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January 12, 2024
A Prodigy’s 3D Data Shows Everyday Life in Ukraine: Interview with Hidenori Watanabe (#2)

“Whenever there is an air raid warning, people rush down to the shelter.”

By Hiromi Aizawa

January 5, 2024
Satellite Images Map Reveals Realities of Ukraine: Interview with Hidenori Watanabe (#1)

Immediately following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 25, this man has continuously informed the world about the situation in Ukraine, using 3D processing technology and satellite images.

By Hiromi Aizawa
August 22, 2022
Sony Leads the World in High Growth CMOS Image Sensor Market

The CMOS image sensor (CIS), known as the "electronic eye," is a rare device among a variety of semiconductors because its market size continues to expand.

By Akihiro Tsumura
August 12, 2022
Noteworthy Health Tech: Treatment Apps and AI-Driven Drug Development

Diseases are treated with smartphone apps prescribed by the doctor—that’s the world we now live in.

By Yuki Maeda

July 29, 2022
Toshiba Eyes Comeback with Lightweight Film-Based Perovskite Solar Cell

Toshiba Corporation’s next-generation film-based perovskite solar cell won the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award’s the carbon-neutral category at Japan’s IT and electronics tradeshow CEATEC 2021, held on October 19-22.

By Yuka Kato
July 7, 2022
Semiconductor Breakthrough: NTT’s Photo-electronic Technology to Solve Energy Dilemma

"The [Japanese] government will soon launch a new initiative, the updated version of ‘Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago’ to promote digital transformation,” spoke Akira Minamikawa, a senior consulting director and semiconductor analyst at British research firm OMDIA.

By Kentaro Hamada
March 24, 2022
Tmsuk, a Start Up in Kyoto Tries New Mobility Business

Though mobility as a service (MaaS) using automated driving is currently spreading globally, many attempts at its integration remain as test programs set to test the cost and efficiency of such systems.

By Sachiko Hijikata
January 12, 2022
The Day Toshiba’s EV Bus Battery Shatters Chinese and Korean Dominance (with video)

A start-up in Kitakyushu City will launch an electric vehicle (EV) bus powered by Toshiba’s new lithium-ion battery later this year.

By Takashi Nagai
October 18, 2021
Farewell to Costly Orders: Ready-Made Products Replace Custom-Made Drainage Pumps

Drainage pumps at pump stations are for preventing rivers from flooding. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) is drastically changing the way it orders the pumps.

By Fusako Taneichi
September 16, 2021
Towards a World without Blindness: Interview with MITAS Medical CEO Naofumi Kita

MITAS Medical deals in diagnostic devices that link regions lacking eye doctors with urban areas.

By Katsuji Fujieda
August 31, 2021
Water Majors Veolia of France Focus on Exploring Water Business in Miyagi Japan

There are global companies in the water business so called water majors. For a long time from the 19th to the 21st century, Veolia Environment , Suez both of France, and Thames Water of the U.K. were the three companies called water majors.

By Kazunari Yoshimura
August 31, 2021
China‘s Plans for Semiconductor Domestic Production Goes Astray! A Flurry of Derailed Projects Casts Dark Clouds

As the Xi Jinping administration intensifies its confrontational stance towards the U.S., it is speeding up domestic production of semiconductors which are “the rice of industry,” in fear of decoupling from the international supply chain.

By Kenji Yuasa

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A Prodigy’s 3D Data Shows Everyday Life in Ukraine: Interview with Hidenori Watanabe (#2)

Satellite Images Map Reveals Realities of Ukraine: Interview with Hidenori Watanabe (#1)

Sony Leads the World in High Growth CMOS Image Sensor Market

Noteworthy Health Tech: Treatment Apps and AI-Driven Drug Development

Toshiba Eyes Comeback with Lightweight Film-Based Perovskite Solar Cell

Semiconductor Breakthrough: NTT’s Photo-electronic Technology to Solve Energy Dilemma

Tmsuk, a Start Up in Kyoto Tries New Mobility Business

The Day Toshiba’s EV Bus Battery Shatters Chinese and Korean Dominance (with video)

Farewell to Costly Orders: Ready-Made Products Replace Custom-Made Drainage Pumps

Towards a World without Blindness: Interview with MITAS Medical CEO Naofumi Kita

Water Majors Veolia of France Focus on Exploring Water Business in Miyagi Japan

China‘s Plans for Semiconductor Domestic Production Goes Astray! A Flurry of Derailed Projects Casts Dark Clouds

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