Japan, Nov 28, 2025 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Sharp has been awarded the "Asia IP Elite 2025" selected by the internationally renowned intellectual property media, Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) for the second consecutive year.Award PlaqueThe Asia IP Elite is an award given by IAM to companies with an intellectual property department and are actively involved in intellectual property transactions and disputes, or that take an innovative approach to extracting value from intellectual property. A total of 101 companies (25 from Japan) have been selected in 2025.Sharp positions its intellectual property strategy as one of its important management strategies, pursuing it together with business and R&D strategies and actively obtaining intellectual property rights. Through such efforts, Sharp is working to enhance its business advantage and enforce its management foundation.To promote this initiative, sharp has been working with Sharp IP Infinity Co., Ltd. which handles intellectual property operations, to strategically create intellectual property value that is closely tied to the field, to create standard essential patents in technological fields such as communications and video, and to strengthen the utilization of intellectual property through international licensing activities.Sharp will continue to proactively pursue intellectual property activities, making use of the knowledge and know-how it has accumulated through its intellectual property activities.About Sharp IP Infinity Co., Ltd.https://sipi.jp.sharp/(Japanese only)  Copyright 2025 JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com. All rights reserved. www.jcnnewswire.com

KAWASAKI, Japan, Nov 28, 2025 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Fujitsu today announced that it has built a platform for NSK Ltd. to support a business model that enables co-creation of value with user companies throughout the product lifecycle of bearing products. This system, which leverages Fujitsu Sustainability Value Accelerator, an offering provided through Fujitsu’s Uvance business model focused on addressing societal challenges, will collect and utilize bearing data across departments, processes, and companies throughout the entire product lifecycle, and provide services for condition monitoring and maintenance. The initiative will promote the reconditioning and reuse of bearing products, supporting NSK's corporate philosophy of contributing to a sustainable society through global environmental conservation, and enhance corporate value.The platform is planned for introduction to bearing product customers as a "Powered by Uvance" product. NSK is currently conducting verification with early adopters and will continuously enhance this system through these trials, aiming for full-scale operation of the platform from 2026. Fujitsu will support NSK in the deployment of this platform, expanding its reach to more users. Furthermore, Fujitsu will continue to promote the circular economy and the generation of new business opportunities through co-creation with NSK, our Uvance Partner. By leveraging reliable data integration, we will realize value co-creation that transcends individual companies and industries, ensuring traceability and environmental value assurance. Figure: Overview of NSK's new business model Comment from Hirofumi Nagai, Head for CMS and PLM Solution Development, Operating Officer, NSK Ltd.:“NSK faced the challenge of developing a new solution from scratch using an agile approach and quickly moving to customer validation. Integrating NSK's proprietary technologies and existing globally deployed condition monitoring solutions also presented significant challenges. By leveraging Fujitsu's solution, we achieved flexible and swift implementation, enabling smooth trial and validation processes. Moving forward, we aim to accelerate initiatives that generate even greater value, such as enhancing decision-making quality through the use of generative AI.”This system integrates and manages data through the bearing product lifecycle for NSK, drawing on Fujitsu's expertise in ensuring traceability within equipment manufacturing supply chains and collecting and managing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data, and applies Fujitsu Sustainability Value Accelerator. This will facilitate comprehensive data management for NSK's bearing products, spanning manufacturing to service operations. By integrating NSK's proprietary solutions—including condition monitoring, maintenance optimization, component reconditioning and reuse, and GHG emissions analysis and reduction—Fujitsu will support the co-creation of new value for NSK users throughout the product life and value chain.Fujitsu built this platform using an agile approach on the Sustainability Value Accelerator and launched the initial prototype within three months of development. Following feedback from user companies and NSK's internal teams, functionalities were expanded, achieving rapid operation in a total of six months.Features include:1. Improved equipment utilization rates through integrated bearing management dataThe system integrates and centrally manages design, development, and manufacturing data for bearing products, as well as condition monitoring data from customer’s machines containing bearings, and shares it across NSK departments. Furthermore, by sharing this data with users, it becomes possible to consider and implement prompt countermeasures tailored to the bearing's operating conditions, thereby improving equipment operational efficiency. This enables more efficient utilization of bearings and contributes to reduced environmental impact.2. Adding environmental value to data through blockchain technologyFujitsu will calculate and record environmental value (i.e., GHG reduction amount) based on resource savings achieved through bearing reconditioning as compared to replacement with new bearings. Leveraging the blockchain technology within the Fujitsu Sustainability Value Accelerator offering, the platform manages inspection and maintenance records, along with GHG reduction data, in a tamper-proof manner. By adding reliability to operational bearing product data, GHG reduction quantities can be leveraged as environmental value, enabling users to reuse bearings with greater peace of mind.3. Optimized customer approach through integration with internal and external systemsThis platform acts as a hub for NSK's internal and external