JCN Newswires back issues from August 2007:
Asahi Kasei Reports Consolidated Results for 1st Quarter Fiscal 2007.
Aug 01, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Asahi Kasei's consolidated net sales for the quarter were JPY 385.2 billion, an increase of JPY 36.7 billion (10.5%) from a year ago, with product prices for chemicals rising to compensate for increased feedstock costs. Operating profit was ...
Mazda Reports First Quarter Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2007; Full-year Forecast on Track.
Aug 01, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation today reported its financial results for the first quarter (April to June) of fiscal year(FY) 2007. - Consolidated sales revenue increases by 11 percent year-on-year to 814.3 billion yen - ...
ANA Reports Profitable Start to 2007; Record Revenue and Net Profit at the End of the First Quarter.
Aug 01, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - ANA Group today reported record consolidated revenue of almost JPY 350 billion, and a record net profit of JPY 87 billion for the first quarter of fiscal year 2007, ended June 30. ANA Group consists of airlines, travel, and other ...
Pioneer Announces Business Results for 1Q Fiscal 2008.
Aug 01, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Pioneer Corporation (TSE: 6773) today announced its consolidated first-quarter business results for the period ended June 30, 2007. Consolidated operating revenue decreased 4.7% from the first quarter of fiscal 2007 to JPY 182,641 million ...
Pioneer and Tohoku Pioneer Announce Making Tohoku Pioneer a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Pioneer through Share Exchange.
Aug 01, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Pioneer Corporation (TSE: 6773) and Tohoku Pioneer Corporation (TSE: 6827) announced that they resolved at their respective meetings of the board of directors held today to make Tohoku Pioneer a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pioneer as of October ...
Panasonic Introduces Three New 3CCD Full-HD Camcorders; Including World's Smallest and Lightest SD Memory Card Based Model and World's First SD & DVD Hybrid Model.
Aug 01, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 1, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic, the leading brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, today announced three new models of 3CCD full high-definition camcorders that record detailed moving images with 1920 x 1080 pixel definition. The HDC-SD7, ...
Sony to Showcase High-Speed Cell Computing Board Prototype at SIGGRAPH 2007.
Aug 01, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 1, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Sony will be exhibiting its newly developed "Cell Computing Board (prototype)" at SIGGRAPH 2007 to be held August 7 - 9 at the San Diego Convention Center, California. The "Cell Computing Board" incorporates the high-performance Cell ...
JETRO Announces 6th US-Japan Investment Initiative Seminar to be Held in Osaka September 12th.
Aug 01, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 1, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - The 6th US-Japan Investment Initiative Seminar will be held in Osaka on September 12th, 2007, following the close of the 39th Annual Joint Meeting of the Japan-Midwest US Association in Tokyo (September 9th to 11th). The Osaka event is being ...
Toyota Opens Toyota Technical Training Institute in India.
Aug 01, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 1, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced that Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited (TKM) opened the Toyota Technical Training Institute (TTTI), a technical training school for middle school graduates, in Bangalore, India, today. ...
KDDI Announces Korean Expansion of Service Area for KDDI 'Global Powered Ethernet'.
Aug 01, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 1, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - KDDI is pleased to announce that KDDI 'Global Powered Ethernet', a data service for commercial customers, will expand to include Korea from August. KDDI 'Global Powered Ethernet', an international wide-area Ethernet service, enables ...
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) Publishes 'CSR Report 2007'.
Aug 02, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 2, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has published a report detailing its wide-ranging activities based on the principles of corporate social responsibility (CSR). The 56-page 'CSR Report 2007' explains how the Showa Denko Group is globally strengthening its ...
Siemens and Fujitsu Collaborate in Biometric Authentication Business; New Biometric Identity Authentication Solution Recognizes Hand Vein Patterns.
Aug 02, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 2, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Siemens IT Solutions and Services and Fujitsu Limited announced a business collaboration designed to expand the market for the PalmSecure palm vein authentication system developed by Fujitsu in combination with Siemens' biometric software "ID ...
Marubeni Wins Fujairah 2 Power and Water Project in the United Arab Emirates.
Aug 03, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 2, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Marubeni Corporation (TSE: 8002) has successfully won the right to build, own and operate Fujairah 2 power and water project in the Emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). The 20-year power and water purchase agreement ("PWPA") ...
Toyota Announces Record First Quarter Operating Results.
