FMCG, Lifestyle Spending

A collaboration between a Suntory coffee brand and product designer Amadana takes Japanese gifts-with-purchase up a class.

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The French use the word mariage to mean pairing food and wine or two ingredients. In the past two years mariage has appeared in the Japanese lexicon, refering to alcohol match with a complementary sweet, most often chocolate.

Beauty & Wellness, FMCG

House Foods has released a new version of its drink Ukon no Chikara (“The Power of Turmeric”) with a cassis flavor and packaged in a pink bottle, in an obvious move to target female consumers.

Innovation

Asahi has relased a soft drink with a product name that translates as “Emergency Rations for Waking Up,” printed in bold on a bright yellow background.

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In time for Valentine’s Day, Häagen-Dazs Japan has released limited editions of premium chocolates, made with couverture chocolate supplied by Belgian maker Barry Callebaut.

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In time for Valentine’s Day, Japanese wine maker Mercian has released a new sparkling wine in its “Cafe de Paris” series, which a chocolate flavor complemented by a slight caramel nuance.

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Lotte and Suntory have collaborated to release a chocolate bar flavored with premium 12 year old single malt Suntory whiskey from Yamazaki Prefecture.