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2008-07-27

Nikuman and Seasonal Food

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There is an article on Nikkei Trendy about the new nikuman (manju) lineup being introduced by Circle K Sunkus in August. I find this very i...
2008-07-26

Summer Bonuses Down

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Bonuses in Japan are usually set by the unions according to parameters such as age, length of employment and a relatively small performance ...
2008-07-25

Japan - Rice as Alternative to Corn, Wheat

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There is an article on Bloomberg about how Japan is going to increase rice production as an alternative to the large amounts of wheat and c...
2008-07-24

Private Brands (2)

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Continuing from yesterday's post, there was an article on Japan Today about how Family Mart is going beyond Private Branding and actual...
2008-07-23

Private Brands (1)

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Private Brands (PB) are brands owned by retailers and not producers. Most well known brands are owned by food producers and are called Natio...
2008-07-22

Yamazaki Lunch Packs

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There is an interesting product profile on Nikkei Trendy of Yamazaki's "lunch pack" series. Yamazaki Baking Co. is the larges...
2008-07-21

Fishermen Strike

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There have been several fishermen "strikes" over the past few months. It started out with an squid fishermen's strike, and ha...
2008-07-20

Anheuser-Busch to be sold to InBev

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The sale of Anheuser-Busch to InBev (Belgium) is big news in the US, less so here in Japan. A little bit of nationalism comes into play of ...
2008-07-19

Suntory overtakes Sapporo to become No 3

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It appears that Suntory has overtaken Sapporo in the most recent sales figures. Asahi and Kirin are the clear No 1 and No 2, but Sapporo ha...
2008-07-18

Japanese Companies will Label Carbon Footprint

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There was an article in the 2008.06.19 edition of Nikkei Shimbun that says that by the end of 2009, Ajinomoto will start labeling all its se...