The Manila office of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) hosted a special dinner on the eve of Japan’s National Day to announce an ongoing Seafood Festival promotion. In collaboration with the Mitsukoshi Mall restaurants Sen-Ryo, Prologue D’Fined, and Bijin Nabe, and with...
Get ready to embark on a delicious journey to Japan this holiday season as the JETRO Okurimono Holiday Food Fair returns with a festive flourish. This year, the fair will be hosted not only once but thrice, making its way to three prominent mall destinations: SM Mall of Asia Hypermarket, SM Makati...
Japanese cuisine has always been about the freshness and authenticity of one’s ingredients. And if we’re talking about here in the Philippines, the ready availability of these ingredients for the regular homeowner and budding chef. This is my segue to why we all should applaud, and be...
Japanese investors in the Philippines have warned that the strong appreciation of the peso against the US dollar could be negating the gains in the country’s cost competitiveness in the manufacturing sector. Tomohiro Ando, Investment and Economic Partnership Agreement advisor of the Japan...
The Japanese government is extending P3 billion ( ¥ 6.5 billion) financial assistance to 7 Japanese manufacturers in the Philippines to strengthen and build a more resilient supply chain in the country to avoid supply disruption of their operations during natural calamities and disasters,...
Japanese businesses in the Philippines expect 2021 will be better than 2020 where 35 percent of their business expect negative operating profit, but have been bothered by poor local supply base for many parts and raw materials resulting in weakened cost competitiveness and unstable politics. This...
