ILEA000015345: Hitachi to plunge into LCD TV market

House produced via 3-D printer

Photo taken in the Aichi Prefecture city of Komaki, central Japan, on July 27, 2022, shows a small house produced in a day using a 3-D printer system, carrying a price tag of 3.3 million yen ($24,444) The cube-like concrete house, 3.3 meters in diameter and with a floor space of 9.9 square meters, was produced by Serendix Inc., a start-up firm based in Nishinomiya, western Japan, for use as temporary housing at camping sites and in the event of disasters

Audi EV targeting Japanese market

Photo taken in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2020, shows the Audi e-tron Sportback, Audi's first electric vehicle to be sold in Japan. The vehicle, launched by Audi Japan K.K. the same day, will carry a price tag ranging from 13.27 million yen.

Japan Display's new VR display

Photo taken Feb. 17, 2020, in Tokyo shows high-definition liquid crystal displays developed by Japan Display Inc. for virtual reality head-mounted gear. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Panasonic's BQ1 Series Electronic Blackboard for Schools

Panasonic will increase its share of the domestic market for 60-inch and larger electronic blackboards to 30% (4,000 units) in fiscal 2008, up 10 percentage points from fiscal 2006, using 4K high-definition touch-screen LCD displays. The estimated market price is 600,000 yen (excluding consumption tax) for the 65-inch model and 1,400,000 yen for the 75-inch model. A new "comparison mode" that can display up to nine screens has been added so that multiple opinions can be shown on the display and shared in group learning. Up to four teaching materials can be displayed so that digital textbooks can be used effectively. It has acquired "Color Universal Design Certification" for its color scheme, which is distinguishable even by people with color blindness. Sharp (36%), Panasonic (25%), and NEC (16%) hold the largest share of the domestic market for commercial displays. (Photo taken on January 17, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Lacquer-coated scooter to feature festival

KAINAN, Japan - Members of a youth association in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, renowned for its traditional lacquer ware, show off a lacquer-coated scooter Nov. 9, 2001, which they have taken two months to finish for display during the annual ''Kishu Lacquer Ware Festival'' beginning in the city Nov. 10. (Kishu is Wakayama's medieval name.) The special product, based on a secondhand Italian make, is not for sale. ''If you ask me, it could carry a price tag of no less than 1 million yen,'' Association chief Toshiyuki Nakamura said.

NEC's vector-based simulated annealing machine

NEC is making a full-scale entry into the quantum computing domain. From April to June 2020, the company will launch a co-creation service to solve combinatorial optimization problems, including the use of annealing machines that employ the SX Aurora Tsubasa vector supercomputer. Prior to this, the company will establish a new 20-person Quantum Computing Promotion Office in January 2008 to promote the development of applications and technologies through joint demonstrations with customers. The company plans to invest about 1 billion yen in Canada's D-Wave Systems for collaboration. On the other hand, the quantum annealing system will be based on a domestically developed machine jointly developed with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and D-wave, which will be a collaborative partner. The joint development with AIST is currently verifying the operation of a basic quantum cell. Photo taken on December 20, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Nihon Vital's "Kaisei".

Taking a hint from the fact that insects find flowers by the wavelength and light intensity of sunlight, the company has developed an "insect eye sensor" that tracks sunlight. It efficiently collects sunlight. The six optical fibers can be extended up to one kilometer and can illuminate 500 square meters. It is about 2 meters long, 2 meters wide and 2.5 meters high. The price starts at 5 million yen (excluding consumption tax). It has been used in buildings and train stations in Kumamoto Prefecture, and its sales have been about 100 million yen. It can also be used to cut infrared rays and ultraviolet rays. The company is currently producing them overseas, but will switch to domestic production within this year. The price will start at 250,000 yen (same as above). "The market for solar concentrators is worth about 20 billion yen. President Yokozawa hopes to capture a 20% share of this market. (Photo taken on December 19, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Muscle Suit Every", a wearable robot from Innophis

Sales of Muscle Suit Every, a wearable robot produced by Innophis (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo), are increasing rapidly, thanks to the company's decision to lower the price of the new model from 498,000 yen to 136,000 yen (excluding consumption tax) when it was launched in November.Muscle suits have been known to reduce the burden of back pain in nursing care and agricultural work. "However, many customers were reluctant to buy them because they cost around 500,000 yen,' he said. The company has expanded its sales channels, and the general public has come to see the product in stores. "In addition to conventional customers, inquiries come from many fields, such as home care," he said, raising a happy cry. (Photo taken on December 18, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Orevo, a convenience store, has introduced an AI-based automatic checkout system for side dishes.

In the convenience store industry, where intensifying competition has been combined with a shortage of labor, the three major companies are workingto demonstrate unmanned cash registers and review 24-hour operations. In such a situation, Ishida (Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City), a long-established weighing scale manufacturer, has teamed up with Orebo, a regional convenience store in Fukui Prefecture, to develop a new system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to save labor at the cash register. The price of the system, excluding consumption tax, is about 3 million yen. Although it is more expensive than Ishida's regular scales, it is expected to save labor in processing and cooking areas of supermarkets in addition to stores that handle side dishes, and inquiries are strong. Photo taken on November 13, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

P&G's Joy Ocean Plastic kitchen detergent

Procter & Gamble (P&G) Japan will launch Joy Ocean Plastic in early November, a product made by recycling marine plastic waste and turning it into kitchen detergent containers. About 6 tons of plastic washed up on the coast of Nagasaki Prefecture was collected, processed, and used to make 25% of a kitchen detergent bottle. The content of the detergent is the same as the conventional product, and the production scale is 550,000 bottles. The sales price is open. P&G has been focusing on reducing environmental impact as part of its sustainability efforts, and this initiative was taken in response to the global problem of marine plastic waste. P&G Japan President Stanislav Becerra explained, "We want to play a role as a lighthouse in the daily necessities industry, making consumers aware of the garbage problem and leading to solutions. Photo taken on November 6, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Hitachi to plunge into LCD TV market

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. said Oct. 17 it will release a 20-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) television set (shown in photo) in December, marking the firm's full-scale entry into the market. The new product is expected to carry a price tag of a little more than 200,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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