JCN Newswires back issues from March 2006:
Justsystems Announces "xfy Enterprise Solution Plus for Oracle Database 10g" at Oracle OpenWorld Tokyo 2006.
Mar 01, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 1, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Justsystems, Inc., a leading enterprise software provider, announced today the release of "xfy Enterprise Solution Plus for Oracle Database 10g," an integrated development and runtime environment for corporate XML applications designed for ...
Yokogawa and Fujitsu Form Strategic Partnership; Joint Development of Core Technologies and Key Components for Ultra High-speed Optical Transmission Systems.
Mar 02, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 2, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Yokogawa Electric Corporation and Fujitsu Limited today announced that the two companies have agreed to form a strategic partnership to jointly develop core system technologies and key components, focusing on high-speed optical-electronic ...
KTC to Start JCB Issuing and Acquiring in Thailand.
Mar 03, 2006 ... Tokyo and Bangkok, Thailand, Mar 3, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB, a leading international card brand, and Krungthai Card Public Company Limited (KTC), a major card issuing and acquiring company in Thailand, are happy to announce that KTC has reached an agreement in signing an issuing and ...
NEC and NEC Australia Realize New Mobile Music Content Service for Telstra.
Mar 03, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 2, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC has announced the release of "music-on-the-move", an innovative new mobile content service for Telstra i-mode users. To bring the site to life, licensing agreements have been secured with major record labels, EMI and Warner, as ...
NEC Develops Signal-Reshaping LSI for 40 Gbps Optical Fiber Transmission System; New LSI Doubles Distance of Conventional 40 Gbps-based WDM Transmission.
Mar 03, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 3, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation today announced that it has succeeded in the development of a signal-reshaping large-scale integrated-circuit (LSI) that facilitates a 40 gigabit per second (Gbps) optical fiber transmission system. The new LSI significantly ...
Toyota Outlines Motorsports Activities for 2006.
Mar 04, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 3, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today the outline of its motorsports activities for 2006, which positions FIA Formula One World Championship (F1), NASCAR, Super GT and Formula Nippon as the main pillars of its motorsports competition, ...
Sanix Announces Consolidated Sales Volume for February 2006.
Mar 07, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 7, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Sanix Incorporated (TSE: 4651), a leading provider of sanitation and environmental services, has announced month-on-month consolidated sales for February 2006 (Feb. 1-28, 2006). 1. Sales Volume for February 2006 <Pre> ...
Milbank Strengthens Asian Strategy - Appoints James J. Murray to Singapore.
Mar 07, 2006 ... Singapore and Tokyo, Japan, Mar 7, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Illustrating its continuing growth of project finance activity in Asia, the international law firm, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, announced today that senior project finance attorney, James J. Murray, has returned to join ...
NEC Develops Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Boasting World's Fastest Operation Speed of 25 Gbps/Ch; Significant step toward realization of ultra-high-speed optical interconnection for next-generation supercomputing systems14.
Mar 07, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 7, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation today announced the successful development of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL*) that boasts the world's fastest 25 gigabit per second (Gbps) per channel (ch) operation speed. It subsequently achieves ...
Justsystems Announces Planned Acquisition of Blast Radius XMetaL.
Mar 07, 2006 ... Palo Alto, U.S.A., and Vancouver, Canada, Mar 7, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Justsystems US Holding, Inc. and Blast Radius, Inc. today announced that they have reached an agreement for Justsystems to acquire the XMetaL software business of Blast Radius. XMetaL is an industry leader in XML ...
JETRO Surveys Japanese Firms' Participation in Kyoto Mechanisms.
Mar 08, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 8, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) released the results of its survey of Japanese companies' participation in the clean development mechanism (CDM) and joint implementation (JI), two "flexibility mechanisms" set forth under the Kyoto ...
Omron Electronic Components Business - Europe Completes RoHS Compliance Process.
Mar 08, 2006 ... Hoofddorp, Netherlands, Mar 8, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Omron Electronic Components Business - Europe has announced that, with effect from 1 March, 2006, it is fully RoHS compliant, and that it has removed all remaining non-compliant stock from its European warehouse in the Netherlands ....
Panasonic Debuts PX600 VIERA High Definition Plasma TVs.
Mar 08, 2006 ... Osaka, Japan, Mar 8, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic, the brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, today unveiled the PX600 series digital high-definition wide-screen flat-panel plasma TVs. The four PX600 VIERA HDTVs feature a new plasma display panel, giving ...
NTT DoCoMo Develops 3G FOMA SIMPURE Series of Basic Handsets - Compatible with WORLD WING Global Roaming Service.
