Honda Invests in U.S.-based Helm.ai to Strengthen its Software Technology Development

TOKYO, Jan 20, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that, in December 2021, the company invested in U.S. (California)-based Helm.ai to strengthen its software technology development in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision(1) technologies. Helm.ai has key strengths in the area of AI-based image recognition […]

Eisai: Results From Pivotal Phase 3 Study 309/KEYNOTE-775 Trial of LENVIMA (lenvatinib) Plus KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) in Advanced Endometrial Carcinoma

TOKYO, Jan 20, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai and Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A. (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) today announced the publication of results from the Phase 3 Study 309/KEYNOTE-775 trial in the January 19, 2022 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. The […]

Eisai Listed as a Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporation for the Sixth Time

TOKYO, Jan 19, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has been listed in the 2022 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World (Global 100), a global ranking by Canada-based media and investment advisory company, Corporate Knights, Inc. This marks Eisai’s sixth inclusion on the list. Ranked […]

Honda and V2X Suisse Consortium to Advance Vehicle-to-Grid Charging Technology in Switzerland

TOKYO, Jan 19, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – As part of the next step into the energy management business, Honda is partnering with the V2X Suisse consortium to demonstrate the vital role of electric vehicles (EVs) and bi-directional charging technology in the future of energy management. Honda will supply 50 Honda e electric […]

Honda Signs Joint Development Agreement with SES, an EV Battery Research and Development Company

TOKYO, Jan 19, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that, in December 2021, the company signed a joint development agreement in the area of Lithium-Metal secondary batteries(1) with SES Holdings Pte. Ltd.(“SES”), a U.S. (Boston)-based EV battery research and development company. Moreover, SES plans to list on the […]

Eisai’s Anti-amyloid Beta Protofibril Antibody Lecanemab Selected as the Background Therapy for the Tau Nexgen Study

TOKYO, Jan 19, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU), led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has enrolled the first subject in the phase II/III study (Tau NexGen study). The study will assess the effect of Eisai’s […]

MHI: Successful Demonstration Test of World’s First Fully Autonomous Ship Navigation Systems on Coastal Ferry in Northern Kyushu

TOKYO, Jan 18, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Nippon Foundation, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, and Shin Nihonkai Ferry Co., Ltd., (Osaka, Japan; Yasuo Iritani, Chairman) have successfully completed a demonstration test of the world’s first fully autonomous ship navigation systems on a large car ferry, […]

Honda to Begin Sales of EU32i, All-New Portable Generator Equipped with Sine Wave Inverter, in Europe in March 2022

TOKYO, Jan 18, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Honda announced plans to begin sales of an all-new EU32i portable generator equipped with a newly designed dedicated engine (maximum output: 3.2kVA). Sales will begin in the European region in March of this year, followed by the expansion of sales to other regions around the […]

DENSO and Aisan Reach Agreement on Transfer of Fuel Pump Module Business

KARIYA, JAPAN, Jan 17, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Leading mobility supplier DENSO, and powertrain supplier Aisan today announced their respective Board of Directors have agreed upon and signed an agreement to transfer DENSO’s fuel pump module* business to Aisan. In addition, the Board agreed to allow Aisan to acquire DENSO’s equity stake […]

Eisai to Present Abstracts on Lenvatinib at 2022 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

TOKYO, Jan 17, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that presentations on a series of abstracts highlighting updates on its in-house discovered lenvatinib mesylate (product name: LENVIMA, the orally available kinase inhibitor, “lenvatinib”) will be given at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (#GI22), […]

Airbus, NTT, DOCOMO and SKY Perfect JSAT Jointly Studying Connectivity Services from High-Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS)

TOKYO, Jan 17, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Airbus, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT) jointly announced that they have begun studying the feasibility of collaborating on future high-altitude platform stations (HAPS)-based connectivity services as part of a future space-based wireless […]

DOCOMO Develops Solution to Create High-frequency Mobile Cells By Placing Small Plastic Antenna on Dielectric Waveguide Cable

TOKYO, Jan 17, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it has developed an antenna system capable of creating a high-frequency mobile communication cell when a small (roughly one cubic centimeter) piece of plastic is placed on top of a dielectric waveguide. The solid plastic cube serves as an […]

Hitachi Rail Partners Exclusively with Intermodal Telematics to Offer a Digital Solution to Improve Rail Freight Efficiency and Safety

London, UK, Jan 14, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Rail and Intermodal Telematics (IMT) have agreed an exclusive long-term partnership that will add IMT’s pioneering monitoring sensors to Hitachi’s existing digital freight service. The agreement will allow Hitachi to offer rail freight companies around the world a solution that provides real time […]

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Unveils GR GT3 Concept and GRMN Yaris as Embodiments of Making Ever-better Motorsports-bred Cars

CHIBA CITY, JAPAN, Jan 14, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) and Lexus are exhibiting the following vehicles and parts at Tokyo Auto Salon 2022(1) at Makuhari Messe (Chiba City) from today to January 16. GR GT3 Concept TGR is committed to further accelerating customer motorsports activities to make the […]

Lexus to Debut the NX PHEV OFFROAD Concept and Hydrogen Engine Equipped ROV Concept at the Tokyo Auto Salon

Toyota City, Japan, Jan 14, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Lexus will debut the “NX PHEV OFFROAD Concept” and “ROV Concept” for the first time at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022, held at Makuhari Messe (Chiba City) for three days from January 14 (Fri.) to 16 (Sun.), 2022. NX PHEV OFFROAD Concept (Iron […]