MHI Invests in Starfire Energy, a Modular Green Ammonia Solution Provider, to Accelerate Efforts to Energy Transition

TOKYO, Apr 9, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) today announced that it has invested in Starfire Energy Inc., the leading developer of modular chemical plants for the production of green ammonia and hydrogen with a patented catalyst technology located in Denver, CO. The partnership will be used to […]

Overview of Honda and Acura Exhibits for Auto Shanghai 2021

BEIJING, China, Apr 8, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Honda Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned Honda subsidiary in China, today announced the overview of Honda and Acura exhibits for the 19th International Automobile Industry Exhibition (Auto Shanghai 2021), which will take place in Shanghai, China (Media days: April 19-20, Trade days: […]

NEC and Cisco expand strategic partnership to help advance global deployments of 5G IP transport networks

TOKYO, Apr 8, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701), a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies, and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced they have entered a Global System Integrator Agreement (GSIA) to expand their partnership for accelerating the deployment of innovative 5G IP transport network solutions worldwide. […]

Toyota Launches LS and Mirai Equipped with “Advanced Drive” that Enables Drivers and Cars to Drive Together in Japan

Toyota City, Japan, Apr 8, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) seeks, as a mobility company, to enrich people’s lives through mobility. As a part of this effort, Toyota has positioned safety as a top-priority issue in accordance with its ultimate goal of reducing fatalities from traffic accidents to zero […]

Fujitsu and Trend Micro Demonstrate Solution To Secure Private 5G

TOKYO, Apr 8, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu Limited and Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, have collaborated to focus on the security of private 5G networks. The companies will demonstrate the effectiveness of Trend Micro’s security for private 5G using a simulated smart factory environment and […]

DENSO Has Begun Testing CO2 Circulation Plant at Anjo Electrifica

KARIYA, JAPAN, Apr 7, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – DENSO Corporation today announced it has begun testing a CO2 circulation plant at its Anjo Plant?s Electrification Innovation Center. The new plant is a demonstration facility designed to capture and recycle CO2, a capability that supports DENSO?s larger efforts to eliminate CO2 emissions from […]

Hitachi and Axcelead have agreed to start joint development of solutions contributing on more efficient creation of next-generation biopharmaceuticals

TOKYO, Apr 7, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501) and Axcelead, Inc. today announced that they have agreed on a comprehensive collaborative partnership to develop solutions contributing on more efficient creation of next-generation biopharmaceuticals with digital technology and drug discovery platform. Hitachi has also made investment to Drug Discovery Gateway Fund […]

Outline of TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GT Cup 2021 Announced

Toyota City, Japan, Apr 6, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) has announced details of the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GT Cup (TGR GT Cup) 2021, a new series in “Gran Turismo SPORT” for PlayStation4(1) (PS4). The TGR GT Cup is a new global series in which the GR lineup, including […]

Fujitsu, AutoGrid to Boost Renewable Energy Use in Japan Towards Realization of Decarbonized Society with Virtual Power Plant Solution

TOKYO, Apr 6, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu Limited and AutoGrid Systems, Inc. today announced that Fujitsu will begin offering Autogrid’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP) (1) solution in the Japanese market. Fujitsu will leverage the solution to maximize the use of distributed energy resources (2) in the domestic energy market and contribute […]

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering Establishes Asia Hub in Singapore for Operation, Maintenance and After-Sales Servicing of Local Transportation Systems in the Region

TOKYO, Apr 5, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd. (MHIENG), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) based in Yokohama, Japan, has newly established a Technical Service Center in Singapore within Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (MHI-AP), MHI’s regional subsidiary, to strengthen operation, maintenance and […]

Toyota: Investment in e-Mobility Power

Toyota City, Japan, Apr 5, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – e-Mobility Power, Inc. (e-Mobility Power), the equity holders of which are Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO HD) and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Chubu Electric), entered into an absorption-type corporate division agreement with Nippon Charge Service, LLC(1) (NCS) on February 5, […]

Showa Denko CEO Message to Newly-hired Employees

TOKYO, Apr 2, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Kohei Morikawa, President and CEO of Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; TSE:4004), sent a message to welcome the company’s newly-hired employees at the entrance ceremony 2021. Kohei Morikawa, President and CEO – Changing society through the power of chemistry – The Showa Denko Group has taken […]

A.P. Honda, Thai Honda Manufacturing and HPD have merged to form a new company named “Thai Honda Manufacturing” combining their sales and production capabilities

