Companies
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Chairperson of Japan IT Giant LY Calls for Speeding Up Self-Regulation over Privacy Issues on Internet
IT giant LY Corp. Chairperson Kentaro Kawabe stressed the need to accelerate the self-regulation of ...
December 6, 2023
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Mitsubishi UFJ Trust to Sell News-Classifying AI System; Service Likely to be Useful for Major Investors
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. will begin selling a system in April using AI to classify dom...
December 6, 2023
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Japanese Companies Anxious about Possible PFAS Ban by EU; Chemicals Used in Semiconductors, Fire Extinguishers
A group of synthetic organofluorine chemical compounds known as PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroa...
December 5, 2023
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Itochu to Launch Japan’s First Fund for More Energy Storage Plants
Itochu Corp. will set up a public-private fund within the fiscal year to support the spread of energ...
December 4, 2023
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Toyota Plans to Expand Battery EV Line-Up in Europe to 6 Models by 2026
TOKYO (Reuters) — Toyota Motor said on Monday it would increase its line-up of battery electric vehi...
December 4, 2023
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Toyota Partially Halts Production in China
BEIJING (Jiji Press) — Major production adjustments are underway at Toyota Motor Corp.’s assembly pl...
December 2, 2023
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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial to Promote Nakashima to Pres.
TOKYO, Nov. 30 (Jiji Press) — Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Thursday that it will promot...
December 1, 2023
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Honda to Invest in Electric Motorcycle Business
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Honda Motor Co. has announced a plan to invest ¥500 billion in electric motorcy...
November 30, 2023
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Toyota Again Halts Production Lines at Central Japan Plant
NAGOYA (Jiji Press) — Toyota Motor Corp. on Wednesday revealed that production lines at the Fujimats...
November 30, 2023
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Rapidus Hunts for Engineers to Help Japan Regain Faded Chip Glory
TOKYO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Government-backed Japanese chip foundry venture Rapidus is hunting high an...
November 28, 2023
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IT Companies Unable to Stop Developing Generative AI Even As Alarm Bells Ring
NEW YORK — The recent ouster and return of the head of ChatGPT developer OpenAI Inc. has once again ...
November 27, 2023
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Over 400,000 Records from LY Corp, Which Operates Line App, May Have Been Leaked in Cyber-Attack
Over 400,000 records, including user information for the Line free communication app operated by LY ...
November 27, 2023
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Sushiro to Open 1st Store in Indonesia
JAKARTA (Jiji Press) — Conveyor-belt sushi chain Sushiro will open an outlet in Jakarta on Monday, i...
November 27, 2023
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Japan Train Driver Shortage Spells End of Line for Some Local Services
Many local railway operators across Japan are having to reduce or suspend services due to a train dr...
November 26, 2023
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3 Japan Railway Firms to Introduce System to Pay Fare by Tapping Credit Card at Ticket Gates
Three major private railway companies will introduce a system by the end of next year in which passe...
November 25, 2023
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