Press Releases

April

• Fujitsu to Hold Fujitsu Forum 2019 Tokyo, Global, April 17, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited today announced that Fujitsu Forum 2019 will be held on Friday, May 17 at Tokyo International Forum. This year's theme will be "Human Centric Innovation: Driving a Trusted Future."

• Fujitsu Sets Out the 'Fujitsu Technology and Service Vision 2019' Tokyo, Global, April 16, 2019 - Fujitsu today released the Fujitsu Technology and Service Vision 2019. We set the theme this year as 'Human Centric Innovation: Driving a Trusted Future', with the aim of creating human-centric innovation together with our customers and partners and building a trusted future where everyone can feel safe. As the transition toward the digital era continues, Fujitsu reiterates its beliefs, including in the importance of rebuilding trust in business and society.

• Fujitsu Begins Production of Post-K Tokyo, Global, April 15, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited today announced that, working with RIKEN, it has completed the design of Post-K, the successor to the K supercomputer. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) is aiming to start the public service of Post-K around 2021 or 2022. Fujitsu has now concluded an official contract with RIKEN to manufacture, ship, and install hardware for Post-K. In addition, Fujitsu will productize a commercial supercomputer using technology created in the Post-K development process, and plans to begin global sales in the second half of fiscal 2019.

• Fujitsu Joins Ceremony Honored with the 2018 Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award for Real-time Video Transmission Technology Tokyo, Global, April 08, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited today announced that it has been honored at the ceremony held by the US National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in Las Vegas on April 7, receiving an Emmy® Award at the 70th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards. This award is in recognition of the contribution made by Fujitsu's proprietary real-time video transmission IP network error correction technology to transform its customers' network infrastructure, enabling high quality and low cost video transmission in the US broadcast market over many years.

• Fujitsu and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Determine Effectiveness of AI Ship Collision Risk Prediction Technology Tokyo, Global, April 02, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited today announced the results of a field trial conducted with the assistance of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) in analyzing marine traffic risks in the Singapore Strait. Fujitsu has demonstrated the usefulness of a novel ship collision risk prediction technology that leverages the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in predicting near misses between vessels.

• Fujitsu Develops Deep Learning Acceleration Technology, Achieves World's Highest Speed Kawasaki, Japan, Global, April 01, 2019 - Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced that it has developed technology to improve the speed of deep learning software, which has now achieved the world's highest speed when the time required for machine learning was measured using the AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure (ABCI) system, deployed by Fujitsu Limited for the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).

March

• Fujitsu Achieves Highest Expert Status in Microsoft Azure Managed Service Provider Program Tokyo, Global, March 29, 2019 - Fujitsu today announces it has attained the status of global Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Services Provider (MSP), just three months after announcing a global systems integrator partnership with Microsoft. This highly-regarded accreditation highlights the rapid evolution of the successful relationship and further validates Fujitsu's transformative hybrid IT and multi-cloud capabilities, encompassing the leading hyperscale and private cloud platforms and technologies.

• Fujitsu Sets Out its Vision for the Future of Mobility with 'Fujitsu Future Insights' report Tokyo, Global, March 29, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited today announced that the company has presented an analysis of the impact of digital transformation on mobility services, outlining megatrends and business opportunities. Fujitsu has compiled these insights into a report, entitled 'Fujitsu Future Insights The Future of Mobility'. A short animated movie accompanies the report to illustrate how the future of mobility will support the daily lives of people.

• Fujitsu’s PalmSecure Deployed in World’s First Palm Vein Authentication System at Korean Airports Tokyo, Japan, and Seoul, South Korea, Japan, March 27, 2019 - Fujitsu Korea Ltd. (FKL) and Fujitsu Limited today announced that the Korea Airports Corporation (KAC) has deployed Fujitsu’s palm vein authentication system at all 14 domestic airports under its jurisdiction, to ameliorate congestion by identifying boarding passengers with biometric authentication.

