Kei Nishikori appears in Nissin Cup Noodle commercials. He recently won the Barcelona Open tennis tournament, which bumped him up to the top 10 in the world. Since it has been a while for Japan to have someone in the top ten, he is very hot. This is a nice shot of Nishikori with the Nissin patch on his shirt, showing the red clay court he played on. 日清 錦織圭
http://www.nissin.com/jp/
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As a spinoff of their Lunch Pack series, Yamazaki is now offering flavored, hard rusk bread made from bread crust. This variety is a collaboration with a CoCo Ichibaya, a popular chain of curry restaurants, and is not surprisingly curry flavored. The packaging looks similar to that for the Lunch Pack sandwiches. I personally like seeing bread crust being made use of because in Japan crust is typically cut off and presumably wasted. ヤマザキ ちょいパクラスク
http://www.yamazakipan.co.jp/
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Burger King is selling items from a BK Acai series which features acai imported from Brazil. Acai is touted as a superfruit containing fiber, polyphenols, calcium, iron, amino acids, vitamins and minerals. The offerings include the BD Acai Sparkling (carbonated drink), the BK Acai Milk, and the BK Acai Bowl (looks like acai on a granola and yogurt bowl). バーガーキング
http://www.burgerkingjapan.co.jp/campaign/cp118.html
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Since reentering Japan in 2007, Burger King has now expanded to 83 locations which now includes 4 stores in Okinawa. バーガーキング
http://www.burgerkingjapan.co.jp/
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Nissui, one of the large marine food products companies, is selling an omega-3 fatty acid drink which carries a government approved FOSHU health claim. Naturally, the omega-3 fatty acids are derived from fish, most sardines and other blue skin fish. The 100 ml drink is yogurt flavored and contains 600 mg DHA and 260 mg EPA. The health claim is for reducing neutral fats in the blood. Clinical trials have shown that 12 weeks of daily consumption can reduce the level of neutral fats by 20%. ニッスイ イマーク
https://www.nissui-kenko.com/products/products162.html
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Nestle Japan has is offering its KitKat Matcha adult flavor (less sweet) variety in smaller bite size 10 packs. Other Japanese confectionary companies have also started introducing adult varieties in response to Japan's aging population. キットカット ネスレ
http://d.nestle.jp/
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In another interesting collaboration between Tanita and Yamazaki to develop balanced, low calorie lunch packs, this time around they are offering a variety pack including a okara (high fiber soy pulp) salad on whole grain bread and a summer vegetable curry on white bread. Each Lunch Pack, consisting of one sandwich each comes to a total calorie count of 253.
Tanita is an international maker of health measurement equipment for such things as weight and body fat. They recently opened a limited number of restaurants, one right in the middle of the business district around Tokyo Station, which look like company lunch halls but but focus on well balanced, low calorie meals. These restaurants also have registered dieticians on hand for free counseling.
ヤマザキ ランチパック タニタ
http://www.yamazakipan.co.jp/
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To compete with cheaper McDonald's and convenience store coffee, Tully's Japan is offering discount second cups of coffee. With a receipt (photo), you can go into any Tully's store on the same day and buy a short coffee for 150 yen. タリーズコーヒー
http://www.tullys.co.jp/
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Nestle has introduced round, bite-size KitKat chocolate balls which include the familiar layered wafer pattern and promised enhanced chocolate flavor. ネスレ キットカット
http://d.nestle.jp/
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Sports like squash, badminton, table tennis and indiaca are especially popular in Asia. Meiji with its Super VAAM sports drink (17 amino acids, CoQ10, carnatine) is sponsoring the 9th East Asia Squash Championships in Tokyo. 明治 スーパーヴァーム
http://www.meiji.co.jp/
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