TOKYO, Feb 21, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has received approval to participate in the Japan Climate Initiative (JCI) Race to Zero Circle, which commits to achieve net zero* by 2050, as part of its mid- and long-term initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Eisai also received approval for the SBT 1.5°C target, a new GHG reduction target, by “Science Based Targets (SBT) initiatives”, as outlined below.55% reduction of GHG emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by FY2030 (compared to FY2019).27.5% reduction of GHG emissions (Scope 3 emissions based on purchased products and services) by FY2030 (compared to FY2019).Scope 1: Direct emission of GHG released into the air by the use of fossil fuelScope 2: Indirect emission of GHG with use of electricity and steam purchased from othersScope 3: Indirect emission of GHG by supply chain excluding EisaiUpon the establishment of the Paris Agreement at the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2015, global common initiatives have been accelerated to the limit the global temperature rise to withi...

TOKYO, Feb 21, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) together with Arm, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Red Hat, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have successfully demonstrated end-to-end operation of NEC's Open virtual Radio Access Network (vRAN) and 5G Core virtual User Plane Function (vUPF) products using the HPE ProLiant servers running Arm® Neoverse™-based CPUs and the Qualcomm® X100 5G RAN Accelerator Card, with Red Hat OpenShift in conditions equivalent to a commercial environment. The collaboration led to a successfully integrated and demonstrable solution that is optimized for total cost of ownership (TCO) and power efficiency for both edge and data centers.NEC's Open vRAN and the 5G Core vUPF deployed on the same server as the vCU are carrier-grade quality cloud-native applications, compliant to O-RAN Alliance and 3GPP standards. They support multiple servers and virtualization platforms and are highly flexible and scalable for a variety of network scenarios and configurations.The new solution includes the HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 powered by Ampere® Altra® Arm Neoverse-based processors with the Qualcomm X100 5G RAN Accelerator Card. The ha...

TOKYO, Feb 21, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - In April 2024, NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701), a leading global IT and network transformation services provider, will launch a new User Plane Function (UPF) product for telecom operators that can be used to process user data traffic in 5G core networks. Offering an enhanced built-in Deep Packet Inspection (DPI, *1) function enabling visualization of communications quality and the collection of traffic data, an interface for external exposure that provides data to external systems (external analyzers) for deep analysis, and multi-platform compatibility, the new UPF will contribute to building the flexible, high-value-added networks for the Beyond 5G/6G era.Background behind the introduction of the new UPFIn the Beyond 5G/6G era, the application of mobile networks will expand to Internet of Things (IOT, *2) devices, smart cities, and industries ranging from construction and civil engineering to manufacturing. Accordingly, service-level agreements (SLA, *3) will become more diversified, requiring low latency, high reliability, stable throughput, and more. Networks compliant with such a wide variety of SLA will require the flex...

TOKYO, Feb 21, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Group CEO: Koichiro Tanaka) will provide and donate pure gold, pure silver, and pure bronze medals to the top three men and women finishers of the marathon and wheelchair marathon events at the Tokyo Marathon 2024. The Tokyo Marathon 2024 is organized by the Tokyo Marathon Foundation, and will be held on March 3, 2024; the wheelchair marathon has been officially sanctioned as an international event since 2016.Rare Medals Made from Pure Gold, Pure Silver, and Pure Bronze ~Expressing the “Inclusive Power Woven by Obi” Through Design~The Tokyo Marathon medals provided by TANAKA Holdings are made from pure gold, pure silver, and pure bronze — this makes them special and unique among sports medals and rarities of considerable value. The medals presented to the top three finishers are approximately 65 mm in diameter and approximately 2.8 mm thick; the weights of pure gold, pure silver, and pure bronze are approximately 180 grams, 100 grams, and 85 grams, respectively.The gold, silver, and bronze medals feature the Tokyo Marathon 2024 event logo in the center, as if it is wr...

TOKYO, Feb 20, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Fujitsu today announced a collaboration with QuTech (1) for the development of the world's first cryogenic electronic circuits for controlling diamond-based quantum bits. Enabling convenient operation of both the qubits and the control electronics in a compact cryogenic refrigerator, the new technique addresses the ‘wiring bottleneck’ in cooling qubits while maintaining high quality performance, marking a significant milestone toward the realization of larger-scale quantum computers.QuTech will present the results of the joint research project with Fujitsu at the "International Conference on Solid State Device Circuits ISSCC 2024 (IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference 2024)," one of the largest conferences on semiconductor technology to be held in San Francisco, U.S., from February 18, 2024 to Thursday, February 22.BackgroundQubits make use of extremely fragile quantum effects that are perturbed by various influences including smallest amount of heat. Heat leaking into quantum computers would immediately destroy the information that a qubit was holding, rendering any quantum computer unreliable and unusable. To a...

