /js/retina.js style.css

v2.2.1 – August 19, 2014

Updates Theia Post Slider plugin to latest version (1.5.7)

Affected files: /admin/theme-settings.php

v2.2 – June 13, 2014

Fixed minor bug with jumping on mouseover for Featured Posts section

Fixed minor bug with enabling social sharing toggle on attachment pages

Fixed minor bug with unclickable buttons on My Account page of WooCommerce

Updates Theia Post Slider plugin to latest version (1.5.4)

Affected files: attachment.php style.css

v2.1 – March 28, 2014

Updated date format in several places

Updates Theia Post Slider plugin to latest version (1.4.1)

Fixes compatibility with some plugins

Affected files: /widgets/widget-catlight-links.php archive.php category.php functions.php style.css

v2.0 – February 11, 2014

Adds WooCommerce Compatibility!

Adds BBPress Compatibility!

Adds (optional) Fly-Out Mobile/Tablet Navigation via Menufication plugin, which is now included in the theme.

Adds ability to turn Featured Posts section on category pages on/off within Theme Options

Updates Theia Post Slider plugin to the latest version (1.3.9)

Fixes minor bugs

Affected files: /admin/theme-settings.php /css/media-queries.css /css/menufication.css (new file) category.php functions.php header.php page.php single.php sidebar-woo.php (new file) style.css woocommerce.php (new file)

v1.10 – January 21, 2014

Posts in Featured Posts section are no longer duplicated below the section in the Homepage Blog Layout .

Affected files: index.php

v1.09 – January 9, 2014

Fixes bug for social sharing buttons below post

Fixes bug related to Theia Post Slider that affected some installations. The plugin is now included separately. Existing users will now have to install it as a plugin.

Affected files: /admin/theia-post-slider (removes folder) functions.php style.css

v1.08 – December 16, 2013

Updates Theia Post Slider plugin to latest version (1.3.4)

Adds Tumblr button to social buttons

Affected files: /admin/theia-post-slider (entire folder) /admin/theme-settings.php header.php style.css

v1.07 – November 9, 2013

Adds ability to replace featured image with video/audio embeds in posts

Adds ability to disable responsiveness

Adds ability to disable featured images on posts individually

Updates social sharing button functionality

Updates opacity for Featured Posts section and dark widgets

Updates code for page titles, improving compatiblity with SEO plugins

Fixes small bug with slight movement of Google Fonts during transitions

Fixes small bug with mobile menu

Improved Child Theme compatibility

Removed mobile ad unit and replaced it with compatibility with Google’s responsive ad unit

Affected files: /admin/theme-settings.php /admin/theia-post-slider/ (entire folder) /css/media-queries.css (new file) functions.php header.php page.php single.php style.css

v1.06 – September 4, 2013

Updates Theia Post Sldier to latest version (1.1.7).

Makes minor bug fix to CSS.

Affected files: style.css /admin/theia-post-slider/ (entire folder)

v1.05.2 – August 23, 2013

Fixes issue with Author Box information on author pages.

v1.05.1 – August 9, 2013

Fixes issue affecting customers with a very large number of Tags (10,000+) that caused a heavy load on the server.

v1.05 – July 16, 2013

Made several upgrades to improve overall performance

Updates .po/.mo files to include more translatable words

Updates widget structure to increase compatibility with more plugins (requires existing customers to place widgets back into appropriate widget areas from “unused widgets” area)

Removes shortcodes as per new Themeforest guidelines

Removes Twitter widget due to update in Twitter API

Made small fixes to CSS and other small functionality improvements

v1.04 – June 7, 2013

Adds option to place leaderboard ad next to logo

Made small fixes to CSS and other small functionality improvements

v1.03 – May 13, 2013

Adds 600+ Google Fonts

Made small fixes to CSS and other small functionality improvements

v1.02 – May 9, 2013

Adds localization support (.po/.mo files)

Adds XML dummy data

Made small fixes to CSS and other small functionality improvements

v1.01.1 – May 9, 2013

Fixes bug causing the sidebar to display incorrectly

v1.01 – May 8, 2013

Added (optional) Author Info at the bottom of posts

Added option to turn on/off social share buttons on posts

Fixed other minor bugs

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[terrymcmurray]

Mountain View Trail System in Coeburn Virginia has a nice view and is a great place to take walks. you can also go mountain climbing. TOPIX, Craigslist Forums Replacement for Big Stone Gap VA Wise County.

