Every year during the memorial week of Panasonic's founder Konosuke Matsushita, a special exhibition is held at Konosuke Matsushita Museum in Osaka. This year's special exhibition under the theme "Autonomous Responsible Management and Employee Entrepreneurship," will be held until June 30, 2012. The exhibition shares words of wisdom from th...

The Annular Solar Eclipse *Annular Eclipse from Shingu-shi, Wakayama Prefecture Starts at 01:03:03 Panasonic Corporation, using its energy-solution technology, made a challenge to broadcast "ECLIPSE LIVE FROM FUJIYAMA by SOLAR POWER" to the world through live internet broadcasting. Due to thick clouds surrounding Mount Fuji area today, our a...

Panasonic completed its new manufacturing facility (Unit 5) for wiring devices, and commenced operation at Daman, India last Friday. We celebrated the completion of the manufacturing facility and the business expansion at its completion ceremony held on May 18 with about 120 participants. New Manufacturing Facility (Unit 5) for ...

It's only days away from a rare solar eclipse and Panasonic is counting down to the special day!　 For the residents of the main "Honshu" island of Japan, to be able to observe the solar eclipse is really a rare opportunity with the last full eclipse visible only in the scattered southern Okinawa islands on September 23, 1987 and the next fu...

Japan is now in the midst of an unprecedented pet boom. A public opinion survey shows that 34.3%(*1) of respondents have a pet, and other research shows that 72%(*2) of the pet owner respondents keep their pets indoors. As pets live with their owners in the same space, the problems with pet odors are growing(*3). In order to help reduce these prob...

President Fumio Ohtsubo of Panasonic Corporation today announced its business policy for the fiscal year ending March 2013 (FY 2013) at the company's business policy meeting. Addressing an audience of Panasonic Group employees, he summarized the group's progress made in the previous business year and outlined its goals for FY 2013. The following i...

Panasonic is accelerating its green initiatives to realize its 100th anniversary vision which is to become No.1 Green Innovation Company in the Electronics Industry. In the middle of April, Panasonic announced the establishment of Panasonic Eco Solutions North America (PESNA), a new business unit of Panasonic Corporation of North America (PNA) movi...

On May 6, 2012, Panasonic took part in the "Symphony of Light" event of the Tokyo Hotaru Festival, using its LED lighting to create a spectacular art installation on the Sumida River in Tokyo. The "Symphony of Light" on the Sumida River in Tokyo (Amanokawa Project®, ©Tokyo Hotaru) On the evening of May 6, Panasonic released about 100,000 "wis...

Panasonic Has Been Included Every Year since the FTSE4Good Index Series Was Launched Panasonic Corporation was selected again for the FTSE4Good Index Series, one of the world's leading socially responsible investment (SRI) index series. The series was begun by the London-based FTSE Group in 2001, and Panasonic has been included every year si...

Panasonic, a global leader of surface-mount technology (SMT) equipment with a worldwide sales and service network has started operation in the new factory to manufacture SMT equipment, namely electronic component mounting system and peripherals in Suzhou, China. The new factory is a relocated base of Panasonic Factory Solutions Suzhou Co., Ltd wi...

On 17th April 2012, Panasonic India collaborated with Everonn India Foundation (EIF), Chennai, to provide a life innovation container (LIC) to a State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) Facility. The decision to collaborate with EIF, a charitable trust towards spreading quality education across India, was made on the ba...

Hello everyone! Or Vanakkam as they say in Tamil. This is Akemi from Chennai (formerly Madras), the capital of Tamil Nadu located on the Bay of Bengal in southeastern India. When people think of Indian food, curry and naan are the first dishes that spring to mind. But here in Chennai rice is widely cultivated thanks to the tropical climate, and ...

This month, Panasonic India put together an exciting event together with its fans online. Through its existing social media networks (Twitter, Facebook), Panasonic India gathered messages from over 21,000 fans to create the world's largest fan messages board for its Cheer-a-thon in support of the Delhi Daredevils, a cricket team which the co...

Panasonic Head Care Robot Undergoing Trials at Barber Shop Panasonic has started testing of its head care robot alongside real hairdressers at a salon in Hyogo Prefecture. The robot will be at Super Hair Seo in Nishinomiya starting from April 11 for about a two month period, during which customers can come and try out the head care robot. ...

Panasonic today launched its first worldwide campaign aimed at global consumers for its EVOLTA alkaline batteries. The campaign, as part of the company's efforts to raise awareness of EVOLTA batteries worldwide, gives visitors to the EVOLTA Global Facebook site a chance to win a year's worth of EVOLTA alkaline batteries. The EVOLTA Global Campai...

