Japanese companies opposed to U.S. slapping additional tariffs on Chinese goods
U.S. subsidiaries of Japanese companies, as well as American and Chinese businesses, have voiced opposition to President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs of up to 25 percent on an additional $300 billion of Chinese products. Companies such as Epson America Inc., Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC and ...
Mitsubishi Chemical to ban employees from smoking during work hours, wherever they are
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. said Tuesday that it will ban employees from smoking during working hours, an unusual move for a major Japanese chemical company. The ban, slated to go into effect from next April, is aimed at protecting employees from secondhand smoke, said the core ...
As technology improves, future of organic solar cells looks bright
The stereotypical image of solar cells may be of panels placed on the roofs of homes or of vast rivers of panels lined up on large swaths of land, often called mega-solar projects. But there is a type of solar cell that is quite different: ...
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. will purchase a majority stake in Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. to provide nitrogen needed by the expanding shale gas business in the United States, Mitsubishi Chemical officials said Tuesday. Mitsubishi Chemical plans to spend over ¥100 billion to make Taiyo Nippon ...
