PARIS & TOKYO, Jan 28, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Renault Group, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, the members of one of the world’s leading automotive alliances, today announced common projects and actions to accelerate and to shape their shared future towards 2030, focusing on the mobility value chain. Highlights:–... » read more
Cambridge, MA, Jan 28, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Biogen Inc. and Eisai Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) today announced additional details about the Phase 4 post-marketing confirmatory study, ENVISION, of ADUHELM (aducanumab-avwa) 100 mg/mL injection for intravenous use in early Alzheimer’s disease, including details of the study’s goal for diverse enrollment and primary... » read more
TOKYO, Jan 27, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, “Hitachi”) and Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd. (“Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems”) today announced that they have been accelerating the global development of the line building business leveraging industrial robots (“the robotic SI(1) business”) and will establish Hitachi Automation, Ltd. (“Hitachi... » read more
HIROSHIMA, Japan, Jan 27, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mazda Motor Corporation began production of its brand-new Mazda CX-50 crossover SUV, targeted at the North American market, from January 18 at Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc., a new plant jointly constructed with Toyota Motor Corporation in Huntsville, Alabama. The CX-50 is Mazda’s first... » read more
TOKYO, Jan 27, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced the development of a control technology that doubles the efficiency of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) in warehouses while maintaining a high level of safety. NEC plans to put this technology into practical use by March 2024 and to have... » read more
Toyota City, Japan, Jan 26, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Due to the shortage of parts supply caused by the spread of COVID-19 at our supplier in Japan, on January 21 we announced additional suspensions of domestic plant production for completed vehicles (Adjustments to Domestic Production in January) and also our revised production... » read more
TOKYO, Jan 26, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it will participate virtually in MWC Barcelona 2022 from February 28 to March 3. The online exhibition will showcase DOCOMO’s evolving 5G and 6G technologies as well as the company’s global businesses and services. Exhibits and presentations will be... » read more
Toyota City, Japan, Jan 25, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Due to the shortage of parts supply caused by the spread of COVID-19 at our supplier in Japan, on January 21 we announced additional suspensions of domestic plant production for completed vehicles (Adjustments to Domestic Production in January) and also our revised production... » read more
Toyota City, Japan, Jan 24, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team has completed a strong debut event for the new GR YARIS Rally1 with Sebastien Ogier claiming second overall and Kalle Rovanpera finishing fourth at Rallye Monte-Carlo. Ogier had been on course to claim a record-extending ninth... » read more
Duisburg, Jan 21, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Power Europe has signed a contract with Stockholm Exergi, the largest local district heating, cooling and electricity provider, to modernise the combined heat and power (CHP) plant – Kraftvarmeverk 1 (KVV1) at Vartaverket, Stockholm. Although the plant was originally built in 1976 for fossil... » read more
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jan 20, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Rail announced today that it has signed a 72.5 million EUR contract with Princess Noura Bint Abdul Rahman University to operate and maintain the autonomous metro system in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the next three years. Autonomous metro system in Riyadh, Saudi... » read more
TOKYO, Jan 20, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that, in December 2021, the company invested in U.S. (California)-based Helm.ai to strengthen its software technology development in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision(1) technologies. Helm.ai has key strengths in the area of AI-based image recognition... » read more
TOKYO, Jan 20, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai and Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A. (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) today announced the publication of results from the Phase 3 Study 309/KEYNOTE-775 trial in the January 19, 2022 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. The... » read more
TOKYO, Jan 19, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has been listed in the 2022 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World (Global 100), a global ranking by Canada-based media and investment advisory company, Corporate Knights, Inc. This marks Eisai’s sixth inclusion on the list. Ranked... » read more
TOKYO, Jan 19, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – As part of the next step into the energy management business, Honda is partnering with the V2X Suisse consortium to demonstrate the vital role of electric vehicles (EVs) and bi-directional charging technology in the future of energy management. Honda will supply 50 Honda e electric... » read more
TOKYO, Jan 19, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that, in December 2021, the company signed a joint development agreement in the area of Lithium-Metal secondary batteries(1) with SES Holdings Pte. Ltd.(“SES”), a U.S. (Boston)-based EV battery research and development company. Moreover, SES plans to list on the... » read more
TOKYO, Jan 19, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU), led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has enrolled the first subject in the phase II/III study (Tau NexGen study). The study will assess the effect of Eisai’s... » read more
Toyota City, Japan, Jan 18, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – At Toyota, we have made repeated adjustments to our production plans due to a parts shortage resulting from the spread of COVID-19, causing various inconveniences to our customers and all parties concerned. We would like to express our gratitude to everyone involved for... » read more
TOKYO, Jan 18, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Nippon Foundation, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, and Shin Nihonkai Ferry Co., Ltd., (Osaka, Japan; Yasuo Iritani, Chairman) have successfully completed a demonstration test of the world’s first fully autonomous ship navigation systems on a large car ferry,... » read more
TOKYO, Jan 18, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Honda announced plans to begin sales of an all-new EU32i portable generator equipped with a newly designed dedicated engine (maximum output: 3.2kVA). Sales will begin in the European region in March of this year, followed by the expansion of sales to other regions around the... » read more