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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 9, 2019
Tepco and three other companies considering joint firm to build nuclear power plant in Aomori
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and three other companies are considering jointly setting up a new firm to construct and manage a planned nuclear power plant in Aomori Prefecture, informed sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2019
Four Japan firms fined in South Korea for auto parts bid-rigging
South Korea's fair trade commission has ordered four Japanese companies to pay fines totaling 9.2 billion won (¥803 million) for rigging bids on auto parts supplied to South Korean automakers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2019
Hitachi to build 165 train cars for British railway operator Abellio U.K.
Hitachi Ltd. said Wednesday it has reached a deal with British railway operator Abellio U.K. to build 165 train cars for £400 million (¥52.8 billion).
Japan Times
JAPAN / Beyond Tokyo
Jul 26, 2019
In pursuit of a sustainable society, Nagano turns to AI to help craft policy
When times are good, there is less political pressure at the local level anywhere to be economically efficient or carefully scrutinize predictions that a new public works project or expensive industrial or tourism promotion scheme will lead to prosperity in 20 or 30 years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2019
Japan Business Federation chief Nakanishi to return to his post in September after illness
The Japan Business Federation said Friday that Hiroaki Nakanishi will return to his post as chief of the country's biggest business lobby in September after he was hospitalized in late May.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 12, 2019
Intruders jump fence at U.S. nuclear reactor with bomb-grade fuel
Two people jumped a security fence at a GE Hitachi research reactor near San Francisco, the U.S. nuclear power regulator said on Thursday, raising concerns over a plant that is one of the few in the country that uses highly enriched uranium, a material that could be used to make an atomic bomb.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 15, 2019
Hitachi high-speed train unveiled in Britain before launch of London to Leeds service
Hitachi Ltd.'s new high-speed train called Azuma was unveiled in London on Tuesday, a day prior to beginning intercity passenger services.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 24, 2019
Hitachi to acquire U.S. industrial robot-maker for $1.43 billion
Hitachi Ltd. said Wednesday it has reached a deal to buy U.S. assembly robot-maker JR Automation Technologies LLC for $1.43 billion (¥160 billion) to strengthen its factory automation business in the American market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / 3/11: Moving forward
Mar 11, 2019
In aftermath of Fukushima triple meltdown, Japan's nuclear industry faces fierce headwind
This is the last in a five-part series examining how the northeast and the nation are progressing with efforts to deal with the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2019
Hitachi told to improve or else after its firms are caught again deploying foreign trainees illegally
During inspections last year, the Organization for Technical Intern Training found technical interns engaged in work outside the remit of their training programs, sources said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 1, 2019
Ex-Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems executives convicted of bribes after company struck Japan's first plea bargain
A Tokyo court found two former executives of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems guilty of bribing a senior Thai official over a power plant project after the company struck a plea bargain — the nation's first.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2019
Hitachi sees net profit fall due to halting of U.K. nuclear project
Hitachi Ltd. on Friday reported a 68 percent decline in group net profit in the April-December period from a year earlier, with the firm primarily attributing the fall to its subsidiary’s suspension of a nuclear power plant project in the United Kingdom.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 24, 2019
Hitachi to remain in nuclear business after halting plant project in Wales, chairman says
Hitachi Ltd. plans to remain in the nuclear business, its chairman said, even after suspending a reactor project in the U.K. and as public anxiety over the technology persists.
EDITORIALS
Jan 20, 2019
Japan's plans to sell nuclear plants overseas derailed
The government and related industries need to face up to the situation surrounding the nuclear power business and reassess the way forward.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 19, 2019
Hitachi chief's remarks on nuclear industry spark debate
On Jan. 1, Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), held press interviews on the outlook of the business community and, at one point, the discussion turned to nuclear energy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 17, 2019
Hitachi pulls plug on U.K. plant due to investment shortfall, in latest blow for Japan's nuclear export ambitions
The Hitachi Ltd. board decided Thursday to suspend a plan to build two nuclear reactors in the U.K. after facing difficulties in finding investors to help finance the ¥3 trillion ($27.5 billion) project.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2019
Prosecutors seek 18 months for ex-Mitsubishi Hitachi Power executives in landmark plea deal
Prosecutors said on Tuesday they are seeking a sentence of 18 months in prison for two former executives of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Inc. for allegedly bribing a Thai official over a power plant project, in a case that became well known for being the country's first to involve a plea bargain deal.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 17, 2018
Hitachi to acquire Swiss firm ABB's power grid business
Hitachi Ltd. said Monday it has reached a deal to purchase the power grid business of Swiss engineering group ABB Ltd., initially investing $6.4 billion for an 80.1 percent stake before a complete takeover in the future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2018
Hitachi and Switzerland's ABB confirm talks on potential power grid deal
The move would boost Hitachi's position in the growing power transmission and distribution sector, and help it diversify away from its nuclear plant business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 30, 2018
Hitachi and Uber take part in huge London trial aiming to crack electric-car charger shortfall
Uber Technologies Inc. and Hitachi Ltd. are among the companies that will flood London with 3,000 electric vehicles as part of a study aimed at overcoming a shortage of charging points blamed for holding back sales.

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