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Wise, previously known as TransferWise, is a financial technology company focused on global money transfers. Headquartered in London , it was founded by Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus in January 2011.
The average fee to send $200 from Japan is the highest among G7 countries at 6.94%, according to World Bank data for the first quarter of 2024. Wise becomes first foreign firm to gain direct ...
It also serves as an air base for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) under the name Hyakuri Air Base, and is the closest fighter base to Tokyo. The airport was known as Hyakuri Airfield ( 百里飛行場 , Hyakuri Hikōjō ) prior to March 2010, when civil aviation operations began.
The Japan Air Self Defense Force has operated a number of transports at Miho Air Base including Curtiss C-46 Commando and NAMC YS-11 aircraft. During 23–25 October 2015, a British Royal Air Force (RAF) A400M Atlas transport aircraft visited Miho Air Base. It was the first time for an RAF aircraft to land at a JASDF base. [2]
Gifu Air Field (岐阜飛行場, Gifu Hikōjō) (ICAO: RJNG) is a military air base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Gifu Airbase (岐阜基地, Gifu Kichi). It is located in Kakamigahara City, 7.0 NM (13.0 km; 8.1 mi) east [1] of Gifu in the Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is home to the Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum. [2] [3]
JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base was initially founded as a training field for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in 1941. [citation needed] On the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II, the air field was occupied by the United States Army. Between 1945 and 1950, it continued in operation by the United States Army under the name Camp Haugen ...
Nyutabaru Air Base (新田原基地, Nyūtabaru Kichi) (ICAO: RJFN) is a military aerodrome of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). It is located in the town of Shintomi , approximately 10.5 NM (19.4 km; 12.1 mi) north [ 1 ] of the city Miyazaki in Miyazaki Prefecture , Japan , on the eastern coast of Kyushu .
After the end of World War II, from September 1945 the base was used by the United States Air Force as "Kisarazu Air Base". In 1956, the base was officially transferred to the control of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and was used as a training base; although USAF units remained on the base in a tenant capacity until transferred to Tachikawa Air Base in 1961.