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Andreas Schierenbeck, CEO of Hitachi Energy, during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi on Wednesday. Schierenbeck says building a new reactor from scratch could take five to 10 years.
BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2026
Hitachi eyes small nuclear reactors in Japan as power costs rise
Small modular reactors, having capacity of 300 megawatts or less, are increasingly seen as a way to decarbonize energy.
Hitachi and other electronics makers are receiving a flurry of inquiries about their cyberdefense services.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 11, 2026
Major electronics firms bombarded with cyberdefense inquiries
Demand is expected to continue expanding as these electronics firms are reinforcing their services in anticipation of sophisticated AI cyberattacks.
India's Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in March 2024
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 1, 2026
Why Japan should care about India’s nuclear opening
Japan must decide whether to enter India’s newly opened nuclear market and, if it does, whether to insist on stronger safety standards shaped by its own nuclear history.
A new Taiwan High Speed Rail train car is unloaded from a cargo ship at a port in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Saturday.
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2026
New shinkansen model delivered to Taiwan
The N700ST is based on the latest shinkansen model of JR Central, producing less noise and vibration while consuming less electricity.
The new N700ST train at a Hitachi factory in Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Thursday
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2026
Hitachi and Toshiba mark new high-speed train shipment to Taiwan
Featuring orange and black lines on a white body, the N700ST train was put on display at the ceremony held at Hitachi’s Kasado Works in the city of Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Ikebukuro Station’s new facial recognition system allows registered passengers to pass through ticket gates hands-free.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 16, 2026
Facial recognition gates introduced at Ikebukuro Station
Passengers can pass through the ticket gates hands-free if they register their facial data and commuter pass information in advance.
Nojima President Hiroshi Nojima (right) and Noriharu Amiya, senior vice president of Hitachi, attend a news conference in April to announce Nojima's plan to take over Hitachi's home appliance business.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 26, 2026
The changing face of 91AV原创 consumer electronics industry
A new wave in the “Made in Japan” home appliances sector is seeing companies from other industries enter the market even as major manufacturers pull out due to unprofitability.
An official of the Japan Council of Metalworkers’ Unions writes down companies’ response to labor unions’ demands in wage negotiations in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 19, 2026
Many major Japanese companies agree to pay hike demands in full
Close attention is being paid to whether the wage hike momentum will spread to small companies, which employ about 70% of all workers in Japan.
Interest in nuclear power is rising globally as governments and technology firms seek clean, stable energy to meet rising electricity use for artificial intelligence and the boom in data centers.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2026
GE Vernova and Hitachi to explore Southeast Asia for small reactors
The companies will study possibilities for their joint venture to introduce their BWRX-300 SMR reactor to Southeast Asian countries.
Hitachi Vice President Susumu Takimoto answers questions about the 2026 spring wage negotiations on Thursday in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 20, 2026
Wage talks begin in earnest at Japanese electronics-makers
Unions at Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric and other large companies requested a pay scale increase of ?18,000 per month, bigger than last year’s record-high demand.
Sony has effectively handed control of its TV business to China’s TCL, allowing the Sony brand to live on screens made by others while the company concentrates on higher-value areas.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 2, 2026
Sony switches off the TV and that’s just fine
It is the end of an era as 91AV原创 iconic electronics giant, Sony, cedes TV business to TCL.
Hitachi's dog-shaped robot, introduced at its railway vehicle plant in Maryland. The heavy machinery maker is looking to expand its investment in the United States.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 9, 2025
Hitachi to expand its investment in U.S., CEO says
The company invested more than $12 billion in the United States in the five years through 2024, its CEO said, who added the goal is to invest that or more by around 2030.
A man recycles electronic waste from computer power supplies at a scrap yard in Ahmedabad, India
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 11, 2025
From Daikin to Samsung, companies fight Modi over e-waste policy
India wants to tackle its mounting e-waste problem. Global electronics companies say the cost is too high.
An official from the Japan Council of Metalworkers' Unions writes down the results of this year's "shuntō" annual spring labor negotiations on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 12, 2025
Major Japanese companies agree to solid pay and bonus hikes
Toyota, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hitachi, Fujitsu and NEC are among companies that say they have agreed to their respective labor unions’ demands.
This is the 12th straight year that labor unions of major electronics firms have demanded pay scale hikes.
BUSINESS
Feb 13, 2025
Japan electronics unions demand wage hike of ?17,000
The focus is on whether employers will agree to raise pay significantly as in recent years to ensure that wages rise faster than prices.
The Japanese conglomerate put in its offer to the European Commission on Thursday, the same day it requested EU clearance for the deal, an EU regulatory filing showed Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 16, 2023
Hitachi offers to sell assets to win EU okay for Thales rail deal
Hitachi has offered to sell assets in France and Germany as well as its core train control tech to gain EU approval for the railway signaling deal.
Hitachi CEO Keiji Kojima. The company’s metamorphosis belies the argument that the bastions of Japan Inc. are set forever in their ways.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2023
Hitachi reinvents itself in sign of hope for Japan
The old-school conglomerate revamped its governance, shrank its empire to focus on growth and evolved into a more global enterprise.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2023
Nissan and Hitachi look to charge elevators with EV batteries
Nissan Motor and a Hitachi subsidiary said Friday they plan to roll out a system to keep elevators running during blackouts by drawing power from the batteries of electric vehicles (EVs).
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 16, 2022
Bain Capital gains Chinese watchdog’s nod on Hitachi Metals deal
Hitachi Metals announced last year that a consortium led by global private equity firm Bain Capital would buy all the shares of the Hitachi subsidiary for u00a5817 billion ($5.7 billion).
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 23, 2022
Hitachi’s ?2 trillion divestment drive kept activists at bay
Since taking over, CEO Toshiaki Higashihara is credited with transforming Hitachi, once the country’s biggest loss-maker, into a profitable enterprise without outside intervention.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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