Category: JCN Newswire

TOKYO, Mar 12, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd. (MHIET), a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has achieved rated operation (435kW/1,500min-1) using 100% hydrogen fuel in a trial run of a 500kW-class hydrogen engine generator set(1) at the company’s Sagamihara Plant. Following safety and reliability evaluations, development will now accelerate toward commercialization.The demonstration test is noteworthy in its use of a hydrogen engine generator set of the type envisioned for actual commercialization, rather than the single-cylinder engine for which MHIET has already established the technology enabling stable combustion using 100% hydrogen. The generator set incorporated a 6-cylinder 500kW-class hydrogen engine newly engineered and manufactured in-house, plus auxiliary equipment with added safety features to accommodate use of hydrogen(2). The demonstration was carried out of the complete system: engine, generator and auxiliary …

Tokyo and Kawasaki, Japan, Mar 12, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) and Fujitsu Limited today announced the commencement of the operational application phase of an AI-powered optimization system for crew replacement planning. Full-scale operation is scheduled to begin as a trial in Japan in May 2025 and beyond.Shipping companies create crew replacement plans by combining various conditions, including seafarer rank, qualifications, onboard and vacation periods, ship type, and schedule. MOL previously relied on its crew planing personnel to extract conditions from individually managed databases to create these plans. This resulted in significant time being spent on adjusting crew schedules and vacation periods and on planning.The new system, which was developed by Fujitsu AI consultants, utilizes mathematical optimization techniques to support crew replacement planning by considering various complex factors. The system offers the fo…

TOKYO, Mar 12, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., today announced that JCB is now available on Google Play in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Hong Kong.Through these years, JCB Cardmembers in Asia have experienced significant growth. In addition to the growth, JCB is committed to providing its Cardmembers with expanded accessibility across the entire payment experience, including the digital environment. JCB will continue to strive to improve the overall payment experience for all JCB Cardmembers, not just in Asia.Yoshiki Kaneko, President & CEO, JCB International Co., Ltd., said: “We are delighted to announce the expansion of the availability for using JCB on the Google Play. Google Play support has always been a key demand from JCB Cardmember community across the region and JCB is proud to be working with Google, one of the key players in the changing digital environment, to provide availabili…

TOKYO, Mar 12, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL TECHNOLOGIES Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director & CEO: Koichiro Tanaka), a company engaged in the industrial precious metals business of TANAKA, announces the development of its miniaturized micro profile tape, a next-generation contact for fifth-generation signal relays. It has achieved a minimum width of 0.2 mm, making it the smallest-sized contact tape for fifth-generation signal relays. As relays become smaller, using miniaturized micro profiles can make contacts lighter in weight and suppress bounce and chattering*1 during the opening and closing of contacts. Shipment of this product’s samples is scheduled to start in late March 2025.Miniaturized micro profile (Contact tapes)Micro profiles are ultra-small contacts used in relays and switches, which are the signal control components in electronic devices. Relays are components that take in external electrical signals and carry out the opening an…

SINGAPORE, Mar 11, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s only international payment brand announced premier sponsorship for the 10th edition of Sakura 2025 at Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay. The event was opened by Mr. Tan Kiat How, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of National Development & Ministry of Digital Development and Information, Mr. Toru Hotta, Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of Japan in Singapore, and Mr. Felix Loh, CEO of Gardens by the Bay. JCB’s sponsorship is part of its continuing efforts to support local activities and attractions. For example, in 2022, JCB sponsored Singapore’s countdown event, Star Island Singapore Countdown Edition 2022-23 Presented by JCB, organised by Avex and held in the prestigious Marina Bay area.Sakura 2025 brings Japan’s unique culture and beautiful architectural history to Singapore for residents and visitors from all over the world. As Singapore is a tourism h…

More than 40 percent of the total investment dedicated to the U.S. underpins commitment to scale up the industry to meet surging transformer demandThe U.S. investment includes hiring more than 100 people to expand domestic key component manufacturing to strengthen local supply chainBuilds on the $6 billion USD investment announced in 2024 – the largest in the industry in recent years to respond to the urgent need to upgrade power gridsZurich and Houston, Mar 11, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Hitachi Energy announced today at CERAWeek additional major investments of more than $250 million USD by 2027 to expand global production of critical components for transformers. This rapid follow-up to the recently announced $6 billion USD investment across the company portfolio reflects the escalating transformer shortage, which continues to increase.As the electrification of industries, particularly data centers and AI, drives unprecedented demand for electricity, theneed for transformers has surged beyond …

TOKYO, Mar 10, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has been recognized as the 2025 KENKO Investment for Health by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange, for the first time as a company strategically carrying out efforts with regard to its employees’ health from a management perspective. Eisai has also been certified as an Outstanding Organization of KENKO Investment for Health Program in the large enterprise category (White 500) by METI and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi for the sixth time.The Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health Program recognizes outstanding large enterprises, and small and medium-sized enterprises engaging in efforts for health and productivity management by evaluating from a business-management perspective based on the following criteria: “management principles and policies”, “organized structure”, “implementation of systems and measures”, and “evaluation and improvement”. Among the or…

