Latest Press Release on Japan

SpaFinder and Leading Spas Partner to Connect World’s Largest Spa Audience with Premiere Vacation Spas Around The Globe
SpaFinder, Inc. and Leading Spas today announced that the companies will partner to present Leading Spa’s collection of the most exquisite spas in the world to millions of consumers in 27 countries who select and book spa vacations at SpaFinder.com and its websites in Europe and Japan....


Vietin Bank Starts Merchant Acquiring for JCB Card in Vietnam
Tokyo, Nov 24, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB, the only international payment brand from Japan, announced that Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietin Bank), one of the larges...


Verigy to Showcase Newest Semiconductor Tester at SEMICON Japan, December 2-4
CUPERTINO, Calif. - To address market demand in Japan for low-cost testing of cost-sensitive ICs, Verigy (NASDAQ:VRGY), a premier semiconductor test company, will hold the Japanese market debut of its


Synfora Appoints General Manager for Japan
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Continuing its growth to meet worldwide demand for its innovative high level synthesis tools, Synfora, Inc., has appointed Mike Arai as general manager of its Japan office. Mr. Arai will be responsible for overseeing all of Synfora’s sales, marketing, support an


New Japanese Prime Minister Urged to Recall Whaling Fleet
LONDON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is urging Japan's new government to recall its whaling fleet which is heading to Antarctica to cruelly hunt almost 1,000 whales. In defiance of global pressure and a number of internat...


NIMS Receives Japanese Patent for Its Exer-Rest® Platform
MIAMI - Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc. [NIMS] (OTCBB:NIMU) announced that the Nogawa Patent Office in Japan issued Patent number 4391595 to NIMS on October 16, 2009. This patent, entitled “Reciprocating Movement Platform for Shifting Subject To and Fro In Headwards-Footwards


Stolt-Nielsen S.A. Announces Acquisition of the LPG Carrier Althea Gas
LONDON -- 11/19/09 -- Stolt-Nielsen S.A. (SNSA) (Oslo Børs: SNI) today announced that it has agreed to acquire through its subsidiary Stolt-Nielsen Gas Ltd. the 82,557 cbm LPG carrier Althea Gas from Iino Kaiun Kaisha of Japan. The ship wa..


Astellas and XenoPort Announce Submission of a New Drug Application in Japan Requesting PMDA Approval of ASP8825/XP13512 for Restless Legs Syndrome
TOKYO & SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Astellas Pharma Inc. and XenoPort, Inc. (NASDAQ:XNPT) today announced that a new drug application (NDA) has been filed with the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Device Agency (PMDA) in Japan for ASP8825 (gabapentin enacarbil), also known as XP13512, as a potentia


Travel Indochina Offers Small Group Journeys with Big Savings for Extraordinary Vacation Experiences in Asia
LOS ANGELES - Travel Indochina, a leader in Asia travel, is offering its popular Small Group Journeys to exciting destinations including Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Japan, India and Tibet at significant savings for exceptional adventures. As more travelers desire unique experiences


Overstock.com Continues to Open Doors to More International Customers
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 18 -- Overstock.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTK) announces the launch of international sales to customers in Mexico, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, New Zealand and India. Overstock.com launched its international service in August 2008. Thi...


OKI Electric Cable Launches VEYOR-CABLE™ Smooth-Sliding Parallel Robot Cables
KANAGAWA, Japan - OKI Electric Cable (TOKYO:5815) today


NEC Electronics Announces Development of Ethernet PHY Family for Industrial Automation Systems
KAWASAKI, Japan & SANTA CLARA, Calif. & DUESSELDORF, Germany - NEC Electronics (TOKYO:6723) today announced the development of a new family of industrial Ethernet physical layers (PHYs) for 10Base-T and 100Base-TX/FX. The new PHYs will offer the best-in-class high-speed industrial co


Bioniche Strengthens the International Patent Portfolio for its MCC Technology Platform
-Japanese patent issuances facilitate commercialization of MCC in Japan- BELLEVILLE, ON, Nov. 24 - Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: BNC), a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutic...


