JCN Newswires back issues from February 2007:
DENSO Announces Third-quarter Financial Results; Global Consolidated Net Sales Rise 14.7 Percent.
Feb 01, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 1, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - DENSO Corporation today announced global financial results for the third quarter ended Dec. 31, 2006: - Consolidated net sales totaled 927.9 billion yen (US$7.8 billion), a 14.7 percent increase from the previous year. - ...
Phillip Financials Launches Overseas Financial Futures Products in Japan.
Feb 01, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 1, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Phillip Financials KK, a member of PhillipCapital, an integrated financial services group, announced today that the Company has launched overseas financial futures products for all its customer base in Japan. The Company offers its customers ...
JAL to Join oneworld from April 1, 2007.
Feb 01, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 1, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Japan Airlines (JAL), together with Malev Hungarian Airlines and Royal Jordanian Airlines will start offering oneworld(R) services and benefits from April 1, 2007 in the biggest expansion of the world's leading quality global airline alliance ...
Asahi Kasei Reports Consolidated Third Quarter Results; Net Sales Rise 8.8%, Net Profit Rises 22%.
Feb 01, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 1, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Asahi Kasei (TSE: 3407; ADR: AHKSY) has announced consolidated results for the third quarter ending December 31, 2006. Consolidated net sales grew by JPY 96.3 billion from a year ago to JPY 1,187.1 billion, an 8.8% increase. Sales growth was ...
Asahi Kasei Announces Revision of Plan for Year-end Dividend.
Feb 01, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 1, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Asahi Kasei (TSE: 3407; ADR: AHKSY) has announced that the Board of Directors on January 31 adopted a resolution for a 1 yen per share increase in the amount planned for the year-end dividend for the current fiscal year, ending March 31, 2007. ...
Sumitomo Chemical Reports Consolidated Financial Results For the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2006.
Feb 02, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 2, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited today announced that its consolidated net sales for the nine months ended December 31, 2006 totaled JPY 1,296.2 billion ($10,882 million), an increase of 18.1% over the same period last year. Net income ...
Panasonic Establishes Panasonic Hollywood Blu-ray Testing Center.
Feb 02, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 2, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. known for its leading Panasonic brand, today announced that its US subsidiary, Panasonic Corporation of North America, will establish a Panasonic Hollywood Blu-ray Testing Center (PHBTC) within the ...
Asahi Kasei Announces Commercial Start-up of Propane-process Acrylonitrile Line.
Feb 03, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 2, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Asahi Kasei Corporation (TSE:3407) has announced that Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. (AKC), a full subsidiary, has begun commercial operation of the world's first propane process for acrylonitrile (AN) production, with the start-up and validation ...
ANA Voted Airline of the Year for 2007.
Feb 04, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 2, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Air Transport World (ATW), the global aviation industry's leading monthly magazine, has voted ANA 'Airline of the Year' for 2007. Washington DC-based ATW bestowed its first awards for excellence in 1974; over thirty years later, they ...
NEC to Launch Enhanced Service Aggregation Switch, CX2600/200 Series.
Feb 05, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation announced the launch of a new Service Aggregation Switch, CX2600/200 series. The new switch incorporates added TDM/ATM interfaces, as well as highly reliable maintenance operation functionality, making it ideal for next ...
Mitsubishi Motors to Unveil European Market Outlander On-road SUV at 2007 Geneva Motor Show.
Feb 05, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation is to unveil the European market version of the Outlander on-road SUV and to display the Prototype-X concept for the next-generation high-performance 4WD sedan at the 77th Geneva International Motor Show in March ....
Mazda to Exhibit Hakaze Concept Car at the 2007 Geneva International Motor Show.
Feb 05, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation will showcase the world premiere of the new Hakaze design concept at the 77th annual Geneva International Motor Show to be held from Tuesday, March 6 through Sunday, March 18, 2007. Officially titled the Salon ...
'Weathernews' Launches Windows Vista Compatible Weather Service.
Feb 06, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Weathernews Inc. (TSE: 4825), the world's largest publicly-traded weather information provider with business bases in 16 countries, is pleased to announce a new service compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista(TM). In addition to providing ...
ORIX Announces Signing of Joint Venture Agreement in Hanoi, Vietnam; Promotion of an Integrated Real Estate Development Project.
