Date: Feb 12, 2018
Source: Tokushima City
Original Soundtrack with “The Sounds of Tokushima City” Produced by Using the Musical Instruments of Awa Dance – Promoting “Tokushima, the Water City” through the four themes of culture, town, food, and nature
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Date: June 13, 2018
Source: All Nippon Airways (ANA)
TOKYO – All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced today the launch of a new website theme that celebrates “CRAFTSMANSHIP” as part of its “IS JAPAN COOL?” program, which helps promote Japan to international visitors. This new theme will have two features, including interviews with seven traditional Japanese artisans and the SAMURAI AVATAR.
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Date: Jun 12, 2018
Source: airweave inc.
NEW YORK, June 12, 2018 – Airweave, the leading bedding brand of Japan, announces the launch of its latest mattress model to the US market, the Airweave Mattress Advanced. The experience is designed to satisfy a wider range of customers’ needs while still offering Airweave’s signature support and breathability which is scientifically proven to provide a deeper, more restorative sleep compared to traditional foam mattresses.
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Date: May 18, 2018
Source: West Japan Railway Company, Sanrio Co., Ltd.
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Date: Jun 11, 2018
Source: Osaro
SAN FRANCISCO, June 11, 2018 – Osaro promised in 2016 to create advanced intelligent robotics software solutions for large scale, commercial use cases by applying its proprietary AI technology. Today, Osaro is delivering on that promise by expanding the scope of their deep reinforcement learning platform to the food industry with its latest solution, Osaro FoodPick.
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Date: Jan 25, 2018
Source: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
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Date: Jun 07, 2018
Source: Tomy Company, Ltd.
Tomy Company, Ltd. announces the international release of the Printoss, an easy printer to print photos taken on a smartphone. The Printoss will be launched from late June 2018 in 12 countries. The Printoss will be launched as the KiiPix overseas.
TOMY Company. Ltd. (Representative Director: Kazuhiro Kojima, headquarters: Katsushika-ku, Tokyo) announces the international release of the Printoss, an easy printer to print photos taken on a smartphone (SRP: 3,700 En excluding tax). The Printoss will be launched from late June 2018 in 12 countries*1 in regions such as North America, Europe and Australia, and there are plans to expand sales routes into other Asian countries in future.
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Date: Jun 06, 2018
Source: Green Science Alliance Co., Ltd.
KAWANISHI, Japan, June 6, 2018 – Quantum dots are extremely small fluorescent nanoparticles which is composed of between 10 to 10000 atoms and 1 to 9 nanometers in diameter. They are so small that one cannot see them with a typical microscope. Despite its size, we cannot ignore the effects resulting from this extremely small size of these nanoparticles. The electronic characteristics of quantum dots are determined by their chemical composition, size, and shape.
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Source: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
Date: May 30, 2018
TOKYO – Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (TOKYO: 4183) (President & CEO: Tsutomu Tannowa) and Prime Polymer Co., Ltd. (President: Naoshi Hamada), owned 65 percent by Mitsui Chemicals and 35 percent by Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 5019) (Representative Director & CEO: Shunichi Kito), announced today that the Group will establish Mitsui Prime Advanced Composites Europe B.V. in the Netherlands, together with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 8031) (President & CEO: Tatsuo Yasunaga). The new company will be Mitsui Chemicals’ first European production base for polypropylene (PP) compounds in response to growing global demand for automotive-use PP, it is scheduled to start operations in June 2020.
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Date: Jun 01, 2018
Source: GOLFTEC
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 1, 2018 – Golf Digest Online (GDO), the largest online / offline golf conglomerate in Japan, has expanded its partnership with GOLFTEC, the world’s largest provider of premium golf lessons and club fittings at nearly 200 GOLFTEC centers internationally.