TOKYO, Mar 10, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has announced that it will partner with the Nagasaki University DEJIMA Infectious Disease Research Alliance (Director: Prof. Kouichi Morita) for a research and development (R&D) project with support from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI).The CEPI funding, of up to 750 million JPY, will facilitate the composition optimization of “Nanoball,” a proprietary vaccine particle covered under Nagasaki University’s intellectual property, and the application of NEC OncoImmunity (NOI)’s artificial intelligence (AI) for the analysis of candidate proteins for a Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS) vaccine.The emerging tick-borne virus, a member of the new windowPhenuivirus family, poses a serious public health threat in Japan and wider East Asia.If the project is successful, the platform has the potential to be rapidly adapted to develop vaccine candidates against other disease pathogens, inc…

TOKYO, Mar 7, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Japan’s eight telecommunications companies — Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, NTT East, NTT West, NTT DOCOMO and NTT Communications (the NTT Group), KDDI Corporation, SoftBank Corp. and Rakuten Mobile — conducted on-site training for the joint use of marine vessels from March 4 to 7, 2025, as part of their cooperative framework launched on December 1, 2024, aimed at ensuring the rapid restoration of communication networks in the event of large-scale disasters. The drill was held in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture.The training was conducted on the cable-laying vessel KIZUNA, which is owned by the NTT Group. Mobile network operators conducted training for the installation of shipboard base stations from March 4 to 6, while fixed-line operators conducted drills for the transportation of supplies on March 7. The exercise, which assumed the occurrence of a large-scale disaster, confirmed that the processes for installing base stations, as well a…

TOKYO, Mar 6, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has improved the performance-to-power ratio of 5G mobile core systems (5GC) by more than 6 times, as well as floor space density by 10 times. This was accomplished using Intel Xeon 6 processors with E-Cores under a traffic load and model based on actual commercial traffic patterns.Background:As mobile communications continue to evolve from 5G to 6G, there is a continuing need to handle the ever-increasing volume of mobile traffic. To meet this demand, computing resources in data centers keep increasing, posing challenges on how to handle growing power consumption and floor space. Customers are also demanding improvements in performance per power consumption and floor space density of 5GC, helping to reduce greenhouse gases and improve cost performance.Working jointly with Intel, NEC has achieved a significant improvement in performance per watt and floor space density, verified using the session management function (SMF),…

– Demonstration of the ability to automatically unload heavy cargo using a winch while in a hovering state, in a presumed isolated area- Demonstration of the ability to use the onboard camera to confirm the status of disaster victims and the damaged areas following a disasterTOKYO, Mar 5, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), in collaboration with the Japan UAS Industrial Development Association (JUIDA), recently participated in Nankai Rescue 2024, a disaster response training exercise organized by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Middle Army, conducted in preparation for the occurrence of a major earthquake in the Nankai Trough.(1) Training exercises were conducted using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) currently being developed by MHI’s Commercial Aviation Systems segment, specifically a small single-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (hereinafter “small-sized UAV”) to assess the status of damage immediately following a disaster, and a medium-sized multirotor unma…

Smaller “head” than the existing model, more efficient for handling subcompact mini vehicles・Domestic production allows for more focused after-sales service, as well as customization in a timely manner to meet customer needsTOKYO, Mar 4, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems (MHI-MS), a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has finalized domestic development of an autonomous car and vehicle transportation and storage system (hereafter referred to as “a vehicle transport robot”) to move automobiles autonomously, and has started trial operations and endurance tests at its production plant.MHI-MS launched a collaborative project in 2021 with its partner Stanley Robotics (SR), a French venture firm, with the intention of importing the robots from France and marketing them domestically. It was later decided to produce a domestic model with Japanese specifications, allowing for more focused after-sales service in Japan, as well as customization in a timel…

TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Mar 4, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of Australia has confirmed the initial decision to decline the approval of humanized anti-soluble aggregated amyloid-beta (Aβ) monoclonal antibody lecanemab (generic name) as a treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease (AD) (mild cognitive impairment due to AD and mild AD dementia).In October 2024, the TGA made the decision not to register lecanemab in Australia for the treatment of patients with early AD. In December 2024, Eisai requested reconsideration of the decision, proposing to the TGA the same apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4) noncarrier and heterozygote indication that was agreed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA). In the course of the reconsideration of the initial decision, the TGA proposed an alternative narrow therapeutic indication only for ApoE4 noncarriers as an incre…

TOKYO, March 4, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Prideone Entertainment Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya, Tokyo; CEO: Yasushi Akutagawa) has announced the concept for a new film tentatively titled “Fellers” to mark the 80th anniversary of the post-war era.Akutagawa said, “Fellers is an epic historical spectacle that looks behind the scenes of history from the perspective that it was an American officer, Bonner Fellers, and a group of Christians who saved the Emperor immediately after World War II.”Akutagawa, who was the original planner and producer of the 2012 American-Japanese film Emperor (with a production budget of 3 billion yen), also focused on Bonner Fellers in that film. However, various interpretations were incorporated, and the final cut differed considerably from the original idea. The film became a love story between Bonner Fellers, played by Matthew Fox, and an imaginary Japanese lover.In response, various individuals, including Yoshiko Isshiki, former chairperson of Keisen Women’s Scho…

