Mitsubishi, Nissan to join transmission businesses

Mitsubishi, Nissan to join transmission businesses

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Vice President Hiroshi Yajima, Jatco TransTechnology Ltd. Chairman Kenichi Sasaki and Nissan Motor Co. Accounting Officer Kiyohito Shinohara shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4. MMC and Nissan announced an agreement to integrate their automatic transmission (AT) and continually variable transmission (CVT) businesses. MMC will spin off its AT and CVT divisions into a new company to integrate it with Nissan's transmission subsidiary Jatco TransTechnology by the middle of 2002.

Biologist develops red tide-monitoring system using pearl oysters

Biologist develops red tide-monitoring system using pearl oysters

Kiyohito Nagai, head of pearl jewelry maker K. Mikimoto & Co.'s research institute, holds a pearl oyster at his lab in Shima, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 25, 2015. He has developed a red tide-monitoring system that uses sensors attached to bivalve shellfish to detect their biological reactions, with the results relayed to the smartphones of staff researchers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Biologist develops shellfish-tied system to monitor red tide

Biologist develops shellfish-tied system to monitor red tide

Kiyohito Nagai, head of pearl jewelry maker K. Mikimoto & Co.'s research institute, holds a sensor-equipped pearl oyster at his lab in Shima, Mie Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2015. He has developed a red tide-monitoring system that uses sensors attached to bivalve shellfish to detect their biological reactions, with the results relayed to the smartphones of staff researchers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Mitsubishi, Nissan to join transmission businesses

Mitsubishi, Nissan to join transmission businesses

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Vice President Hiroshi Yajima, Jatco TransTechnology Ltd. Chairman Kenichi Sasaki and Nissan Motor Co. Accounting Officer Kiyohito Shinohara shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4. MMC and Nissan announced an agreement to integrate their automatic transmission (AT) and continually variable transmission (CVT) businesses. MMC will spin off its AT and CVT divisions into a new company to integrate it with Nissan's transmission subsidiary Jatco TransTechnology by the middle of 2002.