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EU FRAUD INVESTIGATORS TO GET HELP WITH JAPAN PROBES



BY KEITH NUTHALL

INTERNATIONAL fraud investigators facing the tough challenge of securing evidence of crimes within Japan may get assistance from a new projected mutual legal assistance agreement. The European Commission has received authorisation from the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers to negotiate such a deal with Japan.…

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CHINA SPEEDS UP NUCLEAR POWER PROJECTS



BY WANG FANGQING

THE GLOBAL recession has forced China, whose economy relies largely on exports, to turn to boosting its domestic economy with a budget as huge as four trillion Chinese Yuan – RMB (US$ 585 billion) being unveiled last November by the central government.…

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SOUTH AMERICA OFFERS TOBACCO MAJORS LUCRATIVE MARKETS, DESPITE TIGHTENING REGULATION



BY PACIFICA GODDARD

WHILE net revenues for tobacco product sales in some key countries in South America have experienced growth in the last few years, in general the regional tobacco product market is stagnant. Producers blame increased excise rates, public health awareness, and new and more rigidly enforced regulations for the gloom.…

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INTERNATIONAL REPORT ON FOOD AND DRINK REGULATORS WORLDWIDE



BY ALAN OSBORN

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Every country has its own food and drink regulatory body or bodies: in the first place to ensure that its citizens eat safely and in the second to help safeguard its position in the rapidly-growing world food trade.…

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COMPANY REFORM HAS HELPED SHISEIDO GET IN SHAPE FOR THE RECESSION



BY JULIAN RYALL

WHILE other companies are suddenly looking to cut overheads, trim the fat from their operations or find other ways to batten down the hatches to survive the global economic turmoil, Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido Co. claims it sees the downturn as an opportunity.…

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MAKE-UP SPARKS BENEFICIAL BRAIN PATTERNS, SAY JAPANESE SCIENTISTS



BY JULIAN RYALL

RESEARCH by one of Japan’s leading cosmetics companies is shedding valuable new light on the way make-up changes how women perceive themselves and affects the ways in which they interact with other people – with many of the results coming as a surprise to the scientists involved.…

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CHINA WINE SECTOR PUSHING AHEAD AS GROWING MIDDLE CLASS DEVELOPS TASTE SOPHISTICATION



BY MARK GODFREY

BARRY Lee is probably typical of Chinese wine drinkers. The auto-sales accountant started off drinking a local Great Wall red at an office lunch, then got curious and went to a Beijing branch of the French Carrefour supermarket chain where he spent RMB78 (US$11.40) on a bottle of Chilean red.…

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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION ROUND-UP - GROUNDBREAKING TROPICAL TUNA PLAN ADOPTED



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE FIRST major effort to limit the overexploitation of western and central Pacific yellowfin and bigeye tuna stocks has been made. The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has approved a 30% reduction over three years of bigeye tuna catches and also a two month ban on floating platforms used to attract both species, which will be extended to three months in 2010.…

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INDONESIA PAINT INDUSTRY SET FOR GROWTH ONCE WORLD ECONOMY RECOVERS



BY MARK ROWE

INDONESIA’S paint industry appears likely to weather the worst of the global economic downturn. Indeed, Indonesia may be one of the few major countries where sales of paint for industrial and domestic use will rise. In January 2009, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono forecast economic growth of 6.2% for the year in a budget that revealed capital spending plans that were 14.3% up on 2008.…

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SOUTH AFRICA AUTO SECTOR NEEDS CREATIVITY TO SURVIVE DOWNTURN



BY BILL CORCORAN

SALES of new vehicles made in South Africa, one of the better performing automobile markets worldwide in recent times, fell by more than 20% last year due to the global economic downturn, and the country’s automakers are trying to crafting a positive response.…

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