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Industry Brief(Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TOKYO, June 18 -- (Kyodo) _ ---------- Robot with Honda's ASIMO technology to be used at Fukushima plant TOKYO - Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday it will conduct a survey at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant with a remote-controlled robot that uses technology originally developed for Honda Motor Co.'s ASIMO humanoid robot. ---------- NTT to buy U.S. computer security firm Solutionary+ TOKYO - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said Monday it will acquire U.S. computer security company Solutionary Inc. as the Japanese telecom giant aims to expand its sales in North America. ---------- Ezaki Glico to launch ice cream products in Indonesia+ TOKYO - Ezaki Glico Co. said Monday it will launch ice cream products in Indonesia in 2015, its first expansion into an overseas ice cream market. ---------- JR East tests sign language interpretation service using iPad TOKYO - East Japan Railway Co. began Monday testing a sign language interpretation service in Tokyo using a videophone application on the Apple Inc. iPad tablet computer for hearing-impaired people. ---------- Yamaha to sell motorcycle with fuel-injection engine in Indonesia TOKYO - Yamaha Motor Co. said Monday it will release motorcycles powered by 115cc fuel-injection engines in Indonesia later this month. (NOTE: Corporate press releases are available on Japan Portal, a multilingual website powered by Kyodo News providing information about a wide range of topics and events in Japan. URL: http://www.japanportal.jp/industry/) (c) 2013 Kyodo News International, Inc. |