Panasonic Representatives Receive Award at Teatro Franco Parenti (Milano) ELITA DESIGN AWARD Grand Prix We're proud to announce our sustainable energy installation "Photosynthesis" took home the ELITA DESIGN AWARDS on Sunday 22, 2012 in Milano, Italy, earning the title of the best exhibition at Fuorisalone (all exhibitions at Milano Salone w...

Customers of Panasonic's products will be happy to know that the company's first customer care center in Cambodia opened its doors in the central business district of Phnom Penh on April 24, 2012. This new facility caters to end users on its in warranty and out of warranty after-services for air conditioners, home appliances and audio-visual produ...

Panasonic has launched "ECLIPSE LIVE FROM FUJIYAMA by SOLAR POWER" and will broadcast the annular solar eclipse on May 20, 2012 (Pacific Standard Time/PST) live to the world from the summit of Mt. Fuji, an important symbol of nature in Japan, using only green power. Updates Eclipse Live by Solar Power Achieves More than 200K Viewers ...

Panasonic will launch a 40W equivalent clear LED lamp into the European consumer market from July 2012, which will mark the beginning of its full-scale entry into the European LED lamp market. Panasonic is currently participating in Light+Building 2012, the world's largest trade fair for lighting and intelligent buildings held April 15-20, 201...

Today, Panasonic opened the doors to its sustainable energy installation based on the concept of "Photosynthesis" during the course of the Milano Salone del Mobile 2012, one of the largest and most influential design exhibitions in the world. Flash Video Report from the Panasonic Installation at the Milano Salone (reported by Manuela Mangiacaval...

Panasonic in partnership with the Seattle Mariners announced the installation of a solar panel system comprised of 168 Panasonic HIT® Double solar panels at Safeco Field, the Seattle Mariners' home ballpark. HIT® Double solar panels are unique because they are aesthetic and able to absorb and generate electricity from both the top and bottom ...

Highly evaluated for its eco initiatives in sales activities, reports on eco activities, and active disclosure of environmental management results, Panasonic received the No.1 Award for three consecutive years in the consumer electronics field of the 2012 Green Brand Survey in Taiwan on March 29, 2012. Panasonic also received the Super Green Brand...

Through its Kids school Eco Learning Program, Panasonic is offering opportunities for environmental education to children around the world to help nurture global sustainable leaders of tomorrow. Here, we would like to share some of the activities conducted in various regions, which have been carried out in Panasonic's 2011 fiscal year. ...

Smartphones and smart tablets are very convenient tools that provide easy access to information wherever you are and whenever you need it. They also offer intuitive operation. Smartphones that fit in the palm of your hand can do things that personal computers couldn't do until recently. Do you know that Panasonic's devices are inside smartphones...

One of the core parts of Panasonic's vision of becoming the No. 1 Green Innovation Company in the Electronics Industry in 2018 is "Green Business Innovation", which deals with reducing the impact on the environment of its own business activities, and today, Panasonic announced its plans to establish a new environmental engineering company in Malays...

Official Attendees Gather Together in the Groundbreaking Ceremony Panasonic held the groundbreaking ceremony for its first overseas appliances recycling-business company called Panasonic Dadi Dowa Summit Recycling Hangzhou Co., Ltd. (PDSH*) on March 2, 2012. Announced to be set up in Tonglu County, Hangzhou, China last year in May, the ceremo...

Panasonic will showcase its total solutions for creating, storing, saving and managing energy at the Milano Salone del Mobile 2012 exhibition, which will be held in Milan this April. Installation Image - Pavilion Installation Images - Corridor In keeping with the company's aim of becoming the "No.1 Green Innovation Company in t...

Panasonic participated in the 5th International Photovoltaic Power Generation Expo, PV EXPO 2012, from February 29 to March 2, 2012 during World Smart Energy Week 2012, proposing solutions to "always save power" and "emergency preparedness." Panasonic Presents its Theme "Living on Solar Energy around the Clock" World Smart Energy Week 201...

Nowadays, there are many tablet in the market, but do you know there is only one tablet in the world which can be said to have "Fearless" performance? Panasonic, an industry leader in rugged, reliable handheld and tablet computers since 1996, is ready to debut the Toughpad™ family of professional-grade Android™-powered tablets (#Toughpad),in 10...

Panasonic, the Official Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Audio and Visual Equipment category for the London 2012 Olympic Games, announced today that the company will support the London 2012 Paralympic Games as the Official Partner in the Audio and Visual Equipment category. The London 2012 Paralympic Games will take place from August 29 to...