The Department of Trade and Industry’s Trade and Investments Promotion Group (DTI-TIPG) and the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Tokyo (PTIC-Tokyo) shared promising developments for Philippine cacao beans as it enters the mainstream Japanese market through the newly-produced chocolate made by Isetan Mitsukoshi.   Isetan Mitsukoshi Group, Japan’s largest department store group, developed a continue reading : The rise of PH cacao beans in Japan

The Department of Trade and Industry’s Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (DTI-CITEM) seeks to augment the Philippines’ trade relations with Japan as it showcases the country’s finest tropical flavors in the largest food fair in the Asia-Pacific region.   Under Food Philippines brand, DTI-CITEM will bring the country’s top exporters of tropical fruits, continue reading : PH eyes to expand food export market in Japan

  DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez (left) with Japanese Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko at the sidelines of the 49th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Meeting in Pasay City last 9 September. As part of the continued cooperation between the Philippines (PH) and Japan (JP), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon M. Lopez met his Japanese continue reading : JP supports PH’s inclusive, innovation-led, industrial strategy

  FEBRUARY 28, 2017 SEVENTEEN local companies take advantage of the Philippines’s developing trade relations with Japan, as it showcases the country’s finest tropical flavors in the largest food fair in the Asia-Pacific region. The local companies will feature the country’s premium tropical products, including banana, coconut, mango and pineapple, in the 42nd International Food continue reading : PHL targets $28-million export sales in Foodex Japan

MARCH 7, 2017 TOKYO, Japan—Philippine-Japanese trade relations remain robust, as the Philippine mission to Japan headed by the Department of Trade and Industry secured over P20-billion investment commitments from Japanese firms during the three-day visit from February 28 to March 2. On the sidelines of the Investment Forum in Tokyo and the 35th annual meeting continue reading : PHL mission secures P20-billion commitment from Japan

By Agnes Legaspi | Assistant Director, DTI-EMB TOKYO, Japan—The Philippine team, composed of the information and communications technology (ICT) and business-process management (BPM) companies, on Tuesday organized an IT–BPM seminar and prearranged a business-to-business (B2B) meeting in Osaki Bright Core, Tokyo, Japan, as part of the Outbound Business Matching Mission for the IT-BPM service. The event continue reading : DTI-EMB, PHL companies conduct IT-BPM seminar in Tokyo

By Gliceria N. Cademia / Trade and Industry Development Specialist / DTI-EMB Services Division   JUNE 20, 2017  THE Department of Trade and Industry’s Export Marketing Bureau (DTI-EMB) and the Philippine Trade and Investment Centre (PTIC) Tokyo in partnership with the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA), and the Department of Information Communication and Technology (DICT) held an Outbound continue reading : DTI promotes IT-BPM to Sodec, Japan