Honda announced the details of its factory team, Team HRC, to compete in 2024 FIM(2) Endurance World Championship "Coca-Cola" Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race 45th Tournament (Suzuka 8 Hours), to be held at the Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, July 21, 2024.
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NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it launched Japan's first demonstration experiment(1) of a self-powered hydropower cellular base station on May 30.
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Fujitsu today announced that it has developed a new system based on Fujitsu Data Intelligence PaaS (1) an operation platform for Fujitsu Uvance that leverages data and AI to achieve resilient supply chain management for Electric Works Company, Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic EW), and has started a full-scale operation of the new system at Panasonic EW in April 2024.
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd. (MHIET), a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) Group, has been working on commercialization of hydrogen combustion engines as a key product to support MHI Group's MISSION NET ZERO declaration that aims to achieve net zero emissions by 2040.
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Hitachi, Ltd. and Google Cloud today announced a multi-year partnership to accelerate enterprise innovation and productivity with generative AI.
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SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, NTT DOCOMO, INC., the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) ,and Panasonic Holdings Corporation (Panasonic HD) jointly announced today that they have successfully conducted a 5G communication verification test in the 38GHz band.
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Hitachi High-Tech Corporation ("Hitachi High-Tech") announced today the launch of the SU3900SE and SU3800SE High-Resolution Schottky Scanning Electron Microscopes, which provide highly accurate and efficient observation of large and heavy specimens at the nano level.
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Celonis SE (Celonis) and NEC Corporation began a proof of concept in May this year to integrate NEC's high-performance Japanese language generative AI with Celonis market-leading process intelligence platform.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea has approved humanized anti-soluble aggregated amyloid-beta (Abeta) monoclonal antibody "LEQEMBI" (lecanemab) for treatment in adult patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) or mild AD (early AD).
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Hitachi High-Tech Corporation announced that Roche and Hitachi High-Tech have extended their partnership, committing to at least 10 years of additional collaboration.
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Subaru Corporation (Subaru), Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), and Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) have each committed to developing new engines tailored to electrification and the pursuit of carbon neutrality.
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Fujitsu today announced that it has developed FUJITSU Network 1FINITY T250, a disaggregation-type (1) optical transmission solution to achieve the IOWN (Innovative Optical and Wireless Network) initiative (2) and started sales on May 14, 2024.
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Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., ENEOS Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. announce that they have commenced a study toward the introduction and spread of carbon-neutral fuels that contribute to the decarbonization of automobiles with the aim of realizing a carbon-neutral society.
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Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) will enter the ENEOS Super Taikyu Series 2024 Empowered by BRIDGESTONE Round 2 NAPAC Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race, to be held from May 24 to 26, with the #32 ORC ROOKIE GR Corolla H2 Concept, a hydrogen-powered GR Corolla running on liquid hydrogen.
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Hitachi Energy has been selected by Marinus Link Pty Ltd (MLPL) to supply a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) project of national significance, which will augment the connection between mainland Australia and Tasmania's grid.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today the presentation of research across multiple types of cancer from its oncology portfolio and pipeline during the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (#ASCO24), which is taking place virtually and in-person in Chicago, Illinois from May 31 to June 4.
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd. (MHI Thermal Systems), a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, received the 51st (2023) Technology Award(1) from the Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (JSRAE) for its "e-3D scroll" compressor, a large-capacity, high-efficiency scroll compressor equipped with the "e-3D scroll" featuring a proprietary, advanced 3D compression structure.
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NEC X, the Silicon Valley innovation accelerator backed by NEC's portfolio of advanced technologies, today announced a new investment in Verdi Expeditions Inc., the world's first scalable platform for farm automation and personalized plant healthcare.
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Fujitsu today published the "'Fujitsu Technology and Service Vision 2024", outlining its vision of the future for business and society. It provides concrete actions for businesses to transform into a "regenerative enterprise," a new form of organization that continues to deliver greater value to the environment, economies and people's well-being by using AI and other cutting-edge technologies.
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