Techstars Announces ‘Startup City Acceleration Program’ in Partnership with Japanese Government to Support the Global Expansion of 50 Japan-Based Startups

BOULDER, Colorado, Jan 27, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Techstars, the rapidly-growing global investment and accelerator network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, today announced a new program supporting 50 Japan-based startups in partnership with the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), the Japan Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Taking place from […]

MHIEC Receives Order from Kagoshima City to Refurbish Hokubu Waste-to-Energy Plant

TOKYO, Jan 26, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. (MHIEC), a Group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has received an order from Kagoshima City for refurbishment of its Hokubu Waste-to-Energy (WtE) Plant. The order calls for renovation of the facility’s stoker type incinerator, capable of […]

NEC Millimeter-wave Distributed-MIMO Technique Triples the Number of Simultaneous Connections and Transmission Capacity in a Real Office setting

TOKYO, Jan 25, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) announced today it has demonstrated multiple highly stable simultaneous terminal connections and transmission capacity in a real office environment through distributed-MIMO(1) in the 28 GHz millimeter-wave frequency band. This demonstration achieved approximately 3 times the number of simultaneous connections and transmission capacity compared […]

Shell, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Vattenfall and Warme Hamburg sign Letter of Intent for 100MW Hydrogen Project in Hamburg

TOKYO, Jan 22, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – The companies Shell, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Vattenfall and municipal company Warme Hamburg are planning how they can jointly produce hydrogen from wind and solar power at the Hamburg-Moorburg power plant site and utilize it in its vicinity. To this end, the four companies have now signed […]

Low Carbon on Cement Possible with CCS

Edmonton, Alberta, Jan 22, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – A low carbon future for cement is advancing through a unique feasibility study to see carbon capture and storage (CCS) on Lehigh Cement’s plant in Edmonton, Alberta. Recognizing the substantial role that large-scale CCS has in reducing greenhouse (GHG) emissions, the Lehigh Cement, International CCS Knowledge […]

Fujitsu Delivers Cashless, Contactless Retail Experience for Masked Shoppers with Hygienic, Multi-Factor Biometric Authentication Technology

KAWASAKI, Japan, Jan 21, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd. has announced the development of a new multi-factor biometric authentication technology to deliver an innovative shopping experience for the “New Normal” era, combining non-contact biometrics that filter the verification target through facial data with identification performed via palm vein recognition. This technology enables […]

DENSO Collaborates with Aeva to Bring New LiDAR to Market

KARIYA, JAPAN, Jan 20, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, has announced a partnership with U.S. LiDAR and perception systems company, Aeva, to develop next-generation sensing and perception systems. Together, the companies will advance Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) LiDAR, a groundbreaking solution that measures velocity, in addition to depth and […]

Mitsubishi Corporation: Commercial Operations Commence at Methanol / Dimethyl Ether Plant in Trinidad and Tobago

TOKYO, Jan 19, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC), Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG) have teamed up with the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (NGC) and Massy Holdings (Massy), a joint venture in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean Gas Chemical Limited (CGCL), to […]

SDK to increase capacity of aluminum substrate for hard disks

TOKYO, Jan 15, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; TOKYO:4004) will increase its capacity to produce aluminum substrate for HD media by way of consolidated subsidiary Showa Denko HD Yamagata K.K. (SHDY), raising the group’s production capacity by 30% and thereby strengthening its hard disk (HD) business. SDK’s policy decision to increase […]

Toyota Gazoo Racing Introduces GR010 Hybrid Hypercar

Toyota City, Japan, Jan 15, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing begins a new era of endurance racing with the launch of its all-new GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar, which will compete in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The reigning World Champions and three-time Le Mans winners will defend those titles […]

Fujitsu Leverages Deep Learning to Achieve World’s Most Accurate Recognition of Complex Actions and Behaviors Based on Skeleton Data

TOKYO, Jan 13, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. has announced the development of a technology that utilizes deep learning to recognize the positions and connections of adjacent joints in complex movements or behavior in which multiple joints move in tandem. This makes it possible to achieve greater accuracy in recognizing, for instance, […]

Eisai to Present Abstracts on Lenvatinib at 2021 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

TOKYO, Jan 12, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Eisai Co., Ltd. has announced that presentations on a series of abstracts highlighting updates on its in-house discovered lenvatinib mesylate (product name: LENVIMA, the orally available kinase inhibitor, “lenvatinib”) will be given at the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium Virtual Meeting, from January 15 to 17, 2021. At this […]

Thailand’s First Demonstration Project of Optimized Performance Enabling Network for Volt/Var(Q) (OPENVQ) in Power Transmission Networks

THAILAND, Jan 12, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Electricity demand in Thailand is growing as its economy develops, and the country is now faced with a challenge to reduce the loss of power in the transmission network (hereinafter called “power losses”). In addition, with the amount of fossil fuels, such as natural gas, also rising […]

NEC Releases ‘WISE VISION Endoscopy’ in Europe and Japan

TOKYO, Jan 12, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has announced the development of “WISE VISION Endoscopy,” an AI diagnosis-support medical device software for colonoscopies, which is being released in Japan today and is expected to soon be available in Europe. This software connects with existing endoscopy equipment as part of using […]

MHI Thermal Systems Receives 2020 “Agency for Natural Resources and Energy Commissioner’s Award” for MSV2 Series of High-efficiency, Air-cooled Heat Pump Chillers

TOKYO, Jan 7, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd. (MHI Thermal Systems), a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has won an Agency for Natural Resources and Energy Commissioner’s Award (Energy Savings Sector) in the “Product & Business Model” category at the 2020 Energy Conservation Grand Prize Awards sponsored […]