Feb 06, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - ORIX Corporation (TSE: 8591; NYSE: IX), a leading integrated financial services group, announced today the establishment of a fifty-fifty joint venture (ORIX-UOL Investments Pte Ltd, herein referred to as "OUI") in Singapore on February 2, ...
Shionogi Launches Cancer Pain Analgesic OxiNorm Powder 0.5% in Japan.
Feb 06, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Shionogi & Co., Ltd. has launched OxiNorm powder 0.5% (oxycodone hydrochloride hydrate), a powder analgesic for cancer pain, in Japan today. Licensed from Mundipharma, OxiNorm powder 0.5% is an immediate-release powder analgesic for treatment ...
Mitsui Chemicals to License PP Process to Thai Polypropylene.
Feb 06, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (TSE: 4183) signed an agreement on January 31, 2007, with Thai Polypropylene Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of SCG Chemicals Co., Ltd, to license its polypropylene (PP) manufacturing technology. The technology will ...
Japan Airlines Corporation and Consolidated Subsidiaries FY2006 Third Quarter Results.
Feb 06, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 6, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - JAL Group today announced consolidated results for the third quarter (October-December 2006 inclusive) for the financial year ending March 31 2007 (FY 2006). Total operating revenues for the three-month period were 584.1 billion ...
JAL Group Announces FY2007-2010 Medium Term Revival Plan; Strengthening Safety, Focusing on Customers, Rebuilding the Business Foundation and Realizing Stable Profits.
Feb 06, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 6, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - JALThe JAL Group today announced the medium-term corporate business plan for the four years FY2007 to March 2011, emphasizing the pursuit of safety and the customers' standpoint, rebuilding the group's business foundation, and realizing ...
Mitsubishi Motors Announces 3Q FY2006 Financial Results.
Feb 06, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 6, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) today announced its sales and financial results for the first nine months of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007. Mitsubishi Motors reported that consolidated net sales in the first nine months ...
Toyota Announces Third Quarter Financial Results; Net Revenues, Operating Income and Net Income Reach New Records for the Third Quarter.
Feb 06, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 6, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (TSE: 7203) today announced operating results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2006. On a consolidated basis, net revenues for the period totaled 6.15 trillion yen, an increase of 15.2 percent ...
CyberAgent Reports First Quarter Results Ended Dec. 31, 2006; Net Sales Rise 36.3%.
Feb 07, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 7, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - CyberAgent, Inc. (TSE: 4751), a Tokyo-based leader in Internet media markets, has reported consolidated results for the first quarter ended Decembe 31, 2006. Group sales rose 36.3% to 18,087 million yen, operating income rose 54.5% to 933 ...
ORIX Announces Net Income Up 20% to 151 Billion Yen in the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2006.
Feb 08, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 8, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - ORIX Corporation (TSE: 8591; NYSE: IX), a leading integrated financial services group, today announced that net income rose 20% to 151 billion yen for the nine months ended December 31, 2006 (April 1-December 31) of the fiscal year ending March ...
NTT DoCoMo, Renesas, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi Electric, Sharp, and Sony Ericsson to Jointly Develop Platform for 3G Mobile Phone Handsets.
Feb 08, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 8, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Renesas Technology Corp., Fujitsu Limited, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Sharp Corporation, and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, today announced that they plan to jointly develop a next-generation mobile phone platform1 ...
Mazda Reports Third Quarter Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2006; Consolidated Operating Profit up 28 percent in the Final Year of the Mazda Momentum Plan.
Feb 08, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 8, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation today reported its financial results for the first nine months of fiscal year (FY) 2006 and announced revisions to its full-year financial projections. Highlights include: - Consolidated sales revenue up 9 ...
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) Reports 20.2% Increase in Operating Income for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2006.
Feb 08, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 8, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K. ('SDK'; TSE: 4004; US: SHWDF), a major manufacturer and marketer of chemical products serving a wide range of fields ranging from heavy industry to the electronic and computer industries,has announced results for the full year ...
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) Revises Performance Forecast for 2006.
Feb 08, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 8, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has revised its performance forecast for the year 2006. Consolidated net sales for the year are expected to increase 1.6% from the earlier forecast (announced on August 8, 2006), to JPY 914.5 billion, and consolidated ...
ANA Accelerates Expansion of Cargo Operations in 07 Summer Schedule.
Feb 09, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 9, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - ANA will add momentum to its expanding cargo operation within the coming summer schedule, which runs from March 25 to October 27 inclusive, concentrating its network on the buoyant Asia market and increasing flights to China from Osaka's Kansai ...