• [PDF] Notice of Result of Repurchase of Shares through Off-Auction Own Share Repurchase Trading (ToSTNeT-3) (19.7 KB) Tokyo, Global, March 14, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited ("Fujitsu") announces that it repurchased shares of its own stock today, pursuant to the announcement made on March 13, 2019 as described below:

• [PDF] Notice Regarding Repurchase of Shares through Off-Auction Own Share Repurchase Trading (ToSTNeT-3) (24.7 KB) Tokyo, Global, March 13, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited ("Fujitsu") announces that it has today decided to implement a repurchase of shares of its own stock, which was authorized by a resolution approved at its Board of Directors Meeting held on August 30, 2018, pursuant to the provisions of Article 459, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, as well as the Company's Articles of Incorporation. Details of the method of repurchase are as follows:

• Fujitsu Formulates "Fujitsu Group AI Commitment," Demonstrating Dedication to Safe and Secure Use of AI Tokyo, Global, March 13, 2019 - Fujitsu today announced that the company has formulated the "Fujitsu Group AI Commitment," which outlines its vision for the safe and secure use of AI. The Fujitsu Group AI Commitment brings together the company's values for AI, including AI ethics, to guide the research and development of AI-related technologies, solutions, and services within the Fujitsu Group.

• Yamaha Motor and Fujitsu Begin IoT-based Field Trial to Improve Sailing Performance for 470 Class Events Tokyo and Iwata, Japan, Global, March 11, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and Fujitsu Limited today announced that they will conduct an IoT-based field trial to improve the performance of the 470 (Four-Seventy), a type of small dinghy used in sailing competitions. The trial will commence from March 13 through April 30, 2019, on Lake Hamana in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

• Fujitsu Completes Image Processing Field Trial to Support Restoration of Earthquake-Damaged Kumamoto Castle Tokyo, Global, March 11, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Advanced Engineering Limited today announced that they conducted a field trial using image processing technology to identify the positions of stone blocks in walls prior to the collapse that damaged the five-story Iidamaru Turret (Iidamaru Gokai Yagura) in Kumamoto Castle, caused by the Kumamoto earthquake in April 2016. In the field trial, which took place over the course of about one month beginning in November 2018, Fujitsu confirmed that the use of the technology led to a significant reduction in the time required for this process, delivering greater than 80% accuracy.

• [PDF] Executive Appointment (24.7 KB) Kawasaki, Japan, Global, March 08, 2019 - Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. announced the following new appointment.

• Fujitsu Offers Online Biometric Authentication Service for TEPCO Systems Tokyo, Global, March 04, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited today announced that TEPCO Systems Corporation has adopted Fujitsu's Online Biometric Authentication Service, compliant with the Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) next-generation online authentication standard, for their newly developed system to improve the efficiency of utility pole maintenance operations within TEPCO's service area.

• Fujitsu Successfully Develops Technology to Miniaturize High-Sensitivity Infrared Cameras for Autonomous Ship Navigation Tokyo and Kawasaki, Japan, Global, March 01, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of a miniaturized photodetector for high-sensitivity infrared cameras. In the future this breakthrough sensor technology will allow for infrared cameras just one eighth the size of previous models able to take detailed images even at night or at a distance.

• Fujitsu Limited Announces Recruitment Plans Tokyo, Global, March 01, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited today announced its new graduate recruitment plans for fiscal 2020, as well as its mid-career recruitment plans for fiscal 2019.

February

• Fujitsu and Sony Global Education Initiate Blockchain Field Trials for Course Records and Transcript Management Tokyo, Global, February 27, 2019 - Sony Global Education, Inc., Fujitsu Limited, and Fujitsu Research Institute today announced that as of February 27, they have initiated a field trial to evaluate the usefulness of blockchain technology in the management of course records and grade data. The trial will be conducted in collaboration with Human Academy Co., Ltd., an educational institution that accepts and teaches foreign students.

• Mobile industry leaders to develop O-RAN fronthaul-compliant products and drive multi-vendor radio access networks Tokyo, Global, February 22, 2019 - NTT DOCOMO, INC., AT&T, Bharti Airtel, China Mobile, China Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, KDDI Corporation, KT Corporation, Orange, SK Telecom, SoftBank Corp., Telefónica, TIM, Verizon Communications Inc., Cisco, Fujitsu Limited., HFR Networks, Inc., Intel Corporation, Keysight Technologies, Inc., Mavenir, NEC Corporation, Nokia, Pivotal Commware, Radisys® Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SOLiD and VIAVI jointly announced today that they will adopt the fronthaul specifications of the Open Radio Access Network Alliance (O-RAN). The operators plan to test or introduce O-RAN-compliant products in commercial 5G networks from this year onwards. The vendors have started developing O-RAN-compliant products, and have either started or plan to conduct multi-vendor interoperability testing.

• [PDF] Notice Regarding Posting of Expense Accompanying Resource Shift toward Growth (93.2 KB) Tokyo, Global, February 19, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited announced today its measures conducted as part of the shifting of resources toward growth, as stated in "Notice Regarding Management Direction" announced on October 26, 2018.

• Fujitsu Receives Order for Massively Parallel Supercomputer System from The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Global, February 18, 2019 - Fujitsu today announced that it has received an order for the large-scale massively parallel supercomputer system "Oakbridge-CX" from the Information Technology Center of The University of Tokyo.

• Fujitsu Launches "Healthcare Personal service Platform" to Manage Health and Medical Information Tokyo, Global, February 13, 2019 - Fujitsu today announced development of Fujitsu Healthcare Solution Healthcare Personal service Platform, a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for the integrated management of consumer-facing offerings based on health and medical information. The new service can aggregate and integrate an individual's personal health record, enabling the safe and secure storage and use of such health and medical information. Healthcare Personal service Platform is available beginning today.

• Sapporo Medical University and Fujitsu in Joint R&D for Diabetes Treatment that Uses AI-based Machine Learning Tokyo, Sapporo, and Kanazawa, Japan, Global, February 12, 2019 - Sapporo Medical University, Fujitsu Limited, and Fujitsu Hokuriku Systems Limited today announced that this month they will begin development of an AI machine learning model to optimize prescription of oral hypoglycemic medicines in the treatment of diabetes, as part of joint research on AI use with clinical data.

• Fujitsu Named to FORTUNE Magazine's 2019 List of "World's Most Admired Companies" Tokyo, Global, February 06, 2019 - Fujitsu today announced that it has been named to FORTUNE Magazine's 2019 list of "World's Most Admired Companies."

January

• Financial Information: FY 2018 Third-Quarter Financial Results Tokyo, Global, January 31, 2019 - Financial Information: FY 2018 Third-Quarter Financial Results

• [PDF] Notice Concerning the Company Split (Simplified Absorption-type Company Split) with a Consolidated Subsidiary(112 KB) Tokyo, Global, January 31, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited ("Fujitsu") announces that it has made a resolution at its Board of Directors Meeting held today that effective of April 1, 2019, Fujitsu will succeed the datacenter services business of its consolidated subsidiary, FUJITSU FIP CORPORATION ("Fujitsu FIP"), by a company split ("the Company Split"), and hereby gives notice to that effect as stated below.

• Fujitsu Develops Blockchain-based Exchange System for Electricity Consumers Tokyo and Kawasaki, Japan, Global, January 30, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced that they have applied blockchain technology to develop a system for trading related to energy shortages and surpluses among electricity consumers, including factories and retail stores.

• Fujitsu to Go Live with Disaster Information Management System in Indonesia's North Sumatra Region Tokyo, Japan and Jakarta, Indonesia, Global, January 28, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited and PT Fujitsu Indonesia today announced installation of its Fujitsu Public Sector Solution Disaster Information Management System in the Command Center of the North Sumatran Regional Disaster Management Agency. The new system supports rescue and recovery activities as well as quick decision making when disasters occur, delivering centralized management of disaster information. Operations will begin in January 2019.

