Kirin and Suntory failed to agree on a merger that was announced on Monday. The two breweries had been negotiating since July 2009 on a merger, however, remained divergent views regarding the merger ratio and the role of the founding family of Suntory.”We have continued the conversation, because we were convinced that a merger would make an important contribution to the highly competitive world market to exist,” said Kazuyasu Kato, president of Kirin, after the failure of the negotiations.

In 2008, Asia has overtaken Europe for the first time, and the largest beer market in the world is risen. Against the backdrop of strong economic growth in the region, Asia's share rose by 0.5 percent at global Beirkonsum to 31.7 percent, the Nikkei business daily reported, citing a report by Japanese beverage giant Kirin.

The renowned Japanese department store Mitsukoshi is feeling the crisis. The company has announced plans to close its branch in Paris until September. Reason, the sluggish sales. This goes for the department store chain to the end of an era.The relatively small Parisian Mitsukoshi department store opened its doors in 1971.

Not as successful technology company, Sony tried with a new sales model to bring his equipment to the people. Exactly the same as the competitor to Apple's own modern and multi-storey flagship stores bring the customers closer to Sony products.In Nagoya on the 13th March the first “Sony Store” opened its doors.

North Korea economic situation seems to have deteriorated since the end of last year, a currency reform was carried out.South Korean media reported, citing the non-governmental organization “Good Friends”, the North Korean economy lies on the ground and in regions such as the province of South Hamgyeong many starvation deaths were reported.

Since two years ago Pesticides in Chinese frozen dumplings were found and 10 Japanese had to be hospitalized so has the industry for frozen food sales and an image problem. Now that food producers are trying new frozen products the customers recover.Especially in times of economic crisis, the prospects seem to be too good for it.

“Gyudon» is the Japanese answer to the hamburger. It is thinly sliced, cooked beef on rice at a cheap price. Now the forces of deflation “Gyudon” chains offer their courts still cheaper than they do now. The restaurants are caught in a veritable price war, forcing them to decimate their earnings prospects, to dramatically reduce labor costs and to close unprofitable stores.

Last Friday Toyota Motor Europe has announced a recall of up to 1.8 million vehicles. Reason is a faulty accelerator, in which there is a risk that it gets stuck in the depressed position and slowly moved back into the starting position.If one calls More numerous recalls in the U.S., Canada and China into consideration Toyota overall decrease more than 7.

You get food served in Japan, it is usually done with style. The eye eats eventually. So it is in Japanese restaurants to the standard that we presented before the entrance into the glass display cases in each menu offered in the form of extremely realistic-looking plastic model of the customer.The tradition of these plastic models was founded in 1932 by Ryuzo Iwasaki in Osaka.

The Japanese publishing industry is in crisis. At many places increasingly disappearing bookstores. 6'403 bookstores are made in the last 10 years, in some prefectures, the number halved. This has a collection of the Tokyo company's research shows “All Media”.Was there in 2000 in Japan still 21'922 bookstores, so there are still 2010 15'519.