Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems, Ltd. (MHI-MS) has entered right into a joint analysis settlement with Tokyo’s Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd. to conduct an illustration experiment of ramp merging assist know-how for autonomous automobiles. The initiative goals to handle the challenges posed by Tokyo’s high-traffic expressways, specializing in infrastructure assist for autonomous driving.

The analysis venture, set to happen from September to November 2026, shall be carried out close to the Yoyogi entrance of Metropolitan Expressway Route 4. The web site presents vital challenges resulting from its quick merging part, steady curve, and top variations. MHI-MS plans to leverage its earlier expertise with the Shin-Tomei Expressway to navigate these complexities.

Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd. chosen MHI-MS for this venture primarily based on its profitable implementation of a Merging Support Information System on the Shin-Tomei Expressway. The present venture goals to boost infrastructure applied sciences that facilitate the secure and environment friendly merging of autonomous automobiles.

MHI-MS intends to use its experience in sensing and communication applied sciences, developed by means of toll assortment and ETC methods, to assist autonomous driving infrastructure. This effort aligns with the broader business pattern in the direction of CASE applied sciences, which emphasize related, autonomous, shared, and electrical mobility options.

Through this collaboration, MHI-MS seeks to contribute to the event of next-generation mobility by making certain that roadway infrastructure successfully communicates with autonomous automobiles. The firm plans to broaden its methods to a wider vary of roadway operators, constructing on its current initiatives.

Fujitsu has been named to FORTUNE Magazine’s 2026 record of ‘World’s Most Admired Companies,’ marking its eighth consecutive yr on the distinguished record. The recognition highlights Fujitsu’s efficiency within the IT Services business, the place it excelled in classes similar to Social Responsibility, Quality of Products/Services, Innovation, Financial Soundness, and Global Competitiveness.

This yr, 685 corporations from 29 international locations had been nominated, with 325 making the ultimate record, together with 15 Japanese corporations. The choice course of, carried out via a partnership between Fortune Magazine and Korn Ferry, concerned a survey of three,000 executives, administrators, and analysts.

Companies had been evaluated throughout 9 classes: Innovation, People Management, Use of Corporate Assets, Social Responsibility, Quality of Management, Financial Soundness, Long-Term Investment Value, Quality of Products/Services, and Global Competitiveness. High evaluations in these areas secured Fujitsu’s place on the record.

Fujitsu continues to concentrate on its mission to contribute to a extra sustainable world by constructing belief in society via innovation. The firm goals to reinforce its enterprise actions to additional assist the sustainable growth of society and the Earth.

For the fiscal yr ended March 31, 2025, Fujitsu reported consolidated revenues of three.6 trillion yen (US$23 billion), sustaining its place as the highest digital providers firm in Japan by market share.

Hitachi Energy has been acknowledged as a frontrunner within the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Utilities Asset Performance Management (APM) 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment. The analysis, launched in November 2025, assessed 12 APM suppliers based mostly on their capabilities and methods within the energy and utilities business.

As utilities face challenges reminiscent of getting old infrastructure, clean-energy integration, and grid modernization, APM options have emerged as vital instruments for reaching operational resilience and value effectivity. According to IDC MarketScape, a modernized and data-driven method to APM is now a strategic crucial for utilities.

John Villali, Senior Research Director at IDC Energy Insights, emphasised the significance of refined APM options in utilities’ digital and energy-transition methods. He famous that Hitachi Energy, with its in depth expertise within the utility sector, AI-driven APM options, and international buyer base, is well-positioned to help utilities worldwide.

Hitachi Energy’s APM providing consists of over 175 prebuilt fashions for transformers, breakers, and substation property. The firm offers a completely built-in APM, enterprise asset administration (EAM), and area service administration (FSM) suite, providing a data-rich asset lifecycle administration technique that helps regulatory compliance globally.

Andy Howell, Global Head of Enterprise Software Product Group at Hitachi Energy, expressed satisfaction with the popularity by IDC, highlighting the corporate’s massive put in base in energy transmission and distribution utilities and the adoption of built-in software program options by these utilities.

Hitachi Energy APM is designed particularly for utilities, integrating asset well being, reliability, and optimization into one suite. When mixed with enterprise asset administration and work administration techniques, it permits a closed-loop of asset lifecycle workflows. The resolution leverages AI-driven analytics and network-aware context to reinforce reliability, security, and value efficiency throughout transmission and distribution.

The APM resolution is a part of Hitachi’s Asset & Work Management suite, which helps the HMAX Energy portfolio of digitally enabled companies. HMAX by Hitachi is a collection of next-generation options using AI to reinforce social infrastructure.