In February 2024, the Nikkei 225 roared past the JPY 40,000 mark, and this has been a record-breaking year for Japan, ...

Food exports from Japan have been reaching record levels for the last ten years. Last year, they crossed JPY 1.45 trillion. This is also reflected in the global popularity of Japanese cuisine around ...

By Sasha Lauture and Bernard Thompson Anyone who has tasted authentic Japanese traditional cuisine (Washoku) has experienced the versatile flavors of its fundamental ingredient: Dashi. Dashi is a fish ...

One of the biggest macro trends that Japan is currently facing is the demographic decline. This poses a number of challenges for Japanese companies due to the labor crisis and the shrinking domestic ...

For 11 consecutive years, we've seen Japanese food-related exports increase. If we look up to 2023, they reached JPY 1.45 ...

When Korean companies venture on the global stage, they often face challenges. On one side, from emerging economies like China and India, which frequently operate as OEMs and play on cost, and ...

Macrogen has pioneered genome sequencing and testing in Korea, becoming a reference company and supporting the development of technology in the country. However, it would be wrong to limit Macrogen's ...

By Daniel de Bomford and Bernard Thompson Since Sugiyo began processing fish and producing fish products over 150 years ago, the company has seen remarkable ongoing success in both the domestic and ...

In developed markets, especially those of Japan, USA and EU, medical organizations and practitioners are reputed for being conservative, and changing suppliers or adopting new technologies for medical ...

Japan is dealing with a demographic change. It has one of the oldest populations in the world, and it’s declining each year. This is creating two pressures on Japanese companies: a declining market ...