Business Update.

(From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri)

Business Update

Yomiuri

Business Update is a weekly omnibus of business information based on news releases from companies in Japan and abroad, domestic and international organizations, diplomatic missions and other entities.

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APPOINTMENT

Internet Software Consortium Inc., which was founded in 1993 to develop and publish high quality reference implementations of core Internet protocols, such as DNS, has appointed Jun Murai as a member of the board. Murai, chairman of the WIDE (Widely Integrated Distributed Environment) project and a professor at Keio University's environmental information department, is expected to further the consortium's core mission to create and support commercial quality reference implementations of core Internet protocols. The WIDE is a new computer environment based on operating systems and communications technology. The project aims to focus on computer science and engineering through operating systems, communications technology and applied technology.

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AUTOMOBILES

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. has announced that the company will replace all heavy-duty vehicle wheel hubs that were not replaced during recent voluntary inspections free of charge. MMC initiated a voluntary inspection campaign in January to check the wheel hubs of certain heavy-duty trucks and buses. The campaign was extended in July …