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Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition announced in collaboration with the LNG Producer Consumer Conference (LNG PCC) 2025 on 20 June 2025

  • Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), in cooperation with the International Energy Agency (IEA), and in collaboration with Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition, will host the “LNG Producer Consumer Conference (LNGPCC) 2025” on 20 June 2025 at Tokyo Big Sight, East Hall 7.
  • The LNGPCC 2025 will be co-located with the third day of the Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition 2025, as a platform to enhance cooperation between LNG producers and consumers.
  • The co-location will facilitate deeper collaboration among LNG-producing and -consuming countries, global energy companies, and policymakers on the future of LNG markets, policy frameworks, and investment strategies.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), in cooperation with the International Energy Agency (IEA), has confirmed that the LNG PCC 2025 will be held on 20 June, in collaboration with the Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition, organised by dmg events.

The LNG PCC 2025 will take place on the final day of the three-day Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition (18–20 June) at Tokyo Big Sight, East Hall 7. The LNG PCC was launched in 2012 as a platform to enhance cooperation between LNG producers and consumers. It serves as a platform for both sectors to discuss and set the direction for future natural gas and LNG initiatives.

Christopher Hudson, President, dmg events, added: “The collaboration of LNG PCC with the Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition provides an exceptional platform for high-level dialogue and investment mobilisation. This collaboration will deepen global cooperation to ensure LNG remains a competitive, secure, and cleaner energy source supporting the world’s economic growth.”

Bringing together LNG ministers, corporate executives, energy buyers, traders, and infrastructure leaders, this co-location strengthens Japan’s position as a central hub for LNG trade and dialogue.

LNG PCC 2025 is open exclusively to invited stakeholders. Please refer the website for the further detail. https://lngpcc.go.jp/ To participate in Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition and explore the full programme, including the Strategic Summit, Technical Conference, and exhibitor list, register at www.japanenergyevent.com.

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ANBC to Play Active Voice in Global Discussion on Credit and Digital Trade at BIIA Conference in Malaysia

President Elias Sfeir to Represent Brazil in Panel About Technological Advancements in Credit Granting

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The National Association of Credit Bureaus (ANBC) will take part in the BIIA Conference, held from June 4 to 6 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to discuss the use of technology in credit. The event, organised by the Business Information Industry Association (BIIA), which represents companies involved in information services and credit bureau ecosystems operating in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions, will gather global experts to debate the technological transformations that are reshaping the financial and credit sectors worldwide.

On June 5, ANBC President Elias Sfeir will join the panel “The Use of Technology in Finance and Digital Trade”, addressing the main innovations driving change in credit and financial services. The session will explore the application of cutting-edge technologies in risk management, digital transactions, and financial analysis. It will also feature market case studies that illustrate how these technologies are being adopted by credit institutions and their impact on consumers and businesses across the digital financial ecosystem.

“This event represents a unique opportunity to align perspectives with global leaders on how technology is revolutionising our sector. We are witnessing an unprecedented convergence between Latin America, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East – regions that are collectively redefining the future of the credit ecosystem through innovation. Events like this not only accelerate international collaboration but also lay the groundwork for a new paradigm in the global financial market,” says Elias.

ANBC’s participation underscores the organisation’s commitment to advancing modernisation in the credit sector, especially after becoming an official member of BIIA earlier this year. “Brazil plays a key role in shaping the future of global credit. Through our engagement in international forums such as ALACRED and ACCIS, we are bringing Brazilian expertise in technological innovation to the forefront of the global debate. At this conference, we will present real-world cases involving artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and machine learning, highlighting how digital transformation is revolutionising our market – from credit analysis to fraud prevention – and how these advancements are driving more robust and inclusive solutions across the financial value chain,” the executive concludes.

ANBC continues to expand its global presence, promoting the adoption of new technologies and strengthening the credit ecosystem, with a focus on credit sustainability and the expansion of financial inclusion for individuals and businesses.

