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NEC

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 12, 2020
NEC's global battery arm to wind down operations, citing COVID-19
According to the Japanese parent company, plans to sell the business were thwarted by the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2020
Fujitsu gets Japan's first preliminary local 5G license
Japan's communications ministry on Tuesday gave major electronics maker Fujitsu Ltd. the country's first preliminary license to build a local fifth-generation, or 5G, communications network.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2020
Japan firms delay restarting China operations after holiday as virus spreads
Japanese companies with a foothold in China are delaying their plans to restart operations suspended due to the Lunar New Year holiday in the country, amid the spread of a new strain of coronavirus originating in Wuhan in the Chinese province of Hubei.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 23, 2019
Japan's electronics makers break the bank to woo talented AI engineers
Electronics makers are revising pay scales to attract competent engineers, including by throwing salaries of more than ¥10 million per year at recruits fresh out of college.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 2, 2019
Six major Japanese electronics makers see net profits plummet amid U.S.-China trade war
Six of seven major Japanese electronics makers suffered year-on-year drops in group net profits in April-September, according to earnings reports released Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2019
Vietnam to get Japan's first exported Earth observation satellite as part of disaster prevention initiative
A Japan-developed weather satellite will be exported to Vietnam under a Japanese public-private initiative, it was learned Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2019
It's a car. It's a plane. No, it's NEC's personal quadcopter
Is it a car? Is it a plane?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 17, 2018
Seven-Eleven tries out a store in Tokyo with unmanned payment system
Major convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co. has launched an experimental outlet in Tokyo with an unmanned payment system and facial recognition technology.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2018
Japan joins race to make flying cars
The government asks 20 companies to staff a panel that will brainstorm ideas to help Japan catch up to its rivals in the new aviation race.

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