TOKYO, Feb 20, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. and the leading South Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom (SKT) today announced the joint release of a white paper summarizing the technical outlook for base station equipment using virtualization technology, the latest result of their ongoing technical cooperation.The white paper reviews the future prospects of virtualized RAN (vRAN) base station equipment for use by telecommunications operators, drawing on the two companies' combined experience in network construction and operation. In addition to outlining expectations for base station equipment vendors, the paper also discusses technical insights targeted at telecom operators.One of the two main themes of the white paper is the direction of technological advancements that are critical to the introduction of vRAN base station equipment, including three future requirements:- Increased processing capacity and reduced power consumption- Early implementation of key virtualization capabilities, including resource pooling, scaling, and auto-healing, and- Enhanced integration technology and tools for vRAN base station equipment.The paper's other main th...

TOKYO, Feb 20, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has developed AI technology for robotics that enables precise handling operations on unorganized and disorderly placed items. By predicting both the areas hidden by obstacles and the results of a robot's actions, this technology makes it possible for robots to perform tasks that were previously performed manually, thereby contributing to the improvement of productivity and work-styles.BackgroundIn recent years, due to labor shortages and other factors, the need for automation through the introduction of robots and large-scale equipment has been increasing in logistics warehouses and factories. However, it is difficult for existing robotics technologies to correctly recognize an environment in which objects and obstacles are disorderly placed, making it necessary to prepare an environment so that a robot can easily perform its tasks. For this reason, the introduction of robots has been limited to simple, routine tasks.Features of this technologyNEC has developed AI technology for robotics that consists of two technologies based on "World Models" (*) - "Spatiotemporal Prediction," in which a robot pr...

TOKYO and LONDON, Feb 20, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - JCB International Co, Ltd, the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co, Ltd, and Value Retail, creator and operator of The Bicester Collection, today announced the expansion of their partnership for another two years, following the success of the initial three-year partnership. This offering will be available in eight luxury shopping destinations across Europe. With the increase in international travel, the extension of this collaboration provides new growth opportunities.In line with JCB’s commitment to expand card acceptance across Europe, the partnership initiated in April 2019 has played a pivotal role in fostering growth. Beginning with JCB Card acceptance at boutiques in Bicester Village (London) and La Vallée Village (Paris), JCB Card acceptance has progressively extended to additional Villages across Europe. Over the past two years, this collaboration has resulted in an impressive 51% YoY growth in spending by JCB Cardmembers at The Bicester Collection (as of June 2023). Better still, JCB Card acceptance has expanded to an additional shopping destination, Maasmechelen Village (Brussels).In addition to...

TOKYO, Feb 20, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - A junior high school(1) in Santa Rita, Samar, Republic of the Philippines, whose building was constructed with the support of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (hereafter, Mitsubishi Motors), has held its opening ceremony.This school building construction support project is a collaborative venture between Mitsubishi Motors and World Vision Japan, an international NGO, with the aim of improving the learning environment for children. Mitsubishi Motors contributed 4.96 million yen, together with voluntary donations(2) from Mitsubishi Motors employees, to construct a national high school building and donate equipment such as tablet arm chairs, projectors, and fans.The opening ceremony was attended by Principal Violeta Duran and other dignitaries, as well as Takehisa Usami, Executive Vice President of Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (hereafter, MMPC).MMPC Executive Vice President Usami remarked, "Mitsubishi Motors began its operations in the Philippines in 1963, and since then, for the past 61 years, we have been producing and selling automobiles with the support of the people of the Philippines. This is indeed our great ple...

TOKYO, Feb 20, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has been selected for “Human Capital Leaders 2023” and “Human Capital Management Gold Quality” in the “Human Capital Survey 2023” jointly conducted by HR Technology Consortium, HR Research Institute (ProFuture Inc.) and MS&AD InterRisk Research & Consulting, Inc.In the “Human Capital Survey 2023” (conducted between September and December 2023), 16 highly rated companies were selected for “Human Capital Management Gold Quality”, and 8 companies that were recognized by experts as having made particularly outstanding efforts were selected as “Human Capital Leaders 2023” out of approximately 500 participating companies and organizations. Eisai was highly evaluated for its unique initiatives, such as human capital management that is connected with its Articles of Incorporation, and straightforward communication on its social impact, as well as its proactive attitude on information disclosure including the use of its own performance indicators.Eisai made a partial amendment to the Articles of Incorporation at an Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in 2022, adding “respecting huma...