 

TIER IV launches autonomous test vehicle development kit

TOKYO, May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — TIER IV, the pioneering force behind the world’s first open-source software for autonomous driving, is thrilled to announce the launch of a starter kit for developing autonomous technologies and vehicles. Featuring a drivable test vehicle, the DTV Kit is designed to lower the barrier to entry in the autonomous driving sector, offering a ready-to-use platform for development and validation. Developed in collaboration with Whale Dynamic, a startup specializing in unmanned delivery vehicles, the kit is compatible with Autoware*, open-source software for autonomous driving championed by TIER IV.

Training to support the development of autonomous driving technologies and vehicles is available through the TIER IV Autoware Partner Program. Developers who complete the program can put their new skills to the test in real-world environments by utilizing the DTV Kit and Web.Auto, TIER IV’s cloud-native DevOps platform. This reduces the time, effort and resources required for vehicle preparation and complex system setup, enabling partners to efficiently build and deploy development and testing environments.

This kit is also ideal for Autoware users seeking hands-on experience operating Autoware with a real vehicle, or validating autonomous driving systems built on Autoware in real-world driving environments.

Key features of the kit include:

  • Pre-synchronized ECU and sensors, eliminating the need for calibration.
  • Efficient DevOps with Autoware and Web.Auto, enabling immediate validation of simulation results in real-world conditions.
  • Reusable hardware and software, allowing for customized configurations or standalone use.
  • Hardware from TIER IV’s Edge.Auto platform, offering a direct path from prototype validation to mass production.
  • Scalable development environment, supporting modifications to the sensor configuration.

TIER IV is fueling the expansion of the Autoware ecosystem with the launch of this kit and others planned for release.  By providing the tools to transition seamlessly from simulation to real-world validation, TIER IV is driving the deployment of autonomous vehicles alongside its growing partner network.

*Autoware is a registered trademark of the Autoware Foundation.

About TIER IV

TIER IV stands at the forefront of deep tech innovation, pioneering Autoware, the world’s first open-source software for autonomous driving. Harnessing Autoware, we build scalable platforms and deliver comprehensive solutions across software development, vehicle manufacturing, and service operations. As a founding member of the Autoware Foundation, we are committed to reshaping the future of intelligent vehicles with open-source software, enabling individuals and organizations to thrive in the evolving field of autonomous driving.

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TIER IV launches autonomous test vehicle development kit

TOKYO, May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — TIER IV, the pioneering force behind the world’s first open-source software for autonomous driving, is thrilled to announce the launch of a starter kit for developing autonomous technologies and vehicles. Featuring a drivable test vehicle, the DTV Kit is designed to lower the barrier to entry in the autonomous driving sector, offering a ready-to-use platform for development and validation. Developed in collaboration with Whale Dynamic, a startup specializing in unmanned delivery vehicles, the kit is compatible with Autoware*, open-source software for autonomous driving championed by TIER IV.

Training to support the development of autonomous driving technologies and vehicles is available through the TIER IV Autoware Partner Program. Developers who complete the program can put their new skills to the test in real-world environments by utilizing the DTV Kit and Web.Auto, TIER IV’s cloud-native DevOps platform. This reduces the time, effort and resources required for vehicle preparation and complex system setup, enabling partners to efficiently build and deploy development and testing environments.

This kit is also ideal for Autoware users seeking hands-on experience operating Autoware with a real vehicle, or validating autonomous driving systems built on Autoware in real-world driving environments.

Key features of the kit include:

  • Pre-synchronized ECU and sensors, eliminating the need for calibration.
  • Efficient DevOps with Autoware and Web.Auto, enabling immediate validation of simulation results in real-world conditions.
  • Reusable hardware and software, allowing for customized configurations or standalone use.
  • Hardware from TIER IV’s Edge.Auto platform, offering a direct path from prototype validation to mass production.
  • Scalable development environment, supporting modifications to the sensor configuration.

