Fuel-cell cars to hit market in ’15
Date: Sep 13, 2014
Source: The Japan News by Naoki Ogawa and Hajime Yamagishi
Fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs), which use hydrogen and have zero emissions, will soon be on the market. Toyota Motor Corp. is scheduled to release the “ultimate eco-friendly cars” by the end of this fiscal year, which ends on 31 March.
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Oakland fifth-graders attend convention in Japan
Date: Sep 2, 2014
Source: Contra Costa Times
OAKLAND — Four Oakland fifth-graders and their chaperone participated in the 26th annual Asian Pacific Children’s Convention, which was held July 10-24 in Fukuoka, Japan.
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Ramen in the wind
Date: Sep 14, 2014
Source: The Nation – by Pattarawadee Saengmanee
YOU CAN recognise the recently opened Japanese restaurant Ippudo at Central Embassy by the queue outside the door. No matter the time of day, hungry customers happily stand in line to savour a bowl of authentic Hakata-style ramen by Shigemi Kawahara, the man also known as the Ramen King.
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Michelin Guide Fukuoka now available online in English
Date: Sep 12, 2014
Source: AFP-Relaxnews
FUKUOKA, Sept 12 — Foodies worldwide can now browse the restaurants of the special-edition Michelin Guide to the Japanese city, which was published exclusively in the local language last July.
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Small and Medium Enterprise Techno Fair in Kyushu 2014
Date: Oct 8(Wed)-10(Fri) 2014
Time: 10:00am-5:00pm
Venue: West Japan General Exhibition Center Annex
Organizer: West Japan Industry and Trade Convention Association
Contact: TEL : +81-93-511-6800 / FAX : +81-93-521-8845
E-mail: ueno@convention-a.jp
Official Website: http://www.kyushu-tf.com
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Panasonic Showcases Automated Driving Technologies and Systems Using Big Data at the 21st ITS World Congress 2014
Date: Sep 15, 2014
Source: Panasonic Corporation
Leading global systems-solutions provider Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America has exhibited and demonstrated a range of advanced technologies that support automated and connected vehicles at the 2014 Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress (ITS), held at Cobo Center in Detroit, U.S.
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World’s 1st iPS transplant performed
Date: Sep 12, 2014
Source: Yomiuri Shimbun
KOBE (Jiji Press) — A team led by RIKEN researcher Masayo Takahashi performed a transplant of retina cells on Friday on a woman suffering from an eye disease, in the world’s first clinical study using induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells.
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Japan’s baby goods giant Pigeon sees record profit for fifth year on overseas success
Date: Sep 7, 2014
Source: Nikkei – by TSUYOSHI MINAMI
TOKYO — Pigeon, one of Japan’s top makers of baby products, is expanding to the Middle East and Africa in addition to growing its existing markets in Western countries and Asia.
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JR East to bid for California rail project
Date: Sep 4, 2014
Source: NHK World
The chairman of East Japan Railway has expressed his strong intention to bid for a high-speed rail system in California.
The super-express rail system between San Francisco and Los Angeles is expected to be completed by 2029. The bidding is due to take place later this year.
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Kurita Announces the Strengthening of its Business in the Energy Field by Making Use of the Clathrate Compound Technology it has Cultivated in Water Treatment
– Successfully Developing New Materials and Entering the Lithium Ion Battery Field
Date: Sep 4, 2014
Source: Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (Head Office: Nakano-ku, Tokyo; President: Toshiyuki Nakai) is pleased to announce its successful development of new materials to improve the safety of lithium ion batteries by making use of the clathrate compound technology* of chemicals that it has cultivated in water treatment.
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17th Design Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions Expo Osaka (DMS Osaka)
Date: Sep 24(Wed) – 26(Fri), 2014
Time: 10:00 – 18:00 (Last day until 17:00)
Venue: INTEX Osaka
Organizer: Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd.
Official Website: www.dms-kansai.jp/en/
Design Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions Expo Osaka (DMS Osaka) is Western Japan’s largest exhibition gathering all kinds of IT solutions such as CAD, CAE, ERP, production systems. DMS Osaka attracts a significant number of professionals from design, development, production engineering, and information systems departments, who are looking to buy solutions for their businesses.
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Creating New Digital Business of the “Bodily Sensation” by amazing 3D-Haptics Technology
Date: Sep 1, 2014
Source: MIRAISENS, Inc.
“MIRAISENS, Inc.” (Head Office: Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki prefecture, CEO: Natsuo KODA ) which is a AIST Technology Transfer Venture, has developed the world’s first “3D-Haptics Technology” which realizes real experience of tactile feeling and kinesthetic feeling by digital technology as if touching physical objects.
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Japan to Double Investment in India Within 5 Years
Date: Sep 1, 2014
Source: The Wall Street Journal – By Mitsuru Obe
TOKYO—Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set an ambitious goal of doubling Japanese investment and the number of Japanese companies in India within five years, as part of an effort by the two countries to strengthen economic and security ties.
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Demonstrating “Green Hospitals” in Vietnam – Aiming for 35% Energy-Saving Effect with Energy Efficient Air Conditioning and Energy Management System
Date: Aug 26, 2014
Source: NEDO
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) will launch a demonstration project that will introduce about 1,000 energy efficient inverter air conditioners (ACs) and energy management systems to achieve energy efficiency for two hospitals in Vietnam, one in Hanoi and the other in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Robot wheelchairs would read users’ minds
Date: Aug 30, 2014
Source: The Yomiuri Shimbun
The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry said it aims to start a project to develop “robot wheelchairs,” which detect the user’s intentions from their brain waves and automatically move in line with the user’s will.
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Japanese business delegation visits Ethiopia
Date: Aug 29, 2014
Source: NHK World
A group of Japanese business people and government officials has visited Ethiopia to explore opportunities in the East African country. The delegation of about 50 people includes representatives of trading companies and manufacturers.
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Fujifilm vs Ebola: Japan giants turn hands to medicine
Date: Aug 31, 2014
Source: AFP
Tokyo (AFP) – When Japan announced it was ready to supply a new drug to help combat the deadly Ebola virus, one unusual detail emerged — it would be made by Fujifilm.
The company synonymous with cameras and photobooths said it could start producing Avigan, which has been approved in Japan to treat the flu but which scientists think also could crimp the vicious illness.
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16th Gourmet & Dining Style Show Autumn 2014
Dates: Sep 3(Wed)-5(Fri), 2014
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight, East Hall 3
Organizer: Business Guide-Sha, Inc.
Show Scale: 150 exhibitors with 30,000 visitors
Admission Fee: Free of Charge (admission is by invitation)
Official Website: www.gourmetdiningstyleshow.com
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Tests of 4K, 8K broadcasts eyed for 2016
Date: Aug 31, 2014
Source: Jiji Press
The government plans to start ultrahigh-definition 4K and 8K television broadcasting on broadcast satellite TV channels on a trial basis in 2016 when the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and Paralympics will be held.
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Sixty Years of Japanese ODA – Interview with Kimihiro Ishikane
Date: Aug 22, 2014
Source: Highlighting JAPAN – by Tami Kawasaki
This year marks sixty years of Japanese official development assistance (ODA). Kimihiro Ishikane, Director-General, International Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke about the history of Japanese ODA, the bonds it has forged between Japan and other countries, and what direction it should take in the future.
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