Toyota City, Japan, Feb 19, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team has ended a challenging Rally Sweden on a high with Elfyn Evans scoring a strong haul of points towards the championship after setting the pace on the final day and claiming second overall.Car 33 (Elfyn Evans, Scott Martin)It was a strong recovery for Evans after he was forced to run first on the road and plough through deep snow on Friday afternoon. Having been just 1.9 seconds from the eventual winner during mid-day service, the extreme conditions left him 1m50s from the lead at the end of the day.Having moved up from fifth to third on Saturday morning, Evans then stormed into second place on Sunday’s opening stage. He was fastest in the subsequent second pass of that stage, and finished a close second in the rally-ending Power Stage. That was enough to top the ‘Super Sunday’ classification, giving he and co-driver Scott Martin a total of 24 points from the weekend – more than any other crew.Both Kalle Rovanperä and Takamoto Katsuta fought for the rally lead before they fell victim to the snowbanks that line the stages. Rovanperä held the early lead until contact with a snow...

TOKYO, Feb 19, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is pleased to announce that it has agreed to subscribe shares (approx. 32%) in TVS Vehicle Mobility Solution Private Limited (TVS VMS) through the private placement. The completion of these transactions is subject to approval by the relevant regulatory authorities.To gain a downstream foothold in the rapidly growing Indian automotive sector, MC had invested in one of India`s largest independent after-sales services providers, i.e., TVS Automobile Solutions (TASL), in 2019. TASL has a network of roughly 700 service centers and partnerships with 16,000 retailers of wholesale auto parts connecting through digital technology.This latest investment in TVS VMS, one of the largest multi-brand dealers in India, widens MC's investment coverage through enhanced downstream service capabilities. This investment is intended to propel MC’s aim to develop comprehensive mobility solutions spanning not only after-sales services and multi-brand sales, but also leasing and other automotive operations by utilizing extensive TVS VMS’ customer base and digital technology.TVSM OverviewTVSM is one of TVS Group's most reco...

TOKYO, Feb 19, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701), a leading global IT and network transformation services provider, announced today that it will enhance the NEC Value Added Network Solution Suite by adding open enterprise network solutions to its portfolio, including AI-enabled network and security solutions to accelerate businesses' digital transformation (DX) and enable telecom monetization. Moreover, in collaboration with its strategic global partners, NEC will provide holistic network solutions and services - including award-winning telecom B2B/enterprise network solutions - to support businesses in achieving sustainable growth through innovation.Currently, the business landscape is marked by an unprecedented transition from traditional non-automated workstyles to digitalized ones, and enterprises must harness the possibilities of digital and artificial intelligence to gain an edge. As part of this, they must transform their networks by improving capacity, security, and operational efficiency. However, infrastructure transformation is not easy since each business has unique objectives, requiring corresponding infrastructure adjustments. For e...

TOKYO, Feb 19, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Fujitsu today announced the development of a novel technique on a quantum simulator that speeds up quantum-classical hybrid algorithms, which have been proposed as a method for the early use of quantum computers, achieving 200 times the computational speed of previous simulations. For quantum circuit computations using conventional quantum and classical hybrid algorithms, the number of times of quantum circuit computation increases depending on the scale of the problem to be solved. Larger-scale problems that require many qubits, including simulations in the materials and drug discovery fields, may even require several hundred days.The newly developed technology enables simultaneous processing of a large number of repetitively executed quantum circuit computations distributed among multiple groups. Fujitsu has also devised a way to simplify problems on a large scale with less loss of accuracy by using one of the world's largest-scale quantum simulators (1)it has developed. Fujitsu has made it possible to perform computations on a quantum simulator in just one day, which would take an estimated 200 days to complete with conven...

TOKYO, Feb 19, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) received an "A-minus" rating in the Climate Change Report 2023 published by CDP (headquartered in London, U.K.), a non-profit organization that maintains a global environmental information disclosure system. This A-minus is the CDP's second-highest rating and is one rank up from the B ranking MHI received in the previous year.CDP scoring and collected environmental data are publicly available on CDP's platform and widely referenced by institutional investors and companies. MHI believes this improved rating will enable it to draw broad attention to its progress in addressing climate change in its business activities.Every year since 2002, CDP sends letters to companies on behalf of investors asking those companies to disclose data on their environmental impacts. In 2023, 746 financial institutions (with more than US$136 trillion in invested assets) requested responses to a CDP-prepared questionnaire, and more than 15,000 companies worldwide were asked to provide environmental information.CDP's climate change questionnaire is comprehensive in content. It asks companies to provide not only...