NEC Selects PCmover to Bundle with Consumer PCs
NEC, the PC sales leader in Japan, is now bundling and pre-installing PCmover with each new PC it sells to consumers in Japan./I/P PBellevue, WA (PRWEB) November 24, 2009 -- a href= http://www.laplink.com/?emailid=112409_PR_NECbudlesPCmover=pressrelease onclick= linkClick( this.href )...


What Are the Must-Have Gifts This Holiday Season? ShopSavvy’s Millions of Mobile Users Vote with Their Scans
Users of Big in Japan’s popular barcode-scanning phone app have scanned the video game “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” more than any other item this month./I/P PDallas (Vocus) -- With Black Friday approaching, the millions of users of a href= http://www.biggu.com/a...


Hiroshi Development, LLC Partners with Credit de Laque, LP on $110MM Solar Investment
Japan Based Financial Group Participates in $110 Million Third Round of Funding/I/P PNew York (PRWEB) November 23, 2009 -- Today Energy Equity, Inc a developer of solar power plants, announced that it has closed a third round of funding totaling $110 million. The financing was led by Hi...


KYOCERA Founder Kazuo Inamori Receives "Entrepreneur for the World" Award
KYOTO, Japan - Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) founder and chairman emeritus Kazuo Inamori received the Entrepreneur for the World Award, Entrepreneur category, during the ceremony of the World Entrepreneurship Forum, November 19, 2009 in Lyon, France. Pat


New Twist On Holiday Wine Pairings - Sake Paired With Classic Holiday Dishes
Sake, brewed in Oregon or Japan, offers a fresh angle on food pairings for the holiday season. No longer are we limited to sipping sake with our sushi during this joyful season, we get to sip it with everything, even ham. /I/P P(PRWEB) November 23, 2009 -- SakeOne, the brewers of Oregon...


New Hooting Owl Lodge Brings Budget Accommodation to the Niseko Ski Area
The Hooting Owl Lodge is a new addition to the Niseko ski region this year. It brings new budget accommodation options to Niseko, without skimping on the facilities./I/P PNiseko Village, Japan (PRWEB) November 19, 2009 -- A new ski lodge is bringing some of the lightest and driest powde...


Mazda i-stop Wins 2010 RJC Technology of the Year Award
Tokyo, Nov 18, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation announced today that its unique idling stop system, i-stop, has won the 2009 Automotive Researchers' and Journalists' Conference of Japan (RJC) Technology of the Year award.

Idling stop s...


'Prius Plug-in Hybrid' Lease Discussions Begin in Japan; Potential Users Selected from 'EV & PHV Towns' Program
Tokyo, Nov 18, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces that it has started discussions with potential users in Japan of the newly developed "Prius Plug-in Hybrid".
Approximately 200 units will be leased through a leasing company to...


Menicon to Acquire David Thomas Contact Lenses Ltd., Major U.K. Custom Lens Manufacturer
-Deal provides base of operations for Menicon's expansion in U.K.- NAGOYA, Japan, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Menicon Co., Ltd. (Menicon) and David Thomas Contact Lenses Ltd. (DTCL) announced on November 19 that the two companies reached agreement on November 16, 2009 for...


Panasonic Announces the Extension of the Period of the Tender Offer for SANYO Shares and Other Related Matters
OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corporation (NYSE:PC)(TOKYO:6752)(the Company ) announces today that it has submitted an Amendment Statement for the Tender Offer Registration Statement to the Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau, pursuant to Article 27-8, Paragraph 2 of the Financial


Elpida Opens High Speed DRAM Test Laboratory at Munich Design Center
TOKYO& MUNICH - Elpida Memory, Inc. (Tokyo: 6665), Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today held a ceremony in Munich, Germany to officially open its High Speed DRAM Test Laboratory at its Munich Design Center. The Bavarian Mini


Elpida Completes Development of 1-Gigabit GDDR5
TOKYO & MUNICH - Elpida Memory, Inc. (TOKYO:6665), Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced that it had developed a 1-gigabit GDDR5 (product name: EDW1032BABG) that operates at a world-class high speed of 6Gbps. The new graphic memory (GDDR:





 
 

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