Transport for Wales makes Hitachi its “Mobility as a Service” partner

LONDON, Sept 12, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Transport for Wales (TfW) has selected Hitachi to help digitally transform publictransport within Wales, making it easier for customers to plan, book and pay for different modes of travel. Highlights: Five-year partnership to digitallyconnect public transport journeysacross Wales through a single app. Applying knowledge and […]

NEC Publishes ESG Initiatives Supporting Sustainable Growth of Companies and Society in “ESG Databook 2024”

TOKYO, Sept 12, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has published the ESG Databook 2024, a report on its ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) initiatives from April 2023 onwards. NEC ESG Databook 2024URL: www.nec.com/en/global/sustainability/report/index.html  As outlined in its Mid-term Management Plan 2025 (*), NEC aims to create social and […]

Honda Begins Joint Research on AI Technologies with the Indian Institutes of Technology in Delhi and Bombay to Further Advance Honda CI (Cooperative Intelligence)

TOKYO, Sept 11, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Honda(1) today announced that it has begun joint research on AI technologies with the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), more specifically, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), to further advance Honda CI (Cooperative Intelligence, CI(2)), original […]

TRENDE Launches Commercial P2P Energy Trading Service in Partnership with JA Group and ITOCHU

TOKYO, Sept 10, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TRENDE Inc., a renewable energy company that develops and provides renewable energy solutions to residential customers in Japan, today announced the launch of its commercial peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading service in collaboration with the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (JA Group) and ITOCHU Corporation. This […]

DENSO to Build a New Plant at the Zenmyo Plant

KARIYA, JAPAN, Sept 9, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – DENSO CORPORATION today announced that it will build a new plant by expanding the site of the Zenmyo Plant in Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture. Construction will start in the first half of FY2025 and will be completed in January 2027, with production slated to […]

TANAKA Precious Metals Announces Executive Appointments

TOKYO, Sept 7, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Group CEO: Koichiro Tanaka) announces that its Board of Directors tentatively decided, at a meeting held on August 19, 2024, the appointment of executives for TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL GROUP CO., LTD., which will be newly established on September […]

Toyota’s Next-Generation BEV Battery Development and Production Plan Certified by METI

Toyota City, Japan, Sept 6, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced today that the development and production plans for its next-generation batteries (performance version) and all-solid-state batteries were certified by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) as part of the Japanese government’s “Supply Assurance Plan for Batteries.” […]

Toyota Motor Corporation and BMW Group Strengthen Collaboration Towards the Advancement of a Hydrogen Society

Toyota City, Japan, Sept 6, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and the BMW Group (BMW) signed an agreement to strengthen collaboration in the hydrogen sector, with a view to creating a hydrogen society and achieving overall carbon neutrality. Both companies will work together on the development of fuel cells […]

DENSO Fukushima Launches Production of Inverters

KARIYA, JAPAN, Sept 5, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – DENSO Corporation will start inverter production at DENSO Fukushima Co., Ltd., to reinforce its manufacturing capability in Japan and enhance the DENSO Group’s competitiveness in the electrification field. DENSO Fukushima is a DENSO Group company that manufactures automotive thermal products, such as air conditioners […]

Launch of IOWN Network Solution for 400Gbps High-Speed Inter-Data Center Connections that Reduces Construction and Operation Costs by 50%, and power consumption by 40%

TOKYO, Sept 5, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – The IOWN Network Solution (400G) (hereinafter, The Solution) combines the IOWN-related technologies of NTT Corporation (NTT) and those of IP Infusion Inc. (IP Infusion)(1), a leading software company in the United States, to realize high-speed, high-capacity, and low-power consumption communication. NTT and ACCESS Co., Ltd. […]

Hitachi Develops a Model of BuilMirai Building IoT Solution for Small and Medium-Sized Buildings to Strengthen Green & Smart Building Business

TOKYO, Sept 4, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) and Hitachi Building Systems, Co., Ltd. today announced that they have newly developed a new model of BuilMirai building IoT solution for small and medium-sized(1) buildings (hereafter, the solutions). The solutions are included in the Lumada(2), improve building management efficiency, maintain […]

