TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 9, 2025--
Yagi & Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7460) ( https://www.yaginet.co.jp/en/index.html ) will unveil LAVATECH for the first time at the Heimtextil Exhibition in Germany (an international trade fair for home textiles and contract textiles). LAVATECH, which boasts a high far-infrared effect, is made by using special technology to finely crush lava rock found in the ground around Mt. Fuji for weaving into fibers.
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Mt. Fuji (Photo: Business Wire)
About LAVATECH
Since ancient times, the lava rock formed beneath Mt. Fuji has been carefully protected from changes in surface temperature and weathering. LAVATECH is made by weaving this high-quality underground lava rock. We have achieved a high far-infrared effect by using a special technology to finely crush the lava rock that lies underground at Mt. Fuji for weaving into fibers. This brand of materials enables the creation of new products that address a wide range of health issues in areas such as sleep, beauty and sports through their blood circulation-promoting effects.
LAVATECH official website:https://lavatech.jp/
Details of exhibit at Heimtextil 2025
At this exhibition, we will be displaying products in the fields of SLEEP, SPORTS, BEAUTY, and HEALTH that incorporate LAVATECH, this new material made using lava rock from Mt. Fuji.
Future developments
The Yagi Group's VISION is to unlock the potential of textiles through innovation to realize a sustainable society. We engage in various activities, with the key words of sustainable and global representing the basic strategies of our medium-term management plan. Through the development of LAVATECH, we will work to achieve the following.
Overview of Heimtextil 2025
Heimtextil is the world's largest international trade fair for home and contract textiles, attracting over 2,800 exhibitors from all over the world. The trends disseminated from Heimtextil serve as guidelines for interior design, home furnishings, the hotel industry, and beyond.
Date and time: Tuesday, January 14 to Friday, January 17, 2025 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (until 5:00 p.m. on the last day)
Venue: Frankfurt International Exhibition Center, Germany
Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, 60327 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Official website: https://heimtextil.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en.html
*Advance registration and ticket purchase are required for entry.
Contact for inquiries regarding LAVATECH and exhibition details
Yagi & Co., Ltd.
Staff in charge: Wataru Yoshida, Section 241, Business Dept. 1, Lifestyle Division
MAIL: lavatech@yaginet.jp
TEL: +81-6-6266-7380
LAVATECH (Photo: Business Wire)
LAVA (Photo: Business Wire)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — At least 1.8 million mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Thursday in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Some said they prayed for good health for their families, an end to tensions in the South China Sea, and for incoming U.S. President Donald Trump to be kinder to Filipino immigrants.
The procession marks the feast of Jesus Nazareno and is a major annual Catholic event in Asia. The image was previously called the Black Nazarene, but church officials appealed for a change, saying the former name was not founded in history and evoked a racial slur.
The procession in Manila began before dawn Thursday, lasting nearly 21 hours as it crawled along the 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) route. The statue was finally brought inside the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno, also known as Quiapo Church, at 1:25 a.m. on Friday.
Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, director of the capital region’s police, said the crowd was estimated at around 1.8 million at one point in the afternoon.
Last year, at least 2 million devotees joined the 15-hour procession, with some estimates of the crowd as high as over 6 million.
Reverend Father Robert Arellano, a spokesperson of Quiapo Church, said this year’s procession is slower compared to last year because of an increase in the number of participants and some jostling devotees climbing the glass-covered carriage housing the image.
Shouts of “Viva, viva,” rang out as the image passes by, with devotees clutching at ropes pulling the carriage and raising white towels in jubilation. The procession typically draws massive numbers of largely poor Catholics who pray for the sick and a better life.
Gaspar Espinocilla, a 56-year-old Manila city employee and a devotee of Jesus Nazareno for the last 20 years, said he is praying for his family, including his sister who has ovarian cancer. He is also praying for an end to tensions in the West Philippines Sea, a part of the South China Sea claimed by the Philippines, where China has been harassing Filipino fishermen and coast guard vessels.
“I hope China will ease up on us, they cannot seize everything as theirs,” said Espinocilla, who was wearing a maroon T-shirt printed with the face of Jesus Nazareno. “It is ours, not theirs.”
Renato Reyes, a garbage scavenger who has been a Jesus Nazareno devotee for more than three decades, said he prays for a better life for his family, for the Philippines to be free from calamities, as well as for wars overseas to end. He also said he will include in his prayers Filipinos who may be affected by Trump’s planned mass deportation of illegal immigrants.
“I hope they will not implement that because our countrymen are there just to earn a living for their families,” he added.
Officials said some 14,000 police and plainclothes officers were deployed, along with soldiers, fire fighters, prison staff and volunteers. Many nearby roads were closed and cell phone signals were blocked.
More than a dozen devotees were seen being carried away on stretchers. The Philippine Red Cross said that 467 people were given first aid or other medical assistance for mostly minor complaints like dizziness, difficulty breathing and nausea. At least 15 patients had to be brought to hospital. Police reported 604 people suffering minor injuries as of Thursday afternoon.
The statue of Jesus carrying the cross was brought to the Philippines from Mexico on a galleon in 1606 by Spanish missionaries. The ship that carried it caught fire, but the charred statue survived, according to some accounts. Church historians, however, said the statue’s color owes to the fact that it was carved out of mesquite wood, which darkens as it ages.
Many devotees believe the statue’s endurance, from fires and earthquakes through the centuries and intense bombings during World War II, is a testament to its miraculous power.
Devotees try to climb on a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
Devotees try to climb on a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
Devotees try to touch the image of Jesus Nazareno inside a glass-covered carriage during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
Devotees pull a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
Devotees grab the rope as they pull a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
Devotees grab the rope as they pull a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
Devotees grab the rope as they pull a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
Devotees climb on a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
Devotees raise their hands as they join the annual procession of Jesus Nazareno in Manila, Philippines, Thursday. Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
Devotees raise their hands as they join the annual procession of Jesus Nazareno in Manila, Philippines, Thursday. Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
Devotees pull a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, Thursday. Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
Devotees pull a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, Thursday. Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
Devotees pull a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, Thursday. Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
Devotees pull a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, Thursday. Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
