Hiroshima, July 15, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda will unveil a sporty, compact crossover concept vehicle, Mazda Kazamai, at the Moscow International Automobile Salon (MIAS) on August 26. Kazamai, which means "swirling crosswinds" in Japanese, expresses the powerful yet
Seoul, July 14, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Suprema, Inc. (KOSDAQ: 094840), a leading global supplier of fingerprint recognition technology and systems, launched Korea's first IPO in the biometric sector on July 11. Suprema enjoys a majority of the Korean
Superstore chain operator Ito-Yokado Co. said Tuesday it will launch a campaign offering gasoline discount coupons to its shoppers. Ito-Yokado, a unit of Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co. , will offer discount coupons worth 10 yen per
Suzuki Motor Corp. will not easily raise its automobile prices even though raw materials costs are rising, President Hiroshi Tsuda said in a recent interview with media organizations, including Jiji Press. Referring to moves toward price hikes by automakers, Tsuda
NEC Electronics Corp. said Tuesday it will start sample shipments of system large-scale integrated circuit chips for use in Blu-ray Disc players in September. The new chip, EMMA 3PF, supports all the necessary functions for Blu-ray Disc players with a
Japan's Asahi Kasei Corp. said Tuesday it has obtained domestic exclusive sales rights for an insertable cardiac monitor of Medtronic Inc. from a Japanese unit of the U.S. medical equipment maker. The product, Reveal DX, will be the first diagnostic
Tsumura & Co. said Tuesday it will sell all its shares in wholly owned household products subsidiary Tsumura Lifescience Co., or TLS, known for its bath powder Bath Clean. Tsumura, a major Japanese producer of Chinese herbal medicine, decided on
Japan's major convenience store operator Lawson Inc. said Tuesday it will launch a friendly bid for Ninety-nine Plus Inc. to make the smaller peer a consolidated subsidiary. The move is primarily aimed at boosting Lawson's ties with the operator of
All Nippon Airways plans to newly build a foothold for in-flight meal supply near Tokyo International Airport at Haneda, Jiji Press learned Tuesday. ANA finds it necessary to boost the production capacity of in-flight meals so it can increase the
Tokyo, July 15, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - TDK Corporation announced today that it has developed a wide-band thin-film common mode filter for EMI suppression on DisplayPort* interfaces, an industry first.* The new product which carries the designation TCM1210U-500-2P will
The total amount of electricity generated by 10 major Japanese power companies in June marked the first year-on-year drop in three months, industry data showed Tuesday. The total electricity generation stood at 77.84 billion kilowatt-hours, down 1.6 pct from a
The number of new condominiums put up for sale in the greater Tokyo area in June plunged 30.0 pct from a year earlier to 4,004 units, a private research institute said Tuesday. Sales contracts were concluded for 2,589 units, or
The benchmark Nikkei average slumped to a three-month closing low on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday, as the U.S. government's rescue plan for beleaguered mortgage financiers Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae failed to calm growing jitters about the U.S. financial
Kobe Steel Ltd. said Tuesday it has developed a compact power generator using exhaust steam. The device, which has a maximum output of 132 kilowatts, turns its screws by using exhaust steam generated through industrial waste combustion. Users of the
Tokyo, July 14, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) and Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced an enhanced line of SPARC(R) Enterprise servers -- M4000, M5000, M8000 and M9000 -- that delivers a highly scalable, enterprise-class virtualization and
