The Nippon Foundation Chairman Sasakawa Named Japanese Governm... - 20 February 2013 17:06

TOKYO, Feb. 20. 2013 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- At a Cabinet session on February 19, the Government of Japan named Nippon Foundation Chairman Yohei Sasakawa as its special representative to help achieve ethnic reconciliation in Myanmar. The newly created post has no fixed tenure. Chi...

  Christian Wijnants Wins 2013 International Woolmark Prize - 17 February 2013 16:49

LONDON, United Kingdom, Feb. 16, 2013 /Medianet International-AsiaNet/ -- Christian Wijnants was announced the winner of the 2013 International Woolmark Prize, during the final award event held at the ME Hotel. For broadcast quality footage and high-res images, please visit the Multimedia News Release: http://me...

  NTT Com Group Offers Total Risk Management Service to Secure O... - 07 February 2013 17:00

TOKYO, Feb. 7 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- NTT Com Group, incorporating NTT Communications (NTT Com), Integralis AG and Secode AB and in cooperation with NTT Secure Platform Laboratories, announced on February 7 that it is launching a security-information event-management (SIEM) techno...

  FINAL FANTASY & FINAL FANTASY II Now Available in Korean on iP... - 30 January 2013 16:00

TOKYO, Jan. 30 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. is pleased to announce the addition of Korean-language support to the current releases of FINAL FANTASY and FINAL FANTASY II for iPhone and iPod Touch. (Photo: http://prw.kyodonews.jp/prwfile/release/M101205/201301289565/...

  Buddhist Leader Issues Peace Proposal Calling for Abolition of... - 28 January 2013 16:00

TOKYO, Jan. 28,2013 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/-- On January 26, 2013, Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist association, published his 31st annual peace proposal, "Compassion, Wisdom and Courage: Building a Global Society of Peace and Creative Coexistence."...

  "Global Appeal 2013" Calls For Immediate Repeal Of Laws And In... - 25 January 2013 16:00

TOKYO, Jan. 25, 2013 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- The Nippon Foundation held a launch ceremony in London on January 24 for the "Global Appeal 2013" designed end stigma and discrimination against people affected by leprosy, calling for the immediate abolition of laws and systems still discrimi...

  Daiwa House Starts HEMS Business In Singapore In First Smart H... - 25 January 2013 14:00

OSAKA, Japan, Jan. 25, 2013 / Kyodo JBN- AsiaNet/ -- Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. announced on January 25 that the Singapore real estate development companies have selected its D-HEMS (Daiwa House's Home Energy Management System) for use in their "Echelon" high-rise condominium development. D-...

  Omron Healthcare Sets Up Subsidiary in South Korea to Sell Med... - 04 January 2013 12:00

KYOTO, Japan, Jan. 4 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd. announced on January 4 the establishment of a South Korean subsidiary, Omron Healthcare Korea Co., Ltd., to expand business there. Set up on January 1, 2013, the subsidiary opened for business on January 2. With the p...

  The Nippon Foundation Delivers Relief Goods for Myanmar's Ethn... - 26 December 2012 16:00

TOKYO, Dec. 26, 2012 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/-- Japan's The Nippon Foundation, which had promised to donate $3 million in emergency aid to promote peace between the government of Myanmar and the country's ethnic minorities, completed the delivery of its first shipment of relief goods to Mon...

  "Roppongi Art Night 2013" To Open In March Next Year Under The... - 21 December 2012 16:00

TOKYO, Dec. 21 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- - Tokyo's Representative Art Event, Attracting As Many As 700,000 Visitors - As part of the Tokyo Culture Creation Project, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture will hold the largest al...