Fujicco will make FB Food Service, a Thai frozen prepared food manufacturer, its subsidiary. The company has sales channels with convenience stores and restaurants, and for the fiscal year ending December 2024,

On September 25, UCC Japan began experimental trials at the "Ueshima Coffee Shop Woven City Store" (Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture) opened in Phase 1 of Toyota’s large-scale demonstration city "Woven City."

Yakult Honsha has announced that Yakult Europe, its European headquarters based in Almere, the Netherlands, has established an Austrian branch.

Yakult Honsha has established the "Yakult European R&D Center B.V." at Wageningen Campus in Gelderland, the Netherlands, as a global research and development hub.

House Foods Group and distillation startup Ethical Spirits (Taito-ku, Tokyo) have launched a sustainable co-creation project focused on exploring the multifaceted potential of spices and upcycling unused materials.

"Preventive healthcare with a hamburger!?" Nissin Foods aims to realize such a future through its unique nutritional optimization technology. The company has joined "Toyota Woven City" (Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture), which opened on September 25.

Sanyo Foods, maker of the “Sapporo Ichiban” brand, is launching a new line of retort-packaged toppings designed exclusively for instant noodles.

AEON Vietnam will hold the grand opening of “AEON Tan An Shopping Center” in Tan An City, Long An Province, on October 4. This marks the company’s first-ever medium-sized shopping center in Vietnam.

Ichibiki, a brewing and food manufacturer founded in 1772 (the first year of the An’ei era), appointed Takuya Nakamura as its president on June 20 this year. Having joined the company in 1998, Nakamura has spent his entire career in production.

Nitto Best, a leading supplier of commercial frozen foods, is strengthening its lineup of new products and proposals designed to solve issues at foodservice sites. Its new rice porridge set for hospitals and care facilities promises stable quality and significantly reduced kitchen workload.

COCONO Natural (Shibuya Ward, Tokyo), the company selling the coconut milk–based yogurt “COCONO,” is now strengthening efforts for nationwide distribution.

A new style of highball—“Sake High,” a sparkling mix of Japanese sake and soda water—is gaining popularity.Takara Shuzo launched the sake “Sho Chiku Bai Mizuoto,” designed specifically for mixing with soda, through commercial channels in October 2024.

As health consciousness grows and interest in plant-based foods (PBF) rises, the Japan Soy Meat Association was established in September 2023 by five founding...

Seven-Eleven Japan and SoftBank Robotics began selling noodle dishes prepared by a steam-cooking robot at the “7-Eleven West Gate Store” inside the Osaka–Kansai Expo venue starting September 16.

“I don’t drink alcohol, but soft drinks feel unsatisfying at night. Yet non-alcoholic beverages don’t quite hit the mark, either.”To meet the needs that conventional non-alcoholic drinks have failed to fulfill, Asahi Beer released a “nighttime-only carbonated water” on September 17 called “Wilkinson Tansan Tag Sober,” a cocktail-inspired sparkling beverage.

Daisho began selling three new shabu-shabu seasonings for grocery sections on September 1 as part of its 2025 autumn and winter lineup. The company is offering two dipping sauces and one soup.