Sentences with phrase «japanese firms»

A blockchain project developed by several Japanese firms including by startup Soramitsu and IT giant Hitachi has been accepted into the Hyperledger blockchain initiative.

But over time, a critical mass of Japanese firms had reached the technological forefront of industry.

The Asian Lawyer, a sibling publication, reported last month on the Japanese firms that landed the work on the collapse of Tokyo - based computer memory chip maker Elpida Memory, the country's largest bankruptcy in more than two years.

The report links several major Japanese firms to logging companies that are destroying tropical rainforests in Malaysian Borneo through illegal and destructive logging practices in Sarawak province.

Japanese firms Kyocera and Century Tokyo Leasing have completed an 8.5 MW PV project on reclaimed land in Japan's largest lake, Biwa.

What makes this particularly surprising is that three Japanese firms — Fuji, Toshiba, and Mitsubishi — produce two thirds of the world's geothermal turbines.

The strong performance of Japanese firms in the top 25 is also driven by the volatility of the Yen, of which the exchange rate against the US Dollar increased 19 % year on year.

The Japanese firms helped achieve a reputation for quality in its foreign markets by the simple expedient of building a year's production in its domestic market.

Deal sees US and Japanese firms team up to accelerate development of emission reduction projects

Data from the U.S. government show that car fleets from Japanese firms Toyota and Honda have consistently been above the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards that manufacturers are supposed to meet (small graphs below).

Earlier, JETRO»S Chairman, noted the rise of Japanese firms in Africa and highlighted the country's readiness to promote business in Nigeria and support Nigeria's export promotion.

In 1991, employment by Japanese firms in Wales was about 17,000 people: today, it is 2,000.

British TV manufacturers largely had their own way until the 1970s; inefficiency and complacency turned to astonishment in 1972, when they saw the colour sets with remote control manufactured by Japanese firms Sony and Toshiba, and on sale for less than # 200.

With the globalization of informational and cultural production, not only US transnational companies, but equally Dutch, German, or Japanese firms use information and culture to sell consumerism across the globe.

Flows: foreign investors, Japanese firms M&A: I posited in 2012 that Japanese firms» domestic M&A bears better return in subsequent years than overseas M&A.

But we worry government efforts to boost wages could crimp already low Japanese corporate margins if some Japanese firms aren't able to raise prices in response.

The Japanese, by way of contrast, own 1/3 of the world's o / s patents and it is the Japanese firms that dominate is areas such as ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Programs), electrification and emission control systems.

In the 1980s, many people believed that the Japanese firms Sony and Hitachi would eventually acquire American electronics bellwethers Intel and IBM.

But at the same time, Japanese firms poured billions into the Manhattan property market, buying Rockefeller Center, the Empire State Building and several other properties.

A group of Japanese firms is planning a blockchain pilot that would allow rural consumers to trade renewable energy.

Asian companies protested against this favoritism that discriminates against Japanese firms that have relocated in the United States to take advantage of a tariff and non-tariff trade barriers.

Toshiba itself would contribute up to 100 billion yen and other Japanese firms a combined 140 billion yen, while KKR is considering putting in 100 billion yen, the Asahi said.

But Japanese firms are highly capital - intensive, and «upward pressure on wages is also associated with a stronger demand environment and higher nominal GDP growth and, hence, revenue growth,» says Yamaguchi.

Japanese firms implemented a series of surprising changes that helped them crush their American counterparts.

Japanese firms are also unenthusiastic: Only 4 percent of large and mid-sized firms plan to use bitcoin in the near to medium term, showed a Reuters poll last month.

Japanese firms will continue to acquire overseas assets more aggressively to increase their market share in the global economy, a JPMorgan report says.

The Japanese firm said it will launch the Switch, a hybrid home console and handheld device, on March 3.

Citron, on the other hand, had been successful in his first entrepreneurial endeavor, a gaming business he ended up selling to a Japanese firm for $ 104 million.

SoftBank Group's (sftby) CEO Masayoshi Son said on Wednesday the Japanese firm should benefit from President Donald Trump's promised deregulation of the American economy and that he is keeping his options open about U.S. telecoms unit Sprint (s).

The CEO of Kobe Steel is resigning after the Japanese firm admitted falsifying data about the metal it was supplying to customers.

Canon Inc made a 23.6 billion - Swedish - crown ($ 2.83 billion) offer for network video surveillance leader Axis AB on Tuesday — the biggest purchase ever for the Japanese firm trying to expand beyond a shrinking camera market.

According to Nikkei Asian Review, a Japanese business publication, LNG Canada's partners have awarded the EPC contract to the Japanese firm, JGC, and the American firm Fluor Corp. (NYSE: FLR).

The Japanese firm is betting that more people will choose to book rides through an app instead of driving themselves and that the business will find a way to make up for losses today.

Monex, which is also a Japanese firm, was motivated to make the offer in part because it wanted to gain access to Coincheck's customer base.

The key for such new wave of EVs is a magnet for electric motors developed by the Japanese firm, which halves the use of a rare earth called neodymium and eliminates the use of others called terbium and dysprosium, the company revealed on Tuesday.

Takeda Pharmaceutical shares lost almost 5 percent of their value on Friday as investors fretted over the size of any deal the Japanese firm would have to make after London - listed drugmaker Shire rejected its latest $ 63 bln bid.

In a bid to reduce gas flaring and pay off outstanding reparations for the 1990 invasion of Kuwait, Iraq has hired Japanese firm Toyo Engineering to help it build a Continue Reading

A Japanese firm that has a long history with Baltimore - based Hedwin Corp. was named the winning bidder for the manufacturer in a bankruptcy auction Friday, a development that Hedwin officials said would save the company's 300 jobs.Fujimori Kogyo Co....

A month later the Japanese firm won an order from the London Commercial Court to enforce the award in Britain, where the Tata group's interests include Tata Motors and Tata Steel.

The Japanese firm already has stakes in gas fields in eastern Australia, where it has worked closely with AWE, and also owns stakes in liquefied natural gas projects in Western Australia, as well as coal and iron ore mines.

A month later the Japanese firm won an order from the London Commercial Court to enforce the award in Britain.

In 1990 the Richard Lloyd Racing team had sponsorship from Japanese firm Italiya, leading to this fetching livery.

Its Honda power unit was off the pace in the manufacturer's first year back in F1 in 2015, but the Japanese firm made strides during its second season.

For example, when it comes to industry groups, a small Japanese firm in 2011 was better organised than 95.2 per cent of simulations, versus 70.2 per cent for a large US company.

Although buckyballs are not now in the environment, a Japanese firm is building a plant to mass produce them for electronic applications.

A Japanese firm is poised to carry out what it hailed as the world's first experiment to test for cancer using urine samples, which would greatly facilitate screening for the deadly disease.

In 1994 Japanese firm Hayashibara developed a low cost of producing it from starch.

As reported yesterday, legendary video game designer and director Hideo Kojima allegedly left Konami, a video game developer and publisher, earlier this month, apparently confirming rumors that the Metal Gear creator would be moving on from the Japanese firm following the controversy between the company and the Kojima brand.

Many high - end games titles from legendary Japanese firm Bandai Namco are massively reduced over at Bundle Stars.

But the Japanese firm could be looking to expand its presence away from...