TIER IV is fueling the expansion of the Autoware ecosystem with the launch of this kit and others planned for release.  By providing the tools to transition seamlessly from simulation to real-world validation, TIER IV is driving the deployment of autonomous vehicles alongside its growing partner network.

*Autoware is a registered trademark of the Autoware Foundation.

About TIER IV

TIER IV stands at the forefront of deep tech innovation, pioneering Autoware, the world’s first open-source software for autonomous driving. Harnessing Autoware, we build scalable platforms and deliver comprehensive solutions across software development, vehicle manufacturing, and service operations. As a founding member of the Autoware Foundation, we are committed to reshaping the future of intelligent vehicles with open-source software, enabling individuals and organizations to thrive in the evolving field of autonomous driving.

Media contact
pr@tier4.jp

Sales contact
sales@tier4.jp

Aspire Integrates with Stripe to Help Businesses Get Paid 2x Faster

Aspire users can now offer credit card payments for invoices and through payment links, providing greater flexibility, ease and convenience to their customers.


SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 29 May 2025 – Aspire, the leading all-in-one finance platform for businesses, has integrated with Stripe, a leading global financial infrastructure platform to offer businesses more ways to receive payments—faster and seamlessly. This empowers businesses across Asia with more flexible payment solutions, allowing them to receive payments globally through credit and debit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.

Aspire Integrates with Stripe to Help Businesses Get Paid 2x Faster
Aspire Integrates with Stripe to Help Businesses Get Paid 2x Faster

Financial flexibility is a top priority for businesses, particularly in the B2B space, where payment cycles can often be lengthy. With the rise in adoption of virtual cards, 64% of businesses expect the ability to pay for their purchases online. Research shows that businesses that do not accept card payments experience an average revenue loss of 4.6%, highlighting a critical need for diverse payment options.

Aspire’s integration with Stripe aims to address this key gap by allowing Aspire users to enable credit card as well as local payments like Google Pay, Apple Pay, GrabPay, and WeChat Pay from customers directly for invoices and through payment links. This enables businesses to provide flexibility, convenience, and an overall easier payment experience for their customers. Additionally, new businesses can start accepting card payments immediately via Aspire, eliminating the need to invest in building a website or setting up complex payment infrastructures.

Furthermore, the integration significantly improves settlement times. Aspire customers will now be able to access their funds as fast as three days, compared to the standard seven days. This enhanced speed and flexibility allow businesses to better manage cash flow, maintain financial stability, and reinvest in their operations with confidence.

“At Aspire, we are constantly looking for new ways to help businesses grow faster and operate more efficiently,” said Andrea Baronchelli, CEO and founder of Aspire. “This partnership with Stripe aims to address two critical pain points – speed and flexibility. Together, we are removing the friction of money, empowering businesses to focus on what they do best: growing and scaling their operations.”

Small and medium businesses make up over 97% of all businesses in APAC and are the lifeblood of any country’s economy. Working together, Aspire and Stripe helps ensure that SMBs fully benefit from cutting edge technology to enjoy seamless and flexible payment solutions that accelerate their cashflow, so they can succeed in today’s competitive landscape,” said Paul Harapin, Stripe’s Chief Revenue Officer in Asia Pacific.

This marks a significant step towards Aspire’s mission to empower global businesses with the financial tools they need to thrive in the digital economy. By integrating Stripe’s advanced payment technology, Aspire continues to strengthen its all-in-one financial platform, making it easier for businesses globally to manage payments, improve cash flow, and scale operations effortlessly.

For more information on the Aspire-Stripe integration, visit https://aspireapp.com/invoice-management.

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Aspire

Aspire is the all-in-one finance platform for modern businesses globally, helping over 50,000 companies save time and money with international payments, treasury, expense, payable, and receivable management solutions – accessible via a single, user-friendly account.

Headquartered in Singapore, Aspire has 600+ employees across nine countries, clients in 30+ markets and is backed by global top tier VCs, including Sequoia, Lightspeed, Y-Combinator, Tencent and Paypal. In 2023, Aspire closed an oversubscribed US$100M Series C round and announced that it has achieved profitability.

