Twenty one Japanese high school students and others are scheduled to visit Vietnam from January 10 to 18, 2020 as part of the Japan’s Friendship Ties Programs “JENESYS 2019” promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).

M&A Report (January 2020)

Medical Data Card (MeDaCa), a Tokyo, Japan-based provider of online, mobile and cloud services for managing personal health records (PHR), is considering conducting a Series C fundraise in 2020-2021 to finance new business development, according to founder and Board Chair Shigeru Ko.

Victorian medicines accelerator, BioCurate, is partnering with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited to expedite the development of new therapeutics and drugs.

Australian food and agribusinesses are boosting exports to Japan by opening overseas premises that directly serve Japanese customers. What’s more, the new trend is taking root in Japan’s culinary heartland – Kansai.

Typhoon Hagibis made landfall in Japan over the weekend. Emergency crews are still trying to locate people who went missing after Typhoon Hagibis devastated Japan over the weekend. Official reports state the death toll now stands at 66, but insiders expect this number to increase.

A new global partnership between Japanese artificial intelligence (AI) specialists, a US scanner manufacturer and Australian clinicians could dramatically improve diagnoses of a common, potentially fatal brain condition.

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), Africa's investment grade infrastructure solutions provider, has announced the close of general syndication of a minimum $150m dual currency Samurai Term Loan Facility with MUFG Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), acting as Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner.

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) continued its push for investment into global infrastructure assets during the fiscal year ended March 2019 and diversified its investment destinations and sectors.

M&A Report (August 2019)