TOKYO, Mar 5, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Sato Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that they will conclude their co-promotion based on the co-promotion agreement in Japan regarding the orally-administered antifungal agent NAILIN® Capsules 100 mg (generic name: fosravuconazole) which is manufactured and marketed by Sato Pharmaceutical, as of March 31, 2025. Sato Pharmaceutical and Eisai have concluded a new agreement, under which Eisai will carry out promotional activities for this drug and transfer operations to Sato Pharmaceutical during a transition period from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026.NAILIN® Capsules 100 mg have been marketed by Sato Pharmaceutical in Japan since July 2018, with a co-promotion agreement between both companies. However, following the conclusion of the co- promotion agreement and the signing of a new agreement, Sato Pharmaceutical will independently conduct promotions starting from April 2026, following a transition period. Additionally, inrela…

TOKYO, Mar 3, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NTT Corporation (NTT) and NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that they have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness and feasibility of In-Network Computing (INC),*1 an architecture that integrates and coordinates computing resources for services such as AI and mobile networks to enable end-to-end quality control, ensuring low latency and bandwidth usage. The demonstration was based on the “Inclusive Core”*2 concept for the 6G/IOWN era originally announced by NTT Corporation in a press release issued in October 2023.During this demonstration, the GSMA-defined Open Gateway*3 / CAMARA API*4 was utilized to develop and implement technologies for controlling network routing based on mobile network conditions. Additionally, new technologies were developed and implemented that enable connection and coordinated control between user communication devices and servers positioned near the user. These will allow on-demand computing services to be provided according…

TOKYO, Mar 3, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Space Compass and NTT DOCOMO, INC. jointly announced today that they have successfully completed data connectivity tests between the LTE base station and smartphones using high-altitude platform stations (HAPS)(1) from the stratosphere (altitudes of around 20km) in Laikipia County, Kenya.In this test, a communication demonstration using LTE was carried out between the HAPS flying at altitudes around 20km and 4G device on the ground. The LTE base station was connected to the ground gateway station(2), and a relay technology called non-regenerative relay(3) was used to reflect the radio waves through the communication device mounted on the HAPS flying in the stratosphere and connected to the ground based 4G device on the ground. As a result, a throughput of more than 4.66 Mbps was observed during reception of the radio wave transmitted from the ground gateway station to the 4G device via HAPS (Forward Link).The technology to stabilize the beam center to pr…

TOKYO, Mar 3, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TOPPAN Inc. and NTT DOCOMO, Inc. announced today that they have signed a basic agreement that will allow them to jointly develop groundbreaking communication services for the forthcoming 6G era.TOPPAN is drawing on its expertise in information processing and computer graphics to deliver a wide variety of metaverse services. Concurrently, DOCOMO is spearheading development of next-generation communication technologies with its FEEL TECH platform, designed to extend human sensory experiences through networks, offering entirely new value for the 6G era.Under the terms of this agreement, TOPPAN will integrate its metaverse and advanced expression capabilities with DOCOMO’s FEEL TECH platform. The two companies will subsequently collaborate in the development and provision of services in the fields of education, skill transmission, and online shopping.The first step in the process will be the integration of FEEL TECH with TOPPAN’s metaverse app Metapa, which …

Kawasaki and Tokyo, Mar 3, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Rakuten Mobile, Japan’s newest and most modern mobile network, today announced it will begin deploying base stations utilizing radio units (RU) developed by Fujitsu Limited, as it accelerates the expansion of its 5G (Sub6) network area in 2025.Leveraging its expertise in building a fully virtualized, cloud-native mobile network based on Open RAN standards in Japan, Rakuten Mobile will continue to rapidly deploy 5G Sub6 base stations and expand its coverage area. Fujitsu, through its compact and energy-efficient RU, will support Rakuten Mobile’s rollout of 5G commercial services and contribute to the further global adoption of Open RAN.The RU model to be used by Rakuten Mobile, 44R21, adopts the O-RAN specifications established by the O-RAN ALLIANCE – a worldwide community promoting the development of Open RAN specifications. The RU facilitates communication between the base station’s distributed unit (DU) and centralized unit (CU) via a fron…

KAWASAKI, Japan, Mar 3, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu today announced the launch of the Fujitsu Network 1FINITY™ P300 800G ZR/ZR+ coherent pluggable transceiver, an open, high-performance and sustainable key component for optical networking solutions. The transceivers, globally available from the second half of 2025, are compatible with third-party routers, Fujitsu’s Edge Networking portfolio, or in 1FINITY T-series transponder applications, offering flexible deployment options to optimize performance, cost, and power consumption according to the needs of network owners.Featuring the latest 3nm digital signal processor (DSP) semiconductor technology, in addition to pluggable support built-in to the Virtuora® network control solution, the transceivers enable high-performance operation with 30% power per bit reduction and lower costs versus previous pluggable generations. Being made in Japan, the P300 800G coherent pluggable offers high-quality precision components and supply chain resilienc…