The Japan Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association (CEIPA)* and the Toyota Group said today they will launch the so-called Music Way Project, a collaborative venture aimed at supporting and driving the globalization and sustainable growth of the Japanese music industry. They will do this through an Awards Ceremony program.
“The Music Way Project will focus on nurturing talent and creating opportunities for those who take on the world through music based on the slogan ‘Japanese music drives the world.’ This project will serve as a guide for young musicians by helping refine their talents so they can thrive internationally, including discovering talented students, training young people in the music industry, and holding workshops with creators,” they said this morning in Tokyo. Continue reading









Pleos – Hyundai Motor Group’s Autonomous Software
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Hyundai Motor Group (KRX: 005380 KS) said today that it is recruiting participants for its new developer conference, called Pleos 25, which will be held at COEX, Seoul, on Friday 28 March. The conference aims to accelerate the transition to a software-defined vehicle (SDV) development system and expand the app ecosystem for Hyundai Motor, Kia and Genesis vehicles. It will unveil ‘Pleos,’ a new software brand that is said to represent the Group’s vision and commitment to providing smart and sustainable mobility solutions and a self-managed, fully autonomous transportation infrastructure.
The Group will also present its own software development kits (SDKs) and application programming interfaces (APIs) regarding vehicle data and app development for next-generation infotainment systems. The open platform will become a development environment which includes SDKs and APIs for developers. Continue reading →