systems, enabling seamless data linkage with user companies' existing equipment management systems. By integrating with NSK's customer management system, it supports the optimization of NSK's customer approach, including the development of tailored service menus and proposals for maintenance implementation based on user company conditions.BackgroundNSK is addressing the urgent challenge of climate change by working to reduce GHG emissions throughout the entire product lifecycle—not only within its own manufacturing processes but also extending to the product usage stage by its user companies. As part of this initiative, NSK aims to establish a new business model that co-creates value with user companies across the entire process, from the maintenance and repair of equipment incorporating bearing products to their disposal. To support this, NSK required a platform that could collect and utilize data across its organization to realize various service operations—such as bearing condition monitoring, maintenance, reconditioning (restoring for reuse), and replacement—by integrating NSK's unique product and diagnostic technologies with data from user companies.In response, commissioned by NSK, Fujitsu utilized Fujitsu Sustainability Value Accelerator which ensures traceability of data across companies and industries and supports the realization of a circular economy, to build a platform for the core of NSK's business model.About Powered by Uvance / Uvance PartnerTo achieve the sustainable world envisioned by "Uvance," the presence of partners who bring together diverse knowledge and technologies to co-create the future is essential. These Uvance Partners integrate "Uvance" offerings to develop and provide innovative "Powered by Uvance" products leveraging cutting-edge technologies and expertise. Fujitsu will grow together with Uvance Partners, expanding business and contributing to solving societal challenges.Fujitsu's Commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015 represent a set of common goals to be achieved worldwide by 2030.Fujitsu’s purpose - "to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation" - is a promise to contribute to the vision of a better future empowered by the SDGs.About FujitsuFujitsu's purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As the digital transformation partner of choice for customers around the globe, our 113,000 employees work to resolve some of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Our range of services and solutions draw on five key technologies: AI, Computing, Networks, Data & Security, and Converging Technologies, which we bring together to deliver sustainability transformation. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 3.6 trillion yen (US$23 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 and remains the top digital services company in Japan by market share. Find out more: global.fujitsuPress ContactsFujitsu LimitedPublic and Investor Relations DivisionInquiries  Copyright 2025 JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com. All rights reserved. www.jcnnewswire.com

KAWASAKI, Japan, Nov 28, 2025 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Fujitsu today announced the launch of the Japan Edition of SAP Fioneer Cloud for Insurance, a next-generation platform designed to support core operations in the Japanese insurance industry. Developed in strategic partnership with SAP Fioneer GmbH, the new platform will be available in Japan starting at the end of November, 2025.Built upon SAP Fioneer's globally proven SAP Fioneer Cloud for Insurance [1], the new edition integrates Fujitsu's proprietary functionalities and services tailored to the specific regulatory requirements and business practices of the Japanese insurance market. These all-in-one platform covers a comprehensive range of core insurance operations and systems such as product, policy and claim management. Offered as part of Fujitsu's Uvance initiatives focused on the financial industry, which aim to accelerate digital transformation for financial institutions and contribute to solving societal challenges, the platform will support operational improvements for Japanese insurance companies and drive business transformation across the industry.The platform is enhanced with Fujitsu's unique developments, including functions, templates, and external data linkage capabilities that address specific Japanese market processes and legal regulations. As a first step, the platform will primarily feature common functions and business processes, such as language settings, along with capabilities specifically for automobile insurance, a high-demand area for both agency-based and online insurance.Fujitsu will continue to expand the Japan Edition of SAP Fioneer Cloud for Insurance to support various types of insurance, including automobile insurance. This expansion will drive product, channel, and process transformation, as well as strengthen governance within the Japanese insurance industry.Through the provision of financial industry-focused initiatives with Uvance, Fujitsu will help to enhance the operations of financial institutions and advance the realization of a more prosperous society.Features and benefits of the new editionThe Japan Edition of SAP Fioneer Cloud for Insurance operates on SAP Fioneer Cloud for Insurance and SAP SE's foundational technology, SAP Business Technology Platform.All-in-one platform that enables rapid implementation tailored to unique Japanese insurance market requirements and business customsThis platform offers add-on functionalities, including product templates aligned with Japanese insurance structures, standard business processes from quotation to renewal management, legal compliance, and custom applications, including those for grade-based systems and various surcharges/discounts in automobile insurance.Providing additional add-on functionalities like integrated front-end screens for insurance companies and agencies as well as data creation for external linkage.Improve maintainabilityStandardized functions required by the Japanese insurance industry to minimize the need for individual customization.Local support in Japan offered by Fujitsu to ensure meticulous service delivery.Reduce TCO in non-competitive areasThis platform enables insurance companies to reduce their Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in non-competitive areas – i.e., business processes that are common across the industry and the systems that support them.Standardization of operations allows insurance companies to reallocate resources towards competitive areas, such as developing new services and enhancing customer experience. Figure: Features offered within the Japan Edition of SAP Fioneer Cloud for InsuranceThe insurance industry is facing dramatic changes in customer needs and the competitive environment, driven by factors such as rapid technological advancement, an aging population and declining birthrate, the emergence of the digital native generation, and the entry of FinTech companies. This necessitates accelerating digital transformation (DX) to address aging systems, IT talent shortages, and governance needs. While adopting global standard core business platform represents one solution, customizing them for the Japanese market remains a major challenge. The Japan Edition of SAP Fioneer Cloud for Insurance was developed in response to these challenges.