Hitachi Develops a Model of BuilMirai Building IoT Solution for Small and Medium-Sized Buildings to Strengthen Green & Smart Building Business
Hitachi Develops a Model of BuilMirai Building IoT Solution for Small and Medium-Sized Buildings to Strengthen Green & Smart Building Business

TOKYO, Sept 4, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) and Hitachi Building Systems, Co., Ltd. today announced that they have newly developed a new model of BuilMirai building IoT solution for small and medium-sized(1) buildings (hereafter, the solutions). The solutions are included in the Lumada(2), improve building management efficiency, maintain... » read more

NEC Launches new system using Biometric Authentication Technology
NEC Launches new system using Biometric Authentication Technology

TOKYO, Sept 3, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) will launch a new system using biometric authentication technology that is capable of quickly authenticating large numbers of people at one time, even while they are in motion. The system is expected to accelerate admission and reduce congestion for busy events... » read more

Terrific Texas fight back from TOYOTA GAZOO Racing
Terrific Texas fight back from TOYOTA GAZOO Racing

Toyota City, Japan, Sept 2, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing suffered an agonising near-miss in the Lone Star Le Mans when a harsh penalty denied it victory in round six of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Terrific Texas fight... » read more

Eisai Announces Status Relating to Acquisition of Own Shares
Eisai Announces Status Relating to Acquisition of Own Shares

Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has acquired its own shares based on Article 40 of its Articles of Incorporation pursuant to the provisions of Article 459, paragraph 1 of the Companies Act. The status (progress report) of the acquisition is as described below. 1. Class of shares acquired: Ordinary shares of the Company2.... » read more

TANAKA Memorial Foundation to Offer Precious Metals Research Grants of Up to 10 Million Yen (from a Grant Pool of 20 Million Yen)

TOKYO, Sept 2, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TANAKA Memorial Foundation (Representative Director: Hideya Okamoto) announced that it will take applications for research themes for FY2024 Precious Metals Research Grants between September 2 (Mon) and November 30 (Sat). Applications for the grants are open to Japanese educational institutions and public research institutes that will... » read more

JCB and Permata Launch the Permata JCB Ultimate Card
JCB and Permata Launch the Permata JCB Ultimate Card

TOKYO & JAKARTA, Aug 30, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – PT JCB International Indonesia, a subsidiary of JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCB) and PT Bank Permata Tbk (Permata) have launched the Permata JCB Ultimate Card, designed to provide the best experience for its users, especially travel and dining enthusiasts. This card targets the affluent... » read more

JCB and BINDO Launch World’s First Metal JCB Card
JCB and BINDO Launch World’s First Metal JCB Card

TOKYO & HONG KONG, Aug 30, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – JCB International Co., Ltd., the international subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd. (“JCB”), Japan’s only international payment brand, and BINDO LABS LIMITED (“Bindo”), the parent company and developer of Wonder, a leading payments and fintech platform in Asia Pacific, announced the launch of the... » read more

Intercity Battery Train Starts Testing in the North of England
Intercity Battery Train Starts Testing in the North of England

LONDON, Aug 29, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – The UK’s pioneering intercity battery train began testing on the national rail network earlier this week. This key milestone will see the battery technology trialled on routes between York to Manchester Airport and Leeds to Liverpool Lime Street over the next eight weeks. The train... » read more

Mazda Production and Sales Results for July 2024
Mazda Production and Sales Results for July 2024

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug 29, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mazda Motor Corporation’s production and sales results for July 2024 are summarized below. I. Production   Breakdown Jul 2024 Jan – Jul 2024 Units YoYChange (%) Units YoYChange (%) DOMESTIC PRODUCTION Passenger Vehicles 78,529 +8.7 447,057 -8.4 Total 78,529 +8.7 447,057 -8.4   OVERSEAS... » read more

Toyota: Sales, Production, and Export Results for July 2024
Toyota: Sales, Production, and Export Results for July 2024

