TOKYO, Nov 22, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that the company will have a total of nine poster presentations, including the latest data on its in-house discovered and developed anti-epileptic agent (AED) perampanel (product name: Fycompa) at the 77th American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting (AES 2023), to be held in Orland, Florida and virtually from December 1-5, 2023. …
LEQEMBI Wins Best New Drug And Clinical Advance of The Year at The Scrip Awards 2023
TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov 20, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB) announced today that Alzheimer’s disease (AD) treatment LEQEMBI® (lecanemab-irmb) was awarded both the Best New Drug and Clinical Advance of the Year for the Phase III Clarity AD study at the Scrip Awards 2023, held by Citeline. The Scrip Awards, now in its 19th …
MHI and ITB Advance R&D Collaboration to Explore Zero Carbon Technologies in Indonesia
TOKYO, Nov 20, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Indonesia’s Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) today announced an extension of their joint R&D partnership to support the development of cleaner fuel firing, building on research conducted last year on ammonia-fired power generation using gas turbines with further analyses and trials. Masanori Yuri (Senior Manager, GTCC Business Division of Energy …
Dream 1-2-3 finish at home for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing
Toyota City, Japan, Nov 20, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team has scored a dream 1-2-3 finish on home roads at Rally Japan to complete a season of success in style, Elfyn Evans claiming victory ahead of Sébastien Ogier and Kalle Rovanperä. Scott Martin, Elfyn Evans The victory for Evans and co-driver Scott Martin is their third of …
Fujitsu to license Topological Data Analysis technology to Delight Health, a Bay Area startup focused on providing innovative mental health solutions
TOKYO and PALO ALTO, Calif. , Nov 20, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu Limited and Delight Health, a Bay Area startup, today announced that Fujitsu will license its Topological Data Analysis (TDA) technology to Delight Health in exchange for an equity position in the company. This license transfer will support Delight Health’s plans to gain rapid FDA approval by fiscal 2024 and …
Hitachi Energy wins order to upgrade world-record high-voltage direct current transmission system
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Nov 10, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Hitachi Energy, a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all, today announced it won an order to provide Taesa, one of Brazil’s largest private electric energy transmission groups, with an extensive upgrade of the Garabi high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station in Brazil. The link can transmit up to2,200 …
NEC Thailand collaborates with Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand to monitor and manage industrial waste in 14 industrial estates
TOKYO, Nov 10, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NEC Corporation (Thailand) Ltd., a leader in information technology (IT) and wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, is celebrating the successful installation and delivery of a Real-Time Industrial Waste Tracking System to support efficient waste management in Thailand’s industrial estates. This system, designed in collaboration with the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT), gives IEAT …
SoftBank Corp. completes nationwide expansion of all optical network in core areas in Japan leveraging Fujitsu’s disaggregation-type optical transmission system
TOKYO, Nov 10, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu and SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”) today announced that SoftBank on October 26 completed the nationwide deployment in core areas of an all optical network in Japan using a disaggregated architecture (1) optical transmission system that supports open networks, including Fujitsu’s next-generation optical transmission platform “1 FINITY Ultra Optical System T900” (hereinafter 1FINITY T900). Through this …
Global Innovation & Value Summit (GIVS) 2023, Nov 17: ‘Moving Forward with ESG: Scoring for Value Creation’
KYOTO, Japan, Nov 10, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – In 2023, the European Union’s European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), the International Financial Reporting Standard’s (IFRS’s) International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) each published new guidance for how companies within their jurisdictions account for and report upon their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Impacts. While …
Evero partners with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on Carbon Capture technology for BECCS project in UK’s North-West
TOKYO, Nov 9, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Evero Energy Group Limited (Evero; previously known as Bioenergy Infrastructure Group), a leading low-carbon waste-to-energy company, has announced that it will be partnering with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), one of the world’s leading industrial groups, to deliver its InBECCS (Ince Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage) project. Ince Bio Power (Photo courtesy of Evero …
