AsiaNet 77289
TOKYO, Jan. 31, 2019 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --
In the news release, "Hoshi Corporation Starts Accepting Orders for Manufacturing Made-in-Japan Cosmetic Products by Fully Utilizing Bonded Cosmetic Factory" issued on 29-Jan-2019 by Hoshi Corporation, we are advised that the company's name in paragraph 15 was incorrect. "Hoshino" should read as "Hoshi". The full corrected release is as follows:
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Hoshi Corporation Starts Accepting Orders for Manufacturing Made-in-Japan Cosmetic Products by Fully Utilizing Bonded Cosmetic Factory
Hoshi Corporation, the Tokyo-based OEM and ODM cosmetic company, has received a license from the Okinawa Regional Customs to operate Japan's first bonded cosmetic factory.
The company is strongly geared toward exporting OEM and ODM cosmetic products with its logistics base in Okinawa, as driven by growing international demand for made-in-Japan cosmetic products, mainly to Asian and Oceania countries. Currently Hoshi has been dealing with over 700 overseas clients.
The bonded cosmetic factory operation license has enabled the company to fully use its high manufacturing technology and quality to reduce costs and realize swift production, thereby offering you affordable manufacturing plans thanks to reduced tariff and storage costs.
Website: http://hoshicorp.jp/bondedfactory/
Devices available for access: PCs, mobile phones
- Features of the Okinawa factory:
The Okinawa factory is located in the Global Logistics Center (Okinawa GLC) that is operated by Okinawa Yamato Transport Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd., a major player in the logistic industry in Japan.
By operating the bonded factory in the Okinawa GLC area neighboring Naha International Airport, Hoshi can undertake filling, packaging, assembling operations and store materials in the bonded area.
- Business advantages by fully utilizing Okinawa bonded factory:
TARIFF CUTS
You are NOT required to bear import duties imposed on cosmetic packages.
EXPRESS DELIVERY
The Okinawa factory is adjacent to Naha International Airport, allowing the lead time of import and export to be reduced.
GLOBAL LOGISTICS NETWORK
Make use of the global network of the Yamato transportation group, the largest logistic company in Japan.
RELIABLE MADE-IN-JAPAN BULK
High quality is assured by manufacturing under the Japanese GMP.
SMALL-LOT PRODUCTION
Accept manufacturing orders starting with a lot of 500 units
REDUCE STORAGE COST
Product storage inside the Okinawa GLC is available at low cost.
SUPPORT CROSS-BORDER EC BUSINESS
Hoshi supports cross-border e-commerce business by utilizing its logistic facility as your business hub.
- Business flow by utilizing Okinawa bonded factory:
STEP 1
Transfer cosmetic bulk to Okinawa factory from Hoshi's domestic cosmetic manufacturing factories.
STEP 2
Import Korean or Taiwanese cosmetic packaging.
*Selected high-quality Taiwanese and Korean packaging can be imported at preferential tariff rates.
STEP 3
Fill cosmetic bulk into imported containers.
Final finishing process of assembling and packaging
STEP 4
Export to your clients/agents (a third country) without custom clearance.
Image: Comparison chart
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M104323/
201901212418/_prw_PI1fl_1S4u95E7.jpg
Geographical advantage of Okinawa, the southernmost island of Japan:
- The only 24-hour operating customs clearance system in Japan
- Less than 4 hours on flight to major Asian cities
- Located at the center of the mass Asian market of 2 billion customers
Advantages of choosing Hoshi Corporation as your OEM partner:
- Track record of exports to more than 20 countries
- Decades of cosmetic OEM business experience with over 700 domestic and overseas clients, with over 20,000 product types handled
- 4 manufacturing factories in Japan (Tokyo, Gunma, Saitama and Okinawa)
- A proven and trusted service that has been steadily forged since Hoshi's founding
Company Profile
Name: Hoshi Corporation
Address: 31-2, Kanda Higashi Matsushita-Cho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, 101-0042, JAPAN
CEO: Tsuneo Hoshino
Founded: April 30, 1975
Capital: 80,000,000 yen
Business lines:
- Sales of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and health foods
- Planning and sales of containers and packaging materials
- Planning and contract manufacturing of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and health foods
Source: Hoshi Corporation
--BERNAMA
Thursday, 31 January 2019
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Collibra raises fund to accelerate growth, expand product portfolio
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 (Bernama) -- Data governance and catalogue software leader Collibra has raised $100 million in series E funding at a post-money valuation of more than $1 billion, bringing the company’s total venture funding to $233 million (US$ 1.00 = RM 4.11).
A statement said that Alphabet’s growth equity investment fund CapitalG led the round, with participation from existing investors ICONIQ Capital, Index Ventures, Dawn