• Fujitsu Supports Hospitals with New Clinical Trial Solution, "tsClinical DDworks21/Trial Site" Tokyo, Global, January 24, 2019 - Fujitsu has enhanced its clinical trial-supporting Fujitsu Life Science Solution tsClinical DDworks21 series with the launch of the SaaS solution tsClinical DDworks21/Trial Site. The new solution, available from today, provides hospitals and other clinical trial sites in Japan with shared cloud-based control of documents conventionally exchanged in paper form between pharmaceutical companies developing new drugs and the sites conducting the clinical trials.

• Fujitsu Develops AI Technology to Determine the Necessity of Cyberattack Responses Kawasaki, Japan, Global, January 22, 2019 - Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced that it has developed an AI technology that automatically determines whether action needs to be taken in response to a cyberattack.

• Fujitsu Launches 11 New Enterprise PC Models, Including Educational Tablet with Improved Ease of Use Tokyo and Kawasaki, Japan, Global, January 22, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Client Computing Limited today announced the launch of the Fujitsu Tablet ARROWS Tab Q509/VE, an education-focused Windows tablet, and the ARROWS Tab Q509/VB, an enterprise Windows tablet, as well as a number of enterprise PCs and workstations featuring the latest CPUs and the latest OS version. The new tablets are available for purchase in Japan from today.

• Fujitsu Group Earns Top Rating in CDP Climate Change Evaluation for Second Year Running Tokyo, Global, January 22, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited today announced that the Fujitsu Group has been selected for the CDP's A List for climate change for the second year in a row, earning the highest rating in the CDP's evaluation of corporate activities in response to climate change.

• Fujitsu's Immersion Cooling System Wins the 2018 Energy Conservation Grand Prize Tokyo, Global, January 18, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited today announced that it has received the Energy Conservation Grand Prize for 2018 in the Product and Business Model category of the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy Director-General's Awards for the first time. The prize was awarded for the Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY Immersion Cooling System, which provides revolutionary energy savings, and recognizes the Immersion Cooling System as not just an ICT device, but an advanced energy saving system that reduces power consumption for entire datacenters.

• Fujitsu and EXest Use AI to Assist Tourists Visiting Japan Tokyo, Global, January 16, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., and EXest Inc. will conduct a field trial using artificial intelligence to discover unanticipated needs of travelers visiting Japan, propose tours or other activity plans, and verify the effectiveness of the new service’s application. The trial will commence from January 30 to March 31, 2019.

• Fujitsu and TC3 Promote Quantum Inspired Digital Annealer Next-Generation Architecture in Topcoder Contest Tokyo, Global, January 15, 2019 - Fujitsu Limited and TC3 K.K., a Japanese provider of services that utilizes Topcoder, a developer and data scientist community with over 1.38 million registered members, today announced a contest that will enable members to access, develop, and build solutions using Fujitsu's quantum-inspired Digital Annealer, to solve a complex combinatorial optimization problem currently unsolvable by conventional computers in practical timeframe. Through this contest, to be held from February to March 2019, Fujitsu and TC3 aim to further increase Digital Annealer technology adoption, leveraging Topcoder as a collaborative platform for solving an array of challenging problems, and spearheading cutting-edge technology originating from Japan.

• Fujitsu RunMyProcess and Okin BPS Create Accelerated Digital Transformation for IBM Notes Sunnyvale, CA, January 15, 2019 - Fujitsu RunMyProcess today announces a new partnership with Okin BPS to migrate and modernize IBM Notes applications for customers worldwide. RunMyProcess, Fujitsu’s high-productivity cloud platform, has teamed up with leading global professional services provider Okin BPS (Business Process Services) to provide accelerated digital transformation for enterprises still using IBM Notes – the collaboration suite formerly known as Lotus Notes.