Mar 08, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 8, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries announced today that they have developed the third-generation (3G) FOMA(TM) SIMPURE(TM) series of basic and compact handsets for people who do not require highly sophisticated functions. ...
Credit Saison, Mizuho Bank, UC Card to Promote DoCoMo's iD Credit Card Brand.
Mar 08, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 8, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Credit Saison Co., Ltd., Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and UC Card Co., Ltd. today announced a joint agreement to promote DoCoMo's iD(TM) credit card brand. Under the agreement, Credit Saison will give their credit card owners ...
Mizuho Bank, UC Card, NTT DoCoMo Sign Comprehensive Agreement.
Mar 08, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 8, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DoCoMo, Inc., UC Card Co., Ltd. and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. today announced a comprehensive agreement which includes joint promotion of DoCoMo's iD(TM) brand card business. Under the agreement, Mizuho Bank will transfer its stake in UC ...
SDK's 0.85-Inch HD Media Adopted in Toshiba's Mobile Phone.
Mar 08, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 8, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K.'s (SDK) 0.85-inch-diameter hard disk media, the smallest in the world, has been adopted by Toshiba Corporation in its latest mobile phone "MUSIC-HDD W41T". The new mobile phone, containing a four gigabyte hard disk drive, can ...
Fujitsu Launches Worldwide Sales of New Compact, High-Performance Palm Vein Biometric Authentication Device.
Mar 09, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan and Hannover, Germany, Mar 9, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced the joint development and commercial introduction of a significantly more compact and higher performance model of their original award-winning contactless ...
OMRON and ITX to Develop Symbian OS-compliant High-Speed Infrared Communications Protocol; Boosting Mobile Data Transfer Speeds by up to 10x.
Mar 09, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 9, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - OMRON Software Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of OMRON Corporation (TSE: 6645, US: OMRNY), and ITX E-Globaledge Corporation ('ITX-EG'), a subsidiary of ITX Corporation (Hercules: 2725), have announced a joint project to integrate the high-speed ...
Kao Completes New R&D Center in China.
Mar 09, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 9, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Kao Corporation (TSE: 4452; US: KCRPY) announced that construction of Kao (China) Research & Development Center in the suburbs of Shanghai city (Zizhu Science-based Industrial Park) has been completed and the opening ceremony was held on March ...
Panasonic Developing 4 GB SDHC Memory Card; Based on New SD Memory Card Specification.
Mar 10, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 9, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic, the leading brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is best known, today announced that it is developing a 4 GB SDHC (SD High-Capacity) Memory Card based on the new SD Specifications Version 2.00. The new ...
Justsystems Participates in ODF Alliance as Founding Member; Actively Contributing to Dissemination of a Global Standard, XML Format.
Mar 10, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 10, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Justsystems, Inc. today announced the company's participation as a founding member of the ODF Alliance, which was established in Washington, DC, on March 3. The ODF Alliance was formed for the dissemination of Oasis Open Document ...
IB Daiwa Announces Funding Arrangements for Lodore Drilling.
Mar 11, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 11, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - IB Daiwa Corporation (JASDAQ: 3587), one of the few pure Japanese natural resources company, today announced that its Board of Directors had approved an agreement for funding for the on-going drilling operations for its Lodore Resources ...
Malaysia's Public Bank Starts JCB Merchant Acquiring.
Mar 13, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 13, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB, a leading international payment brand, is pleased to announce that Public Bank Berhad, one of Malaysia's largest banks, has started JCB merchant acquiring business this month. This new license agreement for merchant operations in Malaysia ...
Honda and Marujun Strengthen Business Relationship.
Mar 13, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 13, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced plans to acquire one million shares of new stock through a third-party allotment from Marujun Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Ogaki, Gifu; President: Yoshiaki Imagawa), a key Honda supplier of automobile body ...
KDDI Announces the B01K Long-life Mobile Phone and E02SA Wireless LAN Business Handset with 'Office Freedom' Wireless LAN Mobile Office Extensions Solution.
Mar 14, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 13, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - KDDI and Okinawa Cellular have announced the introduction of the BO1K, an endurance mobile phone with the longest calling time in the country(1) and improved security features for corporate clients, and the EO2SA, the inaugural wireless LAN ...
KDDI, Fujitsu Developing Wireless LAN-equipped Mobile Phones, Revolutionizing Office Telephony Environment.
Mar 14, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 13, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited and KDDI Corporation are pleased to announce plans to cooperate on a new range of mobile solutions built around the au E02SA, the new mobile handset with built-in wireless LAN designed for corporate use. Fujitsu and KDDI hope ...
