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<br>General Edition Sunday, June 06, 2010 Issue No. 568<br>
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<br>------------- PBXL is Business Communications -------------<br><br><br>+++ WHAT'S NEW<br><br>If you read the news, you'd think that the Japanese beer <br>market had topped out, and that the big domestic firms are <br>
having to export or do M&A abroad to create new growth for <br>their businesses. In April beer shipments were down 3.2% <br>and shipments of higher-end low-malt beers in particular <br>dropped around 17%. Only the cheapest no-malt beer segment <br>
experienced a rise, with shipments increasing 8.9%. It <br>doesn't matter which brand, all the big players have the <br>same problems. The population is declining and older people<br>drink less.<br><br>So is this the end of premium beer in Japan?<br>
<br>We would have thought so, except there is one segment, <br>which is definitely in the premium side of things, that is <br>still growing strongly -- craft beer, what ten years ago <br>used to be referred to as "ji-biru" (microbrewed "local <br>
beer"). Ji-biru has only been permitted in Japan since <br>1994, when the government changed the regulations, and so <br>it is a small segment of a vast market, but one that <br>consumers are starting to discover. <br>
<br>But before we go further, first a question: where is the <br>world's best beer brewed? Germany, Belgium, the UK, <br>or perhaps at some small craft brewery in the USA? <br>Although it wasn't announced in any local newspapers <br>
that we know of, in fact three of the 90 categories <br>of beer to win gold medals at the Chicago-based <br>World Beer Cup held in April this year were in fact from <br>Numazu, Shizuoka... We were certainly surprised when we <br>
heard. Craft beer in Japan has come a long way in just 16 <br>years.<br><br>What's more impressive is that although we're in the land <br>of big breweries like Asahi, Kirin, Suntory, and Sapporo, <br>which collectively pumped out 472.5m cases (each case<br>
equivalent to 20x655ml bottles of beer) last year (2009), <br>the winning Japan brewer in Chicago was a small but <br>growing craft beer shop run by an American-Japanese couple <br>-- Bryan and Sayuri Baird.<br><br>[Continued below...]<br>
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brews from 642 breweries in 44 countries at the World Beer <br>Cup. But still they won golds in the categories of:<br><br>* American-Style Amber Lager (Numazu Lager)<br>* Specialty Beer (Country Girl Kabocha Ale)<br>* Belgian- and French-Style Ale (Saison Sayuri)<br>
<br>Mmmm, great names -- makes us thirsty just writing this <br>stuff!<br><br>Baird Brewing's Bryan Baird is a 43-year old <br>California-born, Ohio-breed "beer geek". He told us that he<br>has loved beer ever since he began partaking as a teenager.<br>
After coming to Japan and working in the electronics <br>industry, he found an opportunity to combine his long love <br>for beer and deep passion for life in Japan by setting up <br>shop (factory?) with his wife Sayuri in Numazu about ten <br>
years ago. <br><br>Bryan and Sayuri have not only been full-on working <br>partners the whole time, but they also managed to have a <br>family as well. They started off with a pub in the Numazu <br>fishmarket, called, naturally enough the Fishmarket <br>
Taproom, serving imported and craft beers while waiting for<br>the Kasumigaseki bureaucrats to approve their brewer's <br>licence. As the business has grown, so has the family -- <br>they now have four kids!<br><br>Actually Bryan has a good story to tell about the licence <br>
process. <br><br>He told us, "It took a long time to be issued our brewing <br>license. The zeimusho bureaucrats could not believe we were<br>applying for a license to brew on a tiny 30-L batch scale. <br>In my interaction with Japan's bureaucracy, though, I came <br>
to learn that if you know what you are doing, and you are <br>honest and persistent, you will get what you need. It just <br>might take awhile."<br><br>After starting with the motto "small is beautiful" and <br>
indeed for a while they were the smallest commercial <br>brewery in Japan, they have now grown to such an extent <br>that Bryan reckons Baird Brewing is now in the top 10% of <br>craft breweries by volume. Only a few firms like Yona Yona <br>