BANGKOK, Apr 1, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Honda announced an amalgamation of A.P. Honda Co., Ltd., Thai Honda Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and HPD Co., Ltd., a shareholding company, — forming a new company named “Thai Honda Manufacturing Co., Ltd.” The establishment of the new company was effective on the 31st of March […]

Chubu Miraiz and MC Launch New Assisted-Living JV

TOKYO, Apr 1, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Chubu Electric Power Miraiz Co., Inc. (Chubu Miraiz) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) are pleased to announce their establishment today of a new joint-venture company that will specialize in providing assisted-living services across Japan. Named Chubu Electric Power Miraiz Connect Co., Inc. (CEPM Connect), the new […]

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Strengthens Footprint in EMEA Region

TOKYO, Apr 1, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Effective today, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has changed the name of its London-based European subsidiary from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Europe, Ltd. to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries EMEA, Ltd. (MHI-EMEA). The change reflects the entity’s expanded role as MHI’s regional headquarters for the Europe, the Middle […]

RIKEN, Fujitsu Launch Collaborative R&D Center in Japan in First Step Toward Realization of Superconducting Quantum Computers

TOKYO, Apr 1, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – RIKEN and Fujitsu today announced the opening of the “RIKEN RQC-Fujitsu Collaboration Center” to promote joint research and development of foundational technologies to put superconducting quantum computers into practical use. More specifically, Riken and Fujitsu will develop hardware and software technologies to realize a quantum […]

Completion of Chubu Electric Power Grid Hida Converter Station Equipped with Hitachi’s Frequency Converters

TOKYO, Apr 1, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) announced that the operations of the Hida-Shinano frequency conversion facility have commenced, enabling the Shin-Shinano Substation of TEPCO Power Grid, Inc. (TEPCO) to be connected to the Hida Converter Station of Chubu Electric Power Grid Co., Inc. (Chubu Electric Power), to […]

KYORIN and Eisai Enter Into License Agreement Concerning the Development and Marketing of Vibegron, a Treatment for Overactive Bladder, in Four ASEAN Countries

TOKYO, Mar 31, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – KYORIN Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of KYORIN Holdings, Inc., and Eisai Co., Ltd. have entered into a license agreement for development and distribution of vibegron, a therapeutic agent for overactive bladder, in four ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member states; Thailand, the Philippines, […]

Eisai: Application Submitted for Additional Indication of Anti Cancer Agent Lenvima in Combination With Keytruda as a Treatment for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma in Japan

TOKYO, Mar 31, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and MSD K.K. a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A., (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) announced today that Eisai has submitted an application in Japan for the additional indication of its in-house discovered and developed […]

Toyota: First Refrigerated Vehicle for Vaccine in the World to Obtain WHO’s Performance, Quality and Safety Prequalification

Toyota City, Japan, Mar 31, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation, and B Medical Systems S.a r.l. announced today that the vehicle with a dedicated refrigerator for transporting vaccines at the appropriate temperatures developed jointly by the three companies has obtained Performance, Quality and Safety (PQS) prequalification for […]

Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital and Toyota to Begin Utilization Demonstration of the World’s First Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Mobile Clinic

Toyota City, Japan, Mar 31, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have agreed to begin demonstration testing of the world’s first(1) fuel cell electric vehicle mobile clinic (FCEV mobile clinic) that uses hydrogen to generate electricity, by the summer of 2021. The organizations aim […]

Fujitsu Accelerates Investment in Promising Tech Startups with Establishment of 10 Billion Yen Corporate Venture Capital Fund and Management Subsidiary

TOKYO, Mar 31, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu Limited today announced the establishment of Fujitsu Ventures Fund LLC, a corporate venture capital (CVC) fund totaling 10 billion yen, under the management by the subsidiary Fujitsu Ventures Limited. The new fund will target investments in promising tech companies globally, including in Japan, the […]

MHI Concludes Contract for France-Japan Joint Research Project to Enhance the Functionality of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Mine Countermeasures

TOKYO, Mar 31, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has concluded a research and prototype production contract with Japan’s Ministry of Defense for next-generation mine-countermeasure technology, a France-Japan joint research project being conducted based on agreement between defense authorities in the two countries. OZZ-5, autonomous underwater mine countermeasure vehicle […]

Mazda Production and Sales Results for February 2021

TOKYO, Mar 30, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mazda Motor Corporation’s production and sales results for February 2021 are summarized below. I. Production 1. Domestic ProductionMazda’s domestic production volume in February 2021 decreased 4.9% year on year due to decreased production of passenger and commercial vehicles. [Domestic production of key models in February […]