[capital-streetfx]

Technical Analysis Of The Financial Markets – March 01, 2020 | Capital Street Fx

Asian shares rallied on Monday as some semblance of calm returned to bond markets after last week’s wild ride. The Shanghai Composite is up 0.90% at 3,539.46. Overall, the Singapore MSCI up 0.86% at 341.55. Over in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index down 0.86% to 29,209. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 1.26% at 29,620, while the Topix index is up 1.23% at 1899.0. South Korea’s Kospi down 2.80% to 3012.95. Australia S&P/ASX 200 up 1.74% at 6789.6.

European equities Friday closing. The DAX futures contract in Germany traded 0.67% down at 13786.29, CAC 40 futures down 1.39% at 5703.2 and the UK 100 futures contract in the U.K. up 0.68% at 6,538.6.

In U.S. on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 1.5% down at 30932.4 the S&P 500 down 0.48% to 3811.2 and the Nasdaq 100 up 1.24% at 13070.7, NYSE closes at 15010.46 down 1.29%.

In the Forex market, GBPUSD up 0.42% at 1.39831. The USDJPY up 0.03% at 106.544. The USDCHF down 0.01% at 0.9084. EURUSD up 0.12% at 1.20848, EUR/GBP down 0.17% at 0.87414. The USD/CNY down 0.17% at 6.4617, at the time of writing.

In the commodity market U.S Gold futures up 1.10% at $1,751.59. Elsewhere, Silver futures up 0.93% to $26.893 per ounce, Platinum up 2.48% at $1217.99 per ounce, and Palladium up 1.16% to $2,345.50.

Crude Oil mix on Monday; Brent crude oil up 1.55% to $65.40 barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (CLc1) is down 3.20% at $62.40.

In the Cryptocurrency Markets, BTCUSD at 46199.34 up 2.12%, Ethereum at 1432.57 up 0.82%, Litecoin at 165.04 up 0.10%, at the time of writing.

TOP STOCKS TO WATCH OUT TODAY:

ETSY Inc. up 11.484% at $220.61, CARNIVAL Corp. up 5.026% at $26.75, MICRON Tech. up 3.87% to $91.53, DISCOVERY Inc. up 3.472% to $45.00, AUTODESK Inc. down 2.827% to $276.00, KRAFT HEINZ Co. down 2.388% at $36.38.

Economic news:

US: The overnight U.S. repurchase agreement (repo) rate and the secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) recovered from roughly nine-month lows on Friday, but should remain under pressure this year as the market digests excess cash in the system.

In the repo market, Wall Street’s financial institutions borrow from money market funds and other investors and pledge their Treasuries and other securities they own as collateral.

The overnight repo rate rose to 0% on Friday after going negative at -0.05 the previous session, the lowest level since late April last year. SOFR, on the other hand, which also measures the cost of borrowing cash overnight using Treasury securities as collateral, also rose to 0.03%, from 0.01% on Thursday, matching the low hit in May 2020.

SOFR has replaced the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) as an interest rate benchmark for banks.

Eurozone: British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday he would not rush to fix the public finances as he readied a budget plan which will pile more borrowing on top of almost 300 billion pounds ($418 billion) of COVID-19 spending and tax cuts.

Sunak, who is due to deliver his budget to parliament on Wednesday, promised to help the UK economy through a gradual lifting of lockdown measures that will last at least until late June. But he also said he would “level with people” about how Britain’s 2.1 trillion-pound debt pile would carry on growing without action.

“This is not something that’s going to happen overnight. Given the scale of the shock we’ve experienced, the scale of the damage, this is going to take time to fix,” Sunak told Sky News on Sunday.

Important Data: German Manufacturing PMI (Feb) today at 3:55 this time estimated 60.6, previously which was 57.1. US ISM Manufacturing PMI (Feb) today at 10:00 this time estimated 58.8, previously which was 58.7. JAPAN Capital Spending (YoY) (Q4) today at 18:50 previously which was -10.6%. US Manufacturing PMI (Feb) today at 9:45 previously which was 58.5.

Read Daily Technical Analysis Click Here

[bearishmitch]

DeFacto Standard (3545 JP) TOPIX Inclusion Event

Defactostandard Ltd (3545 JP) is a small-cap MOTHERS-listed company based in eastern Tokyo, which has been in the online commerce business in Japan for almost 15 years. It was the company from which Aucfan Co Ltd (3674 JP) spun off several years ago. Defactostandard operates a combination of online platforms including a C2B2C used goods online buying and selling business and a B2B platform, with some face-to-face interaction, but much of it in an online infrastructure with outsourced sub-contracting. 

