Completion image of Toranomon Hills (Note: please be sure to state the copyright “©The Boundary” when using this image.) (Graphic: Business Wire) KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 (Bernama) -- Mori Building Co Ltd, Japan’s leading urban landscape developer, has announced that the 49-story Toranomon Hills Station Tower will open this autumn. “This project is being led by the Toranomon 1 & 2-chome District Urban Redevelopment Association, in which Mori Building is a leading participant,” it said in a statement. With the birth of Toranomon Hills Station Tower, which currently is being thoroughly integrated with Toranomon Hills Station, the entire Toranomon Hills area, which has been expanding and evolving at an unprecedented speed toward the realisation of a new international hub and global business centre, will be completed as a “city” boasting a scale and impact comparable to that of Roppongi Hills. Toranomon Hills Station Tower is a multi-purpose 266-metre high tower with 49 floors above ground and four floors underground which will offer world-class office, as well as retail facilities integrated with the station plaza and a hotel making its debut in Tokyo. By integrating the overall development with Toranomon Hills Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, the tower will be complemented by a large and bustling station plaza and a pedestrian deck measuring 20 metres in width above Sakurada-dori Avenue (National Route 1), offering access to Toranomon Hills Mori Tower Oval Square. By strengthening and expanding the local multilevel transportation network on the ground, underground and the deck-level, the Station Tower will greatly enhance the Toranomon Hills as a transportation node and will enliven the entire area by significantly improving pedestrian flows. The tower‘s top-most level will be home to TOKYO NODE, an interactive communication facility consisting of halls, galleries, pool, restaurants and other facilities fully capable of creating new values, ideas and business transcending domains, aimed at sharing creativity with the world. The design of Toranomon Hills Station Tower is OMA’s first large-scale architectural project in Tokyo. Its design is based on ”THE ACTIVITY BAND” concept, or urban axis running from Shintora-dori Avenue to the Akasaka/Toranomon area, creating a symbolic place for people to gather and interact along the axis. -- BERNAMA
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The Japan Prize Foundation announced the winners of the 2023 Japan Prize on January 24, 2023. Prof. Masataka Nakazawa and Mr. Kazuo Hagimoto, both of Japan, are co-winners of the Japan Prize in the fields of Electronics, Information, and Communication, and Prof. Gero Miesenboeck of Austria and Prof. Karl Deisseroth of the United States are co-winners of the Japan Prize in the field of Life Science. - Fields of Electronics, Information, and Communication Prof. Masataka Nakazawa https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M000319/202301122017/ _prw_PI1fl_6Rl1J1P6.jpg Mr. Kazuo Hagimoto https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M000319/202301122017/ _prw_PI2fl_92oy84V5.jpg - Field of Life Science Prof. Gero Miesenboeck https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M000319/202301122017/ _prw_PI3fl_umu1Iz4Y.jpg Prof. Karl Deisseroth https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M000319/202301122017/ _prw_PI4fl_NHukgJH3.jpg For this year's Japan Prize, Prof. Nakazawa and Mr. Hagimoto are being recognized for their distinguished contributions to global long-distance, high-capacity optical fiber network through the development of semiconductor laser pumped optical amplifier, while Prof. Miesenboeck and Prof. Deisseroth are being recognized for their development of methods that use genetically addressable light-sensitive membrane proteins to unravel neural circuit functions. For the 2023 Japan Prize, the Foundation asked approximately 15,500 prominent scientists and engineers from around the world to nominate researchers working in this year's fields. It received 123 nominations in the fields of Electronics, Information, and Communication, and 204 nominations for the field of Life Science. This year's winners were selected from that total of 327 candidates. About the Japan Prize The establishment of the Japan Prize in 1981 was motivated by the Japanese government's desire to create an internationally recognized award that would contribute to scientific and technological development around the world. With the support of numerous donations, the Japan Prize Foundation received endorsement from the Cabinet Office in 1983. The Japan Prize is awarded to scientists and engineers from around the world, who have made creative and dramatic achievements that help progress their fields and contribute significantly to realizing peace and prosperity for all humanity. Researchers in all fields of science and technology are eligible for the award, with two fields selected each year in consideration of current trends in scientific and technological development. In principle, one individual in each field is recognized with the award, and receives a certificate, a medal, and a monetary prize. Each Award Ceremony is attended by the current Emperor and Empress, heads of the three branches of government and other related officials, and representatives from various other elements of society. SOURCE: Japan Prize Foundation http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=45280 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 (Bernama) -- Tianjin Port Group and Huawei announced this week that the two companies will deepen cooperation to build a digital twin of the port, making it more automated and intelligent.
