JAPANESE GOV'T, JAPAN WORLD EXPO 2025 COMMITTEE BEEFING UP BIDDING ACTIVITIES TO HOST WORLD EXPO 2025

TOKYO, July 31 (Bernama-AsiaNet) --

- Bringing Public-Private Sectors and Pokemon Together Ahead of Decision on Host Country in November -

The Government of Japan and the Japan World Expo 2025 Committee (hereinafter "the Committee") have been conducting activities at home and abroad seeking to host the World Expo 2025. From July 21, the Committee took the initiative to begin an event-oriented campaign in which Pokemon, one of the Committee's "Special Envoys (Mascot Characters)," boosts bidding activities at the Pokemon Center Mega Tokyo in Ikebukuro and elsewhere in Japan as part of efforts to win the bid to host the World Expo.

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TOSHIBA RELEASES ARM® CORTEX®-M3-BASED MICROCONTROLLERS WITH LOW POWER CONSUMPTION AND ADVANCED FUNCTIONS FOR CONSUMER AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT

TOKYO, July 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has added the “M3H Group” to its “TXZ™ Family” of Arm® Cortex®-M-based microcontrollers for consumer and industrial equipment. The new microcontrollers are now in mass production.

 

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The M3H Group has two groups based on their functional level. “M3H Group (1)” offers standard functions, while “M3H Group (2)” offers an expanded package line-up and memory size and supports high-speed processing (80MHz). Together, they offer a rich line-up with 13 packages (32 pins to 144 pins) and flash memory ranging from 32KB to 512KB.

The M3H Group is based on the global standard Arm Cortex-M3 core designed for motor control and to meet diverse requirements for consumer and industrial equipment. Operation frequency is up to 40MHz for M3H Group (1) and 80MHz for M3H Group (2).

In addition to high-precision analog circuits, including a 12-bit AD converter (up to 21 channels) with 1.5μs conversion speed, and an 8-bit DA converter (2 channels), M3H Group (2) incorporates Advanced-Programmable Motor Driver (A-PMD), Toshiba’s motor control technology for inverter motor control of brushless DC motors. A-PMD realizes low power consumption and advanced functions, while incorporating highly versatile peripheral circuits, such as UART, I²C, TSPI and timers, and supports high-end home appliances and large-scale systems. 

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Natural human speech now available with artificial intelligence

 

KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 (Bernama) -- An artificial intelligence (AI) capable of natural human speech, known as 'alt Dialogue Engine Version 1' has been unveiled by alt Inc.

alt Inc is a Japanese startup and developer of 'al+' personal artificial intelligence (PAI) company.

The Dialogue Engine can automatically classify intent of questions to return most suitable response using ranker learning technique.

When two humans converse with each other, there are questions, answers and then new topics arising in a mutual and free interplay, a statement said.

The Dialogue Engine also actively participates, asking its own questions to promote the flow of the conversation, as would be the case for a truly natural conversation, without simply keeping responding to questions.

It is combining artificial intelligence markup language rules, data drawn from knowledge bases and response and question generation that uses recurrent neural networks.

This is world's first dialogue AI that incorporates all these elements for the Japanese language. It is also ranked in the highest class for English dialogue AI.

The Dialogue Engine will continuously evolve and grow as humans grow while learning language and interaction.

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SETTING SIGHTS TO BE TOP CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS IN ASIA; CREATIVE FESTIVAL FOR STUDENT "GATSBY CREATIVE AWARDS 13TH" NOW ON

OSAKA, Japan, Aug 1 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mandom Corporation (TOKYO:4917) is holding the GATSBY CREATIVE AWARDS 13^th, one of the largest awards in Asia for creative students. Calls for submissions begin on August 1, 2018.
 
This award, which highlights both the fun in personal grooming and creativity within the younger generation, will allow any student within the target area to participate easily, using YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram.
 
Overview for the GATSBY CREATIVE AWARDS 13th
 
The GATSBY CREATIVE AWARDS began when GATSBY, a men’s cosmetics brand enlarging its market share in Asia, wanted to support and encourage young people. The awards, which are among the largest of the kind in Asia, seeks to expand awareness of creative work being produced by the students who apply. The awards process not only shares the work of young people both from within Japan and throughout the rest of Asia, whose abundantly powerful creativity and freedom of expression are already beacons to the world, but also creates a forum for these students to know one another and begin to collaborate.
 
