TOKYO, March 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — NTT Communications Corporation, Toei Company, Ltd. and NTT QONOQ, INC. jointly announced today the immediate launch of a customer-service demonstration using a digital human to communicate with people. In the demonstration, a realistic digital human, named “CONN,” created by combining human-like visuals generated by Toei…

CHIBA, Japan, March 20 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — The Chiba Prefectural Government and the Chiba Food Industry Liaison Council have awarded specialty food prizes to six local food products. The six products won the “Discover the Excellent Foods in CHIBA 2023” contest organized by the prefecture and the council to discover and…

Bangkok, Thailand, March 20 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — Dataxet Limited, a leading media intelligence company, showcased its DXT360(TM) platform and EVO(TM) framework as tools to empower brand communications in the attention economy at a seminar held on March 15, 2023 in Bangkok. The seminar titled “Next Gen Media Intelligence: The New Era of…

BASINGSTOKE, England, March 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — A new report from Juniper Research, foremost experts assessing emerging communications technologies, has found that mobile subscribers will lose $58 billion to fraudulent robocalls globally in 2023; a rise from $53 billion in 2022. These losses will be driven by the increase in…

TOKYO, March 20 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — MIXI, Inc. is proud to announce the latest details regarding the free online event “humy presents: the Charlie Puth Livestream Experience” (available in select regions) to be held on March 25 (UTC) on Charlie Puth’s official fan communication platform, humy. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=45684

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 (Bernama) — On March 17 to 19, 2023, the promotion meeting of “Colourful Jiangnan, Dream Asian Games”, hosted by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and organized by the Zhejiang Tourism (Southeast Asia) Promotion Center, was successfully held in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. The promotion…

HONG KONG, March 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Nan Shan General Insurance Co., Ltd. (Nan Shan General) (Taiwan). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. The ratings reflect…

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 (Bernama) — FWD Takaful Berhad (“FWD Takaful”) today announced the enhanced coverage of FWD SpecialMed and FWD CI First. FWD Takaful aims to provide access to protection and expand the financial safety nets to the underserved segments in Malaysia. Salim Majid Zain, FWD Takaful’s Chief Executive Officer, said, “FWD Takaful believes that…

TOKYO, March 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT group, announced today its immediate launch of initiatives involving digital humans and the metaverse under its business co-creation program, “OPEN HUB for Smart World,” with the aim of expanding…

SEBERANG PERAI, Penang, March 17 (Bernama) — Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider EG Industries Berhad (EG Industries) is set to build a RM180 million Smart ‘Lights-Out’ Factory 4.0 in Batu Kawan, Penang, which is expected to be a game-changer for the Northern Peninsular. The factory will  be producing new 5G…