Nikkei Automotive Nikkei Electronics Announcing Re-Launch

1. Nikkei Automotive Nikkei ElectronicsAnnouncing Re-Launch

2. Industry Trends and the Role of Nikkei BP

3. Industry barriers to break down • Cutting-edge companies are breaking down barriers between industries • Denso has joined the agriculture business • Toyota engages in community-building • Toshiba has joined the atomic energy, semiconductor, and medical sectors • Hitachi supplies infrastructure to the world • Personnel have begun to cross industries • Ajinomoto, JINS want electrical engineers • The Electrical Engineering Department of the Tokyo Institute of Technology is inundated with auto manufacturer personnel • Advanced manufacturing technology is now crossing sectors • ICT vendors have joined the advanced manufacturing technology business with a view to taking a leading role • Advanced monozukuri technology is now used in medicine and agriculture

4. Electronics technology engenders innovation across industries Consumer electronics and PCs Automobiles Energy Medicine and health care Social infrastructure Construction and real estate Food and agriculture Services and distribution Electronics (electronics, information, communications, and control)

5. More auto industry stakeholders fostering innovation with other industries Consumers Energy Retail stores Social infrastructure Housing and real estate ICT Automobiles Parts Town/city Electronics Resources and materials

6. Business expansion of technology companies Functions offered by Nikkei BP Corporate direction Boost development capacity Dissemination of cutting-edge information Information gathering Media Boost business efficiency Information dissemination Internationalconferences Movement creation Personnel training Real development conferencing Global expansion Network creation Community building Interactionopportunities New business creation

7. We support the growth of technology Media Nikkei Automotive: Relaunch, magazine name change, switch to monthly issue ---Taking the lead in the future of autos-- Nikkei Electronics: Re-launch, switch to monthly issue, renewal---Source of innovation Nikkei Monozukuri: Renewal Nikkei Digital Health: Impact/PVs rise dramatically Nikkei Technology Online: New edition launched, PV rises B2B Owned Media Development---Supporting corporate information wars International conference Real development conferences Open Innovation: Outsourced development Launched in 2014 as a platform for collaboration with other industries Factory ESCAR ADAS Trillion Sensor Asia Monozukuri Conference Opportunities for interaction Round table of experts -Launch slated for 2015 -Conference between experts in other fields and clients

8. Magazines Digital health WEB Books/magazine-book hybrids (“mook”) Electronics Automobiles Energy Technology journalist group Technical seminars Semiconductors Personnel training seminars International conferences Development conferences Study groups Monozukuri

9. A Treasure Trove Cyber-physical systems Industrial Internet Industry 4.0 Robots Artificial intelligence Additive Manufacturing 3D printer Machine learning Smart machines 3D scanners Drones Language recognition Open-source hardware Terahertz Brain chips HMD Social devices Deep Learning VR NFC ReRAM AR Millimeter wave MRAM Wearable technology Wireless charging system Organic electronics Harvesting Bionics M2M Big data IoT Autonomous driving/ADAS ESCAR Data center Advanced storage Automatic brake 48V Cloud Quantum computers Drive assist Automotive Ethernet Location information Quantum annealing ITS EV/pHEV Net zero energy building Telematics Subminiature mobility Mega solar Hydrogen technology Wind-powered electricity Smart maintenance Fuel cell HEMS/BEMS Smart city 9

10. Re-Launch Taking the lead in the future of automobiles

11. Objectives of magazine name change/switch to monthly edition • Magazine name change • Expand to cover topics such as business model changes and market trends, maintaining technology as the core • Monthly edition • Boost dissemination of information on automobiles via both magazine/Technology Online • Catch phrase • “Taking the lead in the future of automobiles ”

12. Three special attributes of Nikkei Automotive • We help you visualize the uncertain future of the automotive industry with three components: • Implementing our own original technology assessment • Real car assessment・Disassembly assessment・Fuel efficiency/power usage rate efficiency assessment • Keeping an eye on the innovation that changes the industrial structure • Motorization, autonomous driving, big data linking • Looking to future mobility trends from a global perspective • Economies of sharing, economy vehicles, and small electric vehicles

13. Special features only available in this magazine A comprehensive look at the car of 2030 Light vehicles to lead global competitiveness Steel replaced by plastics and aluminum in vehicles Is Google’s automotive strategy only about autonomous driving?

