The first headliners of Summer Sonic Festival are The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion(JSBX) and Green Day. In 2003, Blur and Radiohead. In 2009, My Chemical Romance , Linkin Park and Beyonce. In 2014, Queen + Adam Lambert, and Chemical Brothers. In 2017, LUNA SEA and Travis. Actually, Placebo, a UK band, was going to perform, but they could not come to Japan. So Travis performed instead of Placebo. In 2019, Red Hot Chili Peppers, B’z, and The Chainsmokers.
Red-shanked douc
The red-shanked douc or red-shanked douc langur ("Pygathrix nemaeus") is an Old World monkey. It is known for its colorful fur. The red-shanked douc lives in forests in Vietnam and Cambodia.
The adult red-shanked douc is about 61–76 cm tall, and its tail is about 56–76 cm long. It weighs about 8–11 kg. Red-shanked doucs have black hind legs that are red from knee to ankle. They have white hips, tails and forearms, and reddish yellow faces. They have red and black stripes over their eyes. Male red-shanked doucs have white scrotums, red penises and white patches on their bottoms. This makes it easy for humans to tell male and female red-shanked doucs apart.
The red-shanked douc lives in Vietnam and Cambodia. They live as high as 2000 m (6600 feet) up in the mountains. They live in semi-deciduous forests and in primary and secondary rainforests. They live in the middle of to upper levels of the canopy.
Female red-shanked doucs are old enough to mate at 4 years. Male red-shanked doucs are old enough to mate at 4 or 5 years.
Red-shanked doucs display before mating. They drop their jaws, wave their eyebrows, and shake their heads at each other. Scientists say the female red-shanked douc always makes the first move. She lies down on a branch and looks over her shoulder at the male. Sometimes he comes to mate with her and sometimes he does not.
The red-shanked douc breeds from August to December, and gives birth to one offspring after a gestation period of 6 to 7 months. They are born with their eyes wide open and hang on to their mothers instinctively. Between 8 and 24 months of age, the color of the fur and face changes slowly. They have adult colors at 10 months.
Sometimes, adult red-shanked doucs will feed and care for orphaned baby red-shanked doucs.
The red-shanked douc is awake during the day. It eats leaves that are high in fiber. They prefer to eat small, young and tender leaves. They moreover eat fruit like figs, buds, petioles, flowers, bamboo shoots and seeds. They eat 50 different plant species, however, no animal prey. They eat peacefully together and not quarrel over food. They are known to share food with others.
Red-shanked doucs live in groups. They usually live in groups of 4 to 15 relatives. Each group has one or more male and about two females per male. The males tend to dominate over the females.
Red-shanked doucs cannot grasp things with their tails. They use their tails for balance instead. They use arms and legs to move through the forest. They follow the same routes. The adult males lead the group, the females and very young doucs are in the middle, and young males go last. When the doucs sense a predator or other danger, they flee very quietly through the trees. They spend most of their time eating, digesting their bulky food, sleeping and grooming each other's fur. They communicate with facial expressions and sounds. The low-pitch grow indicates threat, and short and hash distress squeal.
As reported by the most recent assessment of IUCN Red List, the red-shanked douc is critically endangered. They are listed in CITES that prohibit international trade. There is no research of the population in Indochina. In Son Tra, Vietnam, the population is approximately 1300 individuals. The most common reason is that they are hunted for substance use and traditional medicine. Moreover local people hunt for food, pets or making glue.
Inzai
Inzai is a city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It has about 105,463 people and 42,388 households. Inzai has an area of 123.8 square kilometers and a population density of 850 people per square kilometer. The city's flower is cosmos, the tree is cherry blossom, the bird is Japanese white-eye and the fish is catfish. Inzai's mascot is Inzaikun.
Inzai city is an important area of northern Chiba prefecture connecting Tokyo and Narita.  It is located 20 kilometers from the central capital at Chiba, 30 to 40 kilometers from central Tokyo and 15 kilometers from Narita. Tone River runs in the north of it. There is Lake Tega in the north-west of it and Lake Imba in the south-east of it. It is surrounded by national forests. The elevation of it is 20 to 30 meters.
It has a humid subtropical climate. Summer is warm and winter is cool with light to no snowfall. The average temperature is 14.8 ℃. The average rainfall is 1383mm. The temperature average is 26.3 ℃ in August, which is the highest in the year. The temperature average is 4.1 ℃ in January, which is the lowest in the year.
It has been inhabited since Japanese Paleolithic period with stone tools. Part of the city developed as a port bank of the Tone river during the Edo period. After the Meiji Restoration, the city had changed to a modern municipality system. The pilot training center was constructed in it in 1942. However, it was attacked in World War II. In 1954, the town of Inzai was founded.
In the middle of 1980s, Chiba newtown project started. In 1996, Inzai town changed to Inzai city. In 2013, two neighboring towns were merged into Inzai city.
It is located at a good point between Tokyo and Narita International Airport. Therefore, Inzai has large shopping centers, industrial parks, warehouses and distraction centers. The number of residents is increasing in Chiba newtown and over 24% of working citizens work in Tokyo daily.
There are 18 public elementary schools, 9 public middle schools managed by the city government and 1 public high school managed by the Chiba Prefectural Board of Education. Also, there is 1 special educational school for handicapped.
There are three universities and four libraries.
The mayor is Masanao Itakura. Inzai has a mayor-council government and unicameral. The mayor and city council members were elected directly.
Automotive industry in Japan
The automotive industry in Japan is known for the high quality products in the world. It is more popular than other countries’ one like Europe, America, Germany and so on. The car made in Japan has special attractions that the one made in other countries doesn’t have.
The automotive industry in Japan began in the Meiji period. Japanese people started to produce them based on the car which is imported from overseas then. In 1904, the first car which used steam as a power source was made in Japan. The first car that used gasoline as fuel was made in 1907. However, the Japanese technology was very low, so they were not known to the world.
After World War 2 finished, Japanese automotive industry developed and established the systems of mass production. As Japanese car companies got new technology, they started to make original products.
In the 1970s, they faced environmental problems, so they had to produce cars that didn't have a bad influence on the environment. The engine made by Honda was the first one in Japan that met a hard standard about the environment.
As Japanese automotive industry improved production’s safety and environmentally friendly technology, the cars made in Japan became popular and famous. In 2019, there were six cars made in Japan in the top 10 best selling cars in the world.
Japanese cars have been known for high quality in the world and said it is hard to break. Japanese cars tend to be designed to run longer on less fuel.