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Ezose Sciences and Hirosaki University to Collaborate in Glycomics Research to Find New Cancer Biomarkers
Ezose Sciences Inc. and Hirosaki University today announced that they have formed a collaboration in glycomics research to identify new biomarkers for use in predicting and monitoring the progression of prostate cancer and other urological cancers. The research will examine serum and urine samples collected by Hirosaki clinical investigators from well-characterized patient and control populations in Japan. Ezose will conduct the glycan… continue reading »
Kurion and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Sign Agreement to Demonstrate Kurion’s Modular Vitrification System®
Kurion, Inc., an innovator in nuclear waste management, announced that it has entered into a cooperation agreement with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to test and demonstrate its Modular Vitrification System (MVS®) using radioactive waste simulants as the next step in its commercialization strategy. All testing and analysis will be performed by PNNL at its Radiochemical Processing Laboratory (RPL, a.k.a. Building 325) located at… continue reading »
Konica Minolta IJ Unveils KM-1, a B2 Cut-Sheet Inkjet Press for Commercial Use That Delivers Highly Consistent Accuracy as Technology Showcase at drupa 2012
Konica Minolta IJ will unveil the B2 cut-sheet inkjet press KM-1 (development name) co-developed with KOMORI Corporation as a technology showcase at drupa 2012, one of the biggest international printing shows in the world (3 May to 16 May 2012, Messe Düsseldorf Germany) As digitalization evolves in the commercial printing market, Konica Minolta IJ has developed a highly stable and reliable professional use inkjet press which applies Konica… continue reading »
Orc Releases Next Generation Derivatives Market Making Application for Asia
Orc, a leading provider of technology and services for the global financial industry, today announced the regional launch of Orc Market Maker, a server based solution that combines the speed, scalability and rich functionality demanded in today’s competitive markets. Orc Market Maker addresses the present and future challenges of making markets in listed derivatives, including the need to manage low-latency quoting strategies across multiple… continue reading »
Asahi Kasei Announces Completion of Tender Offer and Commencement of a Subsequent Offering Period for ZOLL
Asahi Kasei Corporation (TSE1: 3407, hereinafter: Asahi Kasei), Japan’s leading diversified chemical manufacturer with businesses in the health care, chemicals & fibers, homes & construction materials, and electronics sectors, announced today the completion of a tender offer through its indirect wholly owned U.S. subsidiary Asclepius Subsidiary Corporation (hereinafter: Purchaser) for all outstanding shares of common stock of ZOLL Medical… continue reading »
NHK WORLD TV Launches in New York City
NHK WORLD TV (www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld ), a stand-alone 24-hour English language TV news channel produced by NHK, Japan’s sole public, independent broadcasting corporation, is now available for the first time to over seven million TV viewers in the New York City region, who will be able to tune into Japan and Asian news coverage all day and night. NHK WORLD TV is available as digital broadcast through a dedicated, over the air… continue reading »
Plasma Technology of the Fraunhofer FEP Becoming Established in the American Packaging Market
"This technology is the best one available today on clear barrier polypropylene packaging films". Gabriel Durana, Product Manager for Special Technologies at Biofilm S.A. in Mexico, has high praise for the coating technology of the Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP. In November last year Biofilm commissioned their second plant using the plasma technology from Dresden at its site in Altamira, Mexico. Since starting up… continue reading »
Toyota Tsusho invests C$600 million in Encana’s coalbed methane development in southern Alberta
Encana Corporation (TSX, NYSE: ECA) has reached an agreement with Toyota Tsusho Wheatland Inc., a subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, that will see the Japanese company invest approximately C$602 million to acquire a 32.5 percent royalty interest in natural gas production from a portion of Encana’s coalbed methane (CBM) resource play. The agreement includes production from a total of about 5,500 existing wells and potential future drilling… continue reading »
Nikkei BP Consulting Releases "Brand Asia 2012" Survey Results
Nikkei BP Consulting, Inc. has compiled results for "Brand Asia 2012," a brand evaluation survey project covering eight regions in Asia, and is releasing the corresponding survey results. This project involved conducting questionnaire surveys of general customers in eight regions, including Japan, with surveys conducted in the seven regions of India, Indonesia, Thailand, China, South Korea and Taiwan via local research companies. Evaluations… continue reading »
EcoPlanet Bamboo Honors Japanese Bamboo Pioneer Masatoshi Watanabe
Japan has long been a key player in the global bamboo arena. This month, at the 9th World Bamboo Congress in Belgium, one of Japan’s leading bamboo specialists, Masatoshi Watanabe, was presented with a Bamboo Pioneer Award. Masatoshi Watanabe & Troy Wiseman (Photo: Business Wire) EcoPlanet Bamboo was honored to show its appreciation and help the World Bamboo Organization bring global recognition to Mr. Watanabe for his … continue reading »
Smith Micro Bolsters POSER 3D Graphics Software With Service Release 2 and International Versions
Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMSI) Productivity and Graphics Group, today announced enhancements to its popular Poser 9 and Poser Pro 2012 3D graphics products with Service Release 2 (SR2), as well as localization of the products to Japanese and German, based on high demand from loyal international Poser users. “For artists who invest their time and creativity mastering animation software, being able to count on their… continue reading »
Immersion Haptics Launch in NTT DOCOMO’s MEDIAS Tablet & Smartphone
Immersion Corporation (Nasdaq:IMMR), a leading developer and licensor of touch feedback technology, today announced that the recently released DOCOMO MEDIAS ES N-05D smartphone, manufactured by NEC CASIO Mobile Communications, Ltd., and DOCOMO Tablet MEDIAS TAB N-06D, manufactured by NEC, have launched with Immersion technology. The devices, which include Immersion’s TouchSense® 3000 embedded control software and Integrator software, are the first to… continue reading »
Nexon to Release First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO), a worldwide leader in free-to-play online games, today announced that it will release its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012 on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. Japan Standard Time (JST) / 3:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The Company’s financial statements will be available at that time on Nexon’s Investor Relations website in Japanese at http://ir.nexon.co.jp and in English at… continue reading »
Microgen and NRI Partner to Deliver Finance and Risk Management Solutions to Japanese Market
Microgen Plc (LSE: MCGN) and Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI, TYO: 4307), a leading provider of consulting services and system solutions, today announced that they have signed a strategic alliance for the sale and implementation of Microgen products in the Japanese market. NRI will be the exclusive partner in Japan for the Microgen Accounting Hub and Microgen Aptitude, the high-performance enterprise application development … continue reading »
Wrapp Prepares for Introduction of Social Gifting in Japan
Wrapp is coming to Japan. The No. 1 social gifting app for celebrating, thanking, surprising and delighting friends, family and business associates with free gift cards from top retailers has opened offices here, appointed a business development team, and has started to sign up major merchants. Wrapp makes it fun and easy to give, receive and redeem gift cards using mobile devices or the Web, and allows Facebook friends to… continue reading »
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