News Headlines - 31 August 2020

Hundreds of livestock rustled from Tochigi, Gunma farms : The Asahi Shimbun

Livestock rustlers have been hitting farms hard in the northern Kanto region in the dead of night, making off with prized calves in Tochigi Prefecture and 670 piglets in Gunma Prefecture. 
Gunma and Tochigi prefectural police are investigating the cases as theft and searching for the culprits.

Tokyo amusement park Toshimaen to close doors after 94 years of history

A family-friendly amusement park in Tokyo ceased operations Monday 94 years after it first opened, with part of the site slated to be turned into a new Harry Potter theme park in 2023.
Toshimaen, which opened in September 1926, was one of the largest amusement parks in the capital with over 30 rides and attractions including a wooden carousel that was made in Germany in 1907 and brought to the park in 1971.
It was also equipped with a 350-meter, doughnut-shaped pool introduced in 1965 which was said to be the world's first lazy river pool.

Osamu Masuko, Mitsubishi Motors executive behind Nissan alliance, dies at 71 | The Japan Times

Former Mitsubishi Motors Chief Executive Osamu Masuko, who engineered the automaker’s alliance with Nissan, has died. He was 71... Masuko joined with former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in forming an alliance in 2016... After he was named president of Mitsubishi Motors in 2005, Masuko worked hard to rebuild its brand image, which had been hammered by a massive, systematic and decadeslong cover-up of defects that surfaced in the early 2000s.
Calm and soft-spoken, Masuko came to symbolize Mitsubishi Motors’ revitalization.

SkyDrive Demonstrates Its First Piloted Flying Car | HYPEBEAST

SkyDrive, a Toyota-backed start-up with a mission for developing flying cars, has recently conducted a public, manned test flight of one its aerial vehicles after years of work. The SD-03, with its glossy white exteriors and sleek aerodynamic body, flew around Toyota Test Field, showing the world that such a thing as flying cars can exist beyond fantasy and fiction.

Portland protests: One person shot dead following clashes between BLM activists, pro-Trump supporters - The Washington Post

One person was shot dead on a Portland street Saturday night during a series of confrontations between members of a 600-vehicle caravan in support of President Trump and counterprotesters who met them in this riverside city, an intensification of the conflict over race and criminal justice that has roiled American communities during a summer of illness and anguish... Police here said they are investigating the shooting as a homicide but warned against forming conclusions about what had occurred because so much was still unclear Sunday, almost 24 hours after the lethal encounter.