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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. London North Eastern Railway was set to launch the diesel-electric hybrid train service on Wednesday on an electrified section of track covering about 300 ...
Hitachi Ltd. is considering selling core subsidiary Hitachi Chemical Co., it was learned Thursday. According to sources with knowledge of the matter, Hitachi is in contact with several businesses and investment funds to select a buyer of the unit. The company is set to accelerate the ...
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. Even after the Fukushima No. 1 crisis in March 2011 forced Japan to rethink its ...
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.
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. The Japanese electronics ...
Hitachi boss says nationalization is 'only path' to save Wales nuclear plant project
Hitachi's frozen nuclear power project in Britain can only be revived if it is nationalized, the Nikkei business paper reported the company's chairman as saying on Wednesday. "Nationalization is the only path," Hiroaki Nakanishi was quoted as saying at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting ...
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. "When we build up some nuclear power stations, we have to maintain this for 40, 50, ...
The government and related industries need to face up to the situation surrounding the nuclear power business and reassess the way forward.
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. Nakanishi is also the chairman of Hitachi Ltd., a major supplier of nuclear ...
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. The freezing of the project in Anglesey in Wales would mean that ...
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 ...
Hitachi preparing to suspend Anglesey nuclear power project in U.K.
Hitachi Ltd. is in the final stages of preparations to suspend a project to build a nuclear power plant in the U.K., it was learned Friday. The major heavy machinery-maker will confirm the move at a board meeting that could be held as early as ...
