Contract for five units received jointly with local firm CTCI, following a similar contract for three units in 2013, aiming to increase output and reduce environmental impact by upgrading existing facilities Scheduled to start operation sequentially from 2030 to 2031, with successive orders with the same partner based on high degree of trust and solid track record Conceptual rendering of the completed Tung Hsiao Power …
Hitachi announces historic $1 billion USD manufacturing investment to power America’s energy future through production of critical grid infrastructure
Raleigh, North Carolina and Zurich, September 4, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Hitachi Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., and global leader in electrification, today announced a historic investment of more than $1 billion USD to expand the production of critical electrical grid infrastructure in the United States. These investments, among the largest seen in the electrical industry in the U.S., …
NEC participates in Locked Shields 2025 hosted by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
TOKYO, September 5, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) — NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) participated in Locked Shields 2025, an international cyber defence exercise organised by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE). NEC also supported design and construction of the exercise environment for the team from Japan, including its network and analysis infrastructure. Locked Shields has been organized by the CCDCOE since 2010 …
TANAKA Announces Executive Appointment
TOKYO, Sept 5, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL GROUP 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 22, 2025, the appointment of executives for TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL GROUP Co., Ltd., TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL TECHNOLOGIES Co., Ltd., TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL RETAILING Co., Ltd., TANAKA ELECTRONICS Co., …
Honda to Begin Sales of All-new Prelude
TOKYO, Japan, September 4, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) will begin sales in Japan of the all-new Prelude tomorrow, on September 5, 2025. Inspired by the image of gliders soaring freely and boundlessly through the open sky, Honda developed the all-new Prelude under the grand concept of “Unlimited Glide,” striving for a vehicle that evokes the uplifting sensation of gliding …
Signing of Agreement with Yamaguchi Prefecture and Iwakuni City to Construct Module Pack Plant of Automotive Cylindrical Lithium-Ion Batteries
Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, September 4, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) today signed an agreement with Yamaguchi Prefecture and Iwakuni City regarding the construction of the “Mazda Motor Corporation Iwakuni Plant,” a new module pack plant for automotive cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, as announced in January this year. Based on this agreement, construction will commence …
NEC to begin proof of concept for early earthquake detection and analysis in Colombia
TOKYO, Japan, September 4, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) — NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced that it will begin a proof of concept (PoC) for introducing an Earthquake Early Warning System (EEWS) in Colombia. This follows NEC’s selection to undertake the “Project for Conducting a Feasibility Study on the Introduction of ICT-Based Early Earthquake Detection and Analysis Technology in the Republic of Colombia,” …
Eisai to Present Latest Data on Lemborexant and Novel Orexin Receptor Agonist E2086 at The World Sleep 2025
TOKYO, September 4, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Eisai”) announced today that the company will deliver a total of 11 presentations, including clinical data on the selective orexin 2 receptor agonist (OX2R)E2086 and the latest findings on its in-house discovered orexin receptor antagonist lemborexant (product name: DAYVIGO®) at the World Sleep Congress (World Sleep 2025) …
Honda Premieres a New Color Option for Four Large-size Outboard Motors at HISWA In-Water Boat Show 2025 in the Netherlands
TOKYO, Japan, September 3, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Honda today presented the world premiere of four large-size outboard motors, BF350, BF250, BF225 and BF200, featuring a new “Sporty White” color option at the HISWA te Water (HISWA in-water Boat Show) now underway (Sept. 3–7, 2025) in Lelystad, the Netherlands. All four models with the new Sporty White color option will go on sale …
Toyota Joins TOKYO H2 Project Aiming to Make Tokyo a Global Leader in Hydrogen
Toyota City, Japan, September 3, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced today that it has joined “TOKYO H2,” a new project launched by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on September 3 aiming to make Tokyo a global leader in hydrogen. As part of this public-private initiative, the Crown has been introduced into the fuel cell taxi fleet to expand adoption. …
Honda Running Team Member, Nagiya Mori, Selected to Represent Japan in World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 (WCH Tokyo 25) Men’s 5000m Event