[1] SAP Fioneer Cloud for Insurance:SAP Fioneer solution that covers end-to-end core insurance business processes, including product management, quoting and underwriting, contract management, insurance payments, and claims collection. It is built on SAP Fioneer’s proven and performant technology and trusted by major insurers around the world.Fujitsu's Commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015 represent a set of common goals to be achieved worldwide by 2030.Fujitsu’s purpose — “to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation” — is a promise to contribute to the vision of a better future empowered by the SDGs.About FujitsuFujitsu's purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As the digital transformation partner of choice for customers around the globe, our 113,000 employees work to resolve some of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Our range of services and solutions draw on five key technologies: AI, Computing, Networks, Data & Security, and Converging Technologies, which we bring together to deliver sustainability transformation. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 3.6 trillion yen (US$23 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 and remains the top digital services company in Japan by market share. Find out more: global.fujitsuPress ContactsFujitsu LimitedPublic and Investor Relations DivisionInquiries  Copyright 2025 JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com. All rights reserved. www.jcnnewswire.com

TOKYO, Nov 27, 2025 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has developed a sales support solution that leverages Agentic AI to advance digital transformation (DX) for sales. Based on sales representatives' activity records, such as meeting minutes, and standard proposal templates, this solution automatically generates sales proposals and discussion sheets that address customer challenges all at once. The solution is expected to be available in Japan starting in late March 2026.Additionally, the solution leverages internally accumulated information assets to enable high-quality proposals that are not dependent on individual employee expertise. Moreover, it can integrate with existing sales support systems already in use within a company. This can significantly improve the operational efficiency of sales representatives without major changes to business workflows, enabling them to quickly deliver high-quality proposals to customers.NEC promotes the DX of sales using a wide range of resources and expertise, including AI, thereby contributing to the advancement and efficiency of sales operations.Solution OverviewIn recent years, the rapid evolution of generative AI and cloud technologies has accelerated DX across various industries, including manufacturing and finance, leading to increased adoption of sales support systems. Meanwhile, the diversification of both customer needs and the services/solutions offered makes it imperative to enhance the efficiency and quality of sales activities to deliver optimal results for customers. This creates a pressing need for DX to streamline sales operations.Solution Features1. Automatic Generation of High-Quality Proposals and Discussion Sheets Tailored to Customer NeedsBased on sales activity records such as meeting minutes and standard proposal templates, the solution automatically creates customer-specific proposals and discussion sheets addressing customer challenges. This significantly reduces proposal creation and preparation time. The discussion sheet is a document that organizes customer concerns and items to confirm in future meetings. Used alongside the proposal, it supports sales representatives in making swift and efficient customer approaches.Furthermore, the solution analyzes and leverages past proposal examples and information assets accumulated within a customer's organization. This contributes to creating high-quality proposals across an entire organization, independent of individual employee experience.2. Secure Integration with Existing SystemsDesigned as a software module, this solution integrates with existing sales support systems. Implementation aligns with existing information security policies, enabling smooth DX of sales without major workflow changes.AI Technology from NECAt the core of this solution is AI orchestration technology developed by NEC Laboratories Europe, part of the NEC Group. The solution leverages two specialized Agentic AI systems powered by AI orchestration technology. In addition to generating new materials, these systems reference accumulated information and knowledge, such as past proposal documents and templates, to create high-quality proposals and discussion sheets that are tailored to customer needs.Additionally, this solution can address diverse use cases requiring extensive information gathering and documentation—such as regulatory compliance—through its embedded Agentic AI.Future PlansNEC plans to implement this solution through the "Client Zero" (*) approach from November 2025, and to begin offering it to customers in Japan from late March 2026. This solution strengthens NEC's DX for sales, providing more robust support for customer sales activities. To enhance deal quality and speed, promote knowledge inheritance, and contribute to improving customer satisfaction at client companies, NEC will continue to support customers end-to-end—from strategy formulation to operation.(*) Client Zero is an approach where NEC itself serves as the first client, putting cutting-edge technology into practice to provide "real-world" experience as a reference for customers and society.About NECThe NEC Group leverages technology to create social value and promote a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential. NEC Corporation was established in 1899. Today, the NEC Group’s approximately 110,000 employees utilize world-leading AI, security, and communications technologies to solve the most pressing needs of customers and society. For more information, please visit https://www.nec.com, and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn. Copyright 2025 JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com. All rights reserved. www.jcnnewswire.com