Aug 03, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 3, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) today announced operating results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2007. On a consolidated basis, net revenues for the first quarter totaled 6.52 trillion yen, an increase of 15.7 percent compared to ...
Busy Summer Vacation Period Ahead for ANA - Record International Passengers Forecast.
Aug 03, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 3, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - ANA Group airlines are forecast to carry just over 1.6 million passengers during the peak of the Japanese summer vacation period, which is based around the traditional Obon holiday and this year falls between Friday, August 10 and Sunday, August ...
Toyota Notice Concerning Acquisition of Own Shares.
Aug 03, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 3, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - At a meeting held on August 3, 2007, the Board of Directors of Toyota Motor Corporation ("TMC") resolved to acquire its own shares pursuant to a resolution adopted at the 103rd Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting. We hereby inform you of the ...
JAL Group Announces 1st Quarter Consolidated Results for Financial Year 2007.
Aug 06, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 6, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Today the JAL Group announced consolidated financial results for the first quarter (April through June 2007) of FY2007, the current financial year ending March 31 2008. Total operating revenues for the three-month period were 520.6 ...
Kenedix Revises Financial Forecast for the Interim and Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2007.
Aug 06, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 6, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Kenedix, Inc. (TSE1: 4321), a leading real estate financial advisor and asset manager, has revised the financial forecast for the first half ending June 30, and full year ending December 31, 2008, as announced on February 13, 2007, based on ...
Fujitsu Announces Issue of Euro-yen Convertible Bonds due 2010 and 2011.
Aug 06, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 6, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited (the "Company") today resolved to issue and sell to Citigroup Global Markets Limited JPY100 billion Convertible Bonds due 2010 (bonds with stock acquisition rights, tenkanshasaigata shinkabu yoyakuken-tsuki shasai) (the "2010 ...
NEC Delivers IP Telephony System to Sony's New Head Office; New System Includes 9.000 Multi-functional IP Phones.
Aug 06, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 6, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY) and NEC Magnus Communications Ltd. today announced that Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) will implement a large-scale internet protocol ("IP") telephony system including NEC's UNIVERGE(R) SV7000, a SIP-based IP ...
ORIX Announces Consolidated Financial Results for the First Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2008.
Aug 09, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 9, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - ORIX Corporation (TSE: 8591; NYSE: IX), a leading integrated financial services group, today announced its net income down 3% year on year in the first quarter (April 1-June 30, 2007) of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008. ...
NTT DoCoMo Announces Outcome of Share Repurchase.
Aug 14, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 14, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today the following outcome of its share repurchase under Article 156 of the Company Law. 1. Reason for share repurchase To improve capital efficiency and to implement flexible capital policies ...
Sony Announces Lithium Ion Polymer Battery Production in Singapore; Highly Automated Plant Incorporating Most Advanced Technologies to be Established.
Aug 14, 2007 ... Singapore and Tokyo, Japan, Aug 14, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Sony Corporation (TSE: 6758; NYSE: SNE) today announced plans to establish a lithium ion polymer battery plant in Singapore, Sony's first in South East Asia region. As an expansion of Sony's lithium ion battery manufacturing ...
Fujitsu Announces Results of Fujitsu Services' Tender Offer for GFI Informatique of France.
Aug 15, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 15, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - The public tender offer opened on July 2, 2007 by a subsidiary of Fujitsu Services, Fujitsu Limited's wholly owned subsidiary based in the U.K., to acquire the entire issued share capital of GFI Informatique of France closed on August 8, 2007, ...
Yokogawa Electric 2007 Annual Report to Stakeholders, 'Strategic Initiatives for Excellence'.
Aug 21, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 20, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Yokogawa Electric (TSE: 6841; US: YOKEF), a global leader in the fields of measurement, control and information, has issued its Annual Report to Stakeholders for the year ending March 31, 2007. In May 2006, the Yokogawa Group announced the ...
Fujitsu Enhances Business Continuity Management in Procurement; Supports Suppliers' BCM Readiness with Assessment and Other Assistance.
Aug 21, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 21, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited today announced enhanced initiatives to ensure the stable provision of its products and services by strengthening the business continuity capabilities of its suppliers in the event of natural disasters or other contingencies. In ...
Fujitsu and Technology Leaders Release Specification for Federating and Accessing Multi-vendor IT Management Data.
