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NEC to beef up DX business

NEC Corp. President Takayuki Morita explains the company's plan to strengthen its digital transformation business during a briefing session in Tokyo on May 30, 2024.

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NEC head office

Photo taken on Jan. 5, 2023, shows the headquarters building of NEC Corp. in Tokyo.

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NEC Corp. HQ

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 30 Kyodo - Photo taken March 2, 2015, shows the head office of NEC Corp. in Tokyo.

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NEC develops technology to find fake products

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's NEC Corp. has developed a technology that can recognize patterns on each product and tell whether the product is real or fake, using a smartphone camera. A smartphone display in this photo taken on Nov. 10, 2014, shows the bag's detailed information including at which store it was purchased.

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NEC's satellite operation device

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. shows a device to check the operation of a satellite in space at its new facility in Tokyo's Chofu on July 2, 2014.

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Watching over family using robot

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. shows reporters a small robot called PaPeRo petit in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2013. NEC said it will offer a new service from as early as January 2014 that will allow family members living apart to watch over each other utilizing the robot and cloud computing technology.

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NEC to raise 130 bil. yen from banks

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiro Endo, president of NEC Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 26, 2013. NEC said the same day it will raise a total of 130 billion yen from banks including Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and the Development Bank of Japan to improve its financial standing.

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Portable DNA analyzer

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a portable DNA analyzer unveiled by NEC Corp. in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2012. NEC said the device can analyze DNA in less time than conventional methods to help speed up criminal investigations by police.

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NEC's LifeTouch tablet

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds a NEC Corp.-made LifeTouch tablet computer in Tokyo on June 18, 2012. NEC will launch on July 5, 2012, in Japan a 10.1-inch model of its LifeTouch tablet computer series for family use.

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NEC initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. holds an initiation ceremony for its newly hired employees in Tokyo on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year.

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NEC initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 2, 2012, shows newly hired employees of NEC Corp. attending the company's initiation ceremony in Tokyo. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year.

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NEC to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. President Nobuhiro Endo holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2012. Endo said the company will cut 10,000 jobs worldwide -- 7,000 domestic and 3,000 overseas -- in the first half of fiscal 2012. The measure is part of NEC's restructuring as its earnings have deteriorated due to the effects of the massive flooding in Thailand and sluggish mobile phone business.

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Japan companies begin offering jobs to prospective graduates

KAWASAKI, Japan - Students graduating in March 2012 attend a ceremony at an NEC Corp. office in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on Oct. 1, 2011, to formally receive job offers from the computer technology company. NEC and some other major Japanese companies held ceremonies the same day to notify students of their plans to hire them at the start of the business year beginning next April.

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NEC, Lenovo to launch joint PC venture

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's NEC Corp. President Nobuhiro Endo (R) and Yang Yuanqing, CEO of China's Lenovo Group Ltd., shake hands in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2011, before a press conference. The two companies announced the launch of a joint venture for the Japanese personal computer market through a strategic partnership on the same day.

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NEC, Lenovo eye tie-up on PC business

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2010 shows NEC Corp. headquarters in Tokyo. NEC and China's Lenovo Group Ltd. are in the final stages of talks to tie up in the personal computer business, sources said Jan. 21, 2011.

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NEC's next-generation wireless business

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a plant for next-generation Long Term Evolution wireless access systems at an NEC Corp. subsidiary in Fukushima city on Jan. 20, 2011. NEC said that day it aims at 70 billion yen in sales of the systems in the fiscal year starting in April 2012.

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3-D-capable PCs

TOKYO, Japan - A woman dons glasses to demonstrate NEC Corp.'s new personal computer capable of rendering 3-D imagery in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2010.

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NEC, Neusoft ally on cloud computing service in China

BEIJING, China - Executives of Japan's NEC Corp. and China's Neusoft Corp. pose for photos during a news conference in Beijing on Aug. 31, 2010. The two companies announced a joint venture to offer a wide range of cloud computing services to companies operating in China.

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Bioplastic made from nutshells

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. unveils bioplastic made by bonding cardanol, a primary component of cashew nut shells, and cellulose, a main component of plant stems, in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2010. NEC is aiming for the commercialization of the product by fiscal 2013.

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NEC to release 3-D desktop PC

TOKYO, Japan - An NEC Corp. promoter wearing special glasses demonstrates a prototype desktop personal computer from the Japanese electronics maker that enables users to watch 3-D video programs in Tokyo on April 19, 2010. NEC plans to release a commercial model by the end of September.

