Japan

2015.09.24

Hitachi’s air conditioner that sees all

September 22, 2015 JAPAN: Hitachi is to introduce an air conditioner that can detect a room’s occupants, room size and layout to provide perfect comfort conditions. Announced for release in Japan at...

2015.09.24

Daikin launches new VRV solution

20/09/2015 Daikin has launched a new VRV solution to meet the specific demands of city and urban locations where space is limited and customers want an invisible air conditioning solution.   HVA...

2015.09.23

Redesigned JARN Website & Expanded Newsletter

JARN launched the updated eJARN website (www.ejarn. com) in August featuring a more user-friendly design. With this redesign, eJARN makes it easier than ever to access JARN’s latest news as well as extensive archives of HVAC&R industry reports and articles. eJARN subscribers can access all of eJARN’s many sections on markets, companies, products, and so on. Please contact subscribe@ejarn.com f...

2015.09.22

Japanese Air Conditioner Sales in the First Half of 2015

According to the data from the Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA), domestic Japanese shipments of room air conditioners (RACs) in the first half of 2015 recorded 4,2...

2015.09.22

MicroGroove Technology Motivates Research on Multi AC System

MicroGroove Technology was on display once again at the IIR International Congresses of Refrigeration. As a sponsor, the Copper Alliance exhibited examples of MicroGroove tubes and coils on behalf of ...

2015.09.22

Hugely Successful Refrigeration Event of the Year in Yokoham

Reported by Susan Phalippou, JARN’s France Correspondent   Yokohama hosted the 24th International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR2015) from August 16...

2015.09.21

Fujitsu General Expanding Overseas AC Business with Large Pr

Fujitsu General Group appointed a new president in June. On this occasion, JARN interviewed Etsuro Saito, the new president and representative director of Fujitsu General, to hear about his ambitions ...

2015.09.21

Cloud-assisted Air Conditioning

Japan is well on its way to becoming a super-aging society, with more than 30% of its population predicted to be age 65 and older by 2025. The number of elderly people requiring caregiving is expected...

2015.09.21

Toshiba Starts Demonstration of Positive Energy Building (PE

18 Sep, 2015 TOKYO-Toshiba Corporation (Tokyo: 6502) today announced the start of a working demonstration of a positive energy building (PEB) complex that generates more energy than it consumes by usi...

2015.09.18

Global energy security issues top agenda during IEA chief’s

Fatih Birol holds meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Abe and senior ministers 16 September 2015 IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol discussed global energy security issues with Japanese government ...