In a statement, Yue Kun, CTO of Huawei's Smart Road, Waterway & Port BU, said: "Ports are a vital link in maritime transportation, connecting trade and supply markets across the globe. Building more efficient smart ports is becoming an increasingly pressing requirement for the global supply chain. “Section C Terminal of the Port of Tianjin has now been operating stably for over one year. This proves that 5G and L4 autonomous driving have already been successfully adopted by industries in China, and are creating true commercial and social value." Yue believes that this progress will benefit various industries, with next-generation digital technologies, such as 5G and AI, combined to solve industry problems, promote digital industry transformation and upgrading, and generate social value. As a major modern port, the Port of Tianjin boasts 300,000-ton-class terminals with a channel depth of 22 m. It has 213 berths of various types. In 2022, its container throughput exceeded 21 million TEUs, ranking among the top 10 ports worldwide. Yang Jiemin, Vice President of Tianjin Port Group, explained that this plan consisted of three parts, namely construction of new automated terminals; upgrading of traditional terminals; and comprehensive digital transformation. The Section C Terminal in the Beijiang Port Area of the Port of Tianjin was the world's first smart, zero-carbon port terminal. It entered large-scale commercial operations in October 2021, and has been stably operating ever since. 5G and L4 autonomous driving technologies are applied at this terminal to make it both safer and more efficient. At the terminal, container cranes operate automatically and intelligent robots of the horizontal transportation system frequently come and go. Remotely controlled quay cranes lift loaded containers from cargo ships and put them onto the intelligent robots for horizontal transportation. Supported by the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, these robots are guided to automatic locking/unlocking stations to unlock containers and then to the container yard along optimal driving routes that are calculated in real time. The entire process runs smoothly. -- BERNAMA LONDON, Jan 20 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Morrow Sodali and Nestor Advisors - A Morrow Sodali Company, are pleased to announce the publication of “Governance of sustainability in the largest global banks: A study of the top 30 European and North American banks”.
This Report examines the sustainability governance practices of the 30 largest European and North American banks. In preparing the Report, we reviewed various publicly available documentation and also interviewed representatives from fifteen leading banks, including nine board chairs, other board members and senior executives. Interviewees shed light on different practices, and why banks chose to pursue them. The resulting Report compares the banks across several data points and analyzes these findings against a double index of sustainability and financial performance. Stilpon Nestor, the Report’s leading author stated, “Sustainability is one of the big issues facing banks and their leadership. Shareholders and various stakeholders, including regulators, expect banks to be proactive in sustainability. On the strategy side, the “greening of the book” is the big challenge, especially in markets with big “brown” sectors. On the risk side, some regulators expect banks to integrate sustainability risk within the core risk management framework and its key categories. They also expect a clear sustainability perspective in the risk appetite framework. In order to deliver in these areas, global banks have reshaped existing governance and organizational arrangements and have developed some new ones. Our Report examines these arrangements and comes up with interesting, sometimes counterintuitive, findings.” Among these findings, the issue of board skills in relation to sustainability was highlighted. All of the banks we interviewed do not see having sustainability experts on the board as a priority. Their priority is to make their existing board members more cognizant in the sustainability area. In that sense, they emphasize the development of director skills. How does a board structure itself to address sustainability? In many cases, this is done by setting up a new committee. However, structure often reflects the level of maturity of the issues in a bank. One interesting finding of the Report is that banks further advanced in the “maturity spectrum” have done away with special committees and discuss sustainability as part of the general strategy and risk appetite. mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=45259 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 (Bernama) -- GMO Research Inc, a part of Japan's GMO Internet Group, has launched a new service website -- "Z.com Engagement Lab" (https://engagement.z.com/), aimed at providing marketing services in Asia. In a statement, GMO Research said Z.com Engagement Lab offers businesses a unique loyalty programme solution that is based on the concept of Engagement as a Service (EaaS) to improve consumer commitment, which is a challenge for many membership-based businesses. This service operates by consumer members receiving enticing rewards through survey participation in which members are at liberty to select the types of surveys they would like to complete from the list that GMO Research and the respective companies have agreed upon, thus increasing customer engagement and revenue for membership-based businesses. GMO Research President, Shinichi Hosokawa said: “As part of our mission to continue bringing new value to the marketing process in Asia, Z.com Engagement Lab is a new service that will play an important role in connecting consumers and society. “We hope that more companies will use our market research platform, and we look forward to making a significant contribution to the future development of Asia.” The benefits of using Z.com Engagement Lab's application programming interface (API) Solution include monetisation and engagement API. To monetise API, businesses are able to add a new source of income through the market research platform without incurring additional costs or hassle while engagement API promotes member activation, improves engagement and retention rates through the distribution of survey questionnaires. -- BERNAMA |
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