by carterjmrn | Jan 17, 2020 | Carter Group Viewpoints, Food and Lifestyle, Japan Market Entry
Fat, fat, fat. Over three times more adults on this planet have become obese since 1975, meaning they’ve got a body-mass index (BMI) of 30 or over. The figure jumped—or maybe rolled—from about 4 percent then to 13 percent by 2016. Obesity is considered one of the...
by carterjmrn | Dec 7, 2019 | Carter Group Viewpoints, Food and Lifestyle
According to the 2019 Global Wellness Report, the wellness industry is one of the fastest growing global industries projected to harness 500 trillion yen. But in Japan, this is one trend that was often thought to lag behind the West. Yet, bustling around Tokyo...
by carterjmrn | Sep 13, 2019 | Food and Lifestyle, Japan Market Entry
The Japanese are continuously obsessed with food–turn on the TV at any time of the day and it’s a safe bet the show will have something to do with cooking or dining. Food is an integral part of Japanese culture and will always remain so. So it is no surprise that the...
by carterjmrn | Mar 26, 2016 | Carter Group Viewpoints, Food and Lifestyle
One aspect of Japanese leisure culture to which nearly every visitor to Japan is exposed is the ubiquitous practice of karaoke — the practice of singing popular songs with recorded background music — usually involving copious libations and a modicum of...
by carterjmrn | Feb 14, 2014 | Carter Group Viewpoints, Food and Lifestyle
The beginning of 2014 marks the end of my fifteenth year in Japan. That’s more than enough time in one place for any self-respecting expat so, on visits back home, despairing friends and relatives will often ask what on earth I’m still doing here. I just point to my...
by carterjmrn | Nov 19, 2012 | Carter Group Viewpoints, Food and Lifestyle
Top chefs from around the world predicted that vegetables and “fabulous experimental vegetarian food” would catch a wave in 2012, along with the use of pure and natural ingredients from ethically produced, sustainable farming. The uptake on this trend in Tokyo...