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Date: Jun 02, 2018
Source: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
TOKYO, June 2, 2018 – Shiseido Co., Ltd. commemorated the re-launch of its hero serum, Ultimune Power Infusing Concentrate
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Date: March 27, 2018
Source: Kyocera Corporation
KYOTO, Japan – Kyocera Corporation (herein “Kyocera”) and Tokyo Century Corporation (herein “Tokyo Century”) announced today that Kyocera TCL Solar LLC (herein “Kyocera TCL Solar”) has started operation of Japan’s largest*1 13.7 megawatt (MW) floating solar plant this month. Located on the Yamakura Dam reservoir in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, the Company held a completion ceremony on March 20 with Kensaku Morita, the Governor of Chiba Prefecture. Kyocera TCL Solar is a joint venture of Kyocera and Tokyo Century established in 2012 to promote large-scale solar projects.
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Date: May 24, 2018
Source: Osaka Gas Engineering Co., Ltd.
OSAKA, Japan – Osaka Gas Engineering Co., Ltd. (OGE), a subsidiary of Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (Osaka Gas)(TOKYO:9532), has entered into an agreement to provide consulting services on construction of LNG receiving terminals of CPC Corporation, Taiwan (CPC) and Taiwan Power Co., Ltd. (TPC) respectively.
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Date: May 21, 2018
Source: NTT DATA Corporation
TOKYO & NEW DELHI – NTT DATA Corporation (TOKYO:9613), a global IT solutions provider, and MapmyIndia, India’s leading digital mapping, navigation and location technology company, announced today that they have partnered to develop India’s first large-scale 3D map datasets, named AW3D India. The joint undertaking will deliver unrivaled digital-elevation datasets on a fast, cost-effective basis, combining NTT DATA’s expertise and international experience in mapping and 3D technologies with MapmyIndia’s two-plus decades of experience in mapping the Indian terrain.
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Date: May 30, 2018
Source: JALUX Inc.
JALUX Inc. is to open “Thonglor Nihon Ichiba,” its first Japanese fresh wholesale market in Thailand, on June 9 (Saturday), 2018, in Bangkok’s Sukhumvit Thonglor area through “J VALUE CO., LTD.,” a joint venture established in the Southeast Asian country with other firms.
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Date: May 30, 2018
Source: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
TOKYO, May 30, 2018 – Aiming to come to the forefront of its efforts to pioneer a future of communication business from a global perspective, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. announces that it has today unveiled a hub for open innovation in Ebina city, Kanagawa, Japan. The Company will work together with its customers on transforming communications utilizing printing technologies.
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– ASICS NEXT-GENERATION TECHNOLOGY offers reinforced stability and protection for long distance runners –
Date: May 22, 2018
Source: ASICS
KOBE, Japan, May 22, 2018 – On June 1st, ASICS will officially launch the 25th iteration of its flagship stability shoe, the GEL-KAYANO®, which has set the benchmark for long-distance running since 1993.
Through ASICS’ unique approach to human-centric design, technological innovation, and dedication to excellence, every iteration of the GEL-KAYANO® series has been improved, offering runners increased protection and performance year after year. This series has broken boundaries in product innovation and has revolutionized the performance running category. In keeping with tradition, The GEL-KAYANO® 25 offers enhanced, state-of-the-art technology developed and tested specifically at ASICS’ Institute of Sport Science (ISS).
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Date: May 18, 2018
Source: Princess Cruises
SANTA CLARITA, Calif., May 18, 2018 – Voted “Best Cruise Line in Asia,” Princess Cruises has an expansive schedule of cruise vacations open for sale for the upcoming fall 2019 through spring 2020 season. Special departures include an opportunity to see the Annular Solar Eclipse off the coast of Malaysia on December 26, 2019, a New Year’s Eve late-evening departure from Hong Kong, plus Diamond Princess sails around Japan in search of fall colors.
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Date: May 23, 2018
Source: Bespoke Inc.
TOKYO, May 23, 2018 – New Otani Hotels and Bespoke Inc. are proud to announce the launch of Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot service Bebot at Hotel New Otani Tokyo. Already available at Narita Airport and Tokyo Station, Bebot is fast becoming an essential travel partner for visitors to Japan, and is available at Hotel New Otani in English and Chinese.
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Date: May 18, 2018
Source: Jiji Press
TOKYO — The employment rate for people who graduated from Japanese universities in spring this year came to 98.0 percent as of April 1, the highest since the survey started in 1997, the labor and education ministries said Friday.
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