The Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) is planning to add cosmetics and food to duty-free items permissible to foreign travelers, according to a report by The Japan Times newspaper.
On October 29th the in-cosmetics show will open its doors in Bangkok for a three day event that will showcase the ingredients industry in the Asia Pacific region, and will include a number of new features.
Algae has become an increasingly important ingredient for a cross-section of cosmetic and personal care ingredients, and it seems like Asia Pacific is rapidly evolving as the dominant player with opportunities for development.
Last week’s Cosme Tech 2013 event in Tokyo highlighted some of the most innovative and cutting edge Korean finished products that are targeted at the all-important Japanese cosmetics market.
Last week’s Cosme Tech show in Tokyo was already one of the biggest industry trade shows in the world, but next year event organizer Reed Exhibitions Japan want it to be even bigger and more international.
The leading event for the Japanese ingredients market, Cosme Tech 2013, is due to open its door next week and the Cosmetics Design editorial team will be there to report on all the highlights.
One of Japan's biggest yearly industry events, Cosme Tech 2013, will again open its doors in Tokyo at the end of June, showcasing both Japanese and international innovations.
After posting disappointing financial results in 2012, Japan-based global cosmetics player Shiseido says that it is looking to implement a significant number of changes including an emphasis on its domestic market.
With just over seven months until the doors open for in-cosmetics Asia in Bangkok, interest in the show is said to be exceeding 2012 figures as exhibitor bookings are up 36 percent compared to this time last year.
Certain cosmetics companies in Japan are reported to have raised the prices of their products, despite a recent government call for businesses to follow the depreciation of the Japanese yen in setting prices.
Cosmetics giant L'Oreal is feeling the effects of the economic slowdown and tough trading conditions in South Korea and Taiwan, with turnover from luxury goods in South Korea down 2-3 percent this year after achieving 8 per cent growth last year.
Tackling the enormous opportunities in the fast-growing Asia Pacific market requires careful consideration, taking into account the enormity of the region and huge cultural differences.
The government in South Korea has revealed a novel plan to fight the on-going jellyfish the country suffers from: to use their collagen extracts in cosmetic products.
Cosmetics Design is extending its coverage of the global cosmetics and personal care industry to the Asia Pacific region with the launch of its first ever Cosmetics Design Asia newsletter in the first week of September.
Cosmetics manufacturer Shiseido is targeting the Asian market with its anti-aging hair care range after survey results suggested it is of major concern to women in the region.
The UK-based packager has announced that it expects hair care, which has the largest share in Asia Pacific, to experience the fastest growth in the region.
Japan-based cosmetics giant Shiseido saw profits tumble by more than 60 percent as its mainstay domestic sales were hard hit by the recent natural disasters that affected the Northern part of the country.
Japanese cosmetics company Kao has provided its support to the areas affected by the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, supplying the areas with necessary daily products.
Hopes of a recovery in consumer spending linked to the election of the Democratic Party of Japan has led analysts to up the outlook for Japanese firm Shiseido’s domestic sales.
Hair colour maker Hoyu is set to buy a controlling stake in former Kanebo spin-off company Kracie Holdings for about 25 billion yen ($261m), according to press reports.
International agencies from the US, Canada, Japan and the EU have signed a co-operation agreement to speed up the process for adopting alternative testing methods.
Geisha makeup is meeting the modern cosmetics industry and
returning to the Japanese market with the launch of one of the most
expensive lipsticks in the world.
Although the Asia Pacific region continues to be the main launch
pad for new nutricosmetics products, latest market movements show
that the UK and US are catching up.
Following recent news that Japanese players are becoming
increasingly prevalent in the global top ten cosmetics ranking,
Kanebo has announced that it will now aggressively step up its
business worldwide.
Following a pan-Asian scare regarding heavy metal content in
Procter & Gamble's SK-II skin care line, South Korean
authorities have said that it has found only traces of the
suspected substances and says 'it is too little...
Japanese textiles and cosmetics group giant Kanebo has admitted to
inflating profits by about $2 billion over the five-year period to
March 2003, in what could be Japan's largest accounting fraud
involving a non-financial firm.
Japan's second largest manufacturer of household goods Lion is to
terminate a hair care product joint-venture agreement with a
Japanese unit of German company Henkel.
Kanebo, the second-largest cosmetics maker in Japan after
industry-leader Shiseido, has decided to abandon plans to sell its
core cosmetic unit to Kao. Instead the company is to ask the
Japenese government to help slash its debt in...
Kao, Japan's biggest maker of toiletries, plans to add cosmetics to
its product lineup in China by the middle of next year in a bid to
find faster markets for growth. Kao's plans for China is aided by
its intention to purchase...
Tokyo is set to become L'Oréal's third largest operational centre
today, following the company's shareholding extension in Japenese
Shu Uemura Cosmetics. The agreement confirms the company's
commitment to globalising...
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