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Japan Times
17-07-2025
- Business
- Japan Times
Pasona to open resort on Awaji Island
Major staffing agency Pasona Group will open an accommodation facility on Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture on Aug. 1 to offer agricultural experiences. The opening ceremony for Hatake no Resort Sansan Villa was held on Wednesday. The facility has 11 separate villas, each with a field where guests can participate in seasonal farming activities, such as sowing and harvesting. Made with natural materials, the buildings were designed by nine architects, including Sosuke Fujimoto, who designed the Grand Ring, the huge wooden structure that is a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. Pasona Group expects the resort, its first accommodation facility offering farming experiences, to attract 15,000 visitors by the end of fiscal 2028. The accommodation fees start from ¥121,000 for an overnight stay. "In the future, we will consider offering not only one-night stays, but also longer stays, including a monthlong option," a Pasona Group official said. "The concept is to allow people to experience agriculture such as harvesting fresh vegetables while staying comfortably," said Kosuke Tanaka, president of Pasona Agri-partners, the operator of the facility. Pasona Group has relocated some of its headquarters functions from Tokyo to Awaji Island, developing leisure, restaurant and other facilities there.
Associated Press
08-07-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
JCR Pharmaceuticals Enters License Agreement with Alexion for Proprietary JUST-AAV Capsids to be Used in the Development of Genomic Medicines
HYOGO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 8, 2025-- JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (TSE 4552; 'JCR') today announced that it has entered into a license agreement with Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease ('Alexion'), for JCR's new, proprietary JUST-AAV capsids to develop genomic medicines. JUST-AAV encompasses a range of vector types optimized for various target tissues—including liver-sparing, muscle-targeting, and brain-targeting variants—to expand the potential of AAV-based gene therapy. Under the terms of the agreement, Alexion may use the licensed capsids, which are part of the JUST-AAV platform, in up to five of Alexion's genomic medicines programs. JCR will receive an upfront payment from Alexion. JCR is eligible to receive milestone payments of up to USD 225 million related to research and development, and up to USD 600 million related to sales, for a total of up to USD 825 million (approximately JPY 120 billion converted at the exchange rate of JPY 145 to USD), which reflects the aggregate milestones if all five targets are exercised. In addition, JCR is entitled to receive tiered royalties based on net sales. This agreement marks the third partnership between JCR and Alexion, following research collaborations involving J-Brain Cargo ® technology— the first announced in March 2023 for neurodegenerative disease and the second announced in December 2023 for the discovery of oligonucleotide therapeutics. 'I am very pleased to announce the signing of this license agreement for our proprietary AAV capsid platform, JUST-AAV,' said Shin Ashida, Chairman, President and CEO of JCR Pharmaceuticals. 'I believe JUST-AAV has the potential to make a real difference in the development of gene therapies for rare diseases, and I look forward to its application across a broader range of conditions. JCR values its partnership with Alexion, and we are pleased to build on the collaboration we have developed over the years.' The impact of this agreement on JCR's consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, has already been factored into the current earnings forecast. View source version on CONTACT: Investors & Media: JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. Corporate Communications [email protected] KEYWORD: JAPAN ASIA PACIFIC INDUSTRY KEYWORD: SCIENCE OTHER SCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH PHARMACEUTICAL GENERAL HEALTH HEALTH HEALTH TECHNOLOGY SOURCE: JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 07/08/2025 01:58 PM/DISC: 07/08/2025 01:57 PM
Japan Times
20-06-2025
- Politics
- Japan Times
Hyogo governor referred to prosecutors over alleged vote-buying
Police referred Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito to prosecutors Friday on suspicion of vote-buying over his alleged payments to a public relations company for campaign activities in the prefecture's gubernatorial election last November, people familiar with the investigation said. The prefectural police sent papers on Saito, 47, to prosecutors after a criminal complaint was filed last December over the governor's alleged payments in violation of the public offices election law. The police also sent papers on the 33-year-old president of the PR firm. Saito has also been referred to prosecutors for an alleged breach of trust related to a victory parade for local baseball teams. The governor has consistently denied any wrongdoing. Speaking to reporters in Kobe on Friday, Saito said, "There is no change in my recognition that I've acted in compliance with laws, including the public offices election law." The PR company president has not responded to requests for comment. Saito is suspected of paying ¥715,000 to the PR firm on Nov. 4 last year for work on his re-election campaign, which included planning a PR strategy and managing the campaign's social media presence. The PR company president said in an online post on Nov. 20, 2024, three days after the election, that her company had been tasked with overall PR activities by Saito's team. The governor later refuted her claim during a news conference. In December, a lawyer and a university professor filed a criminal complaint against Saito over the alleged payments. After the PR firm refused to cooperate adequately with requests for voluntary questioning and document submissions, investigators seized evidence, including a smartphone, during a raid on the company's office in February. Saito first took office as Hyogo governor in August 2021. After being ousted from the post by the prefectural assembly last September over harassment allegations, he won re-election two months later.