Aug 21, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 21, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited today announced that the CMDB Federation (CMDBf) working group has drafted an industry-wide specification for sharing information between Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs) and other management data repositories (MDRs), ...
Showa Denko K.K.(SDK) Strengthens Ties with Honda Racing F1 Team; Providing High-Performance Aluminum Radiators as Technical Partner.
Aug 22, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 22, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K. (TSE: 4004; 'SDK') is strengthening its ties with the Honda Racing F1 Team by assuming the role of a technical partner and providing aluminum radiators with higher performance and lighter weight. The relationship began in 2004 ...
Isuzu and Toyota on Collaboration for Development, Production and Supply of Small Diesel Engines.
Aug 23, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 23, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Isuzu Motors Limited and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced today that they have reached a basic agreement concerning a business collaboration on the development, production and supply of small diesel engines. Isuzu and TMC ...
NTT DoCoMo Publishes 2007 Report to Shareholders, 'From "Communication" to "Lifestyle"'.
Aug 24, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 24, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DoCoMo (TSE: 9437; NYSE: DCM), Japan's premier mobile communications company, has published its Annual Report to Shareholders, for the year ended March 31, 2007. In addition to providing voice and data communications to millions in Japan, ...
Mazda Releases Upgraded Bongo Series and Titan Dash in Japan.
Aug 25, 2007 ... Hiroshima, Japan, Aug 24, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the introduction of the partially remodeled Bongo van and truck, Bongo Brawny van and Titan Dash truck. All four models go on sale today at Mazda and Mazda Anfini dealerships throughout Japan. The Bongo ...
HBO, the Most Successful Premium Television Network in the US, Enters Japanese Market through J:COM On Demand Service.
Aug 25, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 24, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (JASDAQ: 4817), the largest multiple cable TV systems operator in Japan, and Home Box Office announced today plans to offer HBO programming on the "J:COM On Demand," service starting on October 1st, 2007 ....
Fujitsu to Spin Off Shared Technology and Design Divisions.
Aug 27, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited announced that, at a meeting of its Board of Directors held today, based on Article 370 of the Company Law, it has decided to spin off, through simple incorporation-type separations, its shared technology and design divisions ...
Isuzu and Hino Reach Basic Agreement on Jointly Developing Exhaust Gas Aftertreatment System and Cabins of Heavy-Duty Trucks.
Aug 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Isuzu Motors Limited (TSE: 7202) and Hino Motors, Ltd. (TSE: 7205) today have come to a basic agreement regarding the joint development of exhaust gas aftertreatment system for diesel engines and cabins of heavy-duty trucks. This ...
Honda Achieves Record Monthly Overseas and Worldwide Auto Production.
Aug 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 28, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of July 2007, including an all-time record for overseas and worldwide auto production for the month of July. ...
Mazda Production and Sales Results for July 2007.
Aug 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 28, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation's production and sales results for July 2007 are summarized below. I. Production <Pre> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- July 2007 ...
NTT DoCoMo Extends 50% Discount Plan to All Corporate Users; Eliminates Minimum Years of Service Requirement.
Aug 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 28, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries today announced that all corporate customers committing to a two-year contract would receive an immediate 50% discount on basic monthly charges under the new "Office-wari MAX 50" plan. ...
MHI Receives Order for Geothermal Power Plant in Kenya; Set to Become CDM Project.
Aug 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 28, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received a full-turnkey order from Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited (KenGen) to build a 35 MW (megawatt) geothermal power generation plant, the third unit at the company's Olkaria II ...
NEC Delivers FOMA(R)/Wireless LAN Dual Handset Solution to The Peninsula Tokyo Hotel.
Aug 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 28, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation today announced the delivery of IP network infrastructure, implemented by the SIP[1]-based IP telephony server, UNIVERGE SV7000, and a wireless LAN (WLAN) system, to The Peninsula Tokyo, which will open in Japan on September 1, ...
Fujitsu Remains at the Top in Japanese IT Outsourcing Revenue Ranking for Three Consecutive Years.
Aug 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 28, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited today announced that according to IDC Japan's newly released report, "Japan IT Outsourcing Leading Vendor Profile 2007" issued on August 21, 2007, the company was number one in revenues in the Japanese IT outsourcing market for ...
Mitsubishi Motors Announces Production, Sales and Export Figures for July 2007.
Aug 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 28, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today announced global production, as well as domestic sales and export figures for July 2007. Total global production came in at 114,577 units, an increase of 6.9 percent over July 2006 and marking the ...
