JCN Newswires back issues from March 2007:
New 18 Nation Opinion Leader Study Shows The Importance Of Product Quality And CSR In Japan For Companies Seeking To Build Trust With Stakeholders.
Mar 01, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 1, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Edelman (www.edelman.jp), Japan's premier international PR consultancy, today announced the Japanese results of a new 18 nation study of opinion leaders. The eighth annual survey -- the 2007 Edelman Trust Barometer Study conducted ...
China Merchants Bank Offers JCB Branded 'CMB Hello Kitty Fan's Credit Card' in China.
Mar 05, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB, a major global payment brand, and JCB International, JCB's international subsidiary, today announced the signing of an agreement with China Merchants Bank (CMB), one of the major commercial banks in the region, for issuing JCB brand cards ...
Sumitomo Chemical Unveils New Three-Year Corporate Business Plan, 'Taking a Quantum Leap as a Global Company'.
Mar 05, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited today announced its new Three-Year Corporate Business Plan spanning the period from fiscal 2007 to 2009. The new Corporate Business Plan builds on the steady business expansion and profit growth achieved ...
Eisai Establishes New Manufacturing Subsidiary in United Kingdom.
Mar 05, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Eisai Co., Ltd. (TSE: 4523) announced today that the Company established its pharmaceutical manufacturing subsidiary "Eisai Manufacturing Ltd."(EML) in Hatfield, United Kingdom. EML is owned by the Company's European regional headquarters, ...
Fujitsu Introduces World's First 2.5" 7,200 RPM 3.0 Gb/s Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive.
Mar 06, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 6, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited today announced the development of the new MHW2 BJ series of world's first[1] 7,200 rpm 2.5" hard disk drives (HDDs) with a serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s interface[2]. Featuring the world's highest storage capacity of 160 GB[3] for a ...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Hold Seminar in Hanoi To Respond to Increasing Business Opportunities For Large-scale Social Infrastructure Projects.
Mar 06, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 6, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TSE: 7011)("MHI") will hold a seminar in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 7 to introduce its products to that country. Against the backdrop of Vietnam's steady economic growth, business opportunities are rapidly ...
ANA Orders 4 Boeing 777-300ER Aircraft; Fleet Rationalisation Strategy Gains Momentum as 3 more 747-400s Sold.
Mar 07, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 6, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - ANA today moved its fleet rationalisation plan one stage further as it ordered four more 777-300ER wide-body aircraft for its intercontinental fleet and sold three 747-400s to Oasis Growth Income and Investments Limited of Hong Kong, for ...
JAL and Korean Air Lines Expand Code Share Agreement to Jeju Island Routes.
Mar 07, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 6, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Japan Airlines (JAL) and Korean Air Lines (KAL) agreed today to expand their code share operations to include KAL's non-stop daily flights between Jeju Island, Korea - Tokyo (Narita), and Jeju Island - Osaka (Kansai). The agreement will come ...
Mitsubishi Motors Lineup at 77th Geneva International Motor Show.
Mar 07, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 6, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today unveils the European market version of the Outlander on-road SUV and shows the Prototype-X concept for a next-generation high-performance 4WD sedan at the 2007 Geneva International Motor Show. The company is ...
Nitto Denko Group's Reverse Osmosis Membrane Adopted for Large-scale Seawater Desalination Plant Projects.
Mar 07, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 7, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Japan's leading diversified materials company Nitto Denko Corporation and its fully owned U.S. subsidiary Hydranautics ("ND/HY" collectively) have landed a contract to supply their "SWC5" high-performance reverse osmosis (RO) filtration ...
DENSO Announces Motor Sport Sponsorships for 2007.
Mar 09, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 9, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - DENSO Corporation today announced its motor sport sponsorship plan for the 2007 season. DENSO will continue to sponsor teams participating in the world's top motor sports including FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (F1), FIA WORLD RALLY ...
Toyota Outlines Motorsports Activities for 2007.
Mar 12, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 12, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that its 2007 motorsports activities will focus on competing in the FIA Formula One World Championship (F1), NASCAR, Super GT and Formula Nippon, and on training upcoming and promising drivers. ...
Fujitsu Globally Expands Its Recycling Service for IT Products.
Mar 13, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 13, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - The Fujitsu Group today announced the expansion of its end-of-life IT products-recycling service. In addition to the voluntary recycling service already underway in Australia, Canada, and the US, the service will be offered at one additional ...
Akebono Brake Realigns North American and European Businesses.
Mar 13, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 13, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. announced decisions to approve the ITOCHU Group acquiring an interest in Akebono's North American regional company, and the establishment of a European regional company. The ITOCHU Group is expected ...
Toyota Holds Opening Ceremony for Third Thai Plant.
Mar 13, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 13, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation officially marked the opening today of the Ban Pho Plant of Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd. (TMT), Toyota's automobile production and sales company in Thailand, with a ceremony at the facility. The plant - Toyota's ...
