Japan

NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS Acquires All Shares of Metro Supply Chain Group

TOKYO, Oct. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC. ("NX Group") acquired all shares of Metro Supply Chain Group Inc. ("Metro Supply Chain Group"), a Canada-based logistics company, on October 1, 2026, holding a town hall meeting for employees and a closing ceremony in Montreal, Ca...

2026-10-16 14:00 3560

Olares Showcases Private AI at Intel's AI NAS & Thunderbolt™ Technology Forum in Japan

The open-source platform brings agentic AI to hardware people own, giving users greater control over how their AI runs and how their data is used. TOKYO, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Olares, the company behind the open-sourceOlares OS , today showcased its operating s...

2026-10-15 21:00 2830

TIER IV and Technical University of Munich establish Autoware research center to advance the open autonomous driving ecosystem

TOKYO and MUNICH, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- TIER IV , the pioneering force behind  Autoware , the world's leading open-source software for autonomous driving, and theTechn...

2026-10-15 15:00 3169

SwitchBot and Nanoleaf Bring Comprehensive Support for Apple HomeView Across the Connected Home

TOKYO, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Joining forces, SwitchBot and Nanoleaf today announced a dedicated smart home experience featuring compatible SwitchBot and ...

2026-10-14 22:08 2512

Taisei Corporation, TIER IV, and Taisei Rotec Partner to Advance Autoflow Road Deployment through a Japanese Government Project

Testing Multi-Vehicle Autonomous Operations and System Optimization in Purpose-Built Logistics Lanes TOKYO, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Taisei Corporation, TIER IV, Inc. (TIER IV), and Taisei Rotec Corporation have been selected by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Touris...

2026-10-14 12:00 3640

Cellid Joins Qualcomm's the Snapdragon START program to accelerate the development of AR glasses

Cellid to Showcase Its "Crux" AR Glasses at Augmented Enterprise Summit 2026 TOKYO, Oct. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellid Inc., a developer of displays and spatial recognition engines for next-generation AR glasses, today announced that it has joined Snapdragon® START (Snapdragon Scalable Turnkey ...

2026-10-12 21:00 2424

Anime "Kagurabachi" Unveils Details for Its World Tour Part 3 & Finale!

- Featuring Main Cast Appearances and the World's Fastest Premiere Screening of Episodes 1 & 2 at World Tour Finale in Japan!The Tour's Largest-Scale Live Screening Event to Be Held at Movie Theaters Across Japan –  Special Illustration by Director Tetsuya Takeuchi Revealed in Celebration of the ...

2026-10-12 19:20 2009

Leifras Marks First Anniversary of Nasdaq Listing

First Half of Fiscal Year 2026 Revenue and Profit Reach Record Highs[1] for Corresponding Periods Since Fiscal Year 2025 — One Year of Post-Listing Growth Presented in "Leifras by the Numbers" — TOKYO, Oct. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- LEIFRAS Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: LFS) (the "Company" or "Leifras"), a s...

2026-10-09 20:30 8419

LEIFRAS Co., Ltd. Reports First Half of Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results

Record-High First-Half Revenue and Operating Income, Up 8.9% and 35.9% Year Over Year, Respectively[1] TOKYO, Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- LEIFRAS Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: LFS) (the "Company" or "Leifras"), a sports and social business company dedicated to youth sports and community engagement, and a ...

2026-10-08 09:50 15438

Leifras Launches Official Note Channel "Story of LEIFRAS"

A New Corporate Communications Platform Launched in Leifras' 25thAnniversary Year to Share the People, Perspectives and Stories Behind Its Business - First "ITO'S MESSAGE" to Be Published on October 9, Marking the First Anniversary of Leifras' Nasdaq Listing - TOKYO, Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --...

2026-10-07 20:30 6049

TOYO Celebrates Completed 2 GW Module Expansion at Texas Facility with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

U.S. Department of Commerce, Consulate General of Japan in Houston, and industry partners join TOYO in Humble, Texas; Company shares plans for HJT cell line TOKYO, Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 6, TOYO Co., Ltd (Nasdaq: TOYO) ("TOYO" or the "Company"), a s...

2026-10-07 20:00 6307

SwitchBot Offers Up to 40% Off for Fall Sale 2026

TOKYO, Oct. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SwitchBot , a leading provider of AI-enabled embodied home robotics systems, today announced its Fall Sale 2026, offering up to 40% off selected smart home products on Amazon from October 6 to October 7. Deals will also be available thro...

2026-10-06 20:00 2451

METLEN: New gallium agreement with major Japanese chemical company

METLEN attracts global commercial interest in European gallium New agreement with major Japanese chemical company highlights strong global market demand ATHENS, Greece and LONDON, Oct. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- METLEN  announces the signing of a long-term commercial agree...

2026-10-05 17:16 2936

Celaid Therapeutics Completes Second Close of Series B Financing Round

Shionogi & Co., Ltd. and Teikoku Ventures, Inc. Join the Round to Accelerate  U.S. Clinical Trial Preparations for CLD-001 TOKYO, Oct. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Celaid Therapeutics Inc. (Head Office: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; President and CEO: Nobuyuki Arakawa; "Celaid") today announced the complet...

2026-10-05 09:30 2423

TIER IV secures Japanese government grant to advance autonomous bus field operational tests and talent development in Saudi Arabia

TOKYO, Oct. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- TIER IV , the pioneering force behind open-source software for autonomous driving, has been selected by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for a grant program supporting collaborative technology initiatives in the Glob...

2026-10-05 09:00 3320

Seatrium and Karpowership Extend Collaboration with Ninth FSRU Conversion

SINGAPORE, Oct. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the successful naming and sail away ofLNGT Türkiye, Seatrium Limited ("Seatrium" or the "Group") and its strategic partner Karpowership are advancing their long-standing collaboration with the ninth Floating Storage Regasification Unit ("FSRU") co...

2026-10-05 08:00 3947

Ractigen Therapeutics Presents Positive First-in-Human Data for RAG-18 at WMS 2026, Establishing Clinical Proof-of-Mechanism for RNA Activation in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

* First clinical evidence demonstrating that a systemically delivered small activating RNA (saRNA) can safely upregulate an endogenous target protein in human skeletal muscle in a monogenic disease. * Paired muscle biopsies reveal 3.5- to 5.3-fold increases in sarcolemmal utrophin expression,...

2026-10-03 19:30 7090

The Anime "KAGURABACHI" Casts Yuichi Nakamura as Soshiro Azami; Cast Comments, Character Visual & Trailer Revealed!

TOKYO, Oct. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The anime Kagurabachi, based on a next-generation flagship title fromWeekly Shonen Jump, has announced that Yuichi Nakamura has been cast as Soshiro Azami.Alongside this announcement, a new character visual, trailer and comments from Nakamura have also been un...

2026-10-02 14:45 3467

The Diverse Appeal of Tourism and Cuisine in Japan Showcased at U.S. Event

—Promoting Japan as a Destination Where Every Visit Brings a New Discovery— NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2026/PRNewswire/ -- At 5:30 p.m. local time on September 22, the Japan Tourism Agency hosted the "Japan-U.S. Tourism and Culinary Night" at Gotham Hall in New York City to showcase the appeal of tourism ...

2026-10-01 10:41 2510

TIER IV joins Arm Total Design for Physical AI to accelerate ready-to-use Autoware solutions through Open AD Kit

TOKYO, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- TIER IV , the pioneering force behind Autoware, open-source software for autonomous driving, today announced that it has joinedArm® Total Design for Physical AI . Building on i...

2026-10-01 09:00 3063
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