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Japan’s biggest food manufacturer has chosen Malaysia to be its hub for halal exports, in partnership with a Malaysian chicken major. Leading the joint-venture with Lay Hong, NH Foods is now constructing a factory in Selangor at an investment of US$10m. When complete in the first half of 2018, the plant will initially be capable …
KUALA LUMPUR: Japanese traditional confectionery company, Tokachiseika Co Ltd today inked an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Dkay Ventures Sdn Bhd on the production of halal gyoza (dumpling) in Malaysia. Tokachiseika’s President Hiroyuki Komano said under the agreement, the halal gyoza would be produced by Dkay Ventures and is expected to be marketed in …
The world’s third-largest economy, Japan, continues foraying into the global Islamic finance sector in order to benefit from previously untapped opportunities in this rapidly growing industry. Earlier this month, Mizuho Bank, one of the largest financial services companies in Japan, through its Malaysian subsidiary became the next Japanese commercial bank to enter an Islamic finance …
TOKYO — Nippon Express is expanding transportation services that meet Islamic dietary rules, anticipating steady growth in demand in Japan and elsewhere in Asia. The logistics company has acquired halal certification for distribution centers in Tokyo and Fukuoka. It plans to use these centers in eastern and western Japan as highly efficient distribution points for …
KUALA LUMPUR – Mizuho Bank has become the second Japanese commercial bank to sign a “murabaha” credit facility agreement with Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector, an arm of the multinational Islamic Development Bank group. Under the deal concluded in Kuala Lumpur with Mizuho Bank (Malaysia) Bhd. last week, the Saudi Arabian-based …