MHI Selected as Technology Licensor for EET Industrial Carbon Capture Targeting UK’s First Low Carbon Refinery
TOKYO, Nov 9, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has been selected as licensor of CO2 capture technology for the project known as EET Industrial Carbon Capture which is underway at the Stanlow Refinery, owned and operated by Essar Oil UK Limited in Cheshire County in northwest England. Essar Oil UK is the UK arm of the Essar Group, …
Second-Generation “EX ROVR” Explosion-Proof Plant Inspection Robot Achieves Continuous Automated Operation at ENEOS’s Oita Refinery
TOKYO, Nov 9, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has carried out autonomous inspections at a refinery employing the “ASCENT,” a second-generation “EX ROVR” plant inspection robot with explosion-proof features(1) currently under joint development with ENEOS Corporation. The inspection testing took place at ENEOS’s Oita Refinery in Kyushu within the framework of the two companies’ joint R&D program for …
Yazaki Corporation and NEC use AI to automatically develop operation plans for multiple robots
TOKYO, Nov 9, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Yazaki Corporation (Yazaki) and NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) have conducted a demonstration experiment using the “NEC Digital Robot Motion Planning Solution” to automatically generate motion plans for multiple robots using AI in the manufacture of wire harnesses(1) for automobiles. Multiple robots used in manufacturing In this demonstration experiment, the need for a teaching process …
Kagome, NEC and DXAS introduce agricultural ICT platform “CropScope” to tomato field in northern Italy, saving water and increasing yield
Lisbon, Portugal, Tokyo and Aichi, Japan, Nov 9, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Kagome Co., Ltd., (Kagome) NEC Corporation (NEC) and DXAS Agricultural Technology LDA (DXAS), a joint venture between Kagome and NEC, have introduced an agricultural ICT platform, “CropScope,” which combines AI farming advice and automatic irrigation control functions compatible with pulse drip irrigation(1), to tomato fields in northern Italy and Portugal. …
Fujitsu develops world’s first technology for real time CPU and GPU processing optimization to address global GPU shortage
TOKYO, Nov 9, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu today announced the development of the world’s first technology to optimize the use of CPUs and GPUs by allocating resources in real time to give priority to processes with high execution efficiency, even when running programs that use GPUs. Fujitsu designed the new technology to address the global shortage of GPUs due to the …
NEC and Gurobi Optimization Sign System Integration Partnership Agreement
NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced that it has signed a system integration (SI) partnership agreement with Gurobi Optimization, LLC (Gurobi) to integrate Gurobi’s mathematical optimization solver, the Gurobi Optimizer, into its solutions. The Gurobi Optimizer is the world’s leading solver, powering optimal decision-making for over 2,500 companies across 40+ industries worldwide. With this agreement, NEC will integrate the Gurobi Optimizer into its Management and …
New CB1000 Hornet, return of the CBR600RR and innovative Honda E-Clutch headline Honda’s full 24YM European line-up reveal at EICMA
TOKYO, Nov 8, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – At EICMA in Milan, Honda unveiled its full 24YM line-up, featuring four new model names, significant upgrades to a further four models – two of which will be available with a world-first motorcycle technology – and a concept version of the next all-electric vehicle destined to join Honda’s uniquely broad and varied range. New CB1000 …
Honda Develops World’s First Honda E-Clutch for Motorcycles
Honda Motor Co., Ltd has developed the world’s first(1) Honda E-Clutch system for motorcycles that enables smooth starting and gear shifting without the need for the rider to operate the clutch lever(2), by automatically controlling the clutch of the multi-gear manual motorcycle transmission. The Honda E-Clutch is electronic control technology that realizes natural and smooth riding through instantaneous, fine-tuned clutch control without the rider needing …
MHI Completes Delivery of Compact CO2 Capture System CO2MPACT to NGK Insulators
TOKYO, Nov 8, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) completed delivery of a compact CO2capture system CO2MPACT™ in September, which received order from NGK INSULATORS, LTD. (NGK) last year. The system has been installed adjacent to a tunnel kiln used for ceramic firing at NGK’s plant in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and recently began commercial operation. This is the second MHI …
Hyatt Regency Hakone Resort and Spa Enhances its Wellness Treatments at Spa IZUMI
TOKYO, Nov 8, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Hyatt Regency Hakone Resort and Spa, surrounded by Hakone’s natural beauty, is pleased to announce the launch of its renewed Spa IZUMI treatment menu, beginning on November 1, 2023. The resort, nestled at the foot of Mt. Fuji, is situated in Japan’s picturesque hot-spring region, just an hour and a half from the heart of Tokyo, …