MHI Receives Order from China for M251S Gas Turbine, Core Component of TISCO's GTCC Power Generation Plant.
Mar 13, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 13, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TSE:7011), jointly with Marubeni Corporation, has received an order for an M251S gas turbine from Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. (TISCO), one of China's leading steelmakers. The gas turbine will serve ...
Sony is Set to Expand the World of "a" D-SLR.
Mar 15, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 14, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - At the PMA2007 International Convention and trade Show which was held between March 8th and 11th in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Sony exhibited two prototypes of digital SLR camera bodies and interchangeable lenses currently under development ....
Daito Corporation, "K" Line Group Company, to Introduce Environmentally Green Type of "Hybrid" Transfer Crane at Container Terminals.
Mar 16, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 16, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - DaDaito Corporation, a group company of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line), announces it has placed purchase orders for 3 units of a new environmentally-green and economy-related "hybrid" transfer crane to be introduced at its Ohi Terminal ...
Mitsubishi Corporation Announces Requirements for Outside Directors and Outside Corporate Auditors.
Mar 16, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 16, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Corporation (MC; TSE:8058) is continuously strengthening its management system as a key initiative in its medium-term management plan INNOVATION 2007, which is based on the theme of "Opening Up A New Era." As part of this drive, ...
Japan Dome House Builds Environmentally Friendly And Energy Efficient Houses From Dense Polystyrene.
Mar 16, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 16, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Japan Dome House builds environmentally friendly and energy efficient houses from dense polystyrene. The houses have good insulation properties and can reduce energy bills by 90%. The houses are 7 meters in diameter, fire proof, ...
OMRON Announces Executive Personnel Changes.
Mar 19, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 19, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - OMRON Corporation (TSE: 6645; ADR: OMRNY; hereinafter 'the Company'), announced that on March 19, 2007, the Company's Board of Directors decided its recommendation for changes in executive personnel to be proposed to the Ordinary General ...
OMRON Announces Changes to Directors' Term of Office.
Mar 19, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 19, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - At a meeting of the Board of Directors on March 19, 2007, OMRON Corporation (TSE: 6645, US: OMRNY; hereinafter 'the Company') approved a partial change to the articles of incorporation, resolving to shorten the term of office for directors ...
ANA to Lower International Fuel Surcharge from May 1.
Mar 20, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 20, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - ANA today filed an application with Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) to lower its fuel surcharge on international tickets issued on or after May 1 this year, in line movements in the market price of fuel. ...
New International Blogging Study Shows Japanese Read Blogs More Than People in Other Countries, but Less Likely to Take Action from Reading Them.
Mar 22, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 22, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Edelman (www.edelman.jp), Japan's premier international PR consultancy, today announced the results of a new blogging study that suggests Japanese are reading blogs more -- though less likely to take action from reading them -- compared to ...
NEC's iStorage S Series Receives Oracle's Hardware Assisted Resilient DataValidation for Oracle Database 10g.
Mar 22, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 22, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC and Oracle have jointly verified NEC's implementation of Oracle's Hardware Assisted Resilient Data (H.A.R.D.) technology in NEC's iStorage S Series. As a result, NEC's iStorage Series of SAN disk array (S4900) is the first to achieve ...
NEC Announces Executive Personnel Changes.
Mar 22, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 22, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced the following executive personnel changes. The changes in Corporate Officers were approved at the Meeting of the Board of Directors on March 22, 2007, and will become effective as of April 1, 2007 ....
NEC Establishes New Structure to Strengthen System Integration/Software Business and R&D for Accelerated Execution of Growth Strategy.
Mar 22, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 22, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Effective April 1, 2007, NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) will establish a new organization structure to strengthen its system integration and software business and research and development capabilities toward accelerated execution of its growth ...
Toyota to Open Toyota Technical Training Institute in India.
Mar 23, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 23, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited (TKM) plans to open a technical training school for middle-school graduates in Bangalore, India. The school - called the Toyota Technical Training Institute ...
Mitsui to Expand Capacity at Western Australian Iron Ore Joint Ventures with BHP Billiton.
Mar 23, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 23, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsui & Co., Ltd.("Mitsui") announced today that it will spend approximately A$190 million (17 billion yen) through its Australian subsidiaries to increase the capacity of iron ore operations in Western Australia, jointly operated with BHP ...
JAL & Thai Airways Expand Bilateral Code Share Agreement.
Mar 23, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 23, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - From March 25 2007, JAL and Thai Airways will expand their bilateral code share agreement to include twice daily domestic flights operated by the Thai airline between Bangkok and the popular holiday destination of Krabi in southern Thailand. ...
Sony Develops "CLEFIA", New Block Cipher Algorithm Based on State-of-the-art Design Technologies.