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NEC to invest 15 bil. yen on cloud computing services by FY 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiro Endo, senior vice president of NEC Corp., speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. Endo, 56, who will be appointed company president on April 1, 2010, said NEC will invest around 15 billion yen to enhance data centers for cloud computing over a three-year period as it embarks on an ambitious goal for a tenfold increase in net profit by fiscal 2012.

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NEC to promote Senior Vice President Endo to president

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. Senior Vice President Nobuhiro Endo, who will replace current President Karou Yano, briefs reporters on the company's medium-term business plan during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2010. Endo will become president on April 1 while Yano will become chairman with the right to represent the company.

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NEC to promote Senior Vice President Endo to president

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. President Kaoru Yano (R) and Senior Vice President Nobuhiro Endo shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2010. Endo will become president of NEC on April 1 while Yano will become chairman with the right to represent the company.

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Chipmakers Renesas, NEC Electronics to merge by next April

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. President Kaoru Yano answers questions from reporters at a press conference in Tokyo on April 27 during which the company announced a merger between its affiliate NEC Electronics Corp. and Renesas Technology Corp.

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Chipmakers Renesas, NEC Electronics to merge by next April

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Electronics Corp. President Toshio Nakajima (L) and Renesas Technology Corp. President Yasushi Akao shake hands at a joint press conference announcing a merger between their companies.

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Chipmakers Renesas, NEC Electronics in talks to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 16 shows the building housing Renesas Technology Corp.'s headquarters in Tokyo. Japanese chipmakers NEC Electronics Corp. and Renesas Technology are considering integrating their operations to weather plummeting demand.

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Chipmakers Renesas, NEC Electronics in talks to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 16 shows NEC Electronics Corp.'s headquarters in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. Japanese chipmakers NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology Corp. are considering integrating their operations to weather plummeting demand.

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NEC to acquire U.S. software firm NetCracker for $300 million

TOKYO, Japan - Andrew Feinberg (L), chief executive officer of NetCracker Technology Corp., and Kaoru Yano, president of NEC Corp., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on June 27. They announced that NEC will acquire the U.S. provider of software and solution services for $300 million around September.

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NEC devises automatic Japanese to English cellphone software

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. said Nov. 30 it has developed an automatic Japanese to English speech translation software tool for mobile phones for Japanese travelers abroad.

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Ex-NEC president, chairman Sekimoto dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Former NEC Corp. President and Chairman Tadahiro Sekimoto (file photo taken April 1997), known for making the company a global computer giant during his 18-year tenure in the two top posts, died of a stroke Nov. 11 at a Tokyo hospital, the company said Nov. 12. He was 80. (Kyodo

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Nissan, NEC to supply advanced lithium-ion batteries by 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. Executive Vice President Carlos Tavares (2nd R) and Nissan Senior Vice President Minoru Shinohara (R) pose with NEC Tokin Corp. President Takehiko Nakata (L) and NEC Corp. Managing Executive Officer Konosuke Kashima (2nd L) on April 13 in Tokyo after the three companies agree to set up a joint venture in Japan later this month to develop and market a new type of lithium-ion battery for gas-electric hybrid and other ecological vehicles by 2009.

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NEC, NTT develop robot helping parents monitor kids at remote sites

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said on Oct. 25 they have jointly developed a robot to enable parents to watch over children at remote locations via Net-linked video cameras and instruct it on how to care for them via Net-linked cellphones. The two firms said that they will test the robot at two nursing schools in Tokyo and Minami-Alps, Yamanashi Prefecture, from November to the year-end, with an eye to applying it to commercial use in view of the growing need to protect children from crimes and accidents while parents are away.

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NEC, Matsushita to form joint venture for cellphone development

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Yano (L), president of NEC Corp., and Fumio Otsubo, president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on July 27. They announced that the two companies will establish an equally owned joint venture for the development of new handsets in early October.

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PC makers' call centers gear up to meet customers

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. PC call center staffs receive calls from customers in Tokyo in April.

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NEC names Yano as new president

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. Vice President Kaoru Yano speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 15 after he was named as new president to succeed Akinobu Kanasugi. The appointment will take effect on April 1.

