Category: JCN Newswire

— First of Two Large Car Ferries Ordered by Shinnihonkai Ferry and Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency — – First ferry in Japan featuring buttock-flow stern hull(Note1) with ducktail(Note2), enabling 5% savings in energy compared to earlier ships– After handover in December 2025, ferry will go into service between Otaru and Maizuru TOKYO, […]

NEC Corporation today announced the relocation of its Digital Government and Digital Finance (DGDF) Headquarters from Tokyo to Zürich, Switzerland, in August this year. Tomoki Kubo, Corporate EVP and President of NEC’s DGDF Business Unit, will be appointed CEO of NEC DGDF Headquarters. NEC is accelerating the growth of its DGDF business globally and strengthening […]

TOKYO, Apr 25, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Olympus Corporation (Olympus), a global MedTech company committed to making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling, today announces the appointment of a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) aimed at accelerating its ongoing transformation efforts in the medtech space.  The Board of Directors has decided unanimously […]

TOKYO, Apr 25, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has successfully achieved Japan’s longest terrestrial wireless optical communication (*), or free-space optical (FSO) communication, over a distance of more than 10 km. In addition, NEC has successfully conducted FSO communications between an observation deck at TOKYO SKYTREE®, the tallest […]

TOKYO, Apr 25, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, today announced global financial results for its 2025 fiscal year, ending March 31, 2025: Consolidated revenue totaled 7,161.8 billion yen (US$47.9 billion), a 0.2 percent increase from the previous year. Consolidated operating profit totaled 519.0 billion yen (US$3.5 billion), a […]

KARIYA, JAPAN, Apr 24, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – DENSO CORPORATION and DELPHY GROEP BV have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at developing and promoting data-driven smart horticulture(1). From left: DELPHY GROEP BV Managing Partner Horticulture　Aad van den Berg,DENSO CORPORATION Food Value Chain Business Development Division Executive Officer Yasushi Mukai Recently, […]

TOKYO, Apr 24, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s only global payment brand, is proud to announce that MyJCB App, its cardmembers-only mobile app, has won the iF DESIGN AWARD 2025 in the Communication UX category of the User Experience (UX) division. The service design and UI/UX design were developed in […]

Renovation of main equipment provides for long-term stable operation, with improvements in energy efficiency to reduce CO2 emissions by 4% or more Processed branches and grass to be used for compost, fertilizer for home gardens, and bedding for livestock TOKYO, Apr 24, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering […]

TOKYO, Apr 24, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has announced an investment in the “Geodesic Alliance Fund, L.P.” (hereafter, “the Fund”), a fund managed by the U.S. venture capital (VC) firm “Geodesic Investments, L.L.C.” (hereafter, “Geodesic”), with the aim of strengthening its business in the area of economic […]

TOKYO, Apr 24, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd. (MHI Thermal Systems), a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has received the Red Dot Design Award 2025, an international design competition in Germany, for its RC-ES1 remote control unit for air-conditioners for overseas markets.(1) The Red Dot […]

Kawasaki, Japan and San Jose, California, Apr 23, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu Limited and Super Micro Computer, Inc. are deepening their strategic collaboration in AI computing to facilitate the secure application of generative AI within dedicated environments. As a result, the two companies, alongside the wider Fujitsu Group, today announced the […]

Chigasaki, Japan, Apr 24, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – ULVAC, Inc. and ULVAC CRYOGENICS INC. have successfully developed a dilution refrigerator*1 designed for quantum computing applications. On April 4, 2025, the unit was installed at a leading quantum research institute*2 in Japan. This achievement marks a critical milestone in the development of the country’s […]

TOKYO, Apr 23, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Furuya Metal Co., Ltd. (Head office: Toshima-ku, Tokyo; President: Takahito Furuya; “Furuya Metal”) and Asahi Kasei Corp. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Koshiro Kudo; “Asahi Kasei”) have, in collaboration with Nobian Industrial Chemicals B.V. (Head office: Amersfoort, the Netherlands; Chief Executive Officer: […]

DELHI, Apr 22, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Olympus Medical Systems India Pvt. Ltd. (OMSI), an Olympus Group company, today announces the successful inauguration of newly constructed washrooms at eight government schools across major locations in India. This milestone is part of OMSI’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) […]

Kawasaki, Japan and Naples, Italy, Apr 18, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu Limited and AKOS AI today announced that Fujitsu has provided the Italy-based startup with AI Trust technologies, consisting of five core tools from its Fujitsu Kozuchi AI service. These technologies will enable AKOS’s AI governance platform AKOS HUB, to offer […]

TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Apr 18, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that the European Commission (EC) has granted the amyloid-beta (Aβ) monoclonal antibody Leqembi® (lecanemab)  Marketing Authorization (MA) in the European Union (EU). This makes the medicine the first therapy that targets an underlying cause […]

TOKYO, Apr 18, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd. (HIES) has begun operating a next-generation power conditioner(1) called a Grid Forming Inverter (GFM), at its Narashino Works facility in Chiba Prefecture. This cutting-edge system helps stabilize electric power systems as global transition to renewable energy, by simulating the […]

TOKYO, Apr 17, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. (MHIEC), a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has received an order from the Bureau of Sewerage of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (the Bureau of Sewerage) to rebuild the sewage sludge incineration facility at the […]

KAWASAKI, Japan, Apr 17, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu today announced a collaboration with Supermicro Inc. and Nidec Corporation to improve data center energy efficiency. As part of this collaboration, the three companies will combine Fujitsu’s liquid-cooling monitoring and control software, Supermicro’s high performance GPU servers, and Nidec’s high-efficiency liquid-cooling system to […]