Micoworks Inc. (pronounced ‘Miko Works’), a developer and provider of the MicoCloud and Micomii marketing platforms, which optimize communication between companies and their customers, has announced the successful raising of…
Global private equity major KKR has announced its increased stake in Seiyu, a leading supermarket chain in Japan, through the purchase of Rakuten’s stake in the company. KKR’s stake in…
Scientists are getting better at making neurone-like junctions for computers that mimic the human brain’s random information processing, storage and recall. Fei Zhuge of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and…
Hidehisa Otsuji, chairman of the Parliamentary League for Animal Welfare, along with 10 members of the league, submitted a request letter to Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide in The Prime Minister’s…
TiMi Studios, a subsidiary of Tencent Games, announced a new partnership with SNK CORPORATION, a leading Japanese game company, to develop a new yet-to-be-named mobile game for the classic arcade…
Tokyo-listed real estate manager Kenedix Inc has launched a private core fund that will invest in hotels in Japan in the next seven years, the company disclosed. The 19-billion yen…
– New guide to marketing by Prof. Philip Sugai launches Publishizer crowdfunding campaign A crowdfunding campaign for ‘The Value Plan’, a new book that outlines the development of value-focused products…
A crowdfunding campaign for ‘The Value Plan’, a new book that outlines the development of value-focused products and services, launched today on the Publishizer platform and runs until August 30.…
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., together with Indian banks, announced the launch of RuPay JCB…
JCB accelerates global expansion using ACI’s UP eCommerce Payments solution JCB International, Co., Ltd, the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., and ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global…
JCB cards will now be accepted by Arkea retailers on their payment terminals and e-commerce sites. JCB International, Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd. and…
Finthesize will resell Trintech’s Adra Suite to help organizations in Japan simplify and accelerate the financial close process Trintech, a pioneer and leading provider of Financial Corporate Performance Management (FCPM)…
TRENDE Inc., a Tokyo Electric Power Company group company, Toyota Motor Corporation and the University of Tokyo will conduct a joint experiment with a next-generation peer-to-peer (P2P) electricity system that…
(ACN Newswire) – United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) and ESR announced today that UOB Tokyo Branch and ESR Sachiura TMKs have signed a non-recourse JPY20 billion (US$179 million) financing facility…
Luminescing nanosized crystals are showing promise for peering deeply into body tissues, but first they need to be made safe. (ACN Newswire) – Investigations of ‘quantum dots’ for looking deeply…
Hong Kong & Tokyo – (ACN Newswire) – The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mrs Carrie Lam, called on Japanese businesses to seize the unique business…
Molecular nanowires can be used for many applications, from LED lights to medical devices. Tsukuba, Japan – (ACN Newswire) – Silver, gold and copper nanowires are leading contenders for next-generation…
Stretchable devices could have a wide range of potential uses, from wearable health monitors to elastic solar cells to artificial skin Tsukuba, Japan – (ACN Newswire) – Stretchable electronics is…
Kobe, Japan – (ACN Newswire) – Indonesian Domain Name Registry PANDI announced earlier today that .id domain use throughout 2018 increased significantly, reaching to 281,467 domains, or 12% more than…
Kitewheel and Superdrive power real-time customer journeys for first enterprise client in Japan Boston & Tokyo – (JCN Newswire) – Kitewheel, the leading provider of customer journey orchestration, announced today…