Singapore’s MERaLiON, Southeast Asia’s empathetic Large Language Model, Breaks New Ground with Multilingual Processing and Emotional Intelligence

  • Enhancements to MERaLiON will enable more intuitive and culturally aware AI applications in Southeast Asia and new Consortium with global partners to drive adoption
  • Advancing global conversations through the Digital Ministers Roundtable and mapping of AI Verify Testing Framework and US NIST AI Risk Management Framework
  • New sovereign healthcare agentic AI model, Enigma, sees significant results and partners with industry leaders to accelerate clinical trials and enhance patient care

SINGAPORE, May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — At ATxSummit 2025, the flagship event of Asia Tech x Singapore (ATxSG), Mrs Josephine Teo, Minister for Digital Development and Information (MDDI), unveiled updates to Singapore’s Large Language Model – Multimodal Empathetic Reasoning and Learning in One Network (MERaLiON) – and launched the MERaLiON Consortium, a significant boost to Southeast Asia’s AI capabilities. She also announced new global initiatives and collaborations which strengthen Singapore’s AI ecosystem and accelerate responsible AI adoption, putting Singapore at the forefront of efforts to operationalise AI safety.

MERaLiON breaks new ground with enhancements and new Global Partnerships

MERaLiON, a large language model developed by A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research (A*STAR I2R) and supported by IMDA, breaks new ground in regional AI capabilities with enhanced multilingual processing and emotional intelligence. The model now handles Malay, Tamil, Thai, Bahasa Indonesia, and Vietnamese on top of English, Mandarin and Singlish, with advanced code-switching abilities and emotion recognition features. These improvements enable more intuitive and culturally aware AI applications in Southeast Asia, which could be applied to customer service, social service, and marketing. 

To accelerate adoption, IMDA and A*STAR I2R have launched the MERaLiON consortium, to bring together local and global industry players and research and development (R&D) institutions like HTX, MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation (MOHT), NCS, National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC), SPH Media and ST Engineering with technology companies like Axiom IT Solutions, BytePlus, CommonTown, DBS, Grab and Microsoft Singapore. The consortium will focus on developing practical AI applications, from multilingual customer support to health and emotional insight detection and agentic decision-making systems.

Since its release in December 2024, MERaLiON’s first version has garnered over 90,000 downloads globally, attracting users from corporate research labs, media service providers, startups, and academics.  

Advancing global conversations for a trusted AI ecosystem 

In the area of AI safety research, Singapore was the site of global cooperation in identifying and prioritising research domains through the “The Singapore Consensus on Global AI Safety Research Priorities” (The Singapore Consensus). This Consensus is a living document that will serve as the foundation for the ATxSG Government-to-Government (G2G) Ministerial Roundtable on Digital Trust which seeks to bridge science to policy, and translate technical research into practical policies, by facilitating meaningful conversations between AI scientists and policymakers.   

Singapore’s enhanced AI Verify Testing Framework addresses both Generative AI (Gen AI) and traditional AI risks. In continued collaboration with the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), we developed a crosswalk to map the enhanced Framework with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework. This reaffirms the alignment between our two countries’ AI governance frameworks and reflects our shared commitment to cooperation.  

Together, these initiatives underscore Singapore’s commitment to building foundational infrastructure for AI safety development and testing that is grounded in scientific evidence to co-develop implementable, interoperable frameworks for responsible AI.

Strengthening global digital trust partnerships 

Singapore’s AI Safety Institute signed a Joint Statement with France’s AI Safety Institute to kickstart collaboration and cooperation on AI safety and cooperation on 28 May 2025. The Joint statement was signed between MDDI, Mrs Josephine Teo, and French Minister Delegate of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologues, Mrs Clara Chappaz at ATx 2025.

