World Exposition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan, April 2 Kyodo - Video taken on April 1, 2025, shows a water show unveiled to the media at the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka, ahead of the start of the event on April 13. The 20-minute "Under the Midnight Rainbow" show, sponsored by Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Daikin Industries Ltd., will be held every night during the expo through mid-October. (Kyodo)

World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on April 1, 2025, shows a water show unveiled to the media at the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka, ahead of the start of the event on April 13. The 20-minute "Under the Midnight Rainbow" show, sponsored by Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Daikin Industries Ltd., will be held every night during the expo through mid-October.

World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on April 1, 2025, shows a water show unveiled to the media at the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka, ahead of the start of the event on April 13. The 20-minute "Under the Midnight Rainbow" show, sponsored by Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Daikin Industries Ltd., will be held every night during the expo through mid-October.

World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on April 1, 2025, shows a water show unveiled to the media at the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka, ahead of the start of the event on April 13. The 20-minute "Under the Midnight Rainbow" show, sponsored by Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Daikin Industries Ltd., will be held every night during the expo through mid-October.

Signage and logo of Daikin Industries headquarters

Signage and logo of Daikin Industries headquarters

Signboard and logo of Daikin Industries, Ltd. ＝May 9, 2024, Osaka, Japan.

Daikin's bedding system

Daikin's bedding system

CHIBA, Japan, Oct. 16 Kyodo - A visitor tests a bedding system by Daikin Industries Ltd. that can adjust temperatures, humidity and brightness in response to the sleeper's movements displayed at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies known as CEATEC in Chiba, Japan, on Oct. 15, 2018.

Daikin to expand production in Japan

Daikin to expand production in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Noriyuki Inoue, chairman of Daikin Industries Ltd., says at a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 7, 2015, that the Japanese air conditioner maker will expand its domestic production by moving some production from China.

Daikin to sell new air purifier in Sept.

Daikin to sell new air purifier in Sept.

OSAKA, Japan - Dikin Industries Ltd. unveils in Osaka on Aug. 7, 2014, a new sensor-mounted air purifier capable of detecting PM2.5 pollutants ahead of its launch in September.

Daikin, Mercedes-Benz develop electric vehicle

Daikin, Mercedes-Benz develop electric vehicle

OSAKA, Japan - Daikin Industries Ltd. and Mercedes-Benz Japan Co. take the wraps off a jointly developed electric vehicle, named "Smarpy," on Feb. 27, 2014. The vehicle with the face of Daikin's mascot character "Pichonkun" on its sides was unveiled at a Daikin showroom at Grand Front Osaka in Osaka, western Japan.

Daikin develops electric vehicle

Daikin develops electric vehicle

OSAKA, Japan - Air-conditioner maker Daikin Industries Ltd. unveils in Osaka on Feb. 27, 2014, an electric vehicle it has developed in collaboration with Mercedes-Benz Japan.

Daikin develops electric vehicle

Daikin develops electric vehicle

OSAKA, Japan - Air-conditioner maker Daikin Industries Ltd. unveils in Osaka on Feb. 27, 2014, an electric vehicle it has developed in collaboration with Mercedes-Benz Japan.

Daikin to acquire Goodman

Daikin to acquire Goodman

OSAKA, Japan - Noriyuki Inoue (L), chairman and chief executive officer of Daikin Industries Ltd., and David Swift, president and chief executive officer of Goodman Global Inc., shake hands during a press conference in Osaka on Aug. 29, 2012. Daikin, the world's largest air conditioner maker, said the same day it will acquire U.S. rival Goodman for $3.7 billion, or about 290 billion yen, by the end of 2012.

Matsushita, Daikin to launch venture in China

Matsushita, Daikin to launch venture in China

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Vice President Yukio Shotoku (R) and Daikin Industries Ltd. President Yukiyoshi Okano shake hands at a press conference Aug. 30 as the two companies announced they will form a venture in the Chinese city of Suzhou in September to make motors for use in air-conditioner compressors

Matsushita, Daikin to launch venture in China

Matsushita, Daikin to launch venture in China

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Vice President Yukio Shotoku (R) and Daikin Industries Ltd. President Yukiyoshi Okano shake hands at a press conference Aug. 30 as the two companies announced they will form a venture in the Chinese city of Suzhou in September to make motors for use in air-conditioner compressors (Kyodo)

Water droplet character "Pichon-kun" featured in Osaka billboard

Water droplet character "Pichon-kun" featured in Osaka billboard

A billboard featuring Pichon-kun -- a personified water droplet -- is lit up on the rooftop of a building in Osaka on the night of March 16, 2016. Pichon-kun, from "pichon," an onomatopoeia in Japanese for the sound made by falling droplets, is a character used by Japan's top air-conditioner maker Daikin Industries Ltd. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

CORRECTED: Daikin's bedding system

CORRECTED: Daikin's bedding system

A visitor tests a bedding system by Daikin Industries Ltd. that can adjust temperatures, humidity and brightness in response to the sleeper's movements displayed at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies known as CEATEC in Chiba, Japan, on Oct. 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Daikin Industries opens new R&D center in Osaka

Daikin Industries opens new R&D center in Osaka

Daikin Industries Ltd., a major air conditioner manufacturer, shows the press its newly completed Technology and Innovation Center in Settsu, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 25, 2015. The center, launched the same day, gathers some 700 technology development engineers previously scattered in different departments at three Daikin plants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Daikin Industries opens new R&D center in Osaka

Daikin Industries opens new R&D center in Osaka

Daikin Industries Ltd., a major air conditioner manufacturer, shows the press the inside of its newly completed Technology and Innovation Center in Settsu, Osaka Prefecture, in western Japan on Nov. 25, 2015. The center, launched the same day, gathers some 700 technology development engineers previously scattered in different departments at three Daikin plants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Daikin Industries

Daikin Industries

Employees assemble air-conditioners at a factory run by Daikin Industries Ltd. in Sakai, Osaka, on June 20, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Daikin opens new U.S. factory

Daikin opens new U.S. factory

Daikin Industries Ltd. Chairman Noriyuki Inoue (3rd from R) attends the opening ceremony for the leading Japanese air-conditioner maker's new factory near Houston, Texas, on May 24, 2017. Daikin aims to use the factory as a hub for development, production and marketing in the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Daikin opens new U.S. factory

Daikin opens new U.S. factory

Employees work at a new factory of Daikin Industries Ltd. near Houston, Texas, on May 24, 2017. The leading Japanese air-conditioner maker aims to use the factory as a hub for development, production and marketing in the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo