Category: JCN Newswire

TOKYO, Feb 27, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu today announced that it provided a new supercomputer system to the Japan Meteorological Agency (hereinafter JMA) (1) for use in linear rainband forecasting. The new supercomputer system is able to predict the occurrence of linear rainbands (2) which can trigger heavy rain, leading to disasters like […]

TOKYO, Feb 24, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing has revealed a revised GR010 HYBRID Hypercar for the 2023 season, when it will defend its number one status against new competitors at the start of an exciting era for the Le Mans 24 Hours and the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The team’s […]

TOKYO, Feb 24, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc., Mitsubishi Auto Leasing Corporation and Mitsubishi HC Capital Auto Lease Corporation are pleased to announce the merger of Mitsubishi Auto Leasing and Mitsubishi HC Capital Auto Lease. The merger, which is scheduled to take place on April 1, 2023, has […]

TOKYO and SEOUL, Feb 24, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – Olympus Corporation (Olympus), a global medtech company committed to making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling, has agreed to acquire Taewoong Medical Co., Ltd, (Taewoong Medical), a Korea-based manufacturer of medical devices such as gastrointestinal (GI) metallic stents[1] to strengthen its GI endotheraphy product […]

TOKYO, Feb 24, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu and Tokai National Higher Education and Research System (hereinafter THERS) today announced the signing of a partnership to contribute to the achievement of the SDGs and the realization of Society 5.0 (1) through initiatives in the fields of healthcare and space technology. Figure 1. Overview of […]

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Feb 23, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – Hitachi Energy, a global technology leader advancing a sustainable energy future for all, launches today the next-generation TXpert Hub, a part of its ecosystem for transformers’ digitalization. The TXpert Hub enables monitoring by aggregating, storing, and analyzing the information received from the transformer’s digital sensors. It […]

TOKYO, Feb 22, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – NTT DOCOMO, INC. and Korean telecommunication operator SK Telecom (SKT) today announced their joint release of two white papers on energy-efficient 5G mobile networks and related technologies, as well as requirements for future 6G networks. Energy consumption of mobile network base stations Study of 6G Requirements The […]

TOKYO, Feb 22, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu and Yamanashi Prefecture today announced the signing of a strategic partnership to promote Yamanashi’s digital transformation (DX). As part of the collaboration, Fujitsu and Yamanashi Prefecture aim to resolve a wide range of societal issues in areas including talent development, regional revitalization, medical care and health, […]

TOKYO, Feb 22, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – NTT DOCOMO, INC. and NEC Corporation today announced their completion of a high-level carrier-grade redundancy design for a 5G core network (5GC) hybrid-cloud environment leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) and DOCOMO’s on-premises network functions virtualization (NFV) infrastructure. The design will allow DOCOMO to switch between DOCOMO’s on-premises […]

Los Angeles & Tokyo, Feb 22, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – JCB International Credit Card Co., Ltd. (JCB USA), the US subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s only international payment brand is announcing that JCB cardmembers will receive a special promotion called ‘The JCB Adobe Benefit’ that offers 4 complimentary months of an Adobe Creative […]

TOKYO, Feb 22, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu today announced that it has joined the SAP Regional Strategic Services Partner (RSSP) initiative, established by SAP Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) (1), to support customers’ digital transformation (DX) in Japan and across the Asia Pacific region. Through this initiative, Fujitsu aims to offer customers with multinational […]

TOKYO, Feb 22, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu today announced the launch of its 1FINITY Ultra Optical System, a hyper-reliable optical transport platform delivering extreme performance and scalability with data rates of 1.2 terabits per second (Tbps) on a single wavelength, with future upgrade to 1.6 Tbps. Fujitsu will launch the new platform in […]

TOKYO, Feb 22, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – Cisco and NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced plans to expand their collaboration efforts to include system integration solutions and potential opportunities in 5G xHaul and private 5G to help customers transform their architecture and connect more people and things. End-to-End 5G xHaul Automation Cisco and NEC […]

TOKYO, Feb 21, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – Bracco Imaging S.p.A. and Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that the joint venture regarding the company Bracco-Eisai Co., Ltd. (Ratio of Shares Held: Bracco 51% Eisai 49%), will be dissolved as of March 31, 2023. As a result, Bracco will acquire all shares of Bracco-Eisai held by […]

TOKYO, Feb 21, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has reduced the CPU power consumption of the User Plane Function (UPF) for 4G / 5G networks by more than 30% in a dynamic, near-commercial environment. By using the Intel Xeon Scalable processor telemetry for the UPF’s load determination logic, NEC has enabled […]

TOKYO, Feb 21, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu and Atmonia ehf., an Icelandic start-up company developing a novel method for synthesizing sustainable ammonia, today revealed the latest milestone in their joint research into catalysts for sustainable production of ammonia, by successfully developing a high-speed technology for quantum chemical simulations. By combining this technology with […]

TOKYO, Feb 20, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu today announced the launch of a new 5G vRAN solution combining Fujitsu’s virtualized CU (vCU) and virtualized DU (vDU) with NVIDIA’s (1) GPU technology. Fujitsu will start offering the new solution to customers including telecommunications carriers globally in March 2023. The new solution was developed as […]

TOKYO, Feb 17, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Motors Corporation announced today that in 2024, it will begin production of the Minicab-MiEV, a onebox kei-car* class commercial electric vehicle (EV), at PT Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Indonesia (hereafter, MMKI), MMC’s factory in Indonesia. Minicab-MiEV (Indonesia International Motor Show 2023) The Minicab-MiEV, which will be […]

TOKYO, Feb 17, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has been recognized by Frost & Sullivan as the leader in the Frost Radar: Biometrics Authentication Solutions, 2022 benchmarking system. This is the second year running that NEC maintains its position as the market leader, reflecting NEC’s pivot toward biometric solutions, which are […]