TOKYO, Japan, September 3, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) today announced that a member of the Honda Running Team, Nagiya Mori, has been named to represent Japan in the men’s 5000m event at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 (WCH Tokyo 25), in Tokyo, September 13–21, 2025. Since joining Honda in 2022, Mori has steadily improved his competitive performance. …
Eisai Initiated Rolling Supplemental Biologics License Application to the U.S. FDA for LEQEMBI(R) IQLIK(TM) (lecanemab-irmb) as a Subcutaneous Starting Dose for the Treatment of Early Alzheimer’s Disease Under Fast Track Status
TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 3, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Eisai”) and Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB, Corporate headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts, CEO: Christopher A. Viehbacher, “Biogen”) announced today that Eisai has initiated the rolling submission of the Supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for lecanemab-irmb (U.S. brand name: …
Anime Tokyo Station: TV Anime “SPY x FAMILY” Special Exhibition, Period: August 16 – November 9, 2025
TOKYO, Sept 3, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Anime Tokyo Station, an anime exhibition center that utilizes Japanese anime content with a strong fan base around the world, will host the TV anime SPY x FAMILY Special Exhibition from August 16 to November 9, 2025. Ahead of the opening, a press preview was held on August 15. © Tatsuya Endo/Shueisha, SPY x FAMILY Project …
Fujitsu, 1Finity and Arrcus sign strategic partnership agreement to deliver innovative network solutions for AI infrastructure
Kawasaki, Japan and San Jose, USA, September 3, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu Limited, 1Finity Inc., a Fujitsu company and leading provider of global network solutions, and Arrcus Inc., the hyperscale networking software company and a leader in core, edge, and multi-cloud routing and switching infrastructure, today announced the signing of a strategic partnership contract to strengthen next-generation infrastructure for the AI …
Mitsubishi Corporation Invests in Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a US Fusion Energy Start-up from MIT
Massachusetts, USA, September 2, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Corporation (“MC”) is pleased to announce its participation in a third-party allotment of shares by Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC (Headquarter: Massachusetts, USA, Representative: Bob Mumgaard, “CFS”), a fusion energy start-up originating from MIT *1. This investment was made in collaboration with a consortium of 12 Japanese companies *2 (“Japanese Consortium”). In the field of …
Hitachi has been certified as a Gold Partner of Scaled Agile, Inc., the provider of the large-scale agile framework “SAFe(R)”
TOKYO, September 2, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501, “Hitachi”) has been certified as a Gold Partner*1 of Scaled Agile, Inc. (“SAI”), the provider of SAFe®, the world’s most trusted system for business agility. SAFe is a management framework that supports organizational transformation and business agility, helping to enhance competitiveness and maximize customer value and is widely adopted globally. Within the …
DENSO Signs Agreement to Transfer Part of Its Ceramic Product Business
KARIYA, JAPAN, September 1, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – DENSO CORPORATION (hereinafter “DENSO”) today announced that its Board of Directors has resolved to transfer its Spark Plug and Exhaust Gas Sensor business (Oxygen Sensor and Air-Fuel Ratio Sensor), to Niterra Co., Ltd (hereinafter “Niterra”). The two parties reached a decision to sign the business transfer agreement during a board of directors meeting on …
Honda to Provide Official Vehicles for World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 as Official Global Partner
TOKYO, Japan, September 1, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda), an official global partner of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 (WCH Tokyo 25), today revealed the list of Honda vehicles to be used as the official vehicles for WCH Tokyo 25, to be held September 13 through 21, 2025. With its theme for WCH Tokyo 25 — “Maximizing …
Austria and Germany to become the first markets in the European Union (EU) to launch LEQEMBI(R) (lecanemab)
TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., August 25, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Eisai”) and Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB, Corporate headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts, CEO: Christopher A. Viehbacher, “Biogen”) announced today that the anti-amyloid beta(AB) monoclonal antibody “LEQEMBI®” has been launched in Austria on August 25, 2025 and will be launched in Germany on September 1, 2025. LEQEMBI …
Shibaura Institute of Technology, Waseda University and Fujitsu develop quantum computer-based robot posture optimization
Tokyo and Kawasaki, Japan, August 25, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Shibaura Institute of Technology (Associate Professor Takuya Otani, Faculty of System Science and Engineering [Human Robot System Laboratory]), Waseda University (Professor Atsuo Takanishi, Faculty of Science and Engineering), and Fujitsu Limited today announced the development of an innovative method for efficiently controlling robot posture using quantum computing technology. This new approach facilitates the …