Spotlight Newsletter (2018-12)

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JETRO NEWS
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• “JETRO Invest Japan Report 2018” published - Foreign Investment Contributing to Emergence of Innovation
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• JETRO promoted "Investment in Japan" activities and Japanese startups' overseas expansion at Startupnight 2018 in Berlin 
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• Invest Japan website: Videos promoting advantages of Fukushima and Fukuoka as investment destinations available on new regions page 
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• Invest Japan website: "Why Invest in Japan's Local Regions?" (English version) for FY2018 now available 
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  Success Story
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• Success Story: Skymind Inc. 
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• Success Story: Philips Japan, Ltd. 
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• Success Story: Pangolin Robot Japan Co., Ltd. 
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• Success Story: Ctrip Group Japan 
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  BUSINESS EXPANDING NEWS 
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• UK safety barrier manufacturer A-SAFE establishes company in Nara City 
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• Swiss manufacturer of pharmaceutical peptides Bachem establishes corporation in Tokyo 
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• French construction management software company FINALCAD establishes base in Tokyo 
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• Canadian auto parts maker Martinrea International establishes corporation in Tokyo 
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• US developer of autonomous checkout systems for retail stores Standard Cognition establishes Japanese subsidiary 
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• Leading Taiwanese storage server manufacturer AIC launches branch office in Tokyo 
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• Internet-Based Business Group in Thailand establishes corporation in Tokyo for providing SNS analysis tool 
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  PARTNER NEWS
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• Three Cold-Resistant Wind Turbine Generators Start Operations for Russian Far East Energy Infrastructure Demonstration Project- In pursuit of stable energy supplies in frigid regions
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• BUILDING STRONGER US-JAPAN BRIDGES RECAP 
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• KATHY MATSUI DISPELS 3 MYTHS ABOUT JAPANESE WORKING WOMEN 
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