UNIADEX, KDDI Forge Alliance for Sales of Mobile Solutions Using Wireless LAN-Enabled Mobile E02SA.
Mar 14, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 13, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - UNIADEX, Ltd. and KDDI Corporation have reached an agreement to collaborate in the development of the sales and service of mobile solutions using the E02SA au mobile phone for the enterprise market equipped with wireless LAN function provided ...
JCB Launches Discover Aloha Hawaii Project with Support of Hawai'i Tourism Japan.
Mar 14, 2006 ... Honolulu, HI, Mar 13, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB, the only Asia-based international payment brand, and its international subsidiary JCB International under the support of Hawai'i Tourism Japan, today announced the launch of the JCB Discover Aloha Hawaii Project. The project will run from ...
JCB and MasterCard Agree to Share Common Contactless Communications Protocol.
Mar 14, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 14, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB, the only Asian-based international card brand, and MasterCard International have reached an agreement to share a common contactless communications protocol. The protocol is the MasterCard PayPass(TM) ISO/IEC 14443 ...
ANA and SWISS to form Strategic Alliance.
Mar 15, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 14, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - ANA and Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will commence a strategic alliance effective April 1 this year, the first step of which will be a linking of Frequent Flyer Programmes (FFP). The agreement will also explore other areas of ...
Honda Foundation to Launch YES Award Grant Program for Asian University Students - Initially in Vietnam starting in April.
Mar 15, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 15, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - The Honda Foundation (HOF: Hiromori Kawashima president, Soichiro Honda founder) will launch a new grant program named the Honda Young Engineer and Scientists Award ("YES Award") for select Southeast Asian university students in science and ...
JETRO Releases Its Latest Survey of Japanese Manufacturers in Northeast Asia.
Mar 17, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 16, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) released the results of its latest survey of Japanese-affiliated manufacturers operating in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Republic of Korea (ROK). The survey, conducted between December ...
Nomura Steps up Asian Operations with New Appointments.
Mar 20, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 15, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NHI) today announced that Hiroshi Toda, NHI Deputy President and COO, will serve concurrently as President and CEO of Nomura Asia Holdings N.V. (Netherlands) (NAH) effective April 1, 2006. In addition, Yoshinori Go, ...
Dongfeng Honda Announces All-New Civic.
Mar 20, 2006 ... Beijing, China, Mar 20, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd., the automobile production and sales joint venture in China of Honda and Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd., today announced the debut of the all-new Civic passenger car, at a press conference held in Beijing ....
NTT DoCoMo to Acquire Guam Cellular and Guam Wireless.
Mar 20, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 20, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that the company will wholly acquire Guam Cellular & Paging, Inc. (Guam Cellular) and Guam Wireless Telephone Company, LLC (Guam Wireless) for the total amount of US $71,800,000. Both companies provide mobile ...
NEC & UNITIKA Realize Bioplastic Reinforced with Kenaf Fiber for Mobile Phone Use; NTT DoCoMo Adopts New Material in FOMA(TM) N701iECO.
Mar 21, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 20, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (NEC) and UNITIKA LTD. (UNITIKA) today announced the joint development of bioplastic reinforced with kenaf* fiber, which is expected to contribute greatly to environmental measures for mobile phones. NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (NTT ...
ANA Pilot Union Threatens Strike on March 23; No International Flights Affected.
Mar 21, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 21, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - The ANA pilot union, and unions of ANA subsidiary airlines, have threatened to take 24-hour strike action commencing at 00:00 hours on March 23 (Thu), to express dissatisfaction with the management stance on their springtime demands regarding ...
Toyota Establishes Study Assistance Fund in China.
Mar 22, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 22, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced that on March 21 it established the Toyota Study Assistance Fund in conjunction with the Soong Ching Ling Foundation to provide assistance to students in mid-western China who for financial reasons ...
Japanese Business Sentiment in East Asia Declined Slightly in March.
Mar 23, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 23, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - JETRO's monthly survey of Japanese companies and affiliates operating in 12 countries/regions of East Asia revealed that overall current business sentiment declined slightly in the ASEAN region in March, while continuing on its upward trend ...
Toyota to Strengthen Visual Identities of Japanese Dealers.
Mar 23, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 23, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today plans to strengthen the visual identities of its "Toyota," "Toyopet" and "Toyota Corolla" dealer channels in Japan, as well as to enhance customer satisfaction measures at all domestic ...
Honda Achieves Record Monthly Overseas and Worldwide Auto Production.
