Scala Inc. and Hitachi, Ltd. have reached an agreement that will provide Hitachi with an exclusive license to operate and resell Scala’s SignChannel low-cost digital signage software services throughout Japan. Hitachi is already one of Scala’s larger customers, having deployed more than 5,000 Scala driven displays throughout Japan. Scala’s software powers Hitachi’s Mediaspace digital signage…More

A 4m x 3m curved Plasma Display has been installed in Kansai International Airport Departure Area, reports AkihabaraNews. The largest of its kind in the world, the screen shows airport related messages as well as tourist information and entertainment programmes.

Yunika Vision, the largest outdoor screen in Japan, will officialy be launched by Yunika Corporation on April 16, 2010. The display is featured on the front of the newly completed Yunika Building, a new landmark in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo. Yunika Vision comprises three high-definition LED screens, each measuring approximately 100 square meters. It…More

Japan’s second-largest retailer Aeon is rolling out a digital signage network throughout Japan, according to Ronni Guggenheim, CEO of Minicom Digital Signage. The network is powered by Scala Software solution. All screens are connected by Minicom Digital Signage’s DS Vision 3000 systems.

Stantum, the multi-touch technology provider, has officially opened a liaison office in Tokyo. Masaki Kubodera will act as Director of Sales & Business Development for Japanese operations. The French company, which earlier this year raised $ 13 million in a Series B financing round [fr], is headquartered in Bordeaux, and also has an office in…More

Tokyo-based LM3Labs is currently running a promotion campaign using Augmented Reality for a new Philip Morris product. The operation features 12 pairs of hostesses equipped with tablet PCs, who make contact with smokers in streets. According to LM3Labs: “The augmented reality content is triggered by “markerless” images (there are no big black and white markers,…More

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has completed installation of two multi-screen Diamond Vision large-scale LED display systems, called “Turf Vision,” at the Japan Racing Association (JRA)’s Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi City, Chiba (Japan). The 40.8 m wide and 9.6 m high “Turf Vision 1” screen, installed on the left-hand side of the front stand, can be divided…More

Vanten K.K. (Tokyo, Japan, CEO: Neil van Wouw) and Quividi (Paris, France, CEO: Olivier Duizabo) formed a strategic partnership on Aug. 1, 2009. Vanten will act as an integration and sales partner to assist Quividi’s entry in the Japanese Digital Signage market with its automated audience measurement solution. As part of this strategic partnership, Vanten…More

Tokyo-based Digital Signage operator Vanten K.K. and French automated audience measurement solution provider Quividi have formed a strategic partnership on Aug. 1, 2009. Under the agreement, Vanten will act as an integration and sales partner to assist Quividi’s entry in the Japanese Digital Signage market. It will also add audience measurement metrics to its own…More