Southeast Asia News Desk

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) and Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Yamaha) today announced that they have reached an agreement for Honda to supply Yamaha with electric motorcycle models for the Japanese market, based on the Honda “EM1 e:” and “BENLY e: I” Class-1 category* models, as an OEM (original equipment manufacturer). The two companies will […]

TOKYO, Aug 8, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (hereafter, Mitsubishi Motors) announced that Team Mitsubishi Ralliart, for which the company provides technical support, will be taking on the Asia Cross Country Rally (hereafter, AXCR) 2024 scheduled for August 11 to 17. In this competition, which will be held in southern […]

TOKYO, Aug 8, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwan Fertilizer Co., Ltd. (TFC) to conduct a joint pre-feasibility study that will explore the establishment of an ammonia value chain in Taiwan. This is in support of Taiwan’s “2050 Net-Zero […]

TOKYO, Aug 8, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NEC Bio Therapeutics and AGC Biologics have announced a partnership to advance the production of NECVAX-NEO1, an orally delivered, bacteria-based DNA vaccine designed to target patient-specific tumor neoantigens. This important and promising collaboration aims to enhance the production of personalized cancer treatments by leveraging the […]

TOKYO, Aug 7, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Group CEO: Koichiro Tanaka), the pure holding company of TANAKA Precious Metals, will reorganize the group’s organizational structure on January 1, 2025, and transition to a management structure centered on the newly established TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL GROUP CO., […]

TOKYO, Aug 6, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – DENSO Corporation announced that it has signed a manufacturing license agreement with Ceres Power Holdings (CWR.L), a leading developer of solid oxide cell stack technology. DENSO aims to advance the early practical application of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOECs)(1) that produce hydrogen through water electrolysis. […]

TOKYO, Aug 6, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI, TSE Code: 7011) announced that order intake rose 15.0% year-over-year to ¥1,847.5 billion in the quarter ended June 30, 2024. Revenue rose 13.0% to ¥1,111.5 billion year-over-year, resulting in profit from business activities (business profit) of ¥83.5 billion, a 60.7% […]

TOKYO, Aug 6, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. reconfirmed that the regulatory status for anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) protofibril antibody LEQEMBI® (generic name:lecanemab) subcutaneous (SC) autoinjector, explained at the Financial Disclosure Meeting on August 2, 2024, is as follows. The SC formulation (including initiation and maintenance dosing) received Fast Track designation […]

TOKYO, Aug 5, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has received an order for an M701F gas turbine and a steam turbine for the 500MW gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) power plant in Sarawak, Malaysia. The equipment supply contract was signed between […]

KARIYA, JAPAN, Aug 5, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – DENSO Corporation (“DENSO”), and JERA Co., Inc. (“JERA”) announce that they will jointly develop high-efficiency hydrogen generation technology that combines SOEC(1) with waste heat utilization and conduct joint demonstration testing at a JERA thermal power station. DENSO for years has pursued initiatives in the […]

TOKYO, Aug 5, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Sébastien Ogier has claimed victory for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team in a dramatic finale to its home event, Rally Finland. Podium Ceremony After a close contest on Friday between the top three drivers from TGR-WRT’s five-car Rally1 line-up for this event, local hero […]

TOKYO, Aug 2, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – In commemoration of the 60th anniversary since Honda’s first participation in the FIA* Formula One World Championship (F1), which began on August 2, 1964, Honda today launched the “Honda Motorsports Website,” a new website that introduces a comprehensive overview of Honda motorsports history and current […]

TOKYO, Aug 2, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) submitted a revised shelf registration statement to the Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau today in preparation for its planned issuance of transition bonds via public offering in the Japanese bond market. MHI was selected as a model example […]

TOKYO, Aug 2, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Fujitsu today released the “2024 Fujitsu SX Survey – Accelerating Sustainability Transformation with AI”. The report, which analyzes the results of a comprehensive survey of 800 C-level executives (CxOs) from 15 countries worldwide, aims to provide an understanding of global trends in Sustainability Transformation (SX) […]

Tokyo and Providence, RI, Aug 1, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Hitachi High-Tech Corporation (Hitachi High- Tech) and Nabsys 2.0 LLC (Nabsys) announced today that Hitachi High-Tech has acquired a majority interest in Nabsys, a developer and manufacturer of instrumentation and consumables for the analysis of genomic structural variation. This transaction will make […]

TOKYO, Aug 1, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems, Ltd. (MHI-MS), a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has recently completed development of a three-dimensional variably sized box-making machine “COMPOX” (trademark registration pending) that contributes to reducing delivery costs and improving transportation efficiency for product logistics. MHI-MS will […]

TOKYO, Aug 1, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Japan-Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that the two companies have agreed to carry out joint research in fundamental technologies in the area of platforms for next-generation software-defined vehicles (SDVs). This agreement is based on the memorandum of understanding (MOU) […]

NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has received an order to build a communications system and a Facility Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition System (Facility SCADA System) for the Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) North-South Line Extension Project Phase 2 from Larsen & Toubro Limited, a major India-based construction company and a specialized subcontractor of the […]

TOKYO, July 31, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Honda today announced that the Saloon, the flagship concept model for the Honda 0 Series, the new Honda EV series, has been awarded the ‘Red Dot: Best of the Best 2024’ award, in the Design Concept competition of the Red Dot Design Award, one of […]

TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 31, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that the latest findings for lecanemab-irmb (U.S. brand name: LEQEMBI®), an anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) protofibril* antibody for the treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease (AD), were presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2024, […]