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ConsumerJapan's Kao ramps up Asia makeup push as China, South Korea brands rise Low-priced Kate brand to launch promotional blitz with fivefold budget boost Kate will debut a product with packaging featuring a character from popular anime series "Juj... [1]

Nobuko Kobayashi co-leads the Japan consumer practice of global strategy consulting group EY-Parthenon. OpinionJapan Inc. [2]

This article is part of a collaboration between Nikkei Asia and FT Globetrotter. LifeA guide to Tokyo's vegan revolution Some of the best plant-based eateries sprouting up across Japan's capital This article is part of a collaboration between Nikkei ... [3]

NUSA DUA, Bali -- Gojek, one-half of Indonesia's largest private tech company, GoTo, is breaking into electric vehicle manufacturing. [4]

Business dealsIndonesia's Gojek in merger talks with Tokopedia to battle Sea Superapp developer seeks new partner after talks with Grab hit logjam Gojek and Tokopedia share some big-name backers, including Google, Temasek Holdings and Sequoia Capital... [5]

As a keen martial arts practitioner, I was eager to watch the 1984 movie, "The Karate Kid," when it was released. In the film, the Japanese American actor Noriyuki "Pat" Morita plays the unassuming Mr. [6]

Inspired by native styles, I took a radically different approach to haute couture "What's this, Kenzo? You're starting to go bald." [7]

From Jody Ono, a leadership development instructor based in Tokyo, and a thought partner of Global Perspectives. What many people in Japan wish for is that the "diverse" become mainstream, well ensconced within a widened range of social norms. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-06-05 · 31% match

Japan's Kao ramps up Asia makeup push as China, South Korea brands rise

ConsumerJapan's Kao ramps up Asia makeup push as China, South Korea brands rise Low-priced Kate brand to launch promotional blitz with fivefold budget boost Kate will debut a product with packaging featuring a character from popular anime series "Juj

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-05-05 · 36% match

Japan Inc. has to speed up its decision-making process

Nobuko Kobayashi co-leads the Japan consumer practice of global strategy consulting group EY-Parthenon. OpinionJapan Inc.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-08-17 · 35% match

A guide to Tokyo's vegan revolution

This article is part of a collaboration between Nikkei Asia and FT Globetrotter. LifeA guide to Tokyo's vegan revolution Some of the best plant-based eateries sprouting up across Japan's capital This article is part of a collaboration between Nikkei

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-11-19 · 34% match

Gojek to enter two-wheel EV manufacturing through joint venture

NUSA DUA, Bali -- Gojek, one-half of Indonesia's largest private tech company, GoTo, is breaking into electric vehicle manufacturing.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-01-05 · 33% match

Indonesia's Gojek in merger talks with Tokopedia to battle Sea

Business dealsIndonesia's Gojek in merger talks with Tokopedia to battle Sea Superapp developer seeks new partner after talks with Grab hit logjam Gojek and Tokopedia share some big-name backers, including Google, Temasek Holdings and Sequoia Capital

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-01-25 · 33% match

Hollywood's skewed view of Japan

As a keen martial arts practitioner, I was eager to watch the 1984 movie, "The Karate Kid," when it was released. In the film, the Japanese American actor Noriyuki "Pat" Morita plays the unassuming Mr.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-10-19 · 32% match

Kenzo Takada (18) Setting the body free from clothing

Inspired by native styles, I took a radically different approach to haute couture "What's this, Kenzo? You're starting to go bald."

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-02-25 · 32% match

Japan's diversity challenge is about social inclusion

From Jody Ono, a leadership development instructor based in Tokyo, and a thought partner of Global Perspectives. What many people in Japan wish for is that the "diverse" become mainstream, well ensconced within a widened range of social norms.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-05-17 · 31% match

Japan Inc. is changing the way it assesses leadership

Jody Ono is a specially appointed professor at Hitotsubashi University Business School in Tokyo where she runs leadership development programs. She is also a senior adviser on Japan to strategic intelligence firm G3.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-02-03 · 31% match

Mattis included Senkaku isles in US-Japan defense treaty: Japan official

TOKYO -- U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis reaffirmed the U.S.'s commitment to its defense treaty with Japan in a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe here on Friday.

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