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Tokyo stocks plunge

Screens at a currency trading company in Tokyo show the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average plunging over 2,000 points from the previous trading day's close, on Sept. 30, 2024, with export-oriented shares sold off due to the stronger yen following Shigeru Ishiba's victory in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership race late last week.

[Breaking News]Dollar surges against yen

Screens at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar rising to the lower 161 yen range on June 28, 2024.(Kyodo)

[Breaking News]Dollar tops 153 yen

TOKYO, Japan, April 11 Kyodo - Financial monitors at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar topping the 153 yen line on April 11, 2024.(Kyodo)

[Breaking News]Toshiba Corp. to delist from Tokyo Stock Exchange

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Video shows Toshiba Corp.'s closing price at 4,590 yen on an electronic signboard at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 19, 2023, the last day of trading on the exchange. The Japanese conglomerate will be delisted from the bourse on Dec. 20, ending its 74-year history as a public company. (Kyodo)

Shionogi's new mid-term management plan briefing

On the 1st, Shionogi announced a new mid-term management plan to invest 500 billion yen in expanding overseas business and launching new businesses by FY2024. The company will also increase research and development expenses by 20% over the past five years to about 342.1 billion yen. In addition to strengthening its own sales of pharmaceuticals in Japan and overseas, the company will also invest heavily in products and services other than ethical drugs, such as vaccines.In terms of sales strategy, the company plans to strengthen its sales in the U.S. and China, and increase the ratio of overseas sales to more than 50% in FY2012 (18.5% in FY2007). President Tedairogi said, "We aim to become a drug discovery company that people from outside the company want to work with," and also indicated that the company will place importance on alliance strategies. (Photo taken on June 1, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Oita Prefecture's experiment in using drones to deliver packages to remote islands

With the participation of local companies, the project aims to be put to practical use as a mechanism for dealing with the logistics and shopping needs of the aging population in remote island areas. A single-rotor drone provided by ciRobotics (Oita City) was used in the experiment. S.T.K. Technology (same) installed a luggage storage box equipped with a drone port on a solid island. Oita Prefecture has been conducting drone verification experiments in mountainous areas and other areas, but this is the first time the maritime route has been used. There are no shops or clinics on Mukujima, and the island is served by a regular service that makes one or two round trips a day, six days a week, but the annual cost of the service exceeds 10 million yen. (March 19, 2020, Tsukumi City, Oita Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

NTT DOCOMO's 5G, New Services and New Products Presentation

NTT DoCoMo announced on the 18th that it will start commercial service of the 5th generation communication (5G) on the 25th. The "5G Gigaho" pricing plan will have unlimited data usage capacity for the time being, with a monthly fee starting at 4,480 yen (excluding consumption tax), 500 yen more than the current "Gigaho" 4G plan. The company aims to set up 20,000 5G base stations by fiscal 2021 and 20 million subscribers by fiscal 2011. 500 5G base stations will be installed within the month. The service will be available at 150 locations, including major stadiums such as Yokohama International Stadium and Hanshin Koshien Stadium, major transportation and tourist facilities such as Haneda International Airport, JR Osaka Station and Tokyo Sky Tree, and some docomo shops. Photo taken on March 18, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Samurai Trading's "CaMISHELL" paper containing eggshell powder

Samurai Trading has developed CaMISHELL, a paper containing about 10-30% eggshell powder. The two companies have jointly developed products using the paper with Shinsei Pulp and Paper Trading (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo) and Mitsubishi Paper Mills, and are marketing them. While the shift to paper is progressing with the trend of de-plasticization, eggshells, which are mainly disposed of as industrial waste, will be utilized as a substitute for pulp and filler. Shinsei Pulp and Paper Trading and Mitsubishi Paper Mills will jointly use the Camishell trademark and logo. Both companies will handle business card paper, but they plan to separate them by the ratio of eggshell powder. Shinsei Pulp and Paper Trading will use eggshell as a partial substitute for pulp. In addition to business card paper weighing 160 grams per square meter, the company has commercialized four types of paper, including coated cardboard used for hand bags and packages. Taken on March 9, 2020, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Musashi Seimitsu Kogyo's AI Visual Inspection System

Currently, the company is introducing the inspection machine in the mass production line of its own plant, and when it sells the machine externally, it intends to make the price of the machine equivalent to the labor cost for inspection. In the future, Musashi Seimitsu will further improve the versatility of the AI algorithm so that multiple types of parts can be inspected with a single device. Musashi Seimitsu's mainstay products are gears, ball joints and other automotive drive components. In recent years, the company has been focusing on new businesses and is accelerating its efforts in the AI field, including the establishment of a joint venture with an Israeli AI venture in 2019. In the future, the company aims to achieve sales of 100 billion yen through new businesses. Photo taken on February 21, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Fujitsu Advanced Engineering's system for sorting bulk goods

FUJITSU ADVANCED ENGINEERING LIMITED (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) has developed a system that allows users to remotely control picking robots as if they were playing a game, and to sort bulk goods that are difficult to recognize automatically. The robot's field of vision is displayed on a tablet terminal, and when the user clicks on an item, the robot picks it up and picks it. The company aims to commercialize the system in fiscal 2021. The operator clicks on products on a tablet or other device according to instructions. Then, robots in distribution warehouses and factories aim at the click point and suck the suction cup. The system is expected to be used not only by telecommuters but also for light work during hospitalization and cognitive training for the elderly. Photo taken on February 20, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Sojitz arm to sell bargain-priced, 1-week-only DVD software

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