NTT Docomo to set up machine translation startup

NTT Docomo to set up machine translation startup

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Eto (C), head of NTT Docomo Inc.'s R&D Strategy Department, and other officials clasp hands at a press meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2014, held to announce the launch of a machine translation startup in a joint venture with two other firms. Eto is to assume the presidency of the new company.

Building R&D center toward Fukushima plant decommission

Building R&D center toward Fukushima plant decommission

NARAHA, Japan - Japan Atomic Energy Agency holds a groundbreaking ceremony in Naraha town, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2014, for a research and development center toward decommissioning Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

QR code inventors win European Patent Office prize

QR code inventors win European Patent Office prize

NAGOYA, Japan - Masahiro Hara (R) of Denso Wave Inc. and Takayuki Nagaya of Toyota Central R&D Labs. Inc. show their Popular Prize awarded by the European Patent Office for their invention of the square "Quick Response Code," or QR code, in a photo taken in Agui, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 8, 2014. Released in 1994, the code is popular globally as a Matrix code, or a two-dimensional barcode, due to the proliferation of cell phones with built-in cameras.

Salmon milt for recovering rare earths

Salmon milt for recovering rare earths

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on May 17, 2013, shows a scene from a presentation at the Japan Sustainable Mining, Investment & Technology business forum delivered by Yoshio Takahashi (R, below), professor of environmental chemistry at Hiroshima University, who belongs to a Japanese research team from the university and Aisin Cosmos R&D Co. The team said it has found a more effective and less costly way of recovering rare earths from mineral ores by using salmon milt.

IHI to launch R&D firm for algae biofuel

IHI to launch R&D firm for algae biofuel

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows algae biofuel (front) and a bottle containing algae at the headquarters of heavy machinery maker IHI Corp. in Tokyo on July 7, 2011. The company said it will jointly establish a research and development company for algae biofuel in early August with a university venture, eyeing commercial production in fiscal 2020.

Honda facility after quake

Honda facility after quake

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on April 8, 2011, shows a facility of Honda R&D Co., a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., in the town of Haga, Tochigi Prefecture, which was damaged by the March 11 quake.

Japan firms bolstering R&D capabilities in China

Japan firms bolstering R&D capabilities in China

OSAKA, Japan - A professor from Shanghai Jiao Tong University teaches a student at the Omron R&D Collaborative Innovation Center in Shanghai.

Japan firms bolstering R&D capabilities in China

Japan firms bolstering R&D capabilities in China

OSAKA, Japan - Omron Corp. opened the Omron R&D Collaborative Innovation Center (Shanghai) in June to conduct joint research with Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Shiseido joins in rush to boost R&D capability in China

Shiseido joins in rush to boost R&D capability in China

BEIJING, China - Shiseido Co., Japan's biggest cosmetics maker, unveils a new and expanded research facility in a ceremony in Beijing on Nov. 28, becoming the latest addition to a growing list of global makeup manufacturers boosting their research capabilities in China.

Shiseido joins in rush to boost R&D capability in China

Shiseido joins in rush to boost R&D capability in China

BEIJING, China - Shiseido Co., Japan's biggest cosmetics maker, unveiled a new and expanded research facility in Beijing on Nov. 28. Photo shows a researcher conducting research at the new facility.

Matsushita launches R&D firm in China

Matsushita launches R&D firm in China

BEIJING, China - Yoichi Morishita, chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., tells reporters in Beijing on Feb. 7 that the company has established a research and development company in Beijing to develop advanced digital technologies for the Chinese market, such as next-generation mobile phones and digital televisions. The new company, Matsushita Research & Development (China) Co. (CMRD), will begin operating in May.

U.S., China ink environment R&D data accord

U.S., China ink environment R&D data accord

BEIJING, China - U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen (L) and Chinese Defense Minister Chi Haotian toast to each other after signing an agreement on exchange of environmental protection research information between their militaries at the new headquarters of the People's Liberation Army in Beijing on July 12.

Person following mobile robot

Person following mobile robot

A robot developed by Honda R & D Co. that detects and follows a target person is unveiled to the media in Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Nov. 1, 2022.

Self-driving car

Self-driving car

Takeshi Kandatsu (L), the mayor of Joso city, takes a test ride in a self-driving vehicle developed by Honda R & D Co. in the Ibaraki Prefecture city near Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2022.

Japan trade minister Nishimura in Silicon Valley

Japan trade minister Nishimura in Silicon Valley

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura (C) visits an R&D facility operated by Toyota Motor Corp. in Silicon Valley, California, on Sept. 10, 2022.