Submissions are open to any novice artist, hoping to become a creative or performance professional, and with an interest in and passion for creation and expression.
 
There will be five entry categories for this 13^th annual event. Finalists will be invited to join the ceremonies in Tokyo’s Shibuya, in March of 2019, for the GATSBY CREATIVE AWARDS 13th FINAL. That event will afford students with opportunities to interact at the international level, through the medium of their creativity.
 
Entry Categories and Submission Deadlines

(1) CM, (2) ART
Submissions accepted from Wednesday, August 1, 2018 to Sunday, October 14, 2018.

(3) DANCE, (4) MUSIC, (5) PHOTO
Submissions accepted from Monday, October 15, 2018 to Sunday, December 2, 2018.
 
Submission Qualifications

1. Be a student enrolled in senior high school, vocational school, community college, college, or university.
2. Be a national within the target area and reside anywhere within the target area.
 
Target Area

Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand.

See the official website for the GATSBY CREATIVE AWARDS 13^th for more information.
https://award.gatsby.jp/sg/

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Contact

Mandom Corporation
Miki Shimizu, +81-3-5766-2484
Communication Design Division
shimizu-mi@mandom.co.jp
Please contact us in English.

Source : Mandom Corporation

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TRICOR GROUP EXPANDS INTO DEBT SERVICES WITH ACQUISITION OF ASIA MARKET LEADER MADISON PACIFIC

Asia’s leading business services provider enhances capabilities with new debt trustee services
 
HONG KONG, Aug 1 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Tricor Group (“Tricor”), Asia’s leading provider of business, corporate and investor services, is pleased to announce today its agreement to acquire Madison Pacific Group, the leading independent provider of corporate trust and agency services throughout Asia (“Madison Pacific”).
 
Combined with the current business of Tricor Investor Services, Madison Pacific, which specialises in providing corporate trust, loan agency and security trustee services, will give Tricor a complete platform to support corporate clients in their capital needs in the debt and equity markets, especially in Hong Kong, one of the world’s largest capital markets.
 
The acquisition adds Madison Pacific’s strong franchise and deep expertise in corporate debt and investment to the Tricor platform and allows the combined group to offer sophisticated solutions to both firms’ clients. Madison Pacific was founded in 2010 in Hong Kong to address the need for an independent and experienced expert provider of trusted third-party trustee and agency services in sophisticated cross-border debt focused transactions.
 
Madison Pacific operates across Asia and EMEA from offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and London. Since its founding Madison Pacific has acted on over 700 transactions with a combined value in excess of US$50 Billion.
 
Lennard Yong, Group CEO of Tricor, said: “Madison Pacific adds an important capability to Tricor’s customer solutions. We are now the number one provider of share registrar solutions in Hong Kong, trusted by over 1,200 companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. As our clients’ capital requirements mature to encapsulate debt issuance, Tricor can now provide solutions as a corporate trust provider, enabling our customers to more easily access capital in the debt markets. Our enhanced capabilities with Madison Pacific enhances our status as the most desirable partner in business solutions.”
 
Jonathan Hatch and David Naphtali, the Managing Directors of Madison Pacific commented: “We are very pleased to be moving into a new phase of global growth with a strong partner. We thank all of our staff and stakeholders for their valuable contributions, especially Lennard for his wise stewardship of this transaction on behalf of Tricor. Tricor’s deep understanding of corporate trust as a professional service, rather than an administrative service, is exactly what has driven our own success to date, and we are confident that our broadened platform we will deliver superior value to our clients.
 
Tricor is also pleased to recognize Madison Pacific’s Managing Directors, Jonathan Hatch and David Naphtali, whose leadership and experience enabled Madison Pacific’s success in its specialist area. Lennard Yong remarked, “I am very excited and look forward to working with Jonathan and David as well as the wider team at Madison Pacific. Jonathan and David bring exceptional talent and expertise together with a fast growing business that strongly complements our existing brand. From our Hong Kong headquarters, Tricor is already recognised as a leading Asian-based multinational corporate services firm. As Asia continues to drive the world’s economic growth, we will leverage our geographic advantage to help our clients accelerate growth in this region. Together with Madison Pacific, we will deliver truly invaluable solutions for our clients.”
 
