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Human Academy Providing Non-natives Living in Japan with Information and Help in Studying Japanese to Strengthen Support for Them in Time of "with / after COVID-19"

TOKYO, July 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Human Academy Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Tokyo's Shinjuku district), a subsidiary of Human Holdings Co., Ltd. covering the educational field of the brand's business, will be offering another series of free webinars for non-natives studying Japanese and consid...

2020-07-16 14:00 1648

Nippon Express (Australia) Relocates and Expands Melbourne Facility

TOKYO, July 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Nippon Express (Australia) Pty. Ltd. (hereinafter "NE Australia"), a local subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd. based inTokyo, has relocated and expanded one of its facilities in Melbourne, Victoria, relaunching operations at the new location on Wednesday, J...

2020-07-15 14:00 1459

14-year-old selected as the grand winner of the female singer audition for Yuki Kajiura's theme song of the theatrical animation film "DEEMO THE MOVIE"

TOKYO, July 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Pony Canyon reports that the final round of the female singer audition for the theme song of the upcoming theatrical animation film "DEEMO THE MOVIE" was announced during "DEEMO THE MOVIE - UTAHIME AUDITION FINAL" (*utahime = diva/songstress), an official progr...

2020-07-07 11:00 1951

Infoblox Appoints George Chang as Vice President of Sales to Accelerate Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region

The company doubles down on senior hires in the region to drive customer growth SINGAPORE, July 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Infoblox Inc., the leader in Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services, today announced the appointment ofGeorge Chang as Vice President of Sales for itsAsia-Pacific and Japan (APJ)...

2020-07-06 09:00 5499

Smartphone Application Railgun: Spectrum Story Now Available

TOKYO, July 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Railgun: Spectrum Story was released by D-techno Co., Ltd on the App Store and Google Play onJuly 2, 2020.

2020-07-03 03:00 2195

Soka Gakkai Joins with ITTO to Support Forest Restoration in Togo, West Africa

TOKYO, July 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 1, 2020, Minoru Harada, President of the Soka Gakkai Buddhist organization, met with Dr.Gerhard Dieterle, Executive Director of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), for the signing of a memorandum to launch a reforestation project prov...

2020-07-02 15:30 1367

Tencent Music Entertainment Group Announces Strategic Partnership with CoMix Wave Films

SHENZHEN, China, July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) (NYSE:TME) has established a strategic partnership with CoMix Wave Films Inc. (CWF), a leading Japanese animated movie studio and distribution company known especially for the works ofMakoto Shinkai and Jiro T...

2020-07-02 10:00 7167

Hitachi and ThinkCyte announce collaboration to develop an AI-driven cell analysis and sorting system

TOKYO, July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, "Hitachi") and ThinkCyte, Inc. ("ThinkCyte") today announced that they have entered into a collaboration focused on developing an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven cell analysis and sorting system. Hitachi provides a broad range of s...

2020-07-01 22:00 6528

Toyobo, 11 other companies jointly launch R Plus Japan, Ltd. to recycle used plastics

OSAKA, Japan, June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyobo Co., Ltd. and 11 other companies forming a plastic value chain have jointly established a new company called R Plus Japan, Ltd. ("R Plus Japan", hereafter), which will facilitate the recycling of used plastics to help solve plastics-associated pr...

2020-06-30 13:00 1406

OMRON Releases "FH Series Vision System" with Industry's First (*1) Defect Detection AI

KYOTO, Japan, June 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --  - AI Identifies Subtle Defects with Human-like Sensitivity as Experienced Inspectors - OMRON Corporation based in Kyoto, Japan, announced the global release in July of its new "FH Series Vision System" with the industry's first defect detection AI te...

2020-06-29 13:00 1354

Chinese online learning platform ClassIn and Sony Global Education team up to develop Japan's post-pandemic teaching system

BEIJING, June 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- EEO (Empower Education Online) and Sony Global Education have formed a strategic alliance that will utilise EEO's, and the world's largest interactive online education platform, ClassIn, to build a complete OMO (Online-merge-Offline) teaching framework forJa...

2020-06-20 06:59 2931

Sasakawa Peace Foundation: Coral skeletons record history of reef deterioration -- black bands in coral contain iron sulfide and bacteria

TOKYO, June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The journal Scientific Reports published a research paper entitled "Anthropogenic Anoxic History of the Tuvalu Atoll Recorded as Annual Black Bands in Coral," written by Dr.Nobuko Nakamura, Research Fellow at the Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa...

2020-06-18 15:19 1323

University of Shizuoka Announces New Study on 2019 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquake Sequence to Encourage Reconfirming Earthquake Preparedness on Regular Basis

SHIZUOKA, Japan, June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Kazu Z. Nanjo, Leader of Division for Earthquake Prediction Research, Global Center forAsia and Regional Research, and Associate Professor of University of Shizuoka,Japan, announced that a new paper on theJuly 2019 earthquake sequence in Ridgecre...

2020-06-18 13:00 1037

Daiki Axis Co., Ltd. (4245, First Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange) Overview of Operating Performance for the first three months ended March 31, 2020

TOKYO, June 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --  Summary of Results The business environment surrounding the Company deteriorated rapidly as the three months endedMarch 31, 2020 reached their conclusion, due in part to suspensions of economic activity caused by the feverish spread of the novel coronavirus...

2020-06-16 21:30 11529

Accelerating global expansion by adding an English version of OWNR by RENOSY Assisting foreign Japanese real estate owners

TOKYO, June 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GA technologies Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku,Tokyo; President, CEO and Representative Director: Ryo Higuchi; securities code: 3491; "the Company"), operator of the "RENOSY" comprehensive real estate tech brand, announced today that it has released an Eng...

2020-06-15 22:00 1609

TECH I.S. Fixes 'the E-learning Bug' by Filling the Gap Between the New Age E-learning and Old School Learning

TOKYO, June 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to COVID-19 pandemic, lots of business operations and services took a hit and it is totally unclear when these operations will resume normalcy. Many people use the isolation time to learn new things and acquire new skills, as a result Edu-Tech is booming i...

2020-06-12 05:20 1070

GIKEN LTD. Awarded First Place in Amsterdam's Innovation Partnership Quay Wall Project

KOCHI, Japan, June 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GIKEN LTD., based in Kochi, Japan, and group company Giken Europe B.V. of Almere,the Netherlands, have been awarded first place in the Innovation Partnership Quay Wall project (IPK) for its innovation in construction methodology proposal on the wall ren...

2020-06-10 13:00 920

Healios Successfully Establishes Proprietary Universal Donor Cell Research Line

TOKYO, June 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Healios K.K. (hereinafter "the Company"; TSE: 4593),Japan's leading clinical-stage biotechnology company, has been creating Universal Donor Cells (UDCs), which are next-generation iPS cells created with gene-editing technology to engineer a low risk of immune r...

2020-06-05 13:00 2198

IntegriCulture Inc. Closes Series A Fundraising Round Led by Beyond Next Ventures at JPY800 Million

TOKYO, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- IntegriCulture Inc. has completed a Series A fundraising round ofJPY800 million (USD7.4 million) backed by Beyond Next Ventures, NH Foods, AgFunder and other investors. The cumulative amount raised stands aboutJPY1.1 billion (USD10.2 million). (Logo: https://...

2020-05-28 13:00 2183

Nippon Express (UK) Receives WDA and GDP Certification for Company Warehouse near London Heathrow Airport

TOKYO, May 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Nippon Express (UK) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, "NEUK"), a local subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd. based inTokyo, has been officially granted Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (WDA) and Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification for its warehouse near L...

2020-05-22 13:00 1530
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