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Feb 16, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - On Friday, February 16, Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) opened MAZDA INNOVATION SPACE TOKYO (Roppongi, Minato City, Tokyo). This hub will serve as a place where partnerships are formed and talented individuals dare to create new value.In our 2030 VISION, Mazda sets out "to be a car-loving company that creates moving experiences through the joy of driving" and aims to bring about an ideal situation in which we can, for everyone connected to our company, provide uplifting experiences, emotionally and physically, and enrich life-in-motion every day.Our strength has been in co-creating value together with our partner companies and business partners in manufacturing. However, in recent years as digital technology has rapidly evolved and customers' automobile preferences have increasingly diversified, there is a pressing need to create and realize new value in a manner that transcends the traditional boundaries of the automobile industry.That is why we established this new space in Tokyo so that we may reach far beyond the conventional framework of the automobile business, encounter a diverse range of talented individual...

TOKYO, Feb 16, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has developed a RAN autonomous optimization technology that dynamically controls 5G Radio Access Networks (RAN) according to the status of each user terminal, dramatically improving the productivity of applications, such as the remote control of robots and vehicles. NEC will incorporate the technology into RAN Intelligent Controllers (RIC) and conduct demonstration tests using this technology by March 2025.Outline of the RAN autonomous optimization technologyBackgroundThere is growing momentum to promote digital transformation (DX) by utilizing the latest technologies such as 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT) with the aim of resolving labor shortages and improving productivity. When using these technologies for remote control of robots and vehicles, two-way communication consisting of status monitoring and control instructions for each robot/vehicle must be completed within a certain period of time. However, if the communication latency exceeds the requirement, the operation is repeatedly suspended for safety reasons, resulting in a decrease in the operation rate an...

TOKYO, Feb 16, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Eisai Co., Ltd. and nippon medac Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of medac Gesellschaft für klinische Spezialpräparate mbH announced that they have obtained manufacturing and marketing approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for the additional formulation of Metoject Subcutaneous Injection for the anti-rheumatic agent, pen-type autoinjector “Metoject® Subcutaneous Injection 7.5mg Pen 0.15mL, 10mg Pen 0.20mL, 12.5mg Pen 0.25mL and 15mg Pen 0.30mL” (methotrexate). Based on the license agreement signed by Eisai and medac GmbH in May 2019, nippon medac will hold the marketing authorization of Metoject, while Eisai will be responsible for product distribution of Metoject in Japan.This formulation incorporates the previously MHLW-approved Metoject Subcutaneous Injection pre-filled syringe formulation in a pen-type autoinjector and was developed to reduce the burden on patients and improve safety during self-injection. The drug can be self-injected in two steps (1- removing the cap, 2- pressing the pen against the skin). The built-in needle cover prevents the needle from being seen prior to administration and...

TOKYO, Feb 15, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Mitsubishi Motors), MC Retail Energy Co., Ltd. (MC Retail Energy), Kaluza Ltd. (Kaluza*), and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) are pleased to announce the launch of a proof of concept (PoC) in electric-vehicle (EV) smart charging. This PoC will seek to verify the commercial viability of what would be Japan's first smart-charging service leveraging EV connected technologies. The data collected during the PoC period shall be applied towards the future development of such a service, the objectives of which are to lower society-wide energy costs and create a more appealing charging environment for EV users. *Kaluza is a subsidiary of the UK-based innovative energy service provider OVO Group, in which MC acquired a 20% interest in 2019. PoC SummaryThis PoC will provide Mitsubishi Motors’ all-new Outlander (PHEV model) users1 with a service that allows them to use a smartphone app to set the times they want their vehicles charged. The app-based service will connect the users' home charging stations to Kaluza's EV charging-control platform, which automatically optimises charging by ensuring it takes place b...

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Feb 15, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Hitachi Energy has signed a major order with German state-owned transmission system operator, TransnetBW to enable the expansion of renewable energy and stabilization of the grid.Hitachi Energy will supply two Enhanced STATCOM1 stations with the next-generation grid stabilization technology, SVC Light® Enhanced, to enable TransnetBW to improve power quality in the transmission grid, which supplies power to 11 million people and numerous industries.Seated from left to right: Dr. Rainer Pflaum, CFO TransnetBW, Dr. Werner Götz, CEO TransnetBW, Pascal Daleiden, Country Managing Director Hitachi Energy Austria, Germany and Switzerland, and Stefan Habild, Business Unit Manager Grid Integration, Hitachi Energy Germany AG [Source: TransnetBW]The agreement comes at a time that transmission system operators are relying on new technologies to provide stability to the network due to the acceleration of the energy transition and the move away from conventional power plants."The implementation of this solution is another milestone for us in ensuring safe and reliable grid operation in the future," said Dr. Werner Götz, CEO of...