August 25, 2012 Fumiaki Jahana of Ryukyu Shimpo
Odac, a distributor based in Kin of mushrooms, fruit and vegetables, has been promoting the export of Okinawan mushrooms to Asia. In addition to Thailand and Singapore, there is an increasing demand in Taiwan. Since this April, every month they have exported about ten tons of buna-shimeji or brown beech mushrooms. The company aims to establish a system that enables them to supply their products throughout the year.
Cooperating...
August 24, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 28, major Japanese snack food maker Calbee opened its first shop, called the Okinawa Kokusai-Dori Calbee Plus, in the busiest street of Naha. Unlike other retail stores, the shop is popular because items are cooked then and there, in front of the customers....
August 18, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
Jetstar Hong Kong, an affiliated airline of the low-cost carrier Jetstar, is planning to launch a Naha-Hong Kong service. On August 17, Tsuyoshi Ichino, head of the public relations department for Jetstar Japan, said that the company plans to operate flights between...
August 22, 2012 Ryo Akamine of Ryukyu Shimpo
Seeking to establish a stable production and sales structure for sea grapes produced in Okinawa, in mid-September the Sea Grapes Producers Council, which is made up of 140 individuals and organizations involved in the production of sea grapes, will...
August 18, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
This month Flight Simulation Okinawa (FSO), which is based in Chatan, has started a new pilot training program using an aircraft simulator. The company said that the machine was the only simulator in Japan designated by the governments of Japan and the United...
August 15, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
Shipments of shima dofu are on the rise. A year after it began to gradually expand the scale of its business, Hokugan Co., Ltd, which started shima dofu production at Nikko in Tochigi in 2009, increased its volume of shipment by 2.5 times, to...
August 3, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
From August 13, the Okinawa City Tourism Association and Otsuka Foods, a company producing the Japanese well-known retort-pouched goods Bon-curry, will sell a jointly planned product called Kyu-bon curry.
The Bon-curry is sold in Okinawa as a limited...
August 4, 2012 Maki Nagamine of Ryukyu Shimpo
Meat distributor Maruichi Meat is about to commence regular supply of agu pork, a traditional breed of Ryukyuan pig, to the Sogo Department Store in Hong Kong. Maruichi Meat has exported agu pork to Hong Kong in the past, and this...
August 9, 2012 Fumiaki Jahana of Ryukyu Shimpo
The Nagoya based company AZAPA Co. Ltd, which researches and develops electronic control units in Okinawa, will commence production of an electric vehicle equipped with an electronic control unit developed within the prefecture. AZAPA plans to...
July 21, 2012 Maki Nagamine of Ryukyu Shimpo
The volume of production is increasing of peucedanum japonicum, or the longevity herb, a Yonaguni Island herb long known to have medicinal properties. From 2005 to 2010, annual production in Okinawa has grown 8.1 times to 26.6 tons, and the area...
July 18, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
This year, at a bioethanol production factory at Shimoji, Miyako-jima City Tokyo-based merchandising company the Japan Alcohol Corporation will commence ethanol production and research into the conversion of byproducts into fertilizer. In 2010, at a cost of approximately...
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