and Ginga Kogen are larger, and Bryan points out that since<br>these companies began life on a much larger scale in the <br>first place, Baird Brewing is probably the fastest growing <br>craft beer brewer in the industry. Now that they have a <br>
fist full of gold medals as well, not only in terms of <br>volume but also in reputation, the company has "arrived". <br><br>Thinking that his success could provide encouragement for <br>other foreign would-be entrepreneurs, we asked Bryan what <br>
sort of help he has received from the local government -- <br>given that the company is now employing more than a dozen <br>people. His answer was quite simple, "None." But then <br>continued with, "But they seem to be becoming more aware <br>
and interested in us as our reputation grows." OK, so this <br>is a self-directed effort then. <br><br>But he does go on to point out that rather than the local<br>government, it's the people who provide the finance that <br>
he needs to focus on, naturally given the strong growth. <br>He gets his capital both from private investors and also <br>debt from the local Shizuoka Ginko bank facilitated with <br>guarantees from the prefectural Hosho Kyokai (Credit <br>
Guarantee Corporation). Readers may recall that the Hosho <br>Kyokai adds an extra 1% or so to the cost of a bank loan <br>and acts as your loan guarantor -- which of course helps <br>the banks make the loan to smaller and otherwise riskier <br>
companies.<br><br>So why Numazu? Bryan's answer is that of a purist: "Our <br>water in Numazu is lovely: clean, soft and very easy to <br>work with. It has the added benefit of being very <br>reasonably priced. The Japanese esthetic value of balance <br>
and harmony has exercised a strong influence over me as a <br>brewmaster. Baird Beer then, while full of flavor and <br>character, tends also to be very balanced and harmonious." <br>In other words, great water and a relaxed lifestyle in the <br>
shadow of Mount Fuji make for great brewing deeds.<br><br>If you want to try some of Bryan's award winning beer, and <br>believe us when we tell you it's great, you can find his <br>and Sayuri's tap rooms in Harajuku, Nakameguro, and of <br>
course down in Numazu. Maps and more info at:<br><br><a href="http://bairdbeer.com/en/" target="_blank">http://bairdbeer.com/en/</a><br><br><br>...The information janitors/<br><br>***------------------------****-------------------------***<br>
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<br>+++ NEWS<br><br>- Sour plums suppress H1N1 virus<br>- Luxury consumer goods sales down<br>- Vacation leave law changed<br>- Researchers take stem cells from amniotic fluid<br>- Yogurt reduces tooth decay<br><br><br><br>
-> Sour plums suppress H1N1 virus<br><br>Researchers at the Wakayma Medical University have <br>announced the results of a study that shows traditional <br>Japanese pickled plums ("umeboshi") contain a new type of <br>
polyphenol which suppresses the spread of the H1N1 swine <br>flu virus. The study has been running since 2006 and has <br>resulted in the researchers being able to kill off about<br>90% of H1N1 cells in a culture, after 7 hours exposure to <br>
the polyphenol. ***Ed: This is a functional food if there <br>ever was one...!** (Source: TT commentary from <br><a href="http://japantimes.co.jp" target="_blank">japantimes.co.jp</a>, Jun 3, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20100603b3.html" target="_blank">http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20100603b3.html</a><br>
<br>-> Luxury consumer goods sales down<br><br>Not that we need proof of it, but according to consulting <br>firm Bain & Co., the luxury consumer goods market in Japan <br>is expected to fall another 3%, coming on top of the 10% <br>
drop experienced in 2009. Other consulting firms are <br>forecasting a higher fall, possibly of up to 6% this year, <br>indicating that things are not yet stabilized, but at least<br>the drop off is slowing. According to the Japan Department <br>
Store Association, sales to foreign tourists soared 42% for<br>March over the same period last year and many of these<br>tourists are buying said luxury goods in lieu of Japanese<br>shoppers. ***Ed: OK, so there really isn't a recovery of <br>
the local market -- one hopes that Chinese tourists will <br>continue to come in droves to keep the economy going.** <br>(Source: TT commentary from <a href="http://reuters.com" target="_blank">reuters.com</a>, Jun 3, 2010)<br>
