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Signing of Agreement to Transfer Shares of MUL and HCC to MC

March 19, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 19, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is pleased to announce its signing today of a share-transfer agreement with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFJ) and MUFG Bank, Ltd. (MUFG Bank). Under the terms of the agreement, MUFG and MUFG Bank will transfer to...

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Signing of Memorandum of Understanding regarding CCS Joint Study for Clean Fuel Ammonia Production in Indonesia

March 19, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 19, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), a national university in the Republic of Indonesia, and PT Panca Amara Utama (PAU) have agreed to conduct a joint study on carbon capture...

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MHI Thermal Systems to Launch 23 Models of Residential-use Room Air Conditioners for the Japanese Market in 2021

March 19, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 19, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, will successively launch 23 new models of residential-use air conditioners for the Japanese market starting April 1. The 2021 lineup comprises six models in the top-of-the-line...

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NEC Qualifies 24 Fiber Pair Subsea Telecom Cable System

March 19, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 19, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) and its subsidiary OCC Corporation announced today that they have completed full qualification of subsea repeaters and optical cable containing up to 24 fiber pairs (FPs) (48 fibers). This is a 50% improvement in fiber count...

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Mitsubishi Corporation Enters Agreement to Acquire Interest in Aurukun Bauxite Project

March 18, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 18, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is pleased to announce it has reached an agreement with Glencore Plc (Glencore, head office located in Switzerland) to acquire a 30% interest in the Aurukun Bauxite Project in Australia currently wholly owned by Glencore.In addition to...

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Mitsubishi Motors Thailand Achieved Cumulative Production of Six Million Cars

March 18, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 18, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (MMTh), a manufacturing and sales company of MITSUBISHI MOTROS CORPOLATION (MMC) in Thailand, has reached cumulative production of six million units.Exporting vehicles to more than 120 countries throughout the world, MMTh has exported 4.4 million...

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Fujitsu Embarks on Joint Research with National Cancer Center Japan to Create New Services for Drug Development and Clinical Trials

March 18, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 18, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Fujitsu today announced it has concluded a comprehensive collaborative research agreement with National Cancer Center Japan. The joint research will center on exploring ways that real-world data(1), including medical information from electronic records, can be leveraged to contribute to the...

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Frost & Sullivan Recognizes NEC with the 2020 Global Biometrics in Security Market Growth Innovation & Leadership Excellence Frost Radar Award

March 17, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 17, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced that it was presented with the 2020 Global Biometrics in Security Market Growth Innovation & Leadership Excellence Frost Radar Award by Frost & Sullivan.The award reflects NEC's pivot toward biometric solutions, which are providing...

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DZNE and Eisai Enter Into Research Collaboration Agreement Aiming for Novel Drug Discovery for Neurodegenerative Disorders

March 17, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 17, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Deutsches Zentrum fur Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen and Eisai Co., Ltd. today announced that both parties have entered into a research collaboration agreement aiming to create potential novel treatments for neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease (AD) which modulate immune competence in neurons...

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Eisai: Anti-MTBR (Microtubule Binding Region) Tau Antibody E2814 is Selected on Clinical Study for Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Disease by Dian-Tu

March 16, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 16, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that anti-microtubule binding region (MTBR) tau antibody E2814, which was created from collaboration research between Eisai and University College London, has been selected by the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU) led by Washington...

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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Grants Orphan Drug Designation in Japan to Anti-Cancer Agent Lenvima (Lenvatinib) With Prospective Indication for Uterine Body Cancer

March 12, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 12, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has received orphan drug designation for LENVIMA (generic name: lenvatinib mesylate), the orally available multiple receptor kinase inhibitor discovered by Eisai, with a prospective indication for uterine body cancer, by the Ministry of...

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Fujitsu, Kyoto University Develop Explainable AI Verification System for Estimating Disease-Causing Potential of Genetic Mutations

March 11, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 11, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Fujitsu Limited and a Kyoto University research group led by Professor Yasushi Okuno of the Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, has developed an AI verification system called "MGeND Intelligence". When the genetic mutation(1) information of a patient is input...

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MITSUBISHI MOTORS to Procure OEM-models from Renault for Europe

March 10, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 10, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - As announced by the Alliance, MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION (MMC) has decided to procure two OEM-model vehicles for Europe from an Alliance member, Groupe Renault. MMC will introduce them to selected markets in Europe through its sales network, aiming for 2023....

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Fujitsu Develops AI Model to Determine Concentration During Tasks Based on Facial Expression

March 10, 2021

KAWASAKI, Japan, Mar 10, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. announced the successful development of a new, general purpose AI model for estimating concentration levels that can capture and quantify with high accuracy the degree of concentration when a person is performing various tasks. The model...

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Fujitsu Launches Data-Driven Social Creation Platform in Joint Project with 9 Universities and 2 Research Institutes

March 10, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 10, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Fujitsu today announced the completion of its Data-Driven Social Creation Platform to contribute to the realization of the Japanese government's Society 5.0 concept(1), which presents a vision of a new, data-intensive society. The new platform commenced operations on March 9,...

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MHI Selected for Inclusion in All Four ESG Investment Indices Adopted by GPIF

March 9, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 9, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has been selected as a constituent of all four indices used by Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world's largest pension fund, as references for making ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investments into the...

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Fujitsu and RIKEN Complete Joint Development of Japan’s Fugaku, the World’s Fastest Supercomputer

March 9, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 9, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - 1. OverviewFugaku is Japan's supercomputer that has been developed as a core system for the innovative High-Performance Computing Infrastructure (HPCI) promoted by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).In 2014, RIKEN and Fujitsu began joint development of...

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NEC Joins the CONNECT Landmark Public-private Initiative for Precision Cancer Medicine

March 8, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 8, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced that it has joined a landmark public-private initiative, the Norwegian Precision Cancer Medicine Implementation Consortium (CONNECT), a collaboration between 22 key public and private partners for promoting precision cancer medicine. CONNECT is one of...

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Hitachi Joins ‘The Valuable 500’, an International Initiative to Promote Disability Inclusion

March 8, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 8, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) today announced that it has joined "The Valuable 500," an international movement to promote active participation by persons with disabilities."The Valuable 500" was kicked off at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (Davos) in...

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Eisai to Present Latest Data on Pipeline Assets in the Area of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia at the 15th International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease

March 5, 2021

TOKYO, Mar 5, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that the latest data from its Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia pipeline, including the investigational anti-amyloid beta (Aß) protofibril antibody lecanemab (Development Code: BAN2401), will be presented at the 15th International Conference on Alzheimer's and...