14. Encompassing all auto-industry innovation

15. The ever-expanding auto sector Services utilizing autos Security/ functional safety IoT/Big data Caravan driving Software development Automobiles Economies of sharing Smartphones Model-based development Automatic dispatch 3G/4G Autonomous driving ADAS Energy management Traffic information Telematics

16. Nikkei Electronics Re-Launch

17. Being the source of innovation The Creation of Smart Machines Will Transform the Structure of the IoT

18. In our times, all industries are inter-related 1971 Nikkei Electronics inaugural issue 2015 Nikkei Electronics Re-Launch All industries connected ・Conversion to electronic data ・Network creation Discrete components Integration Digitalization 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

19. All-industry innovation Personal mobility Smart cities Nursing care robots HEMS BEMS Autonomous driving Distance medicine Smartphones Telephone/ fax Mobile phone Mega solar Wearable Health management devices EV FCEV Super high-speed rail Disaster prevention メイン フレーム Infrastructure management パソコン Home electronics/PCs パソコン Smart House タブレット 19 Traffic control Office-use robots O2O Biological electronics Plant factory CD DVD Blu-ray Disc Precision farming Programmable matter Beacons Farm work robots BMI Drones

20. Electronics technology links all industries Consumer electronics and PCs Automobiles Energy Medicine and health care Social infrastructure Construction and real estate Food and agriculture Services and distribution Electronics (electronics, information, communications, and control)

21. Changing technology-driving products 1970⇒2020 Integrated circuits PCs Internet Digital consumer electronics Smart phones & tablets IoT, robots, adoption of electronics

22. Web-and-magazine hybrids

23. Overview of Nikkei Automotive and Nikkei ElectronicsRe-Launch and Technology Media —2015 Action Plan—

24. Nikkei Automotive • Magazine name changes to Nikkei Automotive as of January 2015 • Magazine will be issued monthly instead of every two months (increased from six to twelve issues annually) • Release date is the 11th of every month（e.g. February issue goes on sale January 11th) • Advertising prices will be revised as of January 2015 issue • 4C1P：\420,000 →\580,000 • Current circulation/future plans: Special features of the July and September 2014 issues (“Accident-free vehicle testing on real cars,” and “Toyota’s three challenges” respectively) have piqued interest in the industry, leading to greater circulation. This re-launch is expected to reach more readers, in addition to the core of existing readership.

25. Nikkei Electronics • Magazine will be issued monthly instead of every two weeks as of January 2015 (decreased from twenty-six to twelve issues annually) • Release date is the 20thof every month（e.g. February issue goes on sale January 20th) • Edited pages per issue: increased from 80→120 • Advertising rates: 4C1P：￥1,056,000 • (in line with current regular rates; frequency discount rate may differ) • Current circulation/future plans: For the time being, circulation will likely remain at the present rate of 28,696 copies（2013ABC Audited Circulation), to be increased if a broader readership is achieved.

26. 2015Seminars (tentative)

27. 2015 Seminar Themes (tentative) Automotive 　・Automatic driver assistance systems 　・Autonomous driving 　・Automotive Ethernet 　・escar asia (auto security) 　・In-vehicle software development 　・In-vehicle imaging sensors 　・Next-generation automobiles 　・Future of the auto industry according to seven of Japan’s largest car makers 　・Future of automotive conference ・Asia monozukuri conference

28. 2015 Seminar Themes (tentative) Electronics 　・Wearable technology 　・Trillion Sensors Summit 　・Power semiconductors 　・Next-generation LED 　・Anytime/anywhere displays 　・Automotive Ethernet 　・Bionic devices 　・Millimeter waves 　・Robots, drones, and smart machines. Etc.

29. 2015 Seminar Themes (tentative) Monozukuri （design and production) ・Factory 2015 （three times annually） ・3Ｄ printing/scanning（twice annually） ・Processing technology to endanger added-value design ・PLM（design process innovation/document management） ・Global strategies/operating base

30. Re-Launch Campaign

31. Re-Launch Campaign January-June 2015 Nikkei Automotive January-June 2015 ■Order totaling three pages　→ Upgraded to four pages 　（ex. 4C1P x 3 times → Upgraded to 4C1P x 4 ） ■Order totaling four pages　→ Upgraded to six pages 　（ex. 4C2P x 2 times→ Upgraded to 4C2P x 3 times）