Canon Inc. said Tuesday it has acquired a stake of nearly 38 pct in Tokki Corp. in terms of voting rights through a tender offer for 4,070 million yen. Canon will acquire an additional stake in Tokki on Dec. 28

Japan Tissue Engineering Co. , which engages in regenerative medicine, will make its stock market debut on the Jasdaq Securities Exchange's NEO market for startups specializing in advanced technologies on Dec. 21. Established in 1999 and based in Gamagori, Aichi

Japan's Komatsu Ltd. said Friday it will spend 6.9 billion yen to build a forklift and construction machinery plant in Russia. The plant is slated to begin operations in Yaroslavl, 280 kilometers northeast of Moscow, in June 2010. Annual production

Canon Inc. on Friday issued a correction to the announcement the previous day of a successful conclusion of its tender offer for Tokki Corp. , saying it has acquired a stake of 41.84 pct in the company, instead of the

Tokyo, Japan, Dec 13, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation and NEC Electronics Corporation have developed a new Silica-Carbon Composite (SCC) film capable of blocking Cu-atom diffusion into the dielectric films of LSI interconnects. Use of the SCC film

Tokyo, Japan, Dec 13, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation and NEC Electronics Corporation have successfully developed design technology to realize optimum channel structure in CMOS transistors for advanced LSIs in the 32nm generation and beyond. This achievement relies

Osaka, Japan, Dec 13, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic, the leading brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is generally known, today announced the development of a Gallium Nitride (GaN) power transistor with the ultra high breakdown voltage

Kawasaki, Japan, Dec 14, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of a new type of resistive RAM(ReRAM)[1], a type of non-volatile memory[2], which combines low power consumption with limited fluctuation of resistance value. By

Tokyo, Japan, Dec 14, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - In 2008, Japan Airlines (JAL) will celebrate two anniversaries of the JAL Mileage Bank (JMB), the airline's frequent flyer program. JAL first launched its frequent flyer program 25 years ago in

Tokyo, Japan, Dec 14, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - JAL will increase from January 16, 2008 the international cargo fuel surcharge for flights departing from Japan only, subject to government approval. The international cargo fuel surcharge on long haul routes

Tokyo, Japan, Dec 11, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation and NEC Electronics Corporation have completed development of prototypes for a system LSI chip and operating systems (OS) that will serve as the platform for next-generation automotive information systems.

Tokyo, Japan, Dec 11, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has decided to increase its production capacity of aluminum-gallium-indium-phosphide (AlGaInP) ultrabright LED chips at the Chichibu Plant from 100 million units a month at present to 200

Tokyo, Japan, Dec 11, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K. ('SDK'; TSE: 4004) is making progress in the implementation of the Passion Project, a consolidated business plan that runs from 2006 through 2008, under which the company is

Hiroshima, Japan, Dec 12, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation will showcase the world premieres of the Mazda Furai concept vehicle and the heavily revised new Mazda RX-8 sports car at the 2008 North American International Auto Show