Date: Aug 21, 2017
Source: The World Folio
Prime Minister Abe is pushing forward policies in an effort to open up the country’s economy to the global market. Japan Inc. is following suit with an aggressive strategy to go global through M&As and strategic partnership and by diversifying their business portfolios
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Date: Aug 21, 2017
Source: ACN Newswire
HONG KONG, Aug 21, 2017 – (ACN Newswire) – Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the 28th Food Expo, the ninth Hong Kong International Tea Fair, the fourth Home Delights Expo and the second Beauty & Wellness Expo, together with the International Conference of the Modernization of Chinese Medicine & Health Products, jointly organised with the Modernized Chinese Medicine International Association Ltd, have concluded successfully.
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Date: Aug 20, 2017
Source: New York Times By REUTERS: Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto; Editing by Eric Meijer
TOKYO — Confidence at Japanese manufacturers rose in August to its highest level in a decade led by producers of industrial materials, a Reuters poll showed, in a further sign of broadening economic recovery.
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Date: Aug 21, 2017
Source: PRNewswire
TOKYO, Aug. 21, 2017 – Strategy & Design Labo Inc. (HQ: Sumida Ward, Tokyo CEO: Hisashi Ogiso) has opened DESIGNERS’ FRIDGE as a new flagship store in Daikanyama, Shibuya Ward – the area highly famous even in the grand Japanese capital Tokyo for its sophisticated, tasteful fashion goods and design products – to provide prominent fashion design products from all over the world.
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Date: Aug 20, 2017
Source: Bloomberg By Lisa Du and Shoko Oda
Calbee Inc.‘s granola snack had been around for 20 years, with no real change to its recipe or sales. Then a female marketing executive turned things around by pitching the cereal as a time-saver for a growing class of Japanese consumers just like her: working mothers.
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Date: Aug 7, 2017
Source: NEDO
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Date: Aug 4, 2017
Source: ETF Trends by Brenton Garen
Assets invested in exchange traded funds and exchange traded products listed in Japan have increased by 26.7% from US$173.30 billion to reach a new record of US$219.60 billion in the first half of 2017.
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Date: July 26, 2017
Source: foodnetwork by Amy Reiter
Coffee, tea or … well, both have their fans. But only one of them is traditionally drunk with crumpets at teatime, so, hey, tea definitely has that in its favor.
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Date: Aug 4, 2017
Source: Daily Mail By PHOEBE WESTON FOR MAILONLINE
Japanese scientists have come up with a cool solution to stop ice cream melting before you’ve had time to finish it.
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Date: Aug 8, 2016
Source: Medical News Today By Ana Sandoiu
Available treatments for tooth sensitivity are lacking in a number of ways, such as being ineffective and predisposing patients to bacteria and cavities. But researchers have now developed a new material to better protect sensitive teeth, using green tea polyphenols.
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Date: Aug 7, 2017
Source: NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation (NEC), SMUD and SpaceTime Insight (SpaceTime) have announced a new co-innovation business model and started offering smart energy solutions for electric power companies.
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Date: June 7, 2016
Source: Medical News Today By Honor Whiteman
A compound found in green tea has shown promise for the treatment of Down syndrome, according to a new study published in The Lancet Neurology.
Study co-leader Dr. Mara Dierssen, of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain, and colleagues reveal how the compound epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) improved the cognitive function of individuals with the condition.
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Date: July 31, 2017
Source: Business Insider By Shayna Olsan & Shigeru Sato, Business Insider Japan
A beef-cutlet sandwich normally costs you about $5 in Japan. Tokyo restaurant Wagyumafia, however, is luring affluent tourists from all over the world with a $180 sandwich.
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Experts advise beginners start with a chilled glass but sparkling sake is also an excellent first sip
Date: Aug 4, 2017
Source: thestar.com By CHRISTINE SISMONDOSpecial to the Star
Most Torontonians can confidently place an order for sushi or sashimi at the local izakaya but there is one part of the menu that almost everybody is still wary of — the sake section.
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Also under development: fragrant moss, non-wilting flowers, glow-in-the-dark weeds
Date: July 26, 2017
Source: The Mercury News By LISA M. KRIEGER
A flower is one of nature’s most beautiful creations — but gene engineers think they can make it even better.
For the first time, Japanese researchers have turned chrysanthemums’ naturally pink or red booms into true blue — an unattainable holy grail of the flower world.
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Date: July 28, 2017
Source: Forbes
SINGAPORE (July 27, 2017) – Japan nearly tripled its presence on the 2017 Forbes Asia’s “Best Under A Billion” list with 38 out of top 200 publicly-traded companies in the Asia-Pacific region, up from 13 last year. 119 companies are new on this year’s list. The full list can be found here and in the latest issue of Forbes Asia.
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Date: July 28, 2017
Source: Kotaku by Brian Ashcraft
If you’ve ever been to a supermarket in Japan, you’ll know that throughout the store, there are people offering free samples and prompting various products. They are real flesh and blood humans. This Asahi beer salesperson is not.
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Date: July 27, 2017
Source: Deccan Chronicle
Tokyo (Japan), July 27 (ANI): Many Japanese international companies are actively employing overseas personnel. At the NEC central R&D center, under the theme of creating promising and valuable solutions for the various needs of society, advanced research is conducted.
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Date: July 25, 2017
Source: nikon.com
Founded in 1917, Nikon began as a manufacturer of precision optical glass.
In 1925, the company expanded into optical instruments, introducing the world’s first microscope with a revolving nosepiece and interchangeable objectives — JOICO. Since then, Nikon microscopes have helped to advance science and technology all over the world, such as playing a key role in recent Nobel Prize winning stem cell discoveries.
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Date: July 20, 2017
Source: Sora News24 By Oona McGee
If you asked Japanese people on the street to name one of their favourite models from overseas, chances are that Australian beauty Miranda Kerr would be on that list.
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7 routes to be promoted to foreign tourists Date: June 12, 2015 Source: The Japan Times For the first time, the Tourism Agency on Friday selected seven re...
Top 10 Japan's companies list from cosmetics industries in 2018 Japan is one of the world’s largest markets for cosmetics and personal care products, and has...
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Japanese researchers win Gairdner Intl. Award Date: Mar 25, 2015 Source: NHK World Two Japanese researchers have won a prestigious international medical aw...
