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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Toyota: Clarification of the Roles of and Expectations for Outside Executives, Revision of the Independence Assessment Criteria, and the Changes to Members of the Board of Directors and the Audit and Supervisory Board Members following the 120th Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting

Toyota City, Japan, Mar 21, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has clarified the roles of and expectations for outside members of the Board of Directors and the Audit and Supervisory Board (hereinafter referred to as “outside executives”), revised criteria for assessing outside executives’ independence (hereinafter referred to as the […]

NEC and Tokyo Medical and Dental University use AI to assist self-care for chronic lower back pain

TOKYO, Mar 21, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) and Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have developed a technology to support self-care for chronic non-specific lower back pain (CLBP) by using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze image and interview data taken with smart devices. This will enable individuals with […]