Kawasaki and Yamaguchi, Japan, Nov 27, 2025 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Fujitsu Limited and Yamaguchi University today announced the successful development of a low-power edge computing technology that enables image processing on small satellites using redundant GPUs within 10 minutes (near real time). This innovative technology is designed for low-Earth orbit Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites, which illuminate the Earth's surface with microwaves and receive reflected waves to create two-dimensional images.The new system offers high fault tolerance against cosmic radiation and operates efficiently within the typical 20W power constraints of small satellites. It can process data, including error detection and reprocessing, within approximately 10 minutes. Validated with raw SAR data on a satellite prototype, the technology successfully performed both L1 [1] (raw data to 2D image) and L2 [2] (image to observed quantity) processing, accurately determining ocean surface wind speeds. This versatile technology is also applicable to optical and multi-hyperspectral satellites.Fujitsu plans to release the developed programming environment, Fujitsu Research Soft Error Radiation Armor, to users in Japan in February 2026.Moving forward, Fujitsu and Yamaguchi University will continue to refine correction data accuracy. Fujitsu aims to advance services and operations by enabling near real-time AI processing on satellites, realizing previously unfeasible applications. This will involve in-orbit validation on actual satellites to promote user-friendly data processing systems across various satellite types.About the new technologyFujitsu and Yamaguchi University leveraged Fujitsu's computing technologies, cultivated through its expertise in AI and supercomputer development, and Yamaguchi University's satellite data (remote sensing data) analysis technologies to develop the following key functions:1. Highly fault-tolerant computer system with redundant configuration operating within satellite power limitsSystem employs redundant processors to detect errors, a critical feature for operating within the challenging space environment for efficientTo meet satellite power constraints, the system dynamically manages computing resources and program execution, ensuring both performance and energy efficiency2. Development of a programming environment for computer systems resilient to cosmic radiation errorsRobust programming environment (library) using Linux, Python, and open-source softwareLibrary simplifies the implementation of error detection, computer restarts, and recalculation functions, and includes a novel technique to improve error processing efficiency by dividing computational jobs Figure 1: Difference in processing time of two errors. For simplicity, restart time is not included.A prototype system, operating under 20W, successfully processed raw SAR data (L1 and L2) in under 10 minutes, achieving near real-time performance. By applying compression, correction, and wind speed estimation models to the time distribution of radar reflection intensity from the ground, ocean surface wind speeds could be calculated in units of several hundred meters (see Figure 2 below). Real-time calculation of ocean surface wind speeds from satellites is expected to contribute to maritime safety by providing immediate notifications of high-wind areas to vessels.Figure 2: Raw data (left), L1 processed data (center), and L2 processed data of sea surface wind speed (right). For the L2 processed data, only the sea area is displayed, with wind speed represented by color. Ships and bridges are also converted as windy areas and would typically be removed as noise [3]BackgroundSatellites, orbiting in the range of 200 km - 36,000 km from the Earth’s surface, offer extensive Earth observation using UV, IR, and radar for diverse applications like object detection, environmental monitoring, and resource mapping. However, traditional ground-based data processing introduces multi-hour delays. Small satellites face strict power limits (typically under 20W) and require robust error detection against cosmic radiation, which conventional programming struggles to address.[1] L1 Processing:Process to calculate the Earth's surface conditions from the time distribution of radar reflection intensity, also known as compression processing.[2] L2 Processing: Process to apply corrections based on information about the Earth's surface and atmosphere to L1 processed data, which then derives physical quantities such as ocean surface wind speed and wave height from the state of the reflected waves.[3] These figures contain modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2025].About FujitsuFujitsu’s purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As the digital transformation partner of choice for customers around the globe, our 113,000 employees work to resolve some of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Our range of services and solutions draw on five key technologies: AI, Computing, Networks, Data & Security, and Converging Technologies, which we bring together to deliver sustainability transformation. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 3.6 trillion yen (US$23 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 and remains the top digital services company in Japan by market share. Find out more: global.fujitsuPress ContactsFujitsu LimitedInquiriesYamaguchi University(For inquiries regarding research results)Organization forResearch Initiatives, Yamaguchi UniversityProf. Dr. NAGAI MasahikoE-mail nagaim*yamaguchi-u.ac.jp (replace * with @)(For media inquiries)Public Relations, Yamaguchi UniversityE-mail sh011*yamaguchi-u.ac.jp (replace * with @) Copyright 2025 JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com. All rights reserved. www.jcnnewswire.com