'K' LINE Awarded 'Green Flags' Air Quality Compliance by Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners; Achieved the Best Among Frequent Visitors.
Feb 09, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 8, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" LINE) takes pleasure in having been recognized for its contribution to environmental conservation during 2006 by the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners that has been staging a voluntary ship speed ...
NEC Launches Innovative Next Generation Messaging Solution, "IP Messaging".
Feb 09, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 9, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation announced that it has launched innovative next generation messaging solution "IP Messaging". NEC's IP Messaging solution draws together the best and most effective aspects of SMS and MMS brings it to life with mobile IM. By ...
NTT DoCoMo Achieves World's First 5Gbps Packet Transmission in 4G Field Experiment.
Feb 12, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 9, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it achieved a maximum packet transmission rate of approximately 5Gbps in the downlink using 100MHz frequency bandwidth to a mobile station moving at 10km/h. The field experiment of fourth-generation (4G) ...
JAL International Passenger Fare Fuel Surcharges Cut Further.
Feb 13, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 13, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Today the JAL Group requested approval from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT), to reduce the fuel surcharge placed on nearly all international passenger tickets issued on or after April 1, 2007. ...
Nitto Denko Subsidiary Develops Novel Drug Delivery Technology Platform; Higher Drug Efficacy with Less Side Effects Expected.
Feb 13, 2007 ... Osaka, Japan, Feb 13, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Japan's leading diversified materials company Nitto Denko Corporation (Nitto Denko) has developed, at its wholly owned United States R&D subsidiary "Nitto Denko Technical Corporation"(NDT), a platform technology for a novel drug delivery ...
JAL Assigns Service Care-fitters at 42 Airports in Japan, Providing Better Assistance for Elderly and Physically Handicapped Travelers.
Feb 13, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 13, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - To improve service for elderly and physically handicapped travelers, Japan Airlines is assigning 290 qualified caring staff at 42 airports in Japan. The assigned staff will carry the qualification of 'Service Care-fitter', which is ...
JCB Announces New Brand Image.
Feb 14, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 14, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB, a major global payment brand and the leading credit card issuer and acquirer in Japan, today announced its new brand image JCB Emblem, its first update in 39 years. The new JCB Emblem is a symbol of JCB's new branding strategy to improve ...
SDK to Produce Large Area Organic EL Panels, Using Innovative Phosphorescent Polymer Technology.
Feb 14, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 14, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has made remarkable progress in its development of organic electroluminescent (organic EL) device technology based on an innovative singlelayer organic electroluminescent devices based on phosphorescent polymer ...
JAL Introduces Wine from Japan To Business Class, Top Japanese Wines Added to First Class Wine List.
Feb 15, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 15, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Japan Airlines is introducing wine from Japan to its business class wine list for the first time. The wine selected for serving in JAL Executive Class-Seasons on JAL's Japan-Europe routes is Aruga Branca Clareza 2005, produced from ...
JAL Wins Best First Class Red in the 2006 Cellars in the Sky Wine Awards.
Feb 15, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 15, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Japan Airlines (JAL) has won the Best First Class Red category in the prestigious "Cellars in the Sky" wine awards organized by Business Traveller Magazine and Wine and Spirit Magazine (formerly Wine International). During a ...
Kenedix Notice of Resolution for Share Split.
Feb 15, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 15, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Kenedix, Inc ('KDX', TSE:4321), a leading real estate financial advisor and asset manager, announces that a meeting of the Board of Directors on February 13, 2007 resolved share split (free share distribution) as set out below. 1 ....
Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Announces Launch of "Replagal(R) 3.5 mg" for Anderson-Fabry Disease.
Feb 15, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 15, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. (DSP) announces the upcoming launch on the 15 of February of "Replagal(R) 3.5 mg" (nonproprietary name: Agalsidase Alfa (Genetic Recombination)) hereafter, Replagal. ...
Showa Denko Develops New Crystal Growth Technology for GaN-based Blue/White LEDs.
Feb 20, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 20, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has developed a new process for making high-quality compound semiconductors based on gallium nitride (GaN) and other nitrides to meet growing demand mainly for use in blue/white LEDs. The new process, named the "Hybrid ...
Kyocera to Release SD25 Series, World's Smallest SAW Duplexer with Built-in Matching Circuit.