Terrific Texas fight back from TOYOTA GAZOO Racing

Toyota City, Japan, Sept 2, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing suffered an agonising near-miss in the Lone Star Le Mans when a harsh penalty denied it victory in round six of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Terrific Texas fight […]

TANAKA Memorial Foundation to Offer Precious Metals Research Grants of Up to 10 Million Yen (from a Grant Pool of 20 Million Yen)

TOKYO, Sept 2, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TANAKA Memorial Foundation (Representative Director: Hideya Okamoto) announced that it will take applications for research themes for FY2024 Precious Metals Research Grants between September 2 (Mon) and November 30 (Sat). Applications for the grants are open to Japanese educational institutions and public research institutes that will […]

Fujitsu establishes Open All-Photonics Network Lab in Europe to promote global expansion of innovative network infrastructure

KAWASAKI, Japan, Aug 30, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu today announced plans to establish an Open All-Photonics Network (APN) (1) Lab in Düsseldorf, Germany from November 2024 to March 2025. The aim is to popularize APNs and promote the global expansion of the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) (2). The lab […]

JCB and Permata Launch the Permata JCB Ultimate Card

TOKYO & JAKARTA, Aug 30, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – PT JCB International Indonesia, a subsidiary of JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCB) and PT Bank Permata Tbk (Permata) have launched the Permata JCB Ultimate Card, designed to provide the best experience for its users, especially travel and dining enthusiasts. This card targets the affluent […]

JCB and BINDO Launch World’s First Metal JCB Card

TOKYO & HONG KONG, Aug 30, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – JCB International Co., Ltd., the international subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd. (“JCB”), Japan’s only international payment brand, and BINDO LABS LIMITED (“Bindo”), the parent company and developer of Wonder, a leading payments and fintech platform in Asia Pacific, announced the launch of the […]

Mazda Production and Sales Results for July 2024

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug 29, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mazda Motor Corporation’s production and sales results for July 2024 are summarized below. I. Production   Breakdown Jul 2024 Jan – Jul 2024 Units YoYChange (%) Units YoYChange (%) DOMESTIC PRODUCTION Passenger Vehicles 78,529 +8.7 447,057 -8.4 Total 78,529 +8.7 447,057 -8.4   OVERSEAS […]

Hitachi and KDDI Announce the Contents of a Joint Exhibition in Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan’s “Society 5.0 and Future City”

TOKYO, Aug 29, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (“Hitachi”) and KDDI Corporation (“KDDI”) today announced the outline of a joint exhibition (“the Exhibition”), “Society 5.0 and Future City” at the “Future Life Expo: Future City” project (“the Future City”), a part of the Future Society Showcase Project Exhibition in Expo 2025 […]

Hitachi High-Tech and Gencurix entered a partnership in cancer molecular diagnostics business

Hitachi High-Tech Corporation (“Hitachi High-Tech”) and Gencurix, Inc. (“Gencurix”) have entered a strategic partnership (the Partnership) in the field of cancer molecular diagnostics(1). The Partnership aims to develop a testing service for the cancer molecular diagnostics by combining Hitachi High-Tech’s core expertise in R&D and manufacturing of in vitro diagnostic products and digital technology, and […]

Fujitsu and Osaka University accelerate progress toward practical quantum computing by significantly increasing computing scale through error impact reduction in quantum computing architecture

Kawasaki and Osaka, Aug 28, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu Limited and the Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology at Osaka University (QIQB) today announced the joint development of two new technologies for the space-time efficient analog rotation quantum computing architecture (1) that will accelerate the realization of practical quantum computing. […]

MHI and JAL Begin Joint Exploration of Collaboration in Aircraft Maintenance and Aftermarket Services

TOKYO, Aug 27, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) have agreed to commence joint exploration of potential collaboration in the aircraft aftermarket business. The two companies have signed a memorandum on the matter. The aircraft aftermarket business includes services such as repairs, maintenance, […]

TRENDE Awarded Grant for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Project in Japan

TOKYO, Aug 27, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TRENDE Inc., a renewable energy company that develops and provides renewable energy solutions to residential customers in Japan, today announced that it has been selected for Ehime Prefecture’s “Digital Implementation Acceleration Project” under the Try Angle Ehime Initiative. TRENDE will collaborate with Toshiba Infrastructure Systems […]