Singapore and US spearhead the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) Certification for businesses to facilitate trusted cross border data flows, providing access to 9 economies with about 40 trillion in market size. This was developed by the Global CBPR Forum, of which Singapore serves as deputy chair. Companies can apply for the new Certification from 2 June 2025, which will allow organisations to demonstrate compliance with internationally recognised data protection standards.

Singapore’s Enigma Health partners with Roche and ST Engineering

Enigma Health, a spinoff from SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, signed two strategic partnerships on 27 May 2025, with Roche and ST Engineering’s Enterprise Digital to expand its capabilities. This was announced by Mdm Rahayu Mahzam, Minister of State for Digital Development and Information at the “Scaling and Sustaining Healthcare with Gen AI” symposium held at ATxSG. These two new partnerships will accelerate clinical trials, market access, insights and business intelligence to help with patients’ care and access to novel drugs and digital technologies. 

Enigma Health’s flagship product, Enigma, is Singapore’s home-grown sovereign healthcare agentic AI platform developed by a team of clinicians and AI scientists to improve workflow optimisation, streamlining data-intensive and time-consuming processes while ensuring robust data security and regulatory compliance. It has been piloted at SingHealth institutions.

Singapore-Thailand alliance strengthens ASEAN’s fight against telecom scams 

IMDA and Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to combat telecommunications fraud across ASEAN.

The MOU was exchanged between Ms Jasmin Lau, Minister of State at the Ministry of Digital Development and Information and Dr Sarana Boonbaichaiyapruck, Chairman of the NBTC at the sidelines of ATxSG 2025.  

CONTACT: atxsg.imda@archetype.co 

International Friendship Cities Business Matchmaking Fair during “2025 Shandong International Friendship Cities Cooperation and Exchange Week” Held in Jinan

JINAN, China, May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A report from Shandian News.

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On the afternoon of May 27, the International Friendship Cities Business Matchmaking fair was held in Jinan. As one of the key activities of “2025 Shandong International Friendship Cities Cooperation and Exchange Week”, it is hosted by Shandong Provincial People’s Government and jointly organized by the Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Provincial People’s Government, the China Council For The Promotion of International Trade Shandong Sub-council, Department of Commerce of Shandong Province, and other departments. A total of 420 attendees participated, including delegations from nearly 40 friendship cities and states across 24 countries, alongside 70 foreign enterprises and 130 Shandong-based companies. They gathered to explore new opportunities for economic and trade cooperation and development on the platform of the international friendship cities cooperation and exchange.

Through high-standard systematic screening, standardization, indexing, matching and other procedures, the meeting comprehensively collected more than 60 cooperation demands from 70 foreign enterprises, attracting more than 100 Shandong enterprises to engage in one-on-one in-depth negotiations with their foreign counterparts during the meeting, further amplifying the effect of the platform for gathering resources from friendship cities, boosting the province’s expansion of high-level opening-up and contributing to the strength of the friendship cities.

2025 Shandong International Friendship Cities Cooperation and Exchange Week Kicks Off in Jinan

JINAN, China, May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A report from Shandian News.

 

The opening ceremony of the 2025 Shandong International Friendship Cities Cooperation and Exchange Week was held in Jinan on May 27. Hosted by Shandong Provincial People’s Government under the theme “Hand in Hand for Shared Future,” the week-long event aims to build a platform for international friendship-city exchanges, foster mutually beneficial urban partnerships, and strengthen people-to-people ties.

In recent years, the breadth and depth of Shandong’s friendship-city cooperation have kept expanding. The province’s circle of international partners continues to grow. At the opening ceremony, representatives of 19 friendship-city pairs signed cooperation agreements, and the “Jinan Initiative on International Friendship Cities Cooperation” was released. From May 26 to 30, over 20 activities will be held, including the Provincial Governors’ Dialogue, the Friendship Cities Business Matchmaking Fair, and the “Experience New Shandong” Economic and Trade Tour for Friendship Cities. These events aim to foster targeted exchanges across  all dimensions and sectors, achieve significant cooperation outcomes and expand lasting spillover effects.