Japan

2021.01.28

Japan’s Retail Sector Beginning to Embrace U.S. Lamb

January 26, 2021 As COVID-19 shifted consumption from foodservice to retail in 2020, USMEF adapted its marketing strategy for U.S. lamb in Japan.   New promotional materials were developed, an...

2021.01.27

New Fujitsu LIFEBOOK Models Built to Enable the New Normal

News facts:       Real-world improvements to LIFEBOOK models designed in line with today’s working styles     Introduction of 11th Gen Intel vPro platform a...

2021.01.27

2.6 JAPAN

Japan’s economy in the first half of 2020 was plunged into severe conditions by the pandemic. It registered a 28.8% drop in the April-to-June quarter, and this was the sharpest decline since the...

2021.01.27

Panasonic Develops VIXELL™ - A Vacuum-insulated Cooling Box

Jan 26, 2021 Osaka, Japan - Panasonic Corporation has developed VIXELL™, a vacuum-insulated box that can store items in a -70ºC environment for up to 18 days*1 using refrigerants such as d...

2021.01.27

Hitachi Selected as a constituent of "FTSE4Good Index Series

Tokyo, January 26, 2021 --- Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501, "Hitachi") today announced that the company has been selected as a constituent of the "FTSE4Good Index Series" and the "FT...

2021.01.26

Nidec Revises Upward Consolidated Financial Forecasts for th

January25, 2021 Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594; OTC US: NJDCY) (the “Company”) today announced an upward revision to its IFRS-based consolidated financial forecasts for the year ending Marc...

2021.01.26

Nidec Board Authorizes Share Repurchase Plan

(Repurchases of Shares Pursuant to Article 459, Paragraph 1, Item 1 of the Company Law of Japan)   January25, 2021, in Kyoto, Japan Nidec Corporation(TSE: 6594; OTC US: NJDCY)(the “Company”) announces today that its Board of Directors has authorized a new share repurchase plan at a meeting held on January 25, 2021, whereby the Company may repurchase up to four million shares in...

2021.01.26

MHIEC Receives Order from Kagoshima City to Refurbish Hokubu

-- Renovation to Extend Service Life of Facility with Processing Capacity of 530 tpd -- 2021-01-25 ・ Project will extend service life and increase energy efficiency of stoker type incinerator constr...

2021.01.24

Nidec Announces the Status of Share Repurchases and the Conc

22/01/2021   Contact:       Masahiro Nagayasu     General Manager     Investor Relations     +81-75-935-6140   &...

2021.01.24

AGC Introduces AMOLEA 1224yd Low-GWP HFO Refrigerant

At a seminar held at the World Renewable Energy Exhibition on December 9, 2020, Yoichi Nakamura, Gas Business Group, AGC Chemicals Company, introduced AMOLEA 1224yd, which is a hydrofluoroolefin (HFO)...