<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.japancorp.net/rss/rss2full.xsl" type="text/xsl" media="screen"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.japancorp.net/rss/itemcontent.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>JCN Newswire</title><link>http://www.japancorp.net</link><description>JCN Newswire - Recent Press Releases</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2010, JCN Newswire</copyright><ttl>10</ttl><image><title>JCN Newswire</title><url>http://www.japancorp.net/images/jcnxml.jpg</url><link>http://www.japancorp.net</link><width>88</width><height>31</height><description>JCN Newswire</description></image><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://www.japancorp.net/rss/jcnpress.xml" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>Takara Bio to Enter into a Collaborative Research Agreement with University of Pennsylvania, Aiming for a Future Clinical Trial of HIV Gene Therapy</title><guid>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22571</guid><link>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22571</link><description>Takara Bio Inc. announced today that it has executed a collaborative research agreement with University of Pennsylvania on March 11, 2010 to support an HIV gene therapy clinical trial in the United States.</description><pubdate>Fri,12 Mar 2010 20:39:25(JST)</pubdate></item><item><title>Oil &amp; Gas Industry Lifted by Increased CAPEX in Asia Pacific; Participation at OSEA2010 Sets New Record High as Companies Step up Operations in Asia</title><guid>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22569</guid><link>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22569</link><description>The global oil and gas sector capital expenditure in 2010 is projected to see a hike of 12 per cent and the total capex of the leading listed oil and gas companies is expected to exceed US$798 billion.</description><pubdate>Fri,12 Mar 2010 10:31:45(JST)</pubdate></item><item><title>Fuji Electric Group Formulates New Medium-term Management Plan</title><guid>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22567</guid><link>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22567</link><description>The Fuji Electric Group announced today that it has formulated its new three-year medium-term management plan for the period from fiscal 2009 to fiscal 2011. This plan outlines our approach to become a company that contributes to society through its businesses in the field of &amp;quot;energy and the environment.&amp;quot;</description><pubdate>Wed,10 Mar 2010 18:00:11(JST)</pubdate></item><item><title>Honda to Build Second Motorcycle Production Plant in India</title><guid>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22564</guid><link>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22564</link><description>Honda Motorcycle &amp;amp; Scooter India (Pvt.) Ltd. (HMSI), Honda&amp;apos;s wholly-owned motorcycle production and sales subsidiary in India, announced plans to build a second motorcycle production plant to meet increasing demand in the rapidly growing motorcycle market in India.</description><pubdate>Tue,9 Mar 2010 15:15:15(JST)</pubdate></item><item><title>Fujitsu Launches Search Service for Patent Disclosures Outside Japan</title><guid>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22563</guid><link>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22563</link><description>Fujitsu today announced the availability of a new service to search patent databases outside Japan, offered as software as a service (SaaS). 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Two G650 flight-test aircraft - T1 and T2 - were last week airborne simultaneously and were tracked by dual telemetry facilities in real time.</description><pubdate>Tue,9 Mar 2010 10:04:00(JST)</pubdate></item><item><title>CyberAgent Opens U.S. Subsidiary, Enters Market with Ameba Pico, an English Language Version of One of Japan's Most Successful Virtual Worlds</title><guid>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22562</guid><link>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22562</link><description>CyberAgent, Inc. has announced the launch  of Ameba Pico, a new virtual community that combines gaming, social networking and e-commerce elements and tightly integrates into the Facebook environment.</description><pubdate>Mon,8 Mar 2010 18:17:21(JST)</pubdate></item><item><title>Sundia MediTech Authorized ISO 9001:2008 Quality System Certificate</title><guid>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22560</guid><link>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22560</link><description>Sundia MediTech Company, Ltd., a leading pharmaceutical R&amp;amp;D outsourcing Service Company in China, announced that the company has obtained ISO 9001:2008 Quality System Certificate by SGS, an internationally-known certification company.