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Takasago invests $25M in new factory in Indonesia
Japan | News | 05 Dec, 2019
Takasago International Corporation, a global leading company, was established in Japan in 1920. Now Takasago has offices, production sites, and research and development centres in 27 countr...Read more
BGL announces the sale of Warnock Food Products to Calbee
Japan | News | 08 Nov, 2019
Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) is pleased to announce the sale of Warnock Food Products, Inc. (Warnock) to Japanese ...Read more
Ajinomoto and Accenture to establish joint venture
Japan | News | 08 Nov, 2019
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. and Accenture have agreed to establish a joint venture in Japan to help the food and biotech company accelerate its operational transformation. The new company, Ajinomo...Read more
World Bank raises awareness for food loss in Japan
Japan | News | 26 Sep, 2019
The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD rated Aaa/AAA) has launched Sustainable Development Bonds totaling $500 million. The Norinchukin Bank, a national...Read more
Ajinomoto acquires majority equity stake in MTG
Japan | News | 27 Aug, 2019
Japan based Ajinomoto Co., Inc. has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire a 50.1% equity stake in More Than Gourmet Holdings, Inc. (MTG) of the United States for a strategic partners...Read more
Blue Diamond Growers applauds announced trade deal with Japan
Japan | News | 27 Aug, 2019
Blue Diamond Growers, a nonprofit grower-owned cooperative, applauds the trade agreement announced by the United States and Japan. This agreement recognizes and further solid...Read more
Nissui Pharma launches bacterial colony-counting service globally
Japan | News | 07 Aug, 2019
Nissui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo) is pleased to announce that @BactLAB™, an application that uses Amazon Web Service (AWS) Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) t...Read more
Morinaga Milk's probiotic bifidobacterium longum BB536 receives GRAS approval
Japan | News | 12 Jul, 2019
Morinaga Milk Industry Co.Ltd a leading Japanese dairy product company, on 11 June 2019, announced its own probiotic. Morinaga Bifidobacterium longum BB536 has received GRAS ...Read more
Teijin Acquires Sales Rights to BARLEYmax in Asia
Japan | News | 24 Jun, 2019
Teijin Limited, on 23 June 2019, announced that it has reached an agreement with The Healthy Grain Pty. Limited, an Australian venture company, to acquire the exclusive sales rig...Read more
Japanese organic food company strikes a deal with US meal kit firm
Japan | News | 13 Jun, 2019
Purple Carrot, the plant-based meal kit company with operations in the U.S., has announced that it will be acquired by Tokyo-based Oisix ra daichi Inc. (Oisix), Japan's largest meal kit and...Read more
Yokogawa, Sensire collaborate for Cold Chain monitoring
Japan | News | 06 Jun, 2019
Yokogawa Electric Corporation and Finland-based Sensire Ltd. announce that they have reached an agreement for Yokogawa to take a €6 million stake in Sensire and to begin collabora...Read more
Teijin establishes nutraceutical product firm for productive ageing
Japan | News | 20 May, 2019
Teijin Limited has announced its establishment of NOMON, Co., Ltd. to sell nutraceutical food and beverages that are scientifically proven to help people maintain their health. ...Read more
Mitsui & Co. to Invest in Shrimp Producer and Processor Minh Phu
Japan | News | 16 May, 2019
Tokyo based Mitsui & Co., Ltd. has agreed with Minh Phu Seafood Joint Stock Company ("Minh Phu"), the world's biggest shrimp integrator from farming to processing and sales, to ac...Read more
Japanese Ministry approves Beta-Alanine for Food Application
Japan | News | 25 Apr, 2019
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan has recently announced the approval of beta-alanine in the Japanese food market. Natural Alternatives International, Inc. ("NAI") (Nasdaq...Read more
Onegevity Health, Kirin and Mitsui collaborate for the development of unique nutritional products
Japan | News | 22 Apr, 2019
Kirin Holdings Company, Mitsui & Co. and Onegevity Health, a market leader in advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled insight solutions for prevention and wellness has announ...Read more
EISAI pharma launches carbonated beverage, Chocola BB
Japan | News | 19 Apr, 2019
Eisai Co., Ltd. launches its new carbonated beverage Chocola BB® Sparkling Kiwi & Lemon Flavor, classified as a Food with Nutrient Function in Japan. Chocola BB Sparklin...Read more
Scientists crack the code of regeneration of plant tissues
Japan | News | 17 Apr, 2019
Plant regeneration can occur via the formation of a mass of pluripotent cells. The process of acquisition of pluripotency involves silencing of genes to remove original tissue memory and pr...Read more
Researchers estimate appropriate protein intake
Japan | News | 25 Mar, 2019
Biochemists have shown that very high protein levels can be harmful to cells in the human body. However, exactly which proteins fall under this category remains a mystery. Mr.Yuichi Eguchi(...Read more