Freshworks onbaords Sandie Overtveld as Senior Vice President for APJ & MEA

Freshworks Inc., announced the appointment of Sandie Overtveld as the Senior Vice President for its Asia-Pacific, Japan (APJ) and Middle East and Africa (MEA) markets. In this new role based in Singapore, Sandie will oversee Freshworks’ growth efforts in these regions and work with brands to help them keep customers and employees at the center of business. […]
Pie Systems announces partnership with JAPAN POST BANK

Pie Systems Japan Co., Ltd., one of the leading Travel Tech which provides the VAT refund solution PIE VAT and a subsidiary of Pie Systems Inc, recently announced a strategic partnership agreement with JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd., a bank in the Japan Post Group which provides comprehensive financial services to a wide range of […]
Chevron partners MOECO exploring advanced geothermal power generation technology

Chevron New Energies International Pte, Ltd. (Chevron), and Mitsui Oil Exploration Co., Ltd (MOECO) recently announced the signing of a Joint Collaboration Agreement to explore the technical and commercial feasibility of advanced geothermal power generation in Japan. Building on Chevron and MOECO’s long-standing relationship, the new collaboration will study geothermal resource potential across Japan and […]
Excelra announces partnership with Patcore

Excelra recently announced a partnership with Patcore, Inc., providing greater access to Excelra’s scientific data and analytics products for customers in Japan. Excelra is one of the leading global data and digital insights organization. Its GOSTAR platform is the largest manually curated medicinal chemistry intelligence database, providing comprehensive, structured SAR data for more than 9 million […]
Honda partners Hanwa for stable procurement of essential metals

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) recently announced that it has established a strategic partnership with Hanwa Co., Ltd. (Hanwa), a major Japan-based trading company, toward stable procurement of essential metals for batteries necessary for its electrified vehicles. To realize carbon neutrality for all of its products and corporate activities by 2050, Honda is striving to […]
Prospection partners Medical Data Vision accelerating healthcare analytics

Health analytics pioneer, Prospection has announced a unique global data access agreement with one of the leading Japanese medical data company Medical Data Vision to accelerate healthcare analytics globally. As per the source, the agreement will provide global pharmaceutical companies and researchers access to comprehensive and longitudinal data covering more than 40 million people in Japan at […]
GlobalLogic appoints Nitesh Banga as President and CEO

GlobalLogic Inc., a Hitachi Group Company and leader in Digital Engineering, recently announced that its President and CEO Shashank Samant will be succeeded by the firm’s current Chief Operating Officer (COO) Nitesh Banga, who will become the new President and CEO effective October, 2022. Nitesh is a well rounded and seasoned executive who has successfully […]
Suzuki reuses small lithium-ion batteries from ELVs in Japan

As part of its non-profitable activity utilizing the net surplus generated from the Japanese vehicle recycling fees, Suzuki Motor Corporation has developed a technology to reuse small lithium-ion batteries collected from ELVs for solar-powered streetlights in Japan. Small lithium-ion batteries collected from ELVs had been disposed with the battery life still remaining. The new technology […]
Luca Japan, Xen Capital announce strategic partnership offering alternative investment solution

Luca Japan Co.Ltd (“Luca Japan”) and Xen Technologies Pte.Ltd (“Xen Capital”) both have agreed to the formation of a strategic partnership wherein Luca Japan Co. Ltd will collaborate with Xen Capital to develop a specialized digital platform for the Japanese market as well as to source world-class alternative investment fund opportunities. Luca Japan currently aims […]
Liquid Group partners Aplus for Japanese cross-border QR Payment market

Liquid Group Pte. Ltd. (“Liquid Group”) recently announced entering into a partnership with Aplus Co. Ltd. (“Aplus”) that will be permitting out the cross-border QR Payments for inbound transactions in Japan. Liquid Group, is a leading cross-border digital payments provider and Aplus Group is a leading payment and consumer credit company, and wherein Aplus Group […]