Fujiya Vietnam, a joint venture with Marubeni, has started local production of “Country Ma’am” and other baked confectionery in Tay Ninh, tailoring flavors and packaging for Asian markets to drive regional growth and profitability.
Kokubu Group, together with CKL and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, is enhancing Southeast Asia’s food cold-chain logistics from Singapore’s 8 Jalan Besut warehouse, aiming to provide Japan-quality services to manufacturers, restaurant chains, and retailers across ASEAN.
Sanyo Bussan is spotlighting Old Pulteney, Speyburn, and Thailand’s Prakaan single malts, showcasing coastal and Speyside terroir alongside a tropical, Southern-style whisky profile through media tastings and food pairings.
Kokubu Group and byFood are launching premium sake brewery experience tours for inbound travelers at Tamura Shuzojo in Tokyo, offering brewery visits, bespoke tastings, and fine dining pairings to grow global fans of Japanese sake.
Rokko Butter’s “Ninpu Bar” returns to MOCKTERIA in Kobe, offering pregnant women seasonal mocktails and folate-rich QBB cheese snacks in a cozy, alcohol-free bar atmosphere on select days in December.
Long‑loved nigori sake “Gorohachi” is celebrated at a cozy kotatsu bar event in Shibuya, offering free tastings of sweet, cocktail‑style mixes that showcase new, dessert‑like ways to enjoy this rich winter sake.
Otafuku Brewing’s new rice-derived mycoprotein, an allergen-free, umami-rich fungal protein, is moving toward mass production and was served as a side dish in shojin cuisine at Enryakuji Temple on Mount Hiei.
Meiji’s new “Hohoemi” infant formulas with Bifidobacterium OLB6378 help support babies who cannot drink breast milk by promoting IgA production and a breast milk–like gut environment, with convenient cube and can formats.
Nissin Foods’ Masahiro Fukai is reimagining the supply chain, combining sustainability, nutrition-focused brands like “Kanzen Meshi,” and clearer logistics cost sharing to create new value for consumers.
Fujiya Vietnam, a joint venture with Marubeni, has started local production of “Country Ma’am” and other baked confectionery in Tay Ninh, tailoring flavors and packaging for Asian markets to drive regional growth and profitability.
Kokubu Group, together with CKL and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, is enhancing Southeast Asia’s food cold-chain logistics from Singapore’s 8 Jalan Besut warehouse, aiming to provide Japan-quality services to manufacturers, restaurant chains, and retailers across ASEAN.
Sanyo Bussan is spotlighting Old Pulteney, Speyburn, and Thailand’s Prakaan single malts, showcasing coastal and Speyside terroir alongside a tropical, Southern-style whisky profile through media tastings and food pairings.
Japan’s packaged rice market, long driven by convenience, small households, and stockpiling needs, is now seeing volume fatigue as repeated price hikes lift average prices to over 1.5 times last year, even as latent growth potential remains.
The Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association invited five top sommeliers to Japan for “Sake as Seen from the World,” exploring cheese and dessert pairings and the growth potential of sake in markets like Europe, Vietnam, and Brazil.
