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Materials, equipment, robotics and the economic-security agenda reshaping Japanese industry.
The multi-stage initiative embeds real-time motion planning software across industrial articulated arms, addressing variable manufacturing and warehouse lines without manual reprogramming.
The 24,500-square-meter Kadoma facility consolidates 500 engineers to cut development lead times by 15% as the supplier prepares…
A bilateral memorandum between TMK and Mitsubishi targets tungsten, molybdenum and lithium processing to reduce Tokyo's reliance…
The transport ministry approved five shipyard expansion plans covering dry dock extensions and robotic welding lines to double…
The Japanese automation giant demonstrated autonomous mobile cobots and generative vision models in Chicago to eliminate rigid…
The 174,000-cubic-meter Fujin Sailor enters commercial service for Chevron in late September as Asian fleets prepare for tighter…
The system eliminates manual teaching by turning 2D and 3D schematics into robot motion, with commercial shipments planned for…
The Japanese automaker joined US venture backers to scale iron nitride production in Minnesota, aiming to insulate its electric…
Chief Executive Hiroo Ota ruled out three-way manufacturing talks, citing antitrust barriers and an existing $31 billion…
Sample shipments of the heat-resistant cells begin by December, targeting factory machinery and automotive sensors to cut cooling…
Funded by a 64.38 billion yen JICA loan, the 97-meter vessels will expand Manila's offshore fleet to seven large hulls as Beijing…
The partnership integrates the Palladyne IQ platform into industrial manipulators to give production lines closed-loop autonomy…
The Japanese robotics maker's British unit named a dedicated account manager for aerospace on Sept.
Nippon Signal and Yaskawa Electric are deploying specialized dual-arm automatons to tackle severe labor shortages across railway…
Economy Minister Ryosei Akazawa met Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to protect Japanese chip suppliers using Tokyo's $550…
Tokyo commits 213.1 billion yen across three consortia to double annual ship completions by 2035 through automated drydocks and…
The Dutch lithography supplier plans a 40% headcount increase by 2030 to install and maintain EUV equipment for cutting-edge…
A high-flow pneumatic upgrade pushes the CRX-30iA into washdown packaging lines, lifting collaborative capacity as the hygienic…
The trade ministry requested initial funding in its fiscal 2027 budget ahead of a formal proposal to member economies in Vietnam…
The Japanese components maker completed construction of its Isahaya site on Sept.
METI enforces tightened supply-plan standards for heavy-rare-earth substitution and drive-motor manufacturing lines across…
Automotive suppliers integrate high-voltage power management silicon into domestic 300mm foundry lines to secure electrified…
Utility-scale battery systems and automated industrial demand response balance western Japan manufacturing corridors during peak…
The Japanese chemical maker completed the consolidation of its PERVIO coating capacity at subsidiary SSLM in Daegu to supply…
The Nagano-based packaging substrate maker said Oct. 13, 2026 it will repurpose a shuttered display line for AI accelerator…
The 373,483-square-meter Mobara factory will yield a 51.4 billion yen gain for JDI while giving Shinko flip-chip substrate…
The 3-billion-yen facility in Dong Nai expands passive component manufacturing outside China as electric vehicles and server…
The procurement decision equips Suzuki's e SKY kei car with a 26 kilowatt-hour pack, intensifying cost competition against…
The 2.12 million yen e SKY undercuts domestic rivals and presses Japanese cell makers as lithium iron phosphate chemistry…
The 24,500-square-meter Kadoma facility consolidates 500 engineers to cut development lead times by 15% as the supplier prepares…
The all-cash buyout of the Vermont PC maker gives the Japanese automation group edge computing hardware to run physical…
The Japanese manufacturers will combine edge chips and robot arms at Ibaraki test sites ahead of an external commercial rollout…
The motion specialist focuses on modular strain wave units as parent firm Harmonic Drive Systems projects ¥68.0 billion in annual…
The 100 billion yen investment will construct a hull-block factory backed by 40 billion yen in Japanese economic security…
The Greek shipowner reserved delivery slots in late 2029 and 2030, turning to Japanese yard capacity as South Korean builders…
The group signed a contract on Oct. 2 to acquire 14.5 hectares for a new hull block plant, backed by up to 40 billion yen in…
The Japanese refiner began commercial shipments from Masan High-Tech Materials on Oct.
The Japanese refiner integrated a 20,000-ton chemical recycling unit to crack plastic waste into crude oil substitute, closing…
The joint venture will restore an idled 80-ton daily generator and build a liquefaction unit at Cosmo Oil's refinery, creating an…
Ministry data shows Tokyo supplied 28.8% of New Delhi's $19.81 billion first-quarter equity inflows as automakers and component…
Japanese delegates in Beijing raised administrative export delays as Chinese magnet shipments to Japan fell 17.1% in August…
Economy Minister Ryosei Akazawa met Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to protect Japanese chip suppliers using Tokyo's $550…