TOKYO, Feb 10, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems Ltd. (MHI Thermal Systems) a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) Group, has confirmed its latest technology has the ability to remove and inactivate the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) by enzyme-urea formulation processing technology or irradiation by UV-C LED (ultraviolet-C light-emitting diode). […]
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NEC, ParityQC Collaborate to Develop Highly-scalable, Practical Quantum Computers
Tokyo, Japan and Innsbruck, Austria, Feb 10, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) and ParityQC today announced that they have started collaborating in the field of quantum annealing, a method of quantum computing. NEC will be the first company worldwide(1) implementing the ParityQC architecture for quantum annealing devices. The collaboration entails NEC […]
All-New MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER Is Ready to Ship to North America
TOKYO, Feb 9, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION (MMC) rolled its first produced all-new OUTLANDER off the assembly line at Okazaki Plant in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The company began its shipment to North America on February 8, and will make its global debut on February 17. With more than four years of […]
NEC, Netcracker and DigitalRoute Partner to Accelerate 5G Monetization
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, Feb 8, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701), Netcracker and DigitalRoute announced today a strategic partnership in which NEC will offer DigitalRoute’s Usage Data Platform alongside its 5G mobile core network (5GC). NEC and Netcracker have previously collaborated with DigitalRoute to deliver the Netcracker Digital BSS solution to operators around […]
DENSO to Transfer Higashi Hiroshima Plant to DENSO Kyushu
KARIYA, JAPAN, Feb 5, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – DENSO Corporation today announced it will transfer ownership of its Higashi Hiroshima Plant to subsidiary DENSO Kyushu on April 1, 2021. The plant will be renamed DENSO Kyushu Higashi Hiroshima Plant. The DENSO Group has long manufactured compact motors for automotive wiper systems and washer systems […]
NEC to Design Clearing House Systems in Support of Transport Fare Collection System Integration in Dhaka, Bangladesh
TOKYO, Feb 5, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced it received an order to design clearing house systems in support of integrating transport fare collection systems under the “Project for Establishment of Clearing House for Integrating Transport Ticketing System in Dhaka City Area (Phase II),” a technical cooperation project conducted […]
Fujitsu Named to FORTUNE Magazine’s 2021 List of “World’s Most Admired Companies” for Third Year Running
TOKYO, Feb 5, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu today announced that it has been named to FORTUNE Magazine’s 2021 list of “World’s Most Admired Companies” for the third year in a row. This year, 670 companies were nominated from 30 countries as the “World’s Most Admired Companies,” of which 332 were selected (15 of […]
Mitsubishi Power to Restructure the Domestic Locations for Its Boiler Business
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Feb 4, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has decided to restructure the domestic locations for its boiler business. Since the predecessor of Mitsubishi Power, MHPS, was established in 2014, the boiler business has continued to operate two plants in Japan, Nagasaki Works and […]
Fujitsu and Hokkaido University Develop “Explainable AI” Technology Providing Users with Concrete Steps to Achieve Desired Outcomes
KAWASAKI, Japan, Feb 4, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Hokkaido University today announced the development of a new technology based on the principle of “explainable AI” that automatically presents users with steps needed to achieve a desired outcome based on AI results about data, for example, from medical checkups. “Explainable AI” […]
NTT DOCOMO to Establish a 5G Consortium in Thailand with Leading Partners
TOKYO, Feb 3, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – The initial members of the 5G Global Enterprise solution Consortium (5GEC) will be ACTIVIO Inc., AGC Inc., Advanced Wireless Network Co., Ltd., EXEO ASIA Co., Ltd., FUJITSU LIMITED, Loxley Public Company Limited, Mobile Innovation Co., Ltd., NEC Corporation, NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation, NTT Communications, NTT […]
Order Received for Philippines/29MW Binary Power Generation Project at EDC’s Palayan Geothermal Power Plant
TOKYO, Feb 3, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Turboden S.p.A., a Group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) based in Lombardy, Italy, and Mitsubishi Power, Ltd. have jointly received an order for 29-megawatt (MW) binary cycle power generation equipment to be installed at the geothermal power plant operated in Palayan, in the southeastern sector […]
DENSO Announces Third-Quarter Financial
KARIYA, JAPAN, Feb 2, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, today announced its global financial results for the third quarter, beginning Oct. 1 and ending Dec. 31, 2020, for its 2021 fiscal year, which ends March 31, 2021: – Consolidated revenue totaled 3,508.6 billion yen (US$33.9 billion), a 9.9 percent decrease […]
NTT DOCOMO’s Ambitious New Eco Targets Validated by Science-Based Targets Initiative
TOKYO, Feb 2, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – NTT DOCOMO announced that its ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets by 2030 have been validated by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), an international undertaking to certify that greenhouse gas reduction targets of enterprises are consistent with scientific evidence. DOCOMO is the first Japanese mobile carrier to receive […]
Operations Get Underway at MHI Vestas Japan Co., Ltd.
TOKYO, Feb 2, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Operations got underway has at MHI Vestas Japan Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Vestas) of Denmark newly established to strengthen the two partners’ collaboration in the field of renewable energies, mainly wind turbines. The new JV […]
O2 and NEC jointly conduct Open RAN trial
TOKYO, Feb 2, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – O2 (Telefonica UK) and NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) have announced a successful Open RAN trial on O2’s network with NEC and its ecosystem of partners that includes virtualized RAN software from Altiostar and hardware from GigaTera Communications and Supermicro among others. NEC helped to define a customized […]
Olympus launches Olympus Continuum comprehensive educational platform for HCPs
TOKYO, Feb 2, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Olympus Corporation (TSE: 7733) today announced the launch of a new comprehensive educational platform designed to provide healthcare professionals (HCPs) all over the world with learning opportunities and training to put their skills into practice and keep them performing at their best. The Olympus Continuum platform will […]
Hitachi Launches ‘Hitachi Industrial Edge Computer CE series Embedded AI model’
TOKYO, Feb 1, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) has announced the launch of “Hitachi Industrial Edge Computer CE series Embedded AI model”, that was developed in collaboration with Intel Corporation. The product, an integration of Intel’s AI technology and Hitachi’s highly reliable control system design and manufacturing technologies, is a new […]
Lexus Announces 2020 Global Sales Results
Toyota City, Japan, Feb 1, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Lexus announced today its 2020 global sales results as described below. Global sales for January-December 2020 totaled 718,715 units (a 6% decrease from the previous year). Sales for January-June totaled approximately 304,000 (a 16% decrease from the previous year) due to the spread of COVID-19, […]
Eisai to Launch Parkinson’s Disease Treatment Equfina in South Korea
TOKYO, Feb 1, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that Eisai Korea Inc., Eisai’s subsidiary in South Korea, has launched the Parkinson’s disease treatment Equfina (safinamide mesilate, “safinamide”). This is the first launch of Equfina in the Asian region excluding Japan. The estimated number of patients with Parkinson’s disease is approximately […]
Showa Denko K.K. Announces Execution of Master Agreement regarding Series of Transactions
TOKYO, Jan 28, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – This is to announce that the Company has decided to execute a master agreement (hereinafter referred to as the “Master Agreement”) with a special-purpose company formed by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (collectively, hereinafter referred to as “Apollo”), regarding a series of transactions, […]