YANBU, Saudi Arabia, Jan 22, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Monster Energy Honda Team rider Ricky Brabec (U.S.A., age 32), riding the CRF450 RALLY factory bike, won the overall motorcycle category for the second time since 2020 in the Dakar Rally 2024, opening round of the FIM* World Rally-Raid Championship held in Saudi Arabia, which concluded with Stage 12 on Friday, January 19. …
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing launches 2024 WRC challenge at iconic opener
Toyota City, Japan, Jan 19, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team will target a successful start to the 2024 FIA World Rally Championship at the famous Rallye Monte-Carlo on January 25-28. The team enters the new season with strong ambitions having won a hat-trick of manufacturers’, drivers’ and co-drivers’ titles in each of the past three years. It …
Honda 2024 Motorsports Program Overview
TOKYO, Jan 19, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Honda announced its motorsports participation plans for the 2024 season. Motorcycle activities Despite winning the third round of the 2023 FIM*1 MotoGP World Championship MotoGP class at the Americas GP, the overall season was very disappointing for Honda. 2024 will see Luca Marini join the Repsol Honda Team, and Johann Zarco join the CASTROL Honda …
Fujitsu and TOTO trial privacy-conscious sensing technology to create safe and secure public restrooms
TOKYO, Jan 18, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu Limited and TOTO LTD. today announced a trial using a privacy-conscious, millimeter wave sensing technology to help ensure the safety of restrooms for elderly people and those with disabilities in commercial facilities and train stations. The solution leverages Fujitsu’s Actlyzer, an AI-based analysis technology (1), to help the two companies offer diverse users a …
Eisai: Antiepileptic Drug Fycompa Injection Formulation Approved in Japan
TOKYO, Jan 18, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has obtained marketing authorization approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for the injection formulation of its in-house discovered antiepileptic drug (AED) Fycompa® (perampanel) in Japan as an alternative therapy when oral administration is temporarily not possible. Fycompa is a first-in-class AED discovered at Eisai’s …
JCB and Sunway Healthcare Group Signed Memorandum of Understanding for Medical Tourism to Malaysia
TOKYO & Malaysia, Jan 18, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – PT JCB International Indonesia, subsidiaries of JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCB) and Sunway Healthcare Group, one of the leading integrated private healthcare groups with a network of hospitals and healthcare services in Malaysia, announced a collaboration to promote medical tourism to Malaysia, by introducing Sunway Healthcare Group’s services to over 156 million JCB …
NEC, Kimuraya and ABEMA use AI to develop bread with a “taste of love”
NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701), together with Kimuraya Sohonten Co., a long-established bread maker, and Abema TV, a video streaming service, have teamed up to produce bread with flavors inspired by the romantic Japanese television program, “I Fell in Love with you Today.” NEC’s artificial intelligence (AI) has analyzed conversations from the cast of the show and the lyrics of songs that feature fruits and …
Eisai Listed as a Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporation for the Eighth Time
TOKYO, Jan 17, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has been listed in the 2024 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 eighth inclusion on the list. Ranked 35th, Eisai is the highest ranking company among global pharmaceutical …
MHI and KEPCO Agree to Install a CO2 Capture Pilot Plant at Himeji No.2 Power Station
TOKYO, Jan 17, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) agreed today with The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (KEPCO) to install a CO2 capture pilot plant at Himeji No.2 power plant in Hyogo, Japan. This new plant is being established to demonstrate the next-generation CO2 capture technology as a substitution of the existing pilot plant installed at Nanko Power …
Mazda Adopts North American Charging Standard (NACS) for North American BEVs
HIROSHIMA, Japan, Jan 17, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mazda Motor Corporation (“Mazda”) today announced an agreement was reached with Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”) to adopt the North American Charging Standard (“NACS”) for charging ports on the company’s Battery Electric Vehicles (“BEVs”) launched in North America from 2025 onward. Mazda will drive adoption of NACS to provide customers with a broader range of charging …
DOCOMO to Exhibit at MWC Barcelona 2024, World’s Largest Mobile Exhibition
NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it will exhibit at MWC Barcelona 2024, the world’s largest mobile exhibition, in Barcelona, Spain from February 26 to 29. DOCOMO’s booth will showcase exhibits of its technological advancement since last year and presentations focused on the core themes of 6G, open radio access networks (Open RAN) and extended reality (XR), aiming to advance international standardization and foster global …
DOCOMO’s New AI Generates Images of Predicted Changes in the Brain
TOKYO, Jan 16, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it has developed an AI technology that predicts how the brains of adult people will physically change over time and, using a dataset of around 150,000 MRI brain scans, automatically generates images of how people’s brains are expected to look in the future. The technology uses a machine-learning framework …
DOCOMO Develops World’s First Technology Utilizing Generative AI to Automatically Generate Non-Player Characters in Metaverse
TOKYO, Jan 16, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it has developed a generative AI that automatically generates non-player characters (NPCs), characters not controlled by the player, in the metaverse based solely on text input. The technology, which DOCOMO believes is the world’s first of its kind,1generates NPCs that embody distinct appearances, behaviors and roles in just 20 …
Eisai Furthers Oncology Research Across Multiple Cancers at ASCO GI and ASCO GU 2024
TOKYO, Jan 16, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today the presentation of oncology research at two upcoming medical meetings taking place in-person in San Francisco, California and virtually. First, the company will share findings in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma during the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (#GI24), which is taking place from January …
Honda Begins Production of All-new BF350 Large-size Outboard Motor Equipped with V8 350-Horsepower Engine
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has begun production of the all-new BF350 outboard motor with a maximum output of 350 horsepower. The BF350 is the most powerful model in the BF Series, the Honda 4-stroke outboard motor series that has been popular for its high dynamic performance and outstanding cost-effectiveness. All-new BF350 large-size outboard motor[Aquamarine Silver (left) and Grand Prix White (right)] Equipped with a newly …
NTT DOCOMO: Start of Demonstration Experiment for Base Station Power Rescue System Using Electric Vehicles
TOKYO, Jan 12, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NTT DOCOMO, INC. (hereinafter referred to as DOCOMO), NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION (NTT), and NIPPON CAR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD. (NCS) will start a demonstration experiment on January 12, 2024, as part of their enhanced disaster response measures involving responding to power outages. This experiment focuses on a base station power recovery system utilizing electric …
NEC Wins Telecom Review Excellence Award for Most Innovative Product/Service Globally for Telco B2B Leadership
TOKYO, Jan 12, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701), a leading global IT and network transformation services provider, today announced that the company has been named winner of the Most Innovative Product/Service (Vendor) – Global award at the Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit 2023. This award was granted for NEC’s innovative Telecom Solutions, which significantly enhance the digital experience for B2B …
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Holds Christening and Launch Ceremony in Shimonoseki for Salvage Tug “Koyo Maru” Built for Nippon Salvage
TOKYO, Jan 12, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Yokohama, today held a christening and launch ceremony for a salvage tug currently being built for Nippon Salvage Co., Ltd. The ceremony took place at the Enoura Plant of MHI’s Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The vessel, named “Koyo …
NEC Completes Submarine Cable System for India’s BSNL Connecting Kochi and the Lakshadweep Islands
Tokyo, Japan & New Delhi, India, Jan 12, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NEC Corporation India (NEC India) together with NEC Corporation today announced the successful completion of a flagship optical submarine cable system in Southern India connecting Kochi and the Lakshadweep Islands. Map of the KLI Submarine Cable System The Kochi-Lakshadweep Islands Submarine Cable (KLI), developed under the Government of India’s ‘Digital …
Toyota: Evolved GR Yaris Makes World Premiere
Toyota City, Japan, Jan 12, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) held the world premiere today of its evolved GR Yaris at Tokyo Auto Salon 2024*1. Sales in Japan of the new GR Yaris are scheduled to start this spring through Toyota vehicle dealers nationwide. The evolved GR Yaris (Japanese market specifications, prototype) Main pointsEver-better motorsports-bred cars TGR has continued …