WARNING:  Tiny-cap TOPIX inclusion situation. Low liquidity and low dollar value event. Look away if not interested. 

The company operates a group of websites under the name "brandear" whereby users (2,000,000 registered users now) can sell their secondhand branded goods (7000+ types of goods across an enormous number of brands - mostly clothing, bags, and accessories (watches and branded jewelry)) to the company (they have an enormous list of goods to which they can give guide prices) which are then marked up and resold through various channels (their own, eBay, etc). If you have a Louis Vuitton bag in the bottom of your closet and would rather have some cash, they want to buy it from you. They will buy it at a discount to where you might be able to sell it direct in an online auction or in a store, but they remove the hassle (and most people don't run stores).

The company offers detailed pages for many of the brands, with sample prices for different models of goods. One example is TAG Heuer watches, and a sample "guide" page is below. On this page they indicate they would buy those watches for around that price, though actual price per item may change depending on condition, age, replacement parts, service history, etc.

Today the company announced that it would move its listing from MOTHERS to TSE First Section as of September 6th 2018. 

TSE1 reassignment triggers inclusion into the TOPIX Index. Based on the TOPIX Index Methodology (p7 of the TOPIX Index Guidebook), inclusion will be on the last business day on the month following entrance into the First Section. This means the inclusion event will be at the close of trading October 30, 2018. 

Details below.

» Get straight to the source on Smartkarma.

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[newstechreviews]

Japanese ruling party leader Yoshihide Suga was elected prime minister in a parliamentary vote Wednesday, becoming the country’s first new premier in nearly eight years.

Suga’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party used its majority in the powerful lower house of parliament, which is empowered to pick the premier, to elect him to lead the world’s third largest economy as it tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Following the vote, Suga is due to enter the Prime Minister’s Office as the new leader and name his cabinet later in the day.

Suga’s appointment, two days after he was selected as LDP leader, brings the curtain down on outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s record run of almost eight consecutive years in the country’s top job. The 71-year-old Suga, who previously served as Abe’s right-hand man, has pledged to keep in place his former boss’s flexible fiscal stance and ultra-easy monetary policy known as “Abenomics.”

Any sign of a departure from Abenomics could send the yen surging and stocks sliding, triggering a re-evaluation of the outlook for the nation. The Topix index briefly fell when Abe announced on Aug. 28 his intent to resign, but quickly steadied itself since then, with market players seeing Suga as embracing continuity.

In contrast with Abe’s rarefied political pedigree, Suga hails from a rural area in northern Japan and took a job in a cardboard box factory when he first moved to Tokyo. He worked his way through university, before starting his political career as a secretary to a politician. He was first elected to parliament in 1996.

Suga’s home of Akita prefecture, where his family farmed strawberries, is one of the areas most affected by the economic malaise born of Japan’s shrinking and aging population.

While Suga has pledged to pick reformers for his cabinet, Kyodo News and other media reports say he has already decided to retain key players Finance Minister Taro Aso and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi. LDP Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai, a veteran political broker, will also stay in place under the new administration, the party announced Tuesday.

The role of chief cabinet secretary — which Suga held for a record term — will be given to Katsunobu Kato, a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat who most recently served as health minister, according to public broadcaster NHK.

Abe’s younger brother, Nobuo Kishi, will become defense minister, NHK reported, while current Defense Minister Taro Kono will take over as minister for administrative reform.

Speculation about an early general election has simmered following a surge in support for the cabinet. Suga has repeatedly said it would be difficult to hold a vote while the coronavirus outbreak is still spreading. The power to dissolve parliament for a general election lies with the prime minister, and none need be held for another year.

Suga has been outspoken on some specific issues, including the need for more competition among mobile phone providers to reduce costs for households. He has said Japan has too many regional financial institutions, and he is a strong proponent of introducing casino resorts to bolster tourism.

While Suga has little direct experience in diplomacy, he has said that Japan’s alliance with the U.S. will remain the cornerstone of its foreign policy and that he wants to maintain stable ties with China, his country’s biggest trading partner.

–With assistance from Takashi Hirokawa, Shoko Oda and Chris Kay.

[terrymcmurray]

Here is a photo of my new travel truck where I can travel to new places. TOPIX, Craigslist Forums Replacement for Weber City VA Scott County.