Japan Times
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Japan Times
Hyogo governor slapped with criminal complaint over information leak
A criminal complaint was filed Tuesday against Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito and two others over the leak of private information relating to a whistleblower in the prefecture. Kobe Gakuin University professor Hiroshi Kamiwaki filed the complaint with the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office, alleging violations of the confidentiality duty under the local public service law. The complaint also targeted former Vice Gov. Yasutaka Katayama and Chiaki Inomoto, former head of the prefecture's general affairs department. According to the complaint, Inomoto showed three prefectural assembly members in April 2024 a printed copy of the private information, which had been stored on a computer for official use. The information was regarding a former senior prefectural government official who wrote and distributed a document alleging harassment by Saito, and who died in an apparent suicide July that year. Saito instructed Inomoto to inform the assembly members of the private information, while Katayama approved the leak after hearing from Inomoto about Saito's order, according to the complaint. A third-party investigative committee set up by the prefecture said in a report May 27 this year that Inomoto leaked the private information, likely at the instruction of Saito and Katayama. The committee found that there is a "certain persuasiveness" to the assembly member side's belief that the leak was likely aimed at weakening the credibility of the harassment allegation by casting doubt on the whistleblower's character. Saito has denied his involvement, saying he never ordered the leak. He said the prefecture will not seek criminal charges over the matter. The governor is subject to a separate criminal complaint, which alleges that he paid a public relations company for campaigning activities in the Hyogo gubernatorial election last November. Prefectural police and Kobe prosecutors raided sites linked to the company in February this year.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Mitsubishi Electric to Conduct Demonstration Using CO2 Capture Machine Developed by ITRI in Taiwan
Highly efficient CO2 capture expected to contribute to comprehensive CCU system for achieving carbon neutrality. TOKYO, June 09, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it will launch a demonstration of technology to capture CO2 from flue gas, using a CO2 capture machine developed by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan and installed at Mitsubishi Electric's Advanced Technology R&D Center in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture on June 9. The demonstration will last until September 2027. In April 2024, Mitsubishi Electric and ITRI concluded a basic agreement to cooperate on research targeting sustainability technologies. Since then, they have been engaged in research and development aimed at mitigating climate change through carbon dioxide capture and utilization (CCU) technology. CCU separates and captures CO2 emitted from power plants and factories and then uses the recovered CO2 to produce fuel and chemical products. In the demonstration, Mitsubishi Electric will connect the machine to a steam-generating boiler to test its effectiveness in capturing CO2 contained in boiler's flue gas. The machine uses a solid adsorption method, whereby CO2 is adsorbed onto a solid adsorbent, which is then heated to release and recover the CO2 before CO2 reduction and other processes. Conventionally, CO2 from flue gas has been captured using liquid absorption. In this method, CO2 is absorbed by an aqueous solution of amine, a chemical substance mainly composed of nitrogen atoms that can absorb CO2 and release it when heated or decompressed. However, this method requires a large amount of energy to evaporate the aqueous solution, resulting in energy loss. The new solid adsorption method does not use this evaporation process, thereby reducing the energy required to capture CO2. For the full text, please visit: View source version on Contacts Customer Inquiries Advanced Technology R&D CenterMitsubishi Electric CorporationFax: + Media Inquiries Takeyoshi KomatsuPublic Relations DivisionMitsubishi Electric CorporationTel: + Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
