Monday, October 29, 2007

Starbucks Discoveries Paris



Starbucks has released the latest addition to its RTD coffee brand Discoveries with Paris. The drink follows the recent trend towards bitter flavours and is not sweetened.

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Clorets HOT



Cadbury's Clorets chewing gums now come in Spicy Cinnamon as well.

Friday, October 26, 2007

Lotte Beni



Lotte's new health and energy drink Beni is targeted at women.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Face mask goes fashion



Unicharm has released a new face mask in its successful Rittai series specifically targeted at women and teamed up with the online community site Girlsgate to provide tips on a face mask as the ultimate fashion accessoire.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Hello Kitty



Interestingly, the world's first Hello Kitty Jet. Interestingly, the plane is not operated by a Japanese airline, but Eva Air from Taiwan, where Hello Kitty appears to be even bigger than in Japan.

Hello Kitty is everywhere on board of this plane - including of course the welcome video, where she can be seen doing a somewhat un-Japanese dance.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Vegetable Yogurt



Otsuka is trying to establish a completely new product category - vegetable yogurts - with Yasai no Senshi.

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Suntory goes mint



Suntory has released Cool Mint Cider, a mint-flavoured soft drink developed in cooperation with Lotte's Cool Mint chewing gum brand.

Monday, October 01, 2007

Pro Tec Head



Lion has released a new hair-care line for men called PRO TEC HEAD, which consists of four products and offers a new care system to revent hair loss and thinning.