Toyota City, Japan, Aug 29, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Toyota Motor Corporation announces its sales, production, and export results for July 2024 as well as the cumulative total from January to July 2024, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd. To view more information on the sales,... » read more

Hitachi and KDDI Announce the Contents of a Joint Exhibition in Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan’s “Society 5.0 and Future City”
Hitachi and KDDI Announce the Contents of a Joint Exhibition in Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan’s “Society 5.0 and Future City”

TOKYO, Aug 29, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (“Hitachi”) and KDDI Corporation (“KDDI”) today announced the outline of a joint exhibition (“the Exhibition”), “Society 5.0 and Future City” at the “Future Life Expo: Future City” project (“the Future City”), a part of the Future Society Showcase Project Exhibition in Expo 2025... » read more

Hitachi High-Tech and Gencurix entered a partnership in cancer molecular diagnostics business
Hitachi High-Tech and Gencurix entered a partnership in cancer molecular diagnostics business

Hitachi High-Tech Corporation (“Hitachi High-Tech”) and Gencurix, Inc. (“Gencurix”) have entered a strategic partnership (the Partnership) in the field of cancer molecular diagnostics(1). The Partnership aims to develop a testing service for the cancer molecular diagnostics by combining Hitachi High-Tech’s core expertise in R&D and manufacturing of in vitro diagnostic products and digital technology, and... » read more

Fujitsu and Osaka University accelerate progress toward practical quantum computing by significantly increasing computing scale through error impact reduction in quantum computing architecture
Fujitsu and Osaka University accelerate progress toward practical quantum computing by significantly increasing computing scale through error impact reduction in quantum computing architecture

Kawasaki and Osaka, Aug 28, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu Limited and the Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology at Osaka University (QIQB) today announced the joint development of two new technologies for the space-time efficient analog rotation quantum computing architecture (1) that will accelerate the realization of practical quantum computing.... » read more

MHI and JAL Begin Joint Exploration of Collaboration in Aircraft Maintenance and Aftermarket Services
MHI and JAL Begin Joint Exploration of Collaboration in Aircraft Maintenance and Aftermarket Services

TOKYO, Aug 27, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) have agreed to commence joint exploration of potential collaboration in the aircraft aftermarket business. The two companies have signed a memorandum on the matter. The aircraft aftermarket business includes services such as repairs, maintenance,... » read more

TRENDE Awarded Grant for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Project in Japan
TRENDE Awarded Grant for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Project in Japan

TOKYO, Aug 27, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TRENDE Inc., a renewable energy company that develops and provides renewable energy solutions to residential customers in Japan, today announced that it has been selected for Ehime Prefecture’s “Digital Implementation Acceleration Project” under the Try Angle Ehime Initiative. TRENDE will collaborate with Toshiba Infrastructure Systems... » read more

New Technology for Redacting Digitally Signed Documents, Developed Jointly by Hitachi and AIST, Has Been Adopted as an ISO/IEC International Standard
New Technology for Redacting Digitally Signed Documents, Developed Jointly by Hitachi and AIST, Has Been Adopted as an ISO/IEC International Standard

TOKYO, Aug 26, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, “Hitachi”) and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (“AIST”) today announced that their jointly developed technology for redacting digitally signed documents (“redactable signature” technology) has passed final approval by the Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC 1) of the... » read more

Singtel and Hitachi Expand Collaboration to Next-Generation Data Centers and GPU Cloud to Accelerate Enterprise Digital Transformation by AI Adoption
Singtel and Hitachi Expand Collaboration to Next-Generation Data Centers and GPU Cloud to Accelerate Enterprise Digital Transformation by AI Adoption

Singapore, Tokyo, Aug 26, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Singtel and Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on next-generation data centers and GPU Cloud in Japan and potentially the wider Asia Pacific region under the lead of Singtel’s Digital InfraCo unit. The strategic partnership will combine... » read more