Mar 23, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 23, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Sony Corporation today announced "CLEFIA",[1] a new highly secure and efficient block cipher algorithm that delivers advanced copyright protection and authentication, which is essential in the growing environment of digital data distribution, ...
Mazda Sets Long-Term Vision for Technology Development: 'Sustainable Zoom-Zoom'.
Mar 24, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 23, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation (TSE: 7261) has announced its long-term vision for technology development, "Sustainable Zoom-Zoom", as part of its brand value improvement initiatives. The plan also articulates Mazda's role in the automotive industry's ...
Mazda Announces New 'Mazda Advancement Plan' Mid-Term Plan.
Mar 24, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 23, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Based on its long-term strategy and looking ten years ahead, Mazda Motor Corporation (TSE: 7261) has announced its new, four-year mid-term plan, the Mazda Advancement Plan (MAP), for fiscal years 2007 through 2010. Manufacturing innovation and ...
Asahi Glass to Build the World's Largest Float Glass Furnace in Russia.
Mar 24, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 23, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (TSE: 5201) has decided to build an additional float glass furnace in Russia. To meet the local growing demand for glass, the Company will invest around 135 million euros to establish the world's largest furnace, with a ...
Toyota to Conduct Spring Traffic Safety Campaign.
Mar 27, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation announced today, along with a total of 429 companies, including vehicle dealers, logistics systems and forklift dealers, parts distributors and rental/lease dealers, it will conduct the spring Toyota Traffic Safety ...
Fujitsu To Release XFP-type 10 Gbps Optical Transceiver with 40km Transmission Distance and Operable Temperature Range of -40C to 85C.
Mar 27, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited today announced the development of a new 10 Gbps Small Form Factor Pluggable (XFP)-type optical transceiver that is capable of operating over a wide temperature range of -40C (-40F) to 85C (185F), and at distances of up to 40 ...
Fujitsu To Release the World's Lowest Drive Voltage (4.0v) DQPSK LN Optical Modulator for 40 Gbps Optical Transmission Systems.
Mar 27, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited today announced the development of the world's lowest drive voltage DQPSK[1] LN optical modulator[2] for 40 Gbps optical transmission systems. The product, which will make possible the construction of commercial systems with ...
Virgin Atlantic Announces Alliance with ANA.
Mar 27, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Virgin Atlantic Airways and Tokyo based ANA (All Nippon Airways) are delighted to announce that they have agreed a new alliance agreement under which both carriers will work more closely together. From April 1 this year, Virgin ...
NTT DoCoMo to Establish Fourth U.S. Advisory Board.
Mar 27, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it will launch a fourth U.S. Advisory Board, which will hold its first meeting in the United States on April 11, 2007. The third Advisory Board, established in December 2004, completed its mission in ...
NEC Corporation Announces Extended Reach XFP Transceiver Based on AZNA CML TOSA.
Mar 27, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC has demonstrated an extended reach 10 Gbps XFP transceiver for 160 km links without dispersion compensation. This transceiver leverages NEC's Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) technologies with AZNA's extended reach Chirp Managed Laser (CML) ...
Honda Continues Record Monthly Pace for Worldwide and Overseas Auto Production.
Mar 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 28, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor Co., Ltd., announced its automobile production, domestic sales, and export results for the month of February 2007. Production Due to increased production for the Japan domestic market and overseas market, ...
Mazda Production and Sales Results for February 2007.
Mar 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 28, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation's production and sales results for February 2007 are summarized below. I. Production <Pre> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...
Mitsubishi Motors Announces Production, Sales and Exports for February 2007.
Mar 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 28, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today announced global production, as well as domestic sales and export results for February 2007. Total global production came in at 114,724 units, 95.4 percent of last year's figure. Japanese ...
SAL Group and "K" Line to Inaugurate Joint Operations.
Mar 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 28, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - A new joint venture by German-based SAL Group (SAL), headed by Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land GmbH & Co KG and "K" Line Group ("K" Line; TSE: 9107), headed by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, will inaugurate its joint operations in April ...
Ventracor Investor Update March 2007.
Mar 29, 2007 ... Sydney, Australia, Mar 29, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Ventracor (ASX: VCR)(ADR: VTCRY) has made great progress in the last few months, and we are poised for major expansion as the year develops. Key milestones achieved include: - CE Mark approval to market in Europe - ...
OMRON Finalizes Acquisition of Semiconductor Business Assets from Seiko Epson Subsidiary.
Mar 30, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 30, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - OMRON Corporation (TSE: 6645; ADR: OMRNY; 'OMRON'), a global leader in automation, sensing and control technology, announced that the preliminary agreement* that it previously reached to acquire the semiconductor business assets of Seiko ...
Kobe Steel Achieves World's Strongest Aluminum Alloy.
Mar 31, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Mar 31, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that it has created the world's strongest aluminum alloy, with a tensile strength of 780 MPa, using a spray forming process that it has developed. Kobe Steel is seeking applications that can make use of ...