Fake food and alcohol seizures at EU borders jump

The report on actions to enforce intellectual property rights (IPR) is based on data from Member ... 2011-13 are the US (20%), Italy (15%), France and Switzerland (12%), Japan and Germany (8%). “Both the fragmented and variable nature of national ... ( read original story ...)

How Wisconsin Lured Foxconn’s Massive Manufacturing Plant

This will be the first factory of its kind in the United States, and the only one not presently located in Asia (the others are located in China, Japan, South Korea ... These include reductions in income and property taxes, balancing of the state budget ... ( read original story ...)

US launches unarmed ICBM from California in system test

Reports: Trump administration discussing ways to compel China crackdown on theft of copyrights, patents and other intellectual property. High-profile lawyers ... lost some of its punch could still threaten Japan by this weekend. A powerful Pacific typhoon ... ( read original story ...)

Astro Group to sell property interests & wind up

Astro Japan Property Group (ASX:AJA) has agreed to sell its Property (TK) Interests to Jetsons Holding II Pte. Limited. The sale involves a net consideration of $7.18 to shareholders in October 2017. Jetsons, the proposed purchasing entity, is incorporated ... ( read original story ...)

Sleek, stylish look elevates marijuana retail

Tokyo Smoke’s newly opened flagship store on Toronto’s Queen Street West offers the promise of heady times ahead. But at the moment, the sleek shop’s counter serves up nothing with more buzz than a double espresso. Lining the walls around the coffee ... ( read original story ...)

Strawberry extract is secret of popsicles that do not melt

The company began marketing the popsicles in April, also retailing them at outlets in Osaka and Tokyo. The company’s president ... The discovery of strawberry polyphenol’s unique property was made by accident. The Biotherapy Development Research ... ( read original story ...)

Hamilton Place mall area property valued high, officials say

He said the Kanpai of Tokyo site, which opened in 1991 ... chairman of shopping center developer CBL & Associates Properties Inc., said such valuations of property around the mall is a reflection of demand. "Along Gunbarrel Road, there is limited available ... ( read original story ...)

Venture gears up to field test self-driving delivery robot

Tokyo-based venture ZMP Inc. may begin field testing a self ... delivery firm Ride On Express Co. to test a prototype of the autonomous vehicle on private property. The robot, which is equipped with cameras and sensors and can steer itself at a maximum ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo venture to start testing delivery service robot

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo-based venture ZMP Inc. in August will ... operator Ride On Express Co. to test a prototype of the autonomous vehicle on private property. The robot equipped with cameras and sensors navigates itself, running at a maximum speed ... ( read original story ...)