TOKYO, Jan 20, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Honda has announced that it will collaborate with Cruise and General Motors on self-driving vehicles for its autonomous vehicle mobility service (MaaS) business in Japan, based on the development and commercial agreements signed in October 2018. Cruise will be sending the first of its self-driving test vehicles […]

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 […]

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 […]

TOKYO, Jan 14, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; TOKYO:4004) will increase its capacity to produce aluminum substrate for HD media through 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 supply capacity […]

TOKYO, Jan 14, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) announced the signing of a contract with the National Submarine Cable Utility Belau Submarine Cable Corporation (BSCC) of the Palau Republic (Palau) for the Palau Cable 2 (PC2) optical submarine cable construction project. PC2, with a total length of approximately 110km, will connect […]

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, […]

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, 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 […]

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 […]

HONG KONG, Jan 12, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Hong Kong Investor Relations Association (HKIRA) held its first virtual IR Annual Symposium on Friday (Jan 8) from the HKEX Connect Hall to a positive response and warm reviews. Over 300 participants joined the online Symposium, sharing their views and insights on the latest trends and […]

OSLO, NORWAY, Jan 10, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Just before New Year, the Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX) completed a NOK 60 million (EUR 5.84 million) private equity placement with Pareto Securities, a leading investment bank in the Nordics, acting as sole lead manager and guarantor of the deal. The funding ensures that NBX can […]

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 […]

TOKYO, Jan 6, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Olympus Corporation (TSE:7733) and Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501) have signed a five-year contract to jointly develop Endoscopic Ultrasound Systems (EUS). Hitachi will also continue to supply diagnostic ultrasound systems and related parts used in EUS to Olympus under this contract. EUS consist of a diagnostic ultrasound system and […]

TOKYO, Jan 6, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – On January 1, 2021, Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Keihin Corporation, Showa Corporation and Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd. concluded management integration to form Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., a leading provider of mobility solutions to the automotive industry. The name “Astemo” is derived from the words “Advanced Sustainable Technologies for […]

TOKYO, Jan 5, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has announced that Northgate Public Services (NPS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC, has entered into an agreement to acquire Charter Systems Ltd, a leading supplier of Covert Operations software to police services in the UK and Canada. NPS is the market leader for […]

TOKYO, Jan 4, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Kohei Morikawa, President and CEO of Showa Denko (“SDK”; TSE:4004) announced the following New Year message. Kohei Morikawa, President and CEO I would like to express my heartfelt sympathy to everyone who contracted COVID-19 and the people who are in difficulties due to the spread of the […]

TOKYO, Dec 28, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Mazda Motor Corporation’s production and sales results for November 2020 are summarized below. I. Production 1. Domestic Production Mazda’s domestic production volume in November 2020 decreased 3.8% year on year due to decreased production of passenger and commercial vehicles. [Domestic production of key models in November 2020]CX-5: […]

TOKYO, Dec 28, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Hitachi Capital (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi Capital Corporation, Hitachi Asia (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., and SANTEC POWER SOLUTIONS CO.,LTD. entered into Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Three companies will encourage installation of the commercial solar self-consumption equipment within Hitachi Group in […]

Toyota City, Japan, Dec 25, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) has announced a limited launch of the “C+pod” ultra-compact battery electric vehicle (BEV), from December 25, to corporate users, local governments and other organizations that have been exploring new options to drive the popularization of BEVs. Toyota plans to further promote […]

TOKYO, Dec 25, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) announces that it revises its forecast of year-end dividend payment as in below, taking the latest trend in its business performance into consideration. 1. Reasons for the revision of dividend payment forecast Based on its comprehensive consideration to the importance of the maintenance […]