TOKYO, Mar 29, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu Limited today announced that the Fujitsu Group has been selected as a Supplier Engagement Leader in the 2023 CDP (1) Supplier Engagement Rating for its proactive engagement with its suppliers to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change strategies. CDP’s Supplier Engagement Rating evaluates corporate supply chain engagement based on organizations’ responses to …
Mazda Production and Sales Results for February 2024
HIROSHIMA, Japan, Mar 29, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mazda Motor Corporation’s production and sales results for February 2024 are summarized below. I. Production 1. Domestic Production Mazda’s domestic production volume in February 2024 decreased 9.4% year on year due to decreased production of passenger vehicles. [Domestic production of key models in February 2024] CX-5: 29,357 units (up 4.1% year on year) MAZDA3: …
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Receives Order from the University of Tokyo for “MiPoLin” Power Prediction and Lines Selection System
TOKYO, Mar 28, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has received an order from the University of Tokyo for its independently developed “MiPoLin®”, a power prediction and lines selection system(1). The system has already been available at the university’s Maritime and Ocean Digital Engineering Laboratory (MODE) (Note2). MiPoLin® is a user-friendly web-based …
Mitsubishi Logisnext Completes Demonstration of Automated Truck Loading, Leading to Start of Actual Operations in Japan
TOKYO, Mar 28, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd., a part of MHI Group, has completed a demonstration of loading trucks utilizing automated guided forklifts (AGFs). The demonstration was conducted jointly with logistics services provider Konoike Transport Co., Ltd., which this month began utilizing the system for actual business operations in Japan. Unlike cargo handling with fixed equipment such as …
Toyota Releases Sales, Production, and Export Results for February 2024
Toyota City, Japan, Mar 28, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces its sales, production, and export results for February 2024 as well as the cumulative total from January to February 2024, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd. To view more information on the sales, production, and export results by country and region, including …
TANAKA to Install 500 kW Fuel Cell System to Promote the Use of Hydrogen Energy at Production Plants
TOKYO, Mar 27, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Group CEO: Koichiro Tanaka) announces that TANAKA Precious Metals will install a stationary pure hydrogen fuel cell system with a maximum generating capacity of 500 kilowatts (kW), one of the largest in private-sector use in Japan, at the Shonan Plant in Kanagawa Prefecture, a key recycling business site …
PEVE to change name to TOYOTA BATTERY Co., Ltd. and produce batteries for a wide range of electric vehicles
As announced by Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota Motor) on March 5, 2024, Primearth EV Energy Co., Ltd. (PEVE) will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor. Capitalizing on the technology fostered through our hybrid vehicle battery business to date, we plan to contribute to Toyota Motor’s multi-pathway strategy in the battery business and intend to change our company name to TOYOTA BATTERY Co., Ltd. from …
NTT and Olympus Begin World’s First Joint Demonstration Experiment of Cloud Endoscopy System
Highlights: NTT’s IOWN APN technology and Olympus’ advanced technology for endoscopes will be utilized in a demonstration experiment of a cloud endoscopy system that enables real-time image processing of endoscopes on the cloud. Through this demonstration experiment, the two companies will establish a reference model for the commercialization of a cloud endoscopy system and contribute to overcoming current limitations of endoscope processing performance and improving …
TANAKA Holdings Announces Green Loan Financing for Construction of New Head Office Building
TOKYO, Mar 26, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Group CEO: Koichiro Tanaka), the pure holding company of TANAKA Precious Metals, announced today that it has entered into a green loan agreement with Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Masahiko Kato, hereafter “Mizuho Bank”) to finance the construction of the new head office …
JFE Steel and Hitachi Jointly Started Providing Solutions for the Steel Industry
TOKYO, Mar 26, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – JFE Steel Corporation (“JFE Steel”) and Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501, “Hitachi”) today announced that they have started to provide a solution (the “Solution”), which combines JFE Steel’s consulting programs and Hitachi’s automatic cold-rolling flatness control system, to steel companies in both Japan and overseas. The Solution features the combination of Hitachi’s system, which uses an artificial …