Mar 24, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 24, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced automobile production, domestic sales, and export results for the month of February 2006. Honda achieved a new monthly record for overseas and worldwide production for the month of February. ...
Mitsubishi Motors Announces Production, Sales and Exports for February 2006.
Mar 24, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 24, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today announced global production, as well as domestic sales and export results for February 2006. Total global production totaled 120,252 units, an increase of 10.2 percent from the year ago period. Japanese ...
OMRON Develops World's First Antenna Technology That Boosts UHF RFID Tag Read Performance.
Mar 27, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 27, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - OMRON Corporation (TSE: 6645, NYSE: OMRNY), a global leader in automation, sensing and control technologies, announced today that it has developed a new electronic control antenna technology. The technology is the first of its kind(*1) to be ...
WILLCOM Announces International Telephone Service.
Mar 27, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 27, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - WILLCOM, Inc. and WILLCOM Okinawa, Inc. are pleased to announce the WILLCOM International Telephone Service, available from April 24, 2005. The new service is an economical international phone service, encompassing 240 countries and ...
KDDI and TV Asahi Announce Collaboration on Terrestrial Digital 1-SEG Broadcasting -Commercial Services to Begin in April 2006.
Mar 27, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 27, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - KDDI and TV Asahi are pleased to announce collaborative TV program connecting services for mobile phone and broadcast TV, along with a terrestrial digital broadcasting 1-SEG services, from April 2006. KDDI and TV Asahi have been ...
NTT DoCoMo to Apply for License to Set Up Outdoor Stations for Wireless Broadband Field Experiment.
Mar 28, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 28, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced that it applied today to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications for a license to set up experimental outdoor wireless stations to test WiMAX, a new wide-area wireless broadband network technology, based ...
NTT DoCoMo and LAWSON Agree on Alliance.
Mar 28, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 28, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and LAWSON, Inc. today announced a business alliance that will result in customers using DoCoMo's Osaifu-Keitai(TM) phones with wallet functions for a variety of practical mobile services at LAWSON convenience stores, such as ...
OMRON's Industrial Automation Business Establishes Global Service Center.
Mar 29, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 29, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - OMRON Corporation's (TSE: 6645; US:OMRNY) Industrial Automation Business Company ('IAB'; President: Fumio Tateisi) has announced that it will establish a new Global Service Center to serve as the headquarters of its customer support services ....
Progress in Tie-Up Measures by Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metals and Kobe Steel, and Agreement on Further Enhancement of Cooperation.
Mar 29, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 29, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Nippon Steel Corporation (TSE: 5401) Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (TSE: 5405) and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TSE: 5406) have been steadily implementing tie-up cooperative measures, and since the announcement of March 2005 on enhancement of ...
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) Develops World's Largest Sintered Compacts of CBN.
Mar 30, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 30, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has developed the world's largest sintered compacts of cubic boron nitride (CBN) to be used mainly for cutting automotive parts. The new product will be placed on the market in April. CBN is the hardest ...
Fujitsu Receives Worldwide Integrated ISO 14001 Certification.
Mar 30, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 30, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited today announced that the ISO 14001(*1) certification of its environmental management system, which the Japan-based operations of Fujitsu Limited and its domestic consolidated subsidiaries received on March 16, 2005, has now ...
JETRO Releases its Latest Survey of Japanese Manufacturers in ASEAN and India.
Mar 30, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 30, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) released the results of its latest annual survey of Japanese-affiliated manufacturers operating in six ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) and ...
NEC Establishes New Structure for Automobile Rechargeable Battery Business; Dissolution of Joint Venture with Fuji Heavy Industries Toward Strengthening NEC Group Structure.
Mar 31, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 30, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE; 6701; US: NIPNY) announced that NEC and Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. will today dissolve NEC Lamilion Energy Ltd., a joint venture of both companies, which develops manganese lithium-ion rechargeable batteries for ...
Astellas and Toyama Chemical Announce Basic Licensing Agreement on Domestic Marketing and Joint Development of Quinolone Antibiotic T-3811.
Mar 31, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 31, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd. (TSE:4518) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE:4503) today announced that they have concluded a basic licensing agreement for the marketing and joint development in Japan of oral formulations of the new-type quinolone ...
OMRON Announces Agreement to Acquire Pioneer Subsidiary.
Mar 31, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 31, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - OMRON Corporation (TSE: 6645; ADR: OMRNY), a global leader in automation, sensing and control technology, has announced that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Pioneer Corporation (TSE: 6773) to acquire 100% of Pioneer's stock in ...