Author: Andrew

AmidA Co., Ltd., which owns Hankoya.com Inc., an Internet-based manufacturer/retailer of “hanko” or traditional Japanese stamps, announced on June 23 that it will open a brick-and-mortar store, “Hankoya.com Narita,” in the 2nd passenger terminal building of Narita International Airport for a limited period from July 7 to August 31, 2015.

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G7 International Pte. Ltd., the overseas investment holding company of G-7 Holdings Inc. (Securities Code: TSE 7508), concluded a license agreement with the “Kushikatsu Daruma” restaurant chain, operated by Daruma International Co., Ltd., the overseas subsidiary of Ichimonkai, on June 10 to expand its F&B business in Southeast Asia.

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The 2015 “Lanzhou Bank Cup” Lanzhou International Marathon began at 7:30 am on June 13. The marathon, now in its fifth year, attracted 40,029 professional and amateur marathon runners with Ethiopia’s Ajara Ward Georgios claiming the men’s title in two hours, 10 minutes and 10 seconds. Abdellah Taghrafet from Morocco came second in two hours, 11 minutes and 39 seconds with Kenya’s Lawrence Cherono third in two hours, 12 minutes and 33 seconds. All three broke all previous records for this marathon.

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For the fifth consecutive year, Gartner has ranked Deloitte member firms (Deloitte) as the number one global consulting organization based on 2014 market share revenue in their report Market Share Analysis: Consulting Services Worldwide, 2014. Gartner defines Consulting as Business and IT Consulting and includes revenue from Deloitte Consulting practices and advisory businesses globally. “Developing actionable strategies and delivering on them with clients is critical to being a leader in this industry – but it isn’t enough to be the number one consulting organization,” said Jim Moffatt, Deloitte Global Consulting Leader.  “Drawing on the breadth and depth of our network…

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