Japan's Gamba lose 2-0 to China's R&F in ACL opener

Japan's Gamba lose 2-0 to China's R&F in ACL opener

Defender Daiki Niwa (C) of Japanese side Gamba Osaka attempts a header in the first half of a match against China's Guangzhou R&F in an Asian Champions League Group F opener at Expo '70 stadium in Osaka on Feb. 24, 2015. The home team suffered a 2-0 loss. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Gamba suffer loss to China's R&F in ACL opener

Japan's Gamba suffer loss to China's R&F in ACL opener

Midfielder Takashi Usami (C) of Japanese club Gamba Osaka shoots as midfielder Wang Song of China's Guangzhou R&F tries to intercept in the first half of a match in an Asian Champions League Group F opener at Expo '70 stadium in Osaka on Feb. 24, 2015. The home team lost 2-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Honda's FCV unveiled in Los Angeles

Honda's FCV unveiled in Los Angeles

Photo taken Nov. 17, 2015, in Los Angeles shows Honda Motor Co.'s "Clarity Fuel Cell," unveiled for the first time, and Kiyoshi Shimizu, chief engineer at Honda R&D Co., who led the vehicle's development project. The car to be launched in Japan in March 2016 and in the United States by the end of that year will be displayed at the Los Angeles Auto Show from Nov. 18 through Nov. 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Toyota to set up R&D entity on artificial intelligence

Toyota to set up R&D entity on artificial intelligence

Gill Pratt (L), who will become the chief executive officer of Toyota Research Institute, shakes hands with Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 6, 2015. The Japanese automaker will set up the new entity in the United States in January 2016 for conducting research and development of artificial intelligence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Toyota to set up R&D entity on artificial intelligence

Toyota to set up R&D entity on artificial intelligence

Gill Pratt, who will become the chief executive officer of Toyota Research Institute, speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 6, 2015. Toyota Motor Corp. said the same day it will set up the new entity in the United States in January 2016 for conducting research and development of artificial intelligence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese R&D firm's noninvasive patient monitoring device

Japanese R&D firm's noninvasive patient monitoring device

Mitsuhiro Sakamoto, president of Ideaquest Inc., a start-up that originated at Keio University, explains a noninvasive infrared device developed by the company to monitor patients, in Tokyo in May 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Suntory World Research Center completed in Kyoto Pref.

Suntory World Research Center completed in Kyoto Pref.

Suntory Holdings Ltd. holds a ceremony to commemorate the completion of the Suntory World Research Center in the town of Seika, Kyoto Prefecture, on May 27, 2015. It is a new R&D hub for the Japanese beverage giant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Apple to build R&D facility in Yokohama

Apple to build R&D facility in Yokohama

Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi announces at a press conference on March 25, 2015, that U.S. computer maker Apple Inc. plans to build a technology development facility at a former Panasonic Corp. plant site in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. "Apple's presence could trigger a virtuous cycle where new values and industries will be created," Hayashi said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Clinical trial eyed on candidate drug against prion disease

Clinical trial eyed on candidate drug against prion disease

Prof. Kazuo Kuwata of the United Graduate School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Sciences of Gifu University shows off a facility for testing a candidate drug against prion disease in Gifu, central Japan, on Feb. 13, 2015. His R&D team will begin a clinical trial on the drug, which the university claims will be the first such study in the world, probably in January 2017. (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

Japan, Germany, Russia build welding facility in Vladivostok

Japan, Germany, Russia build welding facility in Vladivostok

Manabu Tanaka (L), head of the Joining and Welding Research Institute, Osaka University, and officials of Russia's Far Eastern Federal University and Germany's Technical University of Dortmund greet one another in Vladivostok after signing a memorandum on closer ties among them at a ceremony on April 29, 2015, marking the completion of a joint R&D facility. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Gamba thrash Guangzhou 5-0 in ACL game

Gamba thrash Guangzhou 5-0 in ACL game

Forward Patric (L) of Japan's Gamba Osaka scores his second goal past goalkeeper Liu Dianzuo of China's Guangzhou R&F in the first half of an Asian Champions League match in Guangzhou on April 22, 2015. Gamba won 5-0 to keep alive their hopes of advancing to the final round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Mobile power supply system by Toyota, Honda

Mobile power supply system by Toyota, Honda

Photo taken in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2020, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s fuel cell bus and Honda R&D Co.'s portable batteries to be mounted on the bus to together constitute a movable power supply system. Electricity supply under this system, whose test operation will begin in September, is meant to target evacuation centers and other facilities that may experience a power shortage due to disasters and other emergencies.

Honda aims to develop fully self-driving cars by around 2025

Honda aims to develop fully self-driving cars by around 2025

Two self-driving vehicles of Honda Motor Co. run on a course at the company's R&D center in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on June 5, 2017. Honda announced on June 8 that it will aim to develop fully self-driving cars by around 2025. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese firm opens steel factory in Myanmar's Yangon

Japanese firm opens steel factory in Myanmar's Yangon

Officials of Japanese iron and steel trader R&K Trading Co. attend a ceremony in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, on Nov. 11, 2016 to inaugurate a state-of-the-art steel factory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo