TOKYO, Japan, September 26, 2025 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it has achieved third place globally in the RecSys Challenge 2025, a premier international data science competition held as part of the ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys)*1.The RecSys Challenge brings together leading researchers and engineers from around the world to tackle real-world business problems using advanced data science and machine learning techniques. A total of 416 teams participated in this year's competition, which ran from March 10 to June 30, 2025. The award ceremony and technical presentations were held during the RecSys Conference 2025 in Prague, Czech Republic, from September 22 to 26.  The 2025 challenge focused on addressing the rising costs of developing and maintaining AI models by creating Universal Behavioral Profiles (UBPs)—generalized user purchasing behavior profiles that can be applied across multiple use cases, such as predicting product purchases or customer churn on e-commerce platforms.DOCOMO developed a hybrid solution that combined statistical features derived from user purchase frequency, intervals, and other be...

HONG KONG, Sep 26, 2025 - (ACN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – The recent Presidential Proclamation from the White House, instituting a substantial one-time fee of US$100,000 for new H-1B visa holders entering the United States, has created uncertainty for employers and professionals navigating the global talent market. While the policy aims to incentivize domestic hiring, it also accelerates the need for cost-effective and compliant international workforce solutions. Galaxy Payroll Group Limited (Nasdaq: GLXG) ("Galaxy" or the "Company"), a leading global payroll provider in the Asia-Pacific region, is committed to helping companies navigate these changes with its specialized suite of services.Rising Demand for EOR and International Payroll ServicesThe new regulation significantly increases the cost and complexity of relocating international talent to the U.S. In response, multinational corporations, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups with limited budgets, are expected to seek alternative deployment models to maintain access to a global talent pool without incurring prohibitive expenses.To circumvent the hefty fee and intricate visa processes, ...

TOKYO, Japan, September 26, 2025 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has expanded its lineup of optical transceivers for 25Gb/s transmission with the commencement of sales for the "25G SFP28 80km BiDi" capable of 80km transmission. This product enables bi-directional data transmission over a single fiber, reducing the total number of fibers required for a system and achieving lower deployment costs and easier installation. Shipments are scheduled to begin at the end of November 2025.In recent years, the demand for high-speed, high-bandwidth, high-capacity communication infrastructure has grown significantly due to the increase in mobile network traffic and the rising need for wide-area connections between data centers. Accordingly, there has been a demand for even greater communication capacity than that provided by existing 10Gb/s optical transceivers.However, the introduction of 100Gb/s-class equipment, such as coherent optical communication technology, has presented challenges in terms of implementation costs and operational aspects. Furthermore, companies engaged in long-distance transmission connecting wide-ranging areas, including region...

TOKYO, Japan, September 18, 2025 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - This year, Honda celebrates its 60th anniversary of its first victory in the FIA*1 Formula One World ChampionshipTM (F1(R)). As part of its commemorative activities, during the F1 MEXICAN GRAND PRIX*2 on October 26, Honda will participate in a showrun with the Honda RA272—the car that delivered Honda’s first victory—driven by Oracle Red Bull Racing driver Yuki Tsunoda.Yuki Tsunoda preparing to drive the RA272 at 2024 Goodwood Festival of SpeedOn October 24, 1965, at the F1 MEXICAN GRAND PRIX, Honda achieved victory in the world’s pinnacle motorsports category for the first time as a Japanese automaker, with driver Richie Ginther at the wheel of the RA272.The RA272 was Honda’s F1(R) car in its second year as a full constructor*3. Powered by a 1.5-liter V12 engine and carrying the Japanese flag on its white livery, the RA272 became a symbol that marked the beginning of Japan’s motorsport history.For the showrun, Honda Racing Corporation engineers performed special maintenance on the RA272 housed at the Honda Collection Hall. At the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, where Honda achiev...

SANTA CLARA, CA, September 25, 2025 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501, "Hitachi"), today announced the establishment of a global Hitachi AI Factory based on NVIDIA AI Factory reference architecture, yielding a centralized infrastructure designed to accelerate the development and deployment of physical AI solutions across Hitachi’s core business sectors. The AI Factory is powered by Hitachi iQ with NVIDIA HGX B200 systems featuring NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs; Hitachi iQ M Series with NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Server Edition GPUs; and NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform. This strategic initiative directly supports Hitachi's ambition to create and deploy AI that interacts with the real world. The AI Factory will also enable Hitachi to further expand HMAX—the company’s family of AI-enabled solutions solving a wide-range of complex problems in the Mobility, Energy, Industrial and Technology sectors.The centralized AI Factory provides Hitachi’s global teams with a powerful unified AI computing infrastructure to run applications and AI workflows developed on the NVIDIA full-stack AI platform, which includes NVIDIA AI Enterprise for produc...

TOKYO, Japan, September 25, 2025 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Toyota Motor Corporation ("Toyota") and Woven by Toyota, Inc. ("WbyT") today announced the official launch of Toyota Woven City ("Woven City"), first unveiled at CES 2020 and jointly developed by the two companies. To mark the occasion, Toyota and WbyT hosted a launch event in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, with key stakeholders. With residents beginning to move in and partner companies starting co-creation, Woven City takes its first steps as a real-world test course for mobility and a key driver of Toyota's transformation into a mobility company.Central to Woven City are two profiles of participants.The first are known as Inventors. These are enterprises, startups, entrepreneurs, research institutions, and other innovators developing and testing products and services in Woven City. By combining Toyota's manufacturing expertise, WbyT's advanced software capabilities, and the unique strengths of each Inventor, Woven City seeks to foster Kakezan - a Japanese concept of "multiplication," where new innovation and societal value emerge from the convergence of different ideas and capabilities.Among the ...