</description><pubdate>Mon,8 Mar 2010 13:47:13(JST)</pubdate></item><item><title>Metallurgical Corporation of China Ltd. Selected as the Constituent Stock of Hang Seng China Enterprises Index and Hang Seng China 50 Index</title><guid>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22559</guid><link>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22559</link><description>Metallurgical Corporation of China Ltd. (&amp;quot;MCC&amp;quot; or the &amp;quot;Company&amp;quot;; stock code: 1618) is pleased to announce that the Company has become one of the constituent stocks of both Hang Seng China Enterprises Index and Hang Seng China 50 Index effective from today.</description><pubdate>Mon,8 Mar 2010 13:46:04(JST)</pubdate></item><item><title>Thomson Reuters Strengthens Commitment to Asia Pacific as President, Investment &amp; Advisory Moves to Hong Kong</title><guid>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22561</guid><link>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22561</link><description>Thomson Reuters today announced that Eric Frank, President, Investment &amp;amp; Advisory, Thomson Reuters Markets, has relocated to Hong Kong from New York. Mr. Frank&amp;apos;s move to Hong Kong strengthens Thomson Reuters commitment to growing its business across the Asia Pacific region.</description><pubdate>Mon,8 Mar 2010  9:50:12(JST)</pubdate></item><item><title>'CarneyVale: Showtime' Seals Distribution Contract with Microsoft's Games for Windows Live</title><guid>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22554</guid><link>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22554</link><description>Singapore games are kicking off the Year of the Tiger on a high note as CarneyVale: Showtime becomes the first Singapore game to close a distribution contract with Microsoft&amp;apos;s Games for Windows-LIVE on the PC platform.</description><pubdate>Thu,4 Mar 2010 20:46:34(JST)</pubdate></item><item><title>Showa Denko K.K. to Strengthen Electronic Cleaning Agent Business</title><guid>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22553</guid><link>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22553</link><description>Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) will start commercial production of high-purity cyclohexanone in Zhejiang Province, China in August 2010, building a 5,000 t/y plant at Zhejiang Quzhou Juhua Showa Electronic Chemical Materials Co., Ltd., a joint venture company in which SDK owns a 51% share.</description><pubdate>Thu,4 Mar 2010 16:36:09(JST)</pubdate></item><item><title>Honda Begins Sales of All-new Automobile Driving Simulator Developed for Traffic Safety Education</title><guid>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22552</guid><link>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22552</link><description>Honda Motor Co., Ltd. began sales throughout Japan of an all-new automobile driving simulator, which underwent a full model change, developed for the purpose of traffic safety education.</description><pubdate>Tue,2 Mar 2010 19:13:14(JST)</pubdate></item><item><title>Pioneer Announces Completion of International Share Offering and Change in Major Shareholders</title><guid>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22551</guid><link>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22551</link><description>Pioneer announced today that the payment for the new shares issued through the international offering, the third-party allotment to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and the third-party allotment to Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, together with the International Offering and the Third-party Allotment to Mitsubishi Electric, was completed today as originally scheduled.</description><pubdate>Tue,2 Mar 2010 15:09:24(JST)</pubdate></item><item><title>Lexus to Unveil 'CT200h' at 2010 Geneva Motor Show</title><guid>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22549</guid><link>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22549</link><description>Lexus announces that it will unveil the five-door hybrid &amp;quot;CT200h&amp;quot;(1) - the first Lexus vehicle in the premium-compact segment - at the 80th Geneva International Motor Show(2), to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, for the press on March 2 and 3 and for the public from March 4 to 14.</description><pubdate>Mon,1 Mar 2010 13:52:21(JST)</pubdate></item><item><title>Fujitsu and Japan Atomic Energy Agency Unveil Fastest Supercomputer; Top Performance in Japan Based on LINPACK Benchmark</title><guid>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22548</guid><link>http://japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=22548</link><description>Fujitsu today announced that it has completed joint development of a new supercomputer system with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). 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