Asahi Breweries Ltd. said Tuesday it hopes to expand ties with the Lotte group, with which it already has a beer sales partnership, as the firm tries to turn around its struggling soft drink business in South Korea. Asahi’s plan to work more closely with the Lotte group, the top maker of nonalcoholic drinks in South Korea, comes after the Tokyo-based firm decided to sell its South Korean subsidiary, Haitai Beverage Co., whose sales have been sluggish, Asahi officials said. (Japan Times)

Japan Post is looking at acquiring Nippon Express Co.’s Pelican parcel delivery service because an existing plan to run their combined services as a joint venture is unviable, industry sources said Thursday.
Japan Post Service Co., the branch of the group responsible for handling mail service, intends to make a decision on turning the joint venture, JP Express Co., into a wholly owned subsidiary by the end of the year, they said. (Japan Times)
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"Creator’s Park vol. 1"

at Claska Gallery

Media: Product - Art Party

(2009-10-22 - 2009-10-24)
Closing Reception on 2009-10-24 from 19:00 to 23:00

“Creator’s Park vol. 1″ is a three-day subsidiary event of JFW, held at the design hotel Claska. The theme for the first event is “green”, featuring goods, products and presentations by various designers that will be on display and for sale. Included in the mix are Tokyo Pistol’s “honbachi”.

P/T CHILDREN’S ENGLISH TEACHER
Kodansha Pal, subsidiary wholly owned by prestigious publishing company in Japan, is looking for Part-time English Teachers for children.
2,500 yen/lesson base (minimum payment: 5,000 yen/day)
Students age from 0-12.
No Japanese ability or prior teaching experience necessary - as you will be team teaching with a Japanese teacher.
However, applicants must: love children, like dancing, reside in Japan, and hold a valid working visa.

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Management, initiation and support of existing and future information systems according to company procedures, standards and directives.
Managing and maintaining computing infrastructure (Corporate and Local Enterprise and other Business application systems, communication, HW, Email, operating systems, office applications, Oracle, WEB services, etc.).
IT budget management and control based on agreed-upon work plan, including regular requisition management as per Orbotech IT work procedures.

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