TOKYO, Jul 14, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today launched a teaser page on its company website to share initial information on the ZR-V, an all-new SUV scheduled to go on sale in Japan this fall. Honda will release more details about the model in stages, including its plan... » read more
TOKYO, Jul 13, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an ESG Rating of “AA” from MSCI(Note) for the first time. The new 2022 rating represents an upgrade from the Company’s previous “A” rating, and it demonstrates the high assessment MSCI accords to MHI’s ESG initiatives. MSCI’s ESG... » read more
LONDON, Jul 12, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Imperial College London (Imperial), Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi Europe Ltd. (Hitachi) today announced that they have signed an agreement to establish a joint research centre for decarbonisation and natural climate solutions. Together, they will collaborate in fundamental and applied research, addressing key challenges in decarbonisation... » read more
TOKYO, Jul 12, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today launched a teaser page on its company website to release initial information on the all-new Civic Type R, which is scheduled to go on sale this fall. Honda will hold the world premiere of the all-new model on Thursday, July... » read more
TOKYO, Jul 12, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Teijin Limited (hereinafter Teijin) and Fujitsu Limited today launched a joint project to realize a blockchain-based commercial platform for enhancing the environmental value of recycled materials for manufacturers. The collaboration will promote environmentally conscious design(1) by leveraging Teijin’s Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Calculation Method for... » read more
TOKYO, Jul 12, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NEC Corporation, a leading global IT and network transformation services provider, today announced a strategic partnership with Project Management Institute, the world’s leading association for project management, to become a Disciplined Agile (DA) Consulting Partner. Through this partnership, NEC will use DA as a reference... » read more
TOKYO, Jul 11, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing earned a dramatic double podium finish in the 6 Hours of Monza after an exciting but ultimately frustrating fourth round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). Both GR010 HYBRIDs were strong contenders for victory in an incident-packed race at the... » read more
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Jul 11, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Energy has today started testing on the world’s most powerful 24 MVA subsea transformer, which will be supplied to OneSubsea, the subsea technologies, production, and processing systems business of Schlumberger. The tests will involve submerging the 55 tonne subsea transformer into the harbor... » read more
TOKYO, Jul 8, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team arrives at the midway point of the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship season at Rally Estonia (July 14-17): the first of two back-to-back events on fast gravel roads in the north of Europe. 2022 GR YARIS Rally1 HYBRID... » read more
TOKYO, Jul 8, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Isuzu Motors Limited (Isuzu), DENSO Corporation (DENSO), Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), Hino Motors, Ltd. (Hino), and Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) announced today that they have started planning and foundational research on hydrogen engines for heavy-duty commercial vehicles with the aim of further utilizing... » read more
TOKYO, Jul 7, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Australia today announced acquisition plans for Asia-Pacific region’s largest independent ServiceNow-specialist, Enable Professional Services. This acquisition continues our approach of using M&A as a tool to support Fujitsu’s growth ambitions. Prior to this, Fujitsu Australia acquired data and AI-consultancy, Versor, and... » read more
TOKYO, Jul 6, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed delivery of testing equipment to the Rokkasho Fusion Institute in Aomori Prefecture, part of Japan’s National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), to confirm and demonstrate the safety of the “blanket,” a core component of a nuclear... » read more
TOKYO, Jul 6, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu has successfully developed a new technology to accurately estimate postures of the human body from coarse-grained point cloud data obtained with a conventional millimeter-wave sensor. Fujitsu plans to deploy the newly developed technology at hospitals and nursing care facilities to support nurses and caregivers... » read more
TOKYO, Jul 6, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Biologics License Application (BLA) under the accelerated approval pathway for lecanemab (development code: BAN2401), an investigational anti-amyloid beta (Abeta) protofibril antibody for the treatment of mild... » read more
TOKYO, Jul 5, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has received a series of contracts from Taiwan’s state-owned Taiwan Power Company (TPC) for a large-scale renovation project of power generation equipment at the Datan Power Plant in the city of Taoyuan, on... » read more
TOKYO, Jul 1, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – We are pleased to announce that a partnership of seven entities has today agreed to undertake a joint initiative to promote digital transformations (DX) in Japan’s warehousing industry. The partnership members are Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), Mitsubishi Corporation LT, Inc. (MCLOGI), UTokyo Innovation Platform Co., Ltd.... » read more
TOKYO, Jul 1, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has further increased its capacity to deliver End-to-End Open RAN ecosystems, along with system design and integration for legacy networks, to operators globally with its agreement to acquire Aspire Technology Unlimited Company (Aspire Technology), headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company is... » read more
TOKYO, Jun 30, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Maruha Nichiro Corporation (Maruha Nichiro) are pleased to announce our agreement to establish a new joint venture company, ATLAND Corporation (ATLAND), that will specialize in the land-based production of salmon. ATLAND will be established in Nyuzen town of Toyama prefecture in... » read more
TOKYO, Jun 30, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NTT DOCOMO, INC. and CyberAgent, Inc. have announced that they have agreed to establish a new company, Prism Partner Inc., to utilize DOCOMO and CyberAgent’s business resources for advertising. 1. Background In 2021, online ad spending in Japan totaled nearly 2.71 trillion yen, up 21.4%... » read more
TOKYO, Jun 30, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd. (MHIENG), a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has launched full-scale operation, on schedule, of a compact CO2 capture system ordered in November 2021 by Taihei Dengyo Kaisha, Ltd. It is the first system of its kind to go... » read more