Several CNF-based products have come onto the market in Japan including: The dynamic nature of business environment in the current global economy is raising the need amongst business professionals …
Convenience stores in Japan reforming business models for growth
Three major convenience store operators in Japan are seeking to reform their business models for further growth, as the domestic market is reaching its “ceiling” and consumer behavior has changed …
Convenience stores in Japan reforming business models for growth
Three major convenience store operators in Japan are seeking to reform their business models for further growth, as the domestic market is reaching its “ceiling” and consumer behavior has changed …
Japanese company launches ice pops using persimmons headed for the garbage heap
A travel agency in this southwest Japan city has launched ice pops using local persimmons that would otherwise have landed in the g･･･ …
I’m an American who visited Japan for the first time. Here are 13 things that surprised me the most.
From logistics to cultural norms, here are some useful things I wish I knew before traveling from the US to Japan for the first time in 2018.
2 women choke to death on New Year’s rice cakes as deadly trend continues in Japan
Japan issues public warnings to be careful when eating mochi — and nearly every year, people choke to death anyway.
World’s Oldest Living Person, Kane Tanaka, Celebrates Her 119th Birthday in Japan
Tanaka — the world’s oldest living person, according to Guinness World Records — just celebrated her 119th trip around the sun. The great-grandmother, who was born in 1903, marked the milestone in a …
Does Japan Aspire to be a Super Power?
In early November, the German Navy frigate Bayern docked in Japan after two days of exercises with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer …
Amending Japan’s beef safeguard is crucial to US beef exports
The US Meat Export Federation says there are several reasons the US Trade Representative’s office needs to make progress on Japan’s safeguard threshold for imports of US beef. President and CEO Dan …
At least 4 women dead in Japan after choking on traditional new year rice cakes
A new year tradition was deadly this year for four women in Japan who died after choking on traditional sticky rice cakes known as “mochi.” …