Feb 20, 2007 ... Kyoto, Japan, Feb 20, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Kyocera Corporation today announced that it has developed a small*, lightweight Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Duplexer with a built-in matching circuit featuring improved attenuation and isolation characteristics. Production is scheduled to ...
OMRON Announcement of Increased Dividend Forecast for Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2007.
Feb 22, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 22, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - On February 22, 2007, OMRON Corporation's (TSE: 6645; ADR: OMRNY) Board of Directors passed a resolution to make an upward revision to the year-end dividend forecast for fiscal year 2006, which was originally announced on October 30, 2006. ...
Honda Announces the New Crossroad.
Feb 22, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 22, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced the release of the new Crossroad, an automobile which transcends existing categories by combining the design and functionality of an SUV with the convenient size of a compact car and the 3-row seating and ...
OMRON Announces Transfer of Consolidated Subsidiary.
Feb 23, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 23, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - OMRON Corporation (TSE: 6645; ADR: OMRNY; hereafter, 'OMRON'), a global leader in automation, sensing and control technology, has announced that it has reached an agreement to transfer its wholly-owned subsidiary, Omron Entertainment Co., Ltd ....
CyberAgent Reports Consolidated Results for January 2007.
Feb 23, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 23, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - CyberAgent (TSE:4751), a Tokyo-based leader in Internet media markets, has announced consolidated monthly results and overall position through January 2007. Consolidated net sales for January increased 67.1 percent from the level ...
Fujitsu Implements PalmSecure Biometric Palm Vein Authentication System for Electronic Medical Record Access at Hospital Operated by National Institute of Radiological Sciences.
Feb 27, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited today announced that it has implemented its PalmSecure(TM) biometric palm vein authentication system at the Hospital for Charged Particle Therapy at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in Japan, for access of ...
Fujitsu Announces Executive Appointment; Richard Christou Appointed Corporate Senior Vice President and Head of EMEA Operations.
Feb 27, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Following a meeting of its board of directors today, Fujitsu Limited announced that Richard Christou, executive chairman of UK-based Fujitsu Services, will also become corporate senior vice president of Fujitsu Limited and head of Europe, ...
JAL to Operate Iwo Jima Charter Flight for War-bereaved Relatives; First Iwo Jima Charter Flight by Japanese Commercial Aircraft.
Feb 27, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - JAL has decided to operate a charter flight to Iwo Jima carrying Japanese war-bereaved relatives to hold a memorial service on the island. This is the first Iwo Jima charter flight by a Japanese airline and is being carried out at the request ...
Mitsubishi Motors Announces Production, Sales and Exports for January 2007.
Feb 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today announced global production, as well as domestic sales and export results for January 2007. Total global production came in at 107,772 units, 101 percent of last year's figure. Japanese production ...
Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally Visits Mazda Headquarters.
Feb 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation welcomed Alan Mullaly, president and CEO of the Ford Motor Company, to Mazda headquarters in western Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture today. Ford is Mazda's largest shareholder and strategic business partner, and this was ...
Honda Sets New Monthly Records for Worldwide and Overseas Auto Production.
Feb 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor Co., Ltd., announced its automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of January 2007. Production Due to an increase in both domestic and overseas production, worldwide ...
Mazda Production and Sales Results for January 2007.
Feb 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation's production and sales results for January 2007 are summarized below. I. Production <Pre> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 2007...
Mazda Announces Changes to Overseas Production Statistics for Production and Sales Results.
Feb 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation has announced changes to the way it records overseas production figures in its monthly production and sales results, effective January 2007. In future, Mazda's overseas production figures will reflect the number of ...
Toyota to Build Vehicle Plant in Mississippi, U.S.A.
Feb 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 28, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that, as part of its continuing localization efforts in North America, it has decided to build a new vehicle production plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi, U.S.A. The new plant will be ...
Ono Pharmaceutical Announces Establishment of Strategic Alliance Headquarters.
Feb 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced today that as of March 1, 2007 the Discovery Research Alliance of the Research Headquarters and the International Business of the Development Headquarters will be integrated in a constructive way into one ...
JETRO Monthly Survey, Japanese Business Sentiment in East Asia Continues Mixed in February.
Feb 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Feb 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - JETRO's monthly survey of Japanese companies and affiliates operating in 12 countries/regions of East Asia revealed that overall current sentiment fell into negative territory in the ASEAN region, due to stagnation in the region's ...