La Banque Postale and JCB join forces to elevate payments experience for travellers in France
Tokyo, Paris and London, Mar 26, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – La Banque Postale and JCB today announced the signature of a partnership aimed at facilitating easy and seamless payment transactions for JCB cardmembers throughout France. This long-term collaboration will be rolled out in several major phases. The partnership between La Banque Postale and JCB offers a variety of payment options to business owners …
Fujitsu Tech Leverages AI and Underwater Drone Data for ‘Ocean Digital Twin’
TOKYO, Mar 26, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu today announced details of a technology that uses LiDAR and AI to acquire high-resolution 3D data from organisms and other natural features like coral reefs, as well as man-made structures like wind turbine infrastructure in the sea with autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) as part of its R&D efforts to create ocean digital twin. The …
NEC develops marketing strategy planning & effectiveness simulation technology using generative AI
TOKYO, Mar 25, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has developed a marketing strategy planning & effectiveness simulation technology that utilizes generative AI to identify latent needs of customers and generate optimal measures. According to an NEC survey, this is the world’s first technology that can automatically visualize customer interests and preferences (i.e. psychograhic attributes), generate measures, and predict customer …
Toyota to Open New Tokyo Head Office in Shinagawa in FY2030
Toyota City, Japan, Mar 22, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Toyota Motor Corporation will sign a new agreement with Keikyu Corporation in relation to the agreement signed in 2020 to serve as a joint operator in the development of the Shinagawa Station West Exit area. The new agreement relates to the transfer of a portion of land in the corresponding area as well …
Hitachi Selected as CDP Supplier Engagement Leader for the Third Consecutive Year
TOKYO, Mar 22, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) has been selected as a Supplier Engagement Leader, with the highest rating of“Supplier Engagement Rating” in 2023 by CDP, an international non-governmental organization in the environmental field. This is the third consecutive year that Hitachi has been selected as a Supplier Engagement Leader. In 2023, Hitachi was also selected as a …
Mitsubishi Motors Celebrates Production of 100,000th fully electric minivehicle
TOKYO, Mar 22, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (hereafter, Mitsubishi Motors) announced that cumulative production of the Mitsubishi Motors eK X EV and Nissan Sakura electric minivehicles reached a record 100,000 units just after one year and 10 months since manufacturing began. The eK X EV and Nissan Sakura began production in May 2022 at Mitsubishi Motors’ Mizushima Plant and …
JCB and AEON Credit Service Indonesia Launch the AEON JCB Precious Card
TOKYO & JAKARTA, Mar 22, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – PT JCB International Indonesia, a subsidiary of JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCB), and PT AEON Credit Service Indonesia have launched the AEON JCB Precious Card, targeting the premium segment and focusing on family needs. The credit card is designed to help Indonesian families meet their basic daily needs and still enjoy a life with …
JCB Issues White Paper on Calculating CO2 Emissions by Payment Method in Japan
TOKYO, Mar 22, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Japan’s only international payment brand JCB Co., Ltd. (“JCB”) has issued a white paper on the carbon impact of individual transactions made using various payment methods in Japan. The carbon emissions were calculated by Your Arbor Inc. (“Arbor”). The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate action outlined by the international community are gaining momentum, and are …
NEC and NTT successfully conduct first-of-its-kind long-distance transmission experiment over 7,000km using 12-core optical fiber
TOKYO, Mar 22, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) and NTT Corporation (NTT) today announced that they have successfully conducted a first-of-its-kind transoceanic-class 7,280km transmission experiment using a coupled 12-core multicore fiber(1), which consists of 12 optical signal transmission paths in a standard outer diameter optical fiber (0.125 mm). This achievement is expected to be a next-generation transmission infrastructure technology …
Lifenet and Eisai Co-Develop Dementia Insurance “be”
TOKYO, Mar 21, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – LIFENET INSURANCE COMPANY and Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that they have co-developed Dementia Insurance “be”, a dementia insurance that supports early detection and treatment of dementia and mild cognitive impairment (hereafter, “MCI”) as one of the initiatives under the capital and business alliance agreement concluded in August 2022 for collaboration in dementia and other …