TOKYO, May 17, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu today announced that it has been chosen for the “Research and Development Project of the Enhanced Infrastructures for Post-5G Information and Communication Systems/Development of post-5G information and communication systems,” a subsidy project launched by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) under […]
WALLDORF, Germany and TOKYO, Japan, May 17, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) and NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701; NEC) today announced NEC has selected SAP S/4HANA Cloud through the RISE with SAP solution, running on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Together with implementation partner ABeam Consulting, the migration will leverage NEC’s Generative AI technology […]
TOKYO, Japan / ARMONK, N.Y., U.S.A., May 15, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) today announced that Honda and IBM have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining their intent to collaborate on the long-term joint research and development of next-generation computing technologies(1) needed to overcome challenges related to […]
TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 15, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB) announced today that Eisai has initiated the rolling submission of a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for lecanemab-irmb (U.S. brand name: LEQEMBI®) subcutaneous autoinjector for weekly maintenance […]
KARIYA, JAPAN, May 14, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – DENSO CORPORATION and its group company, Certhon Build B.V., will begin accepting commercial orders for the fully automated cherry truss tomato harvesting robot, “Artemy,” in Europe starting today, May 14th. Artemy is an innovative robot that can perform a series of cherry truss tomato […]
KAWASAKI, Japan, May 13, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – The supercomputer Fugaku, jointly developed by RIKEN and Fujitsu, has successfully retained the top spot for nine consecutive terms in multiple major high-performance computer rankings including HPCG and Graph500 BFS (Breadth-First Search), and has also taken fourth place for the TOP500 and fourth place […]
TOKYO, May 13, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has received approval in China for the additional indication of its in-house discovered antiepileptic drug (AED) Fycompa® (generic name: perampanel hydrate) for adjunctive treatment of primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures in patients with epilepsy aged 12 years and older. […]
Toyota City, Japan, May 13, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team’s Sébastien Ogier has secured a second successive win with his record-breaking sixth victory at the Rally de Portugal. Vincent Landais, Sebastien Ogier Just like in the previous round on the asphalt roads of Croatia, Ogier and co-driver […]
Toyota City, Japan, May 13, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing overcame a challenging and eventful 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps to earn a solid result in the third round of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Belgium. In the last race before the Le Mans 24 Hours, the team […]
TOKYO, May 10, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it will establish a new subsidiary, NTT DOCOMO GLOBAL, Inc., this July (planned) to expand DOCOMO’s global presence and growth by creating new lifestyles worldwide through advanced mobile technologies. NTT DOCOMO GLOBAL will oversee the DOCOMO group’s global business […]
TOKYO, May 10, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – A team of researchers in Japan released Fugaku-LLM, a large language model (1) with enhanced Japanese language capability, using the RIKEN supercomputer Fugaku. The team is led by Professor Rio Yokota of Tokyo Institute of Technology, Associate Professor Keisuke Sakaguchi of Tohoku University, Koichi Shirahata […]
TOKYO, May 9, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Honda R&D (India) Private Limited (HRID), a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and functioning as Honda’s research and development arm for motorcycles & power products in India, today opened its new Solution R&D Center in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Honda sets global target of achieving carbon […]
TOKYO, May 9, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu today announced the development of explainable AI technology that automatically draws on data in multiple formats, including text, images, and numerical data, to create knowledge graphs that will help users to more easily draw meaning from large-scale data sets with high accuracy for areas […]
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TSE Code: 7011) announced that order intake rose 48.5% year-over-year to ¥6,684.0 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024. Revenue rose 10.8% to ¥4,657.1 billion year-over-year, resulting in profit from business activities (business profit) of ¥282.5 billion, a 46.1% increase over the previous fiscal year, which represented a profit […]
TOKYO & LONDON, May 8, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Boarding public transport and pay the fare by simply tapping with a contactless payment card on turnstiles or authorized readers: Rome is the first city in Europe to offer this contactless payment service to JCB Cardmembers. The service, commonly known as open loop transit, […]