S-LCD Ships First LCD Panels from 8th Generation Line.
Aug 28, 2007 ... Tangjeong, Korea, Aug 28, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - S-LCD Corporation, a joint venture between Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Sony Corporation, today announced the shipment of LCD panels produced from its 8th Generation Line. S-LCD's 8th Generation Line is capable of processing the ...
Sumitomo Corp, Sumitomo Australia Pty Ltd, Cominex Pty Ltd, KCM Corporation Establish Company to Produce High Purity Silica for LCD Screen Glass.
Aug 28, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 28, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Sumitomo Corporation based in Tokyo, Japan, Sumitomo Australia Ltd based in Sydney, Cominex Pty Ltd based in Hobart, and KCM Corporation based in Nagoya Japan have jointly established Tasmanian Advanced Minerals Pty Ltd (TAM), which will mine ...
NEC Releases Annual CSR Report 2007 and CSR Digest 2007.
Aug 29, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 29, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation has released its fourth Annual Corporate Social Responsibility ("CSR") Report and its first CSR Digest, which incorporate NEC's CSR-related practices and performance results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. ...
Marubeni Corporation to Participate in Peru LNG Project.
Aug 29, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 29, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Marubeni Corporation (TSE: 8002) today announced that it has signed the Sales and Purchase Agreement with SK Energy for the acquisition of 10% interest in the Peru LNG Project. The international project consortium for the project consists of ...
Mitsubishi Motors Lineup at 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show.
Aug 29, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 29, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and its European unit Mitsubishi Motors Europe B.V. will unveil the European market version of the new Lancer sports sedan at the 62nd Internationale Automobil Ausstellung (IAA; commonly known as the Frankfurt ...
Sharp Holds Opening Ceremony for European LCD TV Plant.
Aug 29, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 29, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Sharp Corporation held an opening ceremony for Sharp Manufacturing Poland Sp.z o.o. (SMPL), a new LCD module and LCD TV production base that serves the European market. Attendees included officials from the Polish national and local ...
Sharp Develops New Technology for Recycling Waste Plastic Parts.
Aug 29, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 29, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Sharp Corporation announces the development of a technology to separate and recover high-purity polypropylene (PP) from waste plastic components collected from four appliances (TVs, air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines) subject ...
NTT DoCoMo to Unveil Windows Mobile 6.0 Smartphones.
Aug 30, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 30, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries announced today the development of two smartphones equipped with the Microsoft(R) Windows Mobile(R) 6.0 Japanese-edition operating system. The FOMA(TM) F1100 and FOMA HT1100 allow ...
Toyota Launches 'Vanguard' SUV in Japan.
Aug 30, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 30, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced today the nationwide launch in Japan of the "Vanguard", a new mid-size SUV, through "Toyopet" dealers and "Toyota Corolla" dealers. The Vanguard is a new luxury-class mid-size SUV with a high ...
Mazda Publishes Social and Environmental Report 2007 and Annual Report 2007.
Aug 31, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 31, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation today issued its Social and Environmental Report (SER) 2007 and Annual Report 2007 in Japanese. The SER features the results of Mazda's corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives and environmental protection ...
NEC Releases 'PASOLINK NEO/c'; New Product of PASOLINK Ultra-compact Point to Point Microwave Communication Systems Series.
Aug 31, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 31, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation announced the launch the "PASOLINK NEO/c," a new product line of ultra-compact point to point microwave communication systems "PASOLINK" series. The "PASOLINK NEO," which has been available since February of last ...
ACCA Wireless, ACCA Networks & NTT DoCoMo Agree on Strategic Partnership To Acquire 2.5GHz Broadband Wireless Access License.
Aug 31, 2007 ... Tokyo, Japan, Aug 31, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - ACCA Networks Co., Ltd. and NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today their basic agreement to partner in a joint venture, ACCA Wireless Co., Ltd., for the provision of broadband wireless services based on mobile WiMAX technology. The ...
Sharp's New System LCD with Embedded Optical Sensors to Provide Input Capabilities Including Touch Screen and Scanner Functions.
Aug 31, 2007 ... Osaka, Japan, Aug 31, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Sharp Corporation has successfully developed a new System LCD equipped with touch screen and scanner functions. An optical sensor is built into each pixel of the LCD panel, eliminating the need to bond a film to the panel for touch screen ...