TOKYO, Oct 31, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Rail STS S.p.A. (Hitachi Rail) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) have signed an approximately JPY 92.0 billion (USD 879 million) contract with HPH Consortium, the prime contractor for Panama Metro Line 3. Line 3 is a 25 km, elevated double-track monorail system, which will include... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 30, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Toyota Motor Corporation and KDDI Corporation have agreed on a new business and capital alliance today with the purpose of further strengthening the relationship between the two companies. Details of the agreement follow. Background Since KDDI’s founding in October 2000 through the merger of Daini Denden Inc.... » read more
TOKYO, Nov 1, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Today (November 1), on behalf of Bitterz LLC (Hinds Building, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines), we are pleased to announce that our global crypto exchange Bitterz in Japan will start to provide services to our customers in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. To celebrate the grand... » read more
Image of a monorail system for Line 3 of Panama Metro Hitachi and Hitachi Rail will provide 28 six-car vehicles (168 cars), the signaling systems, telecommunication systems, power systems, control center, platform screen doors and depot equipment for the monorail while MC will manage the administration of the project. When it opens in mid 2025,... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 30, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Toyota Motor Corporation and KDDI Corporation have agreed on a new business and capital alliance today with the purpose of further strengthening the relationship between the two companies. Details of the agreement are as follows: Background Since KDDI’s founding in October 2000 through the merger of Daini... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 30, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) today submitted a revised shelf registration statement to the Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau in preparation for its planned issuance of a corporate green bond(1) in the Japan market. The move represents the Company’s first issuance of this kind. MHI... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 30, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu today announced it has been recognized with the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award, receiving the highest award in the “Top 100 Telework Pioneers” contest sponsored by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The Ministry evaluated Fujitsu highly on its response to the COVID-19... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 30, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Vestas), a world leader in sustainable energy solutions, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), a leading global manufacturing and engineering firm, have signed an agreement to expand their partnership in sustainable energy. The strengthened partnership entails that Vestas will acquire MHI’s shares in... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 30, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) and Cyber Defense Institute, Inc., an NEC Group company, today announced their support for the INTERPOL Digital Security Challenge (DSC), a virtual cybercrime investigation event that took place from October 12 to 16. During the event, cybercrime investigation officers and experts in digital... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 30, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for for the first half of the current fiscal year (April 2020-March 2021) and the month of September 2020. World Production The First Half of Current Fiscal Year – Production... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 30, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced that it is hosting the NEC Visionary Week, which will be conducted entirely online, from November 12 to December 4, 2020. Themed “Co-creation for tomorrow, designing the future,” this NEC flagship event will feature more than 80 conferences and programs, while... » read more
Figure 4: evaluation of the newly developed technology With the use of AI technologies progressing in various fields in recent years, the risk of attacks that intentionally interfere with AI’s ability to make correct judgments represents a source of growing concern. Many suitable conventional security resistance enhancement technologies exist for media data like images and... » read more
Duisburg/ Wolfsburg, Oct 29, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Power has recently received an order to supply the first Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) in Europe. The highly efficient hybrid system will be put into operation at the Gas- und Warme-Institut Essen e.V. (GWI) in Essen by March 2022. Among other things, flexible operation... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 29, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Mazda Motor Corporation’s production and sales results for September 2020 and for April through September 2020 are summarized below. I. Production 1. Domestic Production (1) September 2020 Mazda’s domestic production volume in September 2020 decreased 1.7% year on year due to decreased production of passenger and commercial... » read more
Toyota City, Japan, Oct 29, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Even in the face of the COVID-19 crisis, which broke out early this year, Toyota has maintained corporate activities by implementing comprehensive measures to prevent infection and working in close cooperation with business partners including suppliers and dealers. In addition to these measures, Toyota has... » read more
– Consolidated revenue totaled 2,074.7 billion yen (US$19.6 billion), a 20.8 percent decrease from the previous year.– Consolidated operating profit totaled -69.6 billion yen (US$-658.1million).– Consolidated profit attributable to owners of the parent company totaled -71.1 billion yen(US$-672.2 million). “Revenues decreased due to a significant decline in vehicle sales in the first quarter as a... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 29, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION (MMC) has started production of its crossover MPV XPANDER in Malaysia. This is the third country where MMC produces the vehicle following Indonesia and Vietnam. The XPANDER is produced at Hicom Automotive Manufacturers (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., a vehicle assembly contractor in Malaysia, and will... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 28, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Air Water Inc. (Air Water) have jointly developed a compact LNG filling facility (Facility)(1) that can be used in space-limited logistics facilities. The equipment will be used to fuel heavy LNG-powered trucks. A compact LNG Filling Station and Heavy LNG Truck This is... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 28, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that the company will conduct a total of 7 presentations, including the latest data of the investigational anti-amyloid beta (Abeta) protofibril antibody lecanemab (Development Code: BAN2401), at the 13th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) conference to be held virtually from November... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 28, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and JD Health announced today that Eisai’s Chinese subsidiary Eisai China Inc. and JD Health have established a joint venture company, Jingyi Weixiang (Shanghai) Health Industry Development Limited Company, to build a Health Service Platform for the elderly in China. In China, due to... » read more