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Sep 27, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Keiichi Furukawa
TOKYO -- Japan Airlines will start offering similar pay to senior workers as they earned before retiring under a new salary scheme from October as the aviation industry faces a growing staffing crisis, Nikkei has learned. The official retirement age at JAL is 60. The airline currently offers yearly contracts for those who wish to continue working for 40% to 60% less pay.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Keiichi Furukawa
TOKYO -- Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen will work with a domestic industrial waste processor to create a facility in Japan for dismantling vessels safely, looking to promote recycling of the highly pure iron used in shipbuilding. NYK Line, as the company is better known, recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Oono Associates for a joint study. The dismantling will be carried out at a dry dock owned by Oono in central Japan's Aichi prefecture near Nagoya.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Keiichi Furukawa
TOKYO -- Japan Airlines (JAL) and flag carrier Garuda Indonesia will soon bolster their business tie-up by launching a revenue-sharing arrangement to maximize earnings on routes, Nikkei has learned. JAL and Garuda, which have been in a code-sharing agreement since 2018, will enter into a joint venture. The two sides will coordinate schedules and fares, providing passengers with more convenient connections.
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Jun 2, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Keiichi Furukawa
DUBAI -- Japan Airlines will begin codeshare flights with India's top carrier IndiGo in October, a move that will improve access for travelers from Tokyo to the world's fastest-growing major economy. The deal, which lets the airlines sell tickets on each other's flights, was reached here Sunday and marks JAL's first new international partnership since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Keiichi Furukawa
TOKYO -- All Nippon Airways will partner with Air India to offer codeshare flights from late May, seeking to claim 40% of passenger traffic between the two countries as India is expected to become the third largest aviation market after China and the U.S.Codesharing will begin on ANA's Haneda-Delhi and Narita-Mumbai routes as well as on Air India's Narita-Delhi route. Both Haneda and Narita airports serve Tokyo.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Keiichi Furukawa
TOKYO -- Sony Group will begin mass-producing laser diodes that promise to help double the capacity of hard disk drives (HDDs) and meet today's insatiable demand for data centers, Nikkei has learned. Sony Semiconductor Solutions will start producing the diodes in May, partnering with Seagate Technology of the U.S., which will use the parts for 3.5-inch HDDs that can store 30 terabytes worth of data, about twice the amount of conventional products.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Keiichi Furukawa
TOKYO -- Sony Group will begin mass-producing laser diodes that promise to help double the capacity of HDDs and meet today's insatiable demand for data centers, Nikkei has learned. Sony Semiconductor Solutions will start producing the diodes in May, partnering with Seagate Technology of the U.S., which will use the parts for 3.5-inch HDDs that can store 30 terabytes worth of data, about twice the amount of conventional products.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Keiichi Furukawa
TOKYO -- A joint venture between Sony Group and Honda Motor will introduce three electric vehicle models by the late 2020s as the corporate heavyweights gear up to compete in an increasingly competitive and global EV market, Nikkei has learned. Sony Honda Mobility will debut a sedan in 2025, an SUV in 2027 and an "affordable" compact in 2028 or later. The three models will go up against Tesla in the U.S.
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Feb 3, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Keiichi Furukawa
TOKYO -- Sony Group's video game business is swinging to new heights thanks to its immensely popular Spiderman game, seeing a record 123 million monthly active users on PlayStation in December. Yet, the latest console, PlayStation 5, appears to have lost momentum with users despite resolving a supply shortage that had dogged the model since its 2020 launch. How far can the PlayStation business sustain its vigor with a concerted sales promotion as a tailwind?
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Dec 29, 2023 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Tsuyoshi Tamehiro |Keiichi Furukawa |Yoichiro Hiroi
TOKYO -- Nikon, Sony Group and Canon are developing camera technology that embeds digital signatures in images so that they can be distinguished from increasingly sophisticated fakes. Nikon will offer mirrorless cameras with authentication technology for photojournalists and other professionals. The tamper-resistant digital signatures will include such information as date, time, location and photographer.