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<br>-> Vacation leave law changed<br><br>Since a change in the labor standards law which took effect<br>in April, companies nationwide have become a lot more <br>flexible in how much leave they will allow employees to <br>
take. The new law permits leave periods as short as one <br>hour -- letting employees go do banking, medical checks, <br>shopping, and other personal errands which used to result<br>in their being docked at least half a day's pay. (Source: <br>
TT commentary from <a href="http://nikkei.com" target="_blank">nikkei.com</a>, Jun 5, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://e.nikkei.com/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100604D04JFA25.htm" target="_blank">http://e.nikkei.com/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100604D04JFA25.htm</a><br>
<br>-> Researchers take stem cells from amniotic fluid<br>
<br>A development here in Japan may make stem cell <br>experimentation more morally acceptable abroad. Researchers<br>at Keio University School of Medicine have successfully <br>isolated and extracted stem cells from the post-birth <br>
amniotic fluid of a birthing female mouse and used them to <br>repair a mouse heart damaged through a heart attack. <br>Apparently 33% of the cells transplanted into the damaged <br>heart successfully converted to heart tissue and started <br>
beating automatically -- and there was an 18% improvement <br>in the damaged heart area. ***Ed: Interesting article, <br>suggest you follow the link and read the whole thing.** <br>(Source: TT commentary from <a href="http://businessweek.com" target="_blank">businessweek.com</a>, May 28, 2010)<br>
<br><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/639586.html" target="_blank">http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/639586.html</a><br><br>-> Yogurt reduces tooth decay<br><br>It must be the season for interesting Japanese medical <br>
research results... Maybe all the scientists are trying to <br>justify a continuation of their funding...? ;-). Anyway, <br>researchers at the Fukuoka University have found that <br>kids eating yogurt at least 4 times a week have on average<br>
a 22% decrease in dental decay compared to kids who don't. <br>The study did not identify why yogurt is so good for <br>teeth, but the scientists theorize that the food's proteins<br>bind to the surface of the child's teeth and protect them <br>
from food acids. Interestingly, the study found that only <br>the ingestion of yogurt resulted in a meaningful reduction<br>in cavities, not other dairy foods. (Source: TT commentary <br>from <a href="http://dailymail.co.uk" target="_blank">dailymail.co.uk</a>, Jun 3, 2010)<br>
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bullying and sexual harassment and more...<br><br>Date: Friday, June 25th, 1:30pm-5:00pm <br>Venue: Happo-en 5F, Linden Room<br>Number of Seats: 50 seats<br>Language: English<br>Speaker: Hideki Kano Attorney, Anderson, Mori & Tomotsune<br>
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be included. Be sure to bring your colleagues and friends <br>to join the party. Open to all, RSVP required.<br><br>Date: Thursday, 29th July, 2010<br>Time: 19:00 to 21:30pm<br>Venue: La Boheme, Shirogane<br>Map: <a href="http://www.boheme.jp/jp/shirogane/home/location/printer" target="_blank">www.boheme.jp/jp/shirogane/home/location/printer</a><br>
Cost: 3,000yen ICA members, 5,000yen non-members. <br>*Includes open bar (beer, wine, soft drinks) & great <br>quality food.<br>-----------------------------------------------------------<br><br>------------------ ICA Event - June 17th ------------------<br>
<br>Speaker: Dr. Gerhard Fasol, CEO-Eurotechnology Japan K.K.<br>Topic: Current Mobile Market Trends - Opportunities For <br>Japan<br><br>Details: Complete event details at: <a href="http://www.icajapan.jp/" target="_blank">http://www.icajapan.jp/</a><br>
(RSVP Required)<br><br>Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010<br>Time: 6:30 Doors open, Pizza and Drinks included.<br>Cost: 4,000 yen (members), 6,000 yen (non-members)<br><br>Open to all - Venue is Beacon Communications.<br>Address: 11F JR Tokyu Meguro Building (Tokyu-line Meguro <br>
Station) 3-1-1 Kami-Osaki, Shinagawa-ku.<br><br><a href="http://www.beaconcom.jp/en/#/map" target="_blank">http://www.beaconcom.jp/en/#/map</a><br>-----------------------------------------------------------<br><br><br>***------------------------****-------------------------***<br>
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