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IGAS2022 (International Graphic Arts Show 2022), an exhibition held every four years in Tokyo for the printing equipment industry, was held from November 24–28 in the East Building of Tokyo Big Sight…

The company ushers in the new wave of POP production. Toshiba TEC, which develops, manufactures, and sells Toshiba-branded e-STUDIO color MFPs, has…

Diversification has been key to Japan’s largest independent dealer’s growth. Above: Otsuka Shokai President Yuji Otsuka greets visitors at the company’s 60th…

Joint delivery eases logistical burdens. In the North American market where you do business, how do you deliver MFPs ordered by customers?…

Toshiba TEC accelerates its policy of “Becoming a Global Top Solution Partner for a Vendor.” Above Hironobu Nishikori Toshiba TEC President Hironobu…

Ricoh-branded Kintone platform to launch in 2022. Above: Ricoh President Yamashita (left) and Cybozu President Aono On April 27, Ricoh, which aims…

President and CEO Toshimitsu Taiko addresses the company’s most pressing issues. Konica Minolta’s new president, Toshimitsu Taiko, held a media round-table conference…

The company also announced its medium and long-term expectations. Ricoh executives, including President Yoshinori Yamashita, held a briefing for analysts on March…

To ring in 2022, top executives from four MFP OEMs revealed their New Year’s resolutions focused on the Japanese market. The days of concentrating solely on MFPs and printers…

Demand for MFPs and printers have risen, but supply chain disruptions continue to impact OEMs’ financial projections. Fiscal result announcements by OEMs…

On October 6, 2021, Brother Industries President Ichiro Sasaki announced the Brother Group Vision “At Your Side 2030” for the fiscal years from 2022 through 2030. The vision was created…

Though office demand for MFPs and printers is declining, demand for IT tools and services that digitize office workflows to make them more efficient…

COVID-19 is rapidly promoting telework as the predominant work style. Along with this, there is a demand for digital transformation (DX) within the workplace. The imaging industry…

COVID-19 has accelerated the shift to an office-agnostic work style, resulting in fewer MFPs, printers, and prints in the office and reduced profits for dealers…

The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), unanimously adopted by the member states at the United Nations Summit in September 2015, are international goals for a sustainable…

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought rapid changes to companies’ work styles, which raises questions about the ideal set up for employees who must work onsite. Those changes…

As we enter 2021, executives from the Japanese MFP industry group, JBMIA, and OEMs have stated their initiatives in response to the market changes…

The Japan Business Machine and Information System Industries Association (JBMIA) held its 60th Anniversary Ceremony in Tokyo on November 13, 2020. (JBMIA is a Japanese…

Epson Sales is finding growing interest for its inkjet MFPs in Japan thanks in part to a sales model designed to increase interest…

The impact of COVID-19 in Japan was greatest from April to May, when the emergency declaration was issued by the Japanese government, causing the economy to stagnate…

The impact of COVID-19 was evident in the recently released financial statements by Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Ricoh, and Toshiba Tec whose fiscal years ended on March…

At a business briefing for analysts and press, held by Seiko Epson Corporation in early May, Chairman Minoru Usui and President Yasunori Ogawa presented…

With the rapid spread of infection in Europe and the United States, the coronavirus pandemic is driving major transformation in the imaging industry, and it…