Latest Japan Stories
- Cempra to Host Conference Call and Webcast at 4:30 p.m. EDT, Today, May 13, 2013 - CHAPEL HILL, N.C., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cempra, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEMP), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing differentiated antibiotics to meet critical needs in the treatment of bacterial infections, today announced the signing of an exclusive license and development agreement for solithromycin with Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of FUJIFILM Holdings...
- Provides stronger, more formable steel grades to improve fuel economy and safety for automakers - LEIPSIC, Ohio, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) and Kobe Steel, Ltd., of Japan formally commissioned the new Continuous Annealing Line at their joint venture PRO-TEC Coating Company. PRO-TEC will now process some of the strongest and most formable grades of steel in North America. These new grades will assist automotive manufacturers in...
Tokyo, May 13, 2013 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC., a personalized mobile solutions provider for smarter living, announced today an agreement on a business and capital alliance with Pioneer Corporation, a leading manufacturer of car and home electronics, to integrate Pioneer's in-car navigation telematics technologies and related peripheral development capabilities with DOCOMO's mobile cloud expertise to make a full-scale entry into the field of intelligent...
LatteScreen's Grand Global Launch in 14 Countries SEOUL, South Korea, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- - LatteScreen Launches in 14 Countries Across Asia, Europe and North America - The First Incentivizing Mobile Advertising Platform on Smartphone Lock Screen Jeong Soohwan, CEO of AppDisco (http://eng.adlatte.com/), the market leader in reward-based mobile advertising scene, announces the launch of LatteScreen in 12 countries in addition to its current operations in Korea and...
Strengthening of the Development, Utilization and Support for its Online Advertising Synced Proprietary Tag Management Menu. Tokyo, Japan (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 transcosmos inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; President and COO: Masataka Okuda; TSE First Section: 9715; hereafter, transcosmos) was officially recognized as part of Yahoo! Co. Ltd.’s (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; CEO: Manabu Miyasaka; hereinafter Yahoo! JAPAN) “Yahoo! Tag Manager Official Partners Program” today as a partner,...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online First mentioned in two dialogues (Timaeus and Critias) by Plato in 360 BC, the legendary island of Atlantis has long been sought by historians, archaeologists, and explorers alike. Said to have originally existed between South America and Africa, this sunken island has been searched for in no less than dozens of locations worldwide, from Bimini to the Black Sea. In a new twist, a team of scientists from Brazil and Japan say they...
OSAKA, Japan, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda", "the Company") announced today the consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, and forecasts of consolidated results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. The Company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section with the stock code "4502" and prepares financial statements according to Japan GAAP. Fiscal 2011 Fiscal...
Groups from Northwood High School and Woods Charter School to Perform CHAPEL HILL, N.C., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Briar Chapel, a new home community in Chapel Hill, NC, this weekend will host student music groups from the community's two local schools for performances and a celebration of the musical arts. The second annual "Music in May" will raise awareness of Chatham County Schools well-known music programs. Music in May will take place Saturday, May 11 from 1 - 4:30 p.m. in...
-- Expansion investment estimated at $400 million as SIA adds Subaru Impreza production. -- Record sales in North America contribute to parent company's decision to invest and expand production capacity at SIA. -- Production of popular compact sedans and hatchbacks will move from Japan to North American plant beginning in 2016. MISSISSAUGA, ON, May 8, 2013 /CNW/ - Subaru Canada, Inc. (SCI) today announced that its...
New Studies Examine Digital Performance of 100+ Prestige Brands in Japan, South Korea, China, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong New York, NY (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 Today, L2 released a series of Digital IQ Index® reports focused on five key APAC markets: Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Together, these reports quantify, benchmark, and provide in-depth analysis of more than 100 global and local prestige brands' digital performance in the APAC region over the past year....
Latest Japan Reference Libraries
The Sega Saturn is a 32-bit video game console produced by Sega as the fifth generation in a line of game consoles. It was released in Japan on November 22, 1994, North American on May 11, 1995 and on July 8, 1995 in Europe. In the United States only 2 million units were sold compared to over 6 million in Japan. The system was discontinued on August 10, 1998. Its successor was the Dreamcast. The original unit was going to have a single central processor, but the PlayStation’s...
The Nintendo 64 (N64) is a game console produce and sold by Nintendo. It was released in June 1996 in Japan; September 1996 in North America; March 1997 in Europe and Australia; September 1997 in France; and December 1997 in Brazil. The N64 was the third generation home game console from Nintendo and the last to use ROM cartridges. The N64 was discontinued worldwide by the end of 2003. Its successor was the Nintendo Game Cube released in 2001. Worldwide sales for the N64 reached 32.93...
The Nintendo GameCube (NGC in Japan, GCN in North America) is a video game console produced by Nintendo and released on September 14, 2001 in Japan, November 14, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia. It is the sixth generation game console produced by Nintendo that uses optical discs as the primary storage, and uses miniDVDs instead of full sized DVDs. The GameCube was the first Nintendo console to support online play outside of Japan using a modem...
The Dreamcast is a video game console released by Sega in November 1998 in Japan, September 1999 in North America, October 1999 in Europe, and November 1999 in Australia. In the first 24 hours of release 225,132 units were sold and a total of 500,000 in the first two weeks. On January 31, 2001, Sega announced it would discontinue the production of the Dreamcast in March 2001 and concentrate solely on software. Even though the console production was discontinued, Sega of Japan still...
Image Caption: Sony's PlayStation 3 gaming console. Credit: Sony The PlayStation 3 (PS3) released on November 11, 2006 in Japan and November 17, 2006 in North America. It was released globally in March 2007. The PS3 is a game console manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment and uses Blu-ray Disc as its primary storage. Within the first 24 hours of release 81,639 units were sold in Japan. As of January 2013, over 77 million units worldwide have been sold. The original PS3 was offered...
