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| December 3, 2014 |
The Mainichi Broadcasting covered the activities of our company. In addition to our exhibition at the MEDICA2014 fair in Dusseldorf, they interviewed our self-propelling capsule endoscopy at our main office on 26th of November and and collected the information on our presentation and exhibition at the NBK (New Business Council) festa in the Nara Nikko Hotel on 27th of November. They will televise our activities at the news program "VOICE" during 18:15 to 19:00 on 3rd of December (in the Kansai area). http://www.mbs.jp/voice/ |
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| November 22, 2014 |
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| November 12-15, 2014 |
We exhibited our IMER (Independent Medical Mini-robot) system at a booth
in MEDICA 2014 in Dusseldorf, Germany during the 12th to 15th of November. The booth was set up in
the KOBE Biomedical Innovation Cluster by the Kobe Medical Industry Development
Project at B51 in the Hall 16. The MEDICA is the largest trade fair for
medical system and equipment in the world. The total number of exhibited
companies was 4,831 (87 Japanese companies) and the number of people who
attended the fair was about 130 thousand in which 84 thousand camefrom
120 countries outside of Germany. http://medica.messe-dus.co.jp/
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| The hall inside the entrance |
An appearance of the Hall 16 |
Interviewing area in th Kobe booth |
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| The exterior of the Kobe booth |
Explanation at our booth |
Explanation at our booth |
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| An interview with visitors |
Participants involved in the Kobe booth |
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| October 30, 2014 |
A new office was placed at the 3rd floor of the North Wharf Building in the Port Island in Kobe city. The office is intended to be a base of our company for information collection on the development of medical equipment and promotion of collaboration among industry, universities and government. http://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/information/project/iryo/ |
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| October 29, 2014 |
The Social Innovation/Smart City Week 2014 (SCW2014) sponsored by Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. (BP) was taken place from the 29th to 31st of October at the Pacifico
Yokohama in Yokohama. http://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/social/english/
The self-propelling capsule endoscopy (SPCE) on which we have been working
was chosen as one of seven future technologies by directors of seven research institutes of BP, then the president of
Mu Ltd. explained the SPCE at the open theater B of the event "Techno Impact 2014" during the SCW2014.
This is a project of BP which investigates technologies to change society
and chooses the promising seven from innovative ones nominated by 200 professional
BP journalists in the technical fields of electricity, IT, construction
and medicine. The selected seven subjects were interpreted and commented
by developers, intellects or journalists at the event. https://event.nikkeibp.co.jp/reg/contents/social2014/index.html#OB29
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| October 2, 2014 |
The special TV program “Thursday Special” of the BS Nippon Corporation searches entertainment of the 21st century such as history, sports, mysteries or movies. Our self-propelling
capsule endoscope “MiniMermaid” will be introduced at 19:00 to 20:54 on
the 9th
of October in the special program on medical stories. See http://www.bs4.jp/mokuspe/
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| September 17, 2014 |
The New Business Conference Kansai, NBK http://www.nb-net.or.jp/, is a corporate juridical person to assist in forming the developing of new business in Kansai area of Japan. We presented our business plan at the screening committee of the Shiga Prefecture for the NBK grand prix
at the main office of Optex Global Headquarters http://www.optex.net/ on the 28th of August and have been awarded a Shiga block prize of the NBK grand prix. The final presentation and judgment for the grand prix will be done at the Hotel Nikko Nara on the 27th of November. |
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| July 26, 2014 |
Nippon Television Network Corporation will introduce our self-propelling capsule endoscopy during
the special program on medical information "The Choice: What do you do in case of the illness?" The subject of the program
is that the correct choice will surely survive you when you suffer from
sickness. They will broad us in a topic of colon cancer during 13:30 to
15:30 on 26th of July (Only in the Kanto area (around Tokyo)). http://www.ntv.co.jp/english/ |
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| April 11, 2014 |
TBS Broadcasting System Television, Inc. covered us for their Variety/Health program "Healty Hour". This program provides the advanced information for human body,
great success of Doctors, the relationship among the environment, life,
food and health from the close point of view to our hearts. They will broadcast
our self-propelling capsule endoscope during 7:00 to 7:30AM on the 1st
of June. See http://cbc-global.jp/catalogue/variety/index.htm#vrt-00002
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| February 28, 2014 |
The superior prize of the "Kyo-shin Grand Prix for Regional Activity" which was founded this year in commemoration of the 90th birthday of the Kyoto Shinkin Bank was given to Mu Ltd. The awarding ceremony was conducted at the head office
of the bank in Kyoto. The president of Mu Ltd. was recognized by Mr. Toshiyuki
Masuda, the chief director of the bank and was received the prize, certificate
of merit and trophy. The prize is presented to medium-sized and small enterprises
(including individuals) which are excellent in regional contribution, entrepreneurship
mind, originality and innovation of the business. Two best prizes and 10
superior prizes were selected from 86 applicants this first year. http://www.kyoto-shinkin.co.jp/whatsnew/n13-0890.htm
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| Being awarded the prize |
The chief director of Kyoto Shinkin Bank, members of selection committee
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| The certificate of merit |
Trophy |
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| February 22, 2014 |
Mu Ltd. was selected as one of recipients of the new business subsidy,
the "11th Nonohana (the Flowers of the Field) Prize of the Shiga Bank." The presentation ceremony was conducted on the final date of the
Saturday Entrepreneuing Cram School by the bank. The president of Mu Ltd.
was presented with the certificate of merit and subsidy by Mr. Yoshio Daido,
the president of the bank. The purpose of the prize is to encourage the
realization of the coordination between industries, universities and public
institution. The selected criteria for the prize are taken into consideration
of (1) the ventures (corporations or individuals) which have started to
get down to new business on their own within 5 years and are expected to
prospectiveness, and (2) endeavoring situation toward cooperation between
industries and universities, innovation, marketplace and realization of
the new business. http://www.shigagin.com/news/topix/868
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| Being awarded the prize |
The president of Shiga Bank and the recipients of the prize |
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| The recipient's speech |
The certificate of merit |
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| February 3, 2014 |
At a column of the past broadcast Vol.09 in the home page of the TV program "News Japan" by Fuji Television Network, Inc, "Impact of N; colon cancer and capsule
endoscopy" televised on 24th of December, last year had been reported.
In the column an outline of our self-propelling capsule endoscope is introduced.
ttp://www.fujitv.co.jp/nj/index.html |
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| January 29, 2014 |
K.K. DeAGOSTINI, Japan is Japan Headquarters of world-wide groups of Istituto Geografico DeAGOSTINI in Italy. The company publises a weekly
magazine "Robi" for a do-it-yourself kit. At a column of robotics world "Challenging
to microscopic world", our self-propelling capsule endoscope will
be appearing in the article on "Micro-machine being active in medical
field" in Vol.37 of the magazine. http://deagostini.jp/rbi/ |
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| January 15, 2014 |
The news program of Nihonkai Telecasting Co., Ltd. which is one of networks of Nippon Television Network Corporation and
covers the San-in area (Tottori and Shimane Prefectures) will introduce
today that the capsule endoscope for colon was newly imported in a big hospital
in Tottori. Some of the results of our self-propelling capsule endoscope
will also be televised in the program. http://www.nkt-tv.co.jp/ |
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