TOKYO, Sep 2, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu Limited and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), a major global shipping company, today announced the introduction of Fujitsu’s quantum-inspired Digital Annealer technology to significantly streamline complex stowage planning for car carriers, leveraging the technology’s world-class combinatorial optimization capabilities. The Digital Annealer will play a […]
TOKYO, Sep 1, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced the launch of the “NEC Vector Annealing Service,” a quantum-inspired simulated annealing service that uses a vector supercomputer, as well as the launch of educational services that enable participants to learn about quantum computers and how to use simulated […]
TOKYO, Sep 1, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Founders’ Association of the Council for New Industry Creation through Quantum Technology was formed on May 31, 2021 to advance preparations for establishing an industry council to promote initiatives in quantum technologies. Today, the 24 companies of the association, at their general meeting, formally […]
TOKYO, Sep 1, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The TANAKA Memorial Foundation (Representative Director: Hideya Okamoto) announced that it will take applications for research themes for FY2021 Precious Metals Research Grants between September 1 (Wed) and November 30 (Tue). Applications will be accepted from Japanese educational institutions and public research institutes conducting research […]
TOKYO, Aug 31, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and FUJI YAKUHIN CO., LTD. announced today that they have concluded a license agreement concerning dotinurad (generic name), a treatment for hyperuricemia and gout discovered by FUJI YAKUHIN, for development and distribution in five ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member states: […]
Toyota City, Japan, Aug 31, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Having taken steps to ensure greater safety and security, Toyota today announces that The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has decided to resume operations of the e-Palette mobility vehicle within the Athletes’ Village. Operations of mobility services were suspended […]
TOKYO, Aug 30, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Astemo Co., Ltd. today announced that its damping force adjustment absorber co-developed with Aisin Corporation was adopted by Toyota Motor Corporation for the new Land Cruiser launched in June. Co-developed with Aisin Corporation, the damping force adjustment absorber improves control for Toyota’s new Land […]
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug 30, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, is embarking on a project to develop a commercial-scale supply chain for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) derived by wood biomass gasification integrated with FT synthesis technology(1). The project will be carried out jointly with […]
TOKYO, Aug 30, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mazda Motor Corporation’s production and sales results for July 2021 are summarized below. I. Production 1. Domestic ProductionMazda’s domestic production volume in July 2021 decreased 19.3% year on year due to decreased production of passenger and commercial vehicles. [Domestic production of key models in July […]
Toyota City, Japan, Aug 30, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces its sales, production, and export results for July 2021 as well as the cumulative total from January to July, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd. Global Sales – North America (260,000 units, […]
Sydney/London, Aug 25, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Australia and Primetals Technologies, a member of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, have joined Australia’s Heavy Industry Low-Carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HILT CRC) as key partners. The Centre, a not-for-profit entity with significant government funding, aims to develop technologies to […]
HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug 24, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda), Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. (CA) and China FAW Corporation Limited (FAW), today, have issued the following joint statement. In response to FAW participating in and winning the bid for a capital increase project implemented by Changan Mazda Automobile Co., […]
TOKYO, Aug 23, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Showa Denko K.K. (the “Company”) hereby announces that its board of directors has resolved matters relating to the issuance of its new shares and the secondary offering of shares on August 23, 2021, as set forth below. With the aim to establish a leading position […]
Toyota City, Japan, Aug 23, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing earned a historic and dramatic fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours victory, overcoming adversity to become the first Hypercar winners at the Circuit de la Sarthe. Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez, who won the long-awaited first victoryThe […]
TOKYO, Aug 20, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) has decided to increase its chloroprene rubber prices globally. The new prices will be effective from September 1, 2021. We have avoided raising our chloroprene rubber prices for as long as possible, but we can no longer prolong the inevitable. The […]
TOKYO, Aug 20, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu today released its Fujitsu Future Insights Global Digital Transformation Survey Report 2021, highlighting the results of a survey drawing on the insights and experiences of 1,200 CxOs and decision-makers in 9 countries (1). The fifth iteration of this survey examines how organizations responded to […]
TOKYO, Aug 19, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu Limited (TSE 6702) and NEC Corporation (TSE 6701) have begun developing technologies for interoperability testing(1) between 5G base station equipment conforming to O-RAN specifications at Fujitsu’s U.S. laboratories and NEC’s U.K. laboratories. This initiative will be implemented as part of the ‘Post 5G Infrastructure […]
Tokyo & Phnom Penh, Aug 18, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s only international payment brand, and Advanced Bank of Asia Ltd. (ABA Bank), the digital banking leader in Cambodia and a subsidiary of National Bank of Canada, signed the License […]
Tokyo, Japan, New York, NY and Seattle, WA, Aug 18, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Woven Planet Holdings, Inc. (“Woven Planet”), a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, announced the closing of the acquisition of CARMERA, a U.S.-based spatial AI company that specializes in developing scalable, next-generation mapping solutions for automated mobility, a proposed […]
TOKYO, Aug 16, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced the Global Program for NEC Visionary Week 2021, an online annual event taking place from September 16 to 17, 2021. During the event, NEC will present a shared vision of the future that highlights its latest technologies, solutions […]
Toyota City, Japan, Aug 16, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Kalle Rovanpera claimed a podium finish for the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team at Ypres Rally Belgium following a final-day battle with his team-mates Elfyn Evans and Sebastien Ogier as the event came to a close at the iconic Spa-Francorchamps circuit. In […]
TOKYO, Aug 16, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has launched the anticancer agent EZH2 inhibitor “Tazverik Tablets 200 mg” (tazemetostat hydrobromide), in Japan with the indication of relapsed or refractory EZH2 gene mutation-positive follicular lymphoma (only when standard treatment is not applicable). Eisai obtained the manufacturing […]
Toyota City, Japan, Aug 13, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing aims to defend its crown and make Hypercar history in the 89th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours next week. GR010 HYBRID #7 #8 challenging for 24 HOURS OF LE MANS Following a hat-trick of Le Mans victories with […]
TOKYO and KENILWORTH, N.J., Aug 12, 2021 – (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 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the combination of LENVIMA, the orally available multiple receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor […]
TOKYO, Aug 10, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; TSE:4004) today announced its 2021 2Q consolidated financial results. 2021 Second Quarter Consolidated Financial Statements and Summary – https://www.sdk.co.jp/assets/files/english/ir/library/fss2021-2q.pdf About Showa Denko K.K. Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; TSE:4004, ADR:SHWDY) is a major manufacturer of chemical products serving from heavy industry to […]
TOKYO, Aug 10, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Chiyoda Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (hereinafter “the partners”) are pleased to announce that they have signed an agreement with ENEOS Corporation (ENEOS) to supply hydrogen produced in Brunei for use in the latter’s refinery decarbonization trials. The […]
Toyota City, Japan, Aug 6, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team will target another successful showing on unfamiliar roads when the Toyota Yaris WRC makes its first appearance at a classic event on the European rally calendar: Ypres Rally Belgium (August 13-15). 2021 Yaris WRC Round seven […]
Toyota City, Japan, Aug 6, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Sumitomo Corporation, Chiyoda Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan Research Institute, Limited, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (collectively, “Joint Contractors”) have been appointed by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (“NEDO”) to conduct a feasibility study on the receiving and distribution business […]
TOKYO, Aug 5, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has concluded a technical cooperation agreement with Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. relating to LPG(liquefied petroleum gas) powered very large gas carriers (VLGCs) and are capable of transporting both LPG and ammonia. Based on […]
TOKYO, Aug 5, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has been working in cooperation with Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), to conduct test operations and measurements for a small scale demonstration plant of the “Marine-based CO2 […]