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NEC launches world's thinnest fold-type, camera mobile phone

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. has launched the world's thinnest folding-type mobile phone with a 1.3 mega-pixel digital camera on the Hong Kong market, the company said on Sept. 21. In the folded position, the phone, 96 grams in weight, is 11.9 millimeters thick. NEC will sell the new mobile phone in overseas markets, but not in Japan, which uses a different transmission system.

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NEC expecting year-end pickup in demand for digital appliances

TOKYO, Japan - Akinobu Kanasugi, president of NEC Corp., spoke in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. Kanasugi brushed aside signs of a slowdown in demand for digital consumer electronics that has helped lead Japan's economic recovery.

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Used PC market expanding rapidly

TOKYO, Japan - Workers at a maintenance plant of NEC Personal Products Co., a subsidiary of NEC Corp., in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, exchanges parts of used personal computers.

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Elpida starts construction of world's DRAM plant

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Yukio Sakamoto, president of Elpida Memory Inc., briefs reporters at the Hiroshima Prefectural government office on construction of a dynamic random access memory chip plant which he claims has the world's largest production capacity. Elpidia, a joint venture between NEC Corp. and Hitachi Ltd., will invest some 450-500 billion yen in construction of the plant in Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture.

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NEC's group net balance returns to black in FY 2003

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. President Akinobu Kanasugi smiles as he announced the group's earnings results for fiscal 2003 at a news conference in Tokyo on April 28. NEC said its group net balance swung into the black due partly to buoyant sales of cellphones and optical disk drives.

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Mitsubishi Electric develops high-resolution LCD

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Monday it has developed a liquid crystal display (LCD) (photo) that is three times as bright as existing high-resolution LCDs and 1.5 times better in color reproduction. The LCD, jointly developed with NEC-Mitsubishi Electric Visual Systems Corp., can be used for the printing and photographic industries as well as for medical purposes.

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NEC to launch credit-card shaped mobile phone in China

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. said Feb. 3 it has developed a mobile phone (shown) which has the same shape as a credit card and will launch the product later this month in China. The mobile phone, which is 85 millimeters by 54 mm and 8.6 mm thick, comes with a built-in digital camera, an earphone and a tiny microphone.

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NEC to sell plasma-display unit to Pioneer

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. President Akinobu Kanasugi (L) and Pioneer Corp. President Kaneo Ito shake hands at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 3. They said Pioneer will acquire in fiscal 2004 all outstanding shares in NEC Plasma Display Corp., a producer of plasma-display panels wholly owned by NEC. At present, Pioneer and NEC both have about 10% of the global plasma-display market.

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NEC to boost shipments of mobile handsets abroad

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. President Akinobu Kanasug announces a mid-term business plan at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 30. The plan aims to boost annual shipments of mobile handsets for overseas markets to 12.5 million units.

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5 Japan makers to sell PCs with Windows XP Media Center OS

TOKYO, Aug. 6 Kyodo - Michael Rawding, president of Microsoft Co., the Japan arm of Microsoft Corp., speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Aug. 6. He said five of Japan's major computer makers will start selling personal computers (PCs) equipped with the Japanese version of the Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system in the fall. The five are Fujitsu Ltd., Hitachi Ltd., NEC Corp., Sotec Co., and Toshiba Corp.

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NEC Electronics gets off to strong start on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Tosaka (R), president of NEC Electronics Corp., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) on July 24 after the company's stocks drew strong interest on the TSE on their first day of trading.

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NEC to release PC with built-in fuel cell

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. plans to release a personal computer (PC) powered by a built-in fuel cell in 2004. The planned PC (photo), which is 288 millimeters by 261 mm by 40 mm, will be able to operate for five consecutive hours. Weighing 900 grams, the refillable fuel cell limits the gross weight of the PC to 2 kilograms.

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NEC expects to dip into red

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Matsumoto, executive vice president of NEC Corp., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 8 about the company's group earnings forecast for the fiscal year ended March 31.

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NEC names Executive Vice President Kanasugi as president

TOKYO, Japan - Akinobu Kanasugi, newly named president of NEC Corp., speaks to reporters at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Jan. 20 about his management policy. Kanasugi, NEC's executive vice president, will take over the presidency March 28. The appointment is to be endorsed at a board meeting in March.

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NEC, HP tie up to offer computer outsourcing services

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. President Koji Nishigaki (R) and Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Carly Fiorina shake hands at a Tokyo hotel Dec. 12. They announced the two companies will cooperate to offer computer outsourcing services to corporate clients in Japan, China, the United States and elsewhere.