Travelblog (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
I'm on the launching pad... As many know I finished work at Bethesda on Sept 23 and have about 6wks off before I have to be in Pensacola for flight school. With the time I decided to visit my cousin Nick who is currently living in Sapporo Japan for a little big longer. My other cousin his brother Mike will be flying out commercial from Oct 922 for us all to meet up and travel together
Trans-Pacific Radio (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
Welcome to the 15th edition of BizCast Japan. In this edition of the show, co-hosts Albrecht Stahmer and Ken Worsley begin by taking a look at the role Japanese firms are playing in the global financial crisis. Nomura has taken a stake of Lehman Brothers’ operations, while Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is taking a huge [...]
Nonjatta (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
These keep popping out of the woodwork: unheard of bottlings of single malt from obscure corners of Japan's alcohol business not normally associated with whisky making. This "Sapporo Single Cask Malt Whisky" does not come from Yoichi , the only established whisky distillery on the island of Hokkaido, but from a quite separate alcohol making business about 25 miles away in Sapporo city. The company...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
The 16th International AHCC(R) (Active Hexose Correlated Compound) Symposium was held in Sapporo, Japan on July 26th and 27th. The Symposium hosted by the AHCC Research Association was attended by over 300 medical doctors and researchers from around the world that presented and discussed research studies completed with AHCC.
News on Japan (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Don’t worry about the lyrics—The Japanese comments on YouTube are befuddled too by this debut song Hana no Bo by Ali JONJORINA. She’s singing, “I’m Bo’s nose hair” or simply “Bo’s Nostril.” Shiga FM in Sapporo Japan has been flooded with requests for, “The Mystery Song of Nose Hair.” Click to [...]
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
The Eco Design Award in Sapporo, northern Japan, is a small but growing event inviting designers to think about materials and shapes, and come up with great design. Last year, the lovely handmade recycled wine bottle lamp shown here won the Grand Prix. Designed by Kusumoto Sukehiro at ni-un pet, a glass artist based in a very small wooden house, who has quite a following at least in Japan (and Finland)....
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
So yesterday was my first full day here in Sapporo and I gotta say this is a great city. Sapporo is the 5th largest city in Japan and one of the newest. Which means one very big thing streets here actually make SENSE. Instead of wonderful naming like ltbank streetgt because 50 years ago there may have been a bank its grid based and divided into NSEW and how many blocks away from cit
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
SAPPORO (Kyodo) Police have handed prosecutors their case against five NHK officials and two employees of a TV producer suspected of using photos in TV programs without consent. Sapporo police allege the seven people and the public broadcaster infringed the copyright of photographer Yorinobu Nawata of Sapporo by using footage of his photos of a windmill for power generation in nationally televised...
Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Tit for Tat , the black-magic segment of the horror-omnibus 4bia directed by Paween Purijitpanya, was featured at the Third Sapporo International Short Film Festival , which wrapped up on Monday. It was part of the Asian Typhoon program that also showed The Whisper of Memories , a short by Kawak Jae-Yong, director of My Sassy Girl and Cyborg She (now in Thai cinemas). Other works by Thai directors...
storm from the east (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
How Green is your Beer? Sapporo Breweries is set to...
Japundit (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Courtesy of Japan News Junkie. Record five in race to succeed Fukuda Sapporo Breweries Japan’s first firm to label products with carbon footprint Fukuda’s resignation leaves Japan at a turning point Half of Japanese beset by woes The town that took on the yakuza Tokyo Girls Collection news Japanese Ranked Best Tourists, Followed by Americans Nagi Noda Passes Away Hello Kitty action speakers No pot...
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Sapporo wants you to know it cares enough about the earth to print carbon footprint info on its product labels: Sapporo is not alone in engineering this superficial marketing ploy environmentally friendly policy. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is looking to push a carbon footprinting system onto private firms, though it still has not [...]
Forbes (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
U.S. hedge fund says Japanese brewery is breaking the rules by not talking takeover.
Forbes (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
The U.S. hedge fund demands the brewer back off or allow it to make a tender offer.
Nikkei (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Steel Partners Urges Sapporo To Come To Bargaining TableTOKYO (Nikkei)--Steel Partners said Tuesday that it has asked Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (2501) to restart stalled talks on the U.S. investment fund's proposal to increase its stake in the brewer.
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bhakti | 05/19/2008
Bharatbook.com released the market report “Sapporo Holdings Limited company profile” ( http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=20841 ) that provides information related to the various companies and sectors around the world. This latest edition company profile is part of a major series of reports that will provide you with convenient and concise analysis on the worlds largest drinks companies. Each...
