Trade

Companies

NX Holdings: Japan’s global forwarder, now with a European platform

How the former Nippon Express rebuilt itself as NX Holdings, with ~300 overseas offices in ~50 countries, and bolted on Austrian forwarder cargo-partner to give it a real European platform.

Food

Rice Without Borders: How Japan’s Most Protected Crop Is Going Global

For decades, Japanese rice was the most protected agricultural product in one of the world’s most protectionist agricultural economies. Import tariffs exceeding…