About Tricor Group

Tricor Group (Tricor) has a growing global presence and is Asia’s leading provider of integrated business, corporate and investor services. As a business enabler, Tricor provides outsourced expertise across payroll, accounting, corporate secretarial, and investor services. Tricor has had a rapid expansion through organic growth and development as well as mergers and acquisitions, today with 29,000 clients globally, staff strength of over 2,000 and a network of offices in 37 cities across 20 countries / territories. Our client portfolio includes over 1,200 companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, more than 500 companies listed in Singapore and Malaysia, over 40% of Fortune Global 500 companies, as well as a significant share of multinationals and private enterprises operating across international markets. In March 2017, the Permira Funds became the controlling shareholder of the Tricor Group, alongside management. See: www.tricorglobal.com.
 
About Madison Pacific

The Madison Pacific Group is a premier independent provider of an extensive range of trustee, agency, escrow, custodial, directorship and company secretarial services in a wide variety of transactions including private and public debt and new capital raisings, restructurings, distressed transactions, complex workouts and enforcements, asset management in other special situations, and opportunistic investment.

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Japan's Alt Inc unveils Al+ Emeth Distributed Neural Network Technology

 

KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 (Bernama) -- alt Inc, a Tokyo-based startup and developer of "al+" P.A.I. (Personal Artificial Intelligence) has unveiled "al+ emeth" distributed neural network technology.

The company in a statement said the al+ emeth uses a new decentralized architecture that combines distributed computing technology with neural network technology.

Creating a network from the under-utilized computing power of personal computers and servers across the globe, via the Internet, the platform enables the securing of the computer processing power needed for machine learning of artificial intelligence.

The mechanism performs parallel processing by assigning processes to distributed nodes at the neuron or layer level for the neural networks. It will vastly improve the speed and depth of machine learning.

alt Inc will use the al+ emeth Super Neural Networks to both accelerate the pace of personal artificial intelligence development and to expand the scope of that development.

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WATTS MINERS STARTS A NEW ERA IN CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING

NEW YORK, July 30 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via CryptoCurrencyWire -- Watts Miners (http://www.wminers.com) is pleased to announce the formal launch of three new cryptocurrency mining rigs with capabilities to take the global crypto space by storm. Led by some of the most experienced specialists in the cryptocurrency mining industry, Watts Miners has utilized ASIC chip technology to deliver three introductory products that are pre-configured for ease of use and promise return on investment within just one month.

The three new miners from Watts Miners are named Watts Mini, Watts Miner and Watts Rack. Each of these miners is built and designed to operate under multiple algorithms. Apart from Bitcoin, they are capable of mining Litecoin, Ethereum, Monero and Dash. The company has put together a brilliant hardware design to come up with products that will stand apart from the rest by delivering high hash rates and low power consumption. Prior to its product launch, each miner has been thoroughly evaluated, prototyped and pressure tested under extreme conditions.

The most noteworthy feature of the new miners from Watts Miners is their high hash rate power:

• Watts Mini: Bitcoin 120 TH/s, Litecoin 30 GH/s, Ethereum 4 GH/s, Monero 200 KH/s and Dash 1.1 TH/s
• Watts Miner: Bitcoin 250 TH/s, Litecoin 50 GH/s, Ethereum 7 GH/s, Monero 300 KH/s and Dash 1.7 TH/s
• Watts Rack: Bitcoin 1000 TH/s, Litecoin 200 GH/s, Ethereum 28 GH/s, Monero 1200 KH/s and Dash 6.8 TH/s

Some other impressive features of these miners include:

• Most effective closed-loop cooling system.
• Can be installed at living zones because of low noise level.
• Noiseless fans with improved blade aerodynamics and built-in anti-vibration pad.
• Radiators with more than 15% increased rib area.
• Silent high-pressure pumps.
• Operational durability of more than 70,000 hours.
• Power consumption of 800W±10%, 1200W±10% and (1200W±10%) x 4 for the three models.

“We made it easier for the common man to join the mining game. All you have to do is just plug in the socket and start mining,” says David Anderson, CEO of Watts Miners.

To learn more about Watts Miners and the company’s exquisite range of products, please visit  http://wminers.com/.

About Watts Miners: Watts Miners is a manufacturer of high-quality cryptocurrency miners that deliver extremely high hash power without consuming a lot of energy. The company’s team is comprised of several top-level professionals from renowned organizations such as Samsung, Microsoft, IBM and many others. Headquartered in New York, the company currently has manufacturing facilities in the USA, Germany, China and Russia.

Contact Information:
Tel: 929-220-9148
Tel: 929-220-1825
info@wminers.com

Source : Watts Miners

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