TOKYO and PALO ALTO, Calif. , May 8, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NEC X, the Silicon Valley-based innovation accelerator and venture studio backed by global IT leader NEC, today announced a new investment in Multitude Insights, the provider of a transformative AI-powered solution enabling greater collaboration and faster case resolution for law […]
Kawasaki and Las Vegas, May 8, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Today, at ServiceNow’s annual customer and partner event, Knowledge 2024, ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), the AI platform for business transformation, and Fujitsu Limited, an industry leader in IT services and digital transformation solutions, announced a new strategic commitment to launch innovative cross-industry solutions […]
TOKYO, May 7, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu today announced the Japan market launch of its successful modernization automation service “Fujitsu PROGRESSION,” building on a proven track of over global 50 use cases in which it migrated legacy systems to the Fujitsu mainframe “GS21 Series.” “Fujitsu PROGRESSION” is a service that automatically […]
TOKYO, May 7, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has concluded a General License Agreement (GLA) with Chiyoda Corporation (Chiyoda). Under this strategic collaboration agreement, MHI will grant license of “KM CDR Process™” and “Advanced KM CDR Process™” to Chiyoda, which is jointly developed with The Kansai Electric Power […]
HEIDELBERG, Germany, Apr 30, 2024 – (ACN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – BioMed X, a German biomedical research institute, announces the start of a new research project in partnership with Merck at its site in Heidelberg, Germany. The main objective of the project is to develop novel immunotherapeutic strategies to overcome the immunosuppressive microenvironment of solid tumors. Independent […]
Toyota City, Japan, May 2, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team will take on the Rally de Portugal (May 9-12) with a strong line-up of four drivers ready to continue the team’s run of success on the popular gravel event. For the first time in the 2024 season, […]
Toyota City, Japan, May 2, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing aims to continue its winning form and extend a record-breaking run of victories at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps when the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) visits Belgium for round three on Saturday 11 May. A thrilling 6 Hours […]
Q&M leads as first dental group in Southeast Asia to deploy the latest iTero Lumina™ intraoral scanner, demonstrating commitment to advanced patient care Cutting-edge iTero Multi-Direct Capture™ technology simplifies data capture, offering exceptional scan quality and efficiency to benefit dentists and patients SINGAPORE, Apr 29, 2024 – (ACN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mainboard listed Q&M Dental […]
TOKYO, Apr 30, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TSE: 5713, SMM) and Mitsubishi Corporation (TSE: 8058, MC) have entered into a binding agreement with Ardea Resources Limited (ASX: ARL, Ardea) to participate in the development of the Kalgoorlie Nickel Project (KNP) – Goongarrie Hub. SMM and MC will […]
TOKYO, Apr 29, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – SPARX Group Co., Ltd. (SPARX; TSE Prime: 8739) today announced that its subsidiary SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. (SAM) established the Space Frontiers Second Fund. Seven companies have decided to back the Fund as limited partners: Toyota Motor Corporation; MUFG Bank, Ltd.; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking […]
TOKYO, Apr 29, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has established a local subsidiary in Vietnam, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Vietnam Co., Ltd., and has started full-scale business activities. The new subsidiary will assume the roles of the MHI liaison offices in Ho Chi Minh City (established in 1994) and […]
SEOUL, South Korea/TOKYO, Japan, Apr 29, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – POSCO Future M Co., Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that they have reached a basic agreement on collaboration for the production of cathode materials for automotive batteries in Canada. The two companies will begin detailed discussions with the goal […]
Alliston, ON, Apr 29, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that it plans to build a comprehensive EV value chain in Canada with an approximate investment of CAD$15 billion, including investment by joint venture partners, to strengthen its EV supply system and capability to prepare for a future […]
TOKYO & TAIWAN, April 26, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s only international payment brand, in cooperation with Cathay United Bank, is pleased to announce the launch of a contactless payment service at 18 stations on the Taichung MRT Green Line […]
HIROSHIMA, Japan, Apr 25, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mazda Motor Corporation’s production and sales results for March 2024 and for April 2023 through March 2024 are summarized below. I. Production 1. Domestic Production (1) March 2024 Mazda’s domestic production volume in March 2024 decreased 25.1% year on year due to decreased production […]