Japan
Konica Minolta receives Patent Office accolade
April 19, 2018
Konica Minolta, Inc. received the Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office Award in the FY2018 Intellectual Property Achievement Awards, held jointly by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Japan Patent Office. Every year, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Japan Patent Office select individuals who have contributed to the […]
Rare-earth metals found in Japanese waters
April 13, 2018
Centuries’ worth of these vital metals have been discovered by researchers, located in a 965sq mile stretch of Pacific Ocean seabed in Japanese waters, near the island of Minamitorishima. As CNBC reports, according to the study published by the researchers in Nature Publishing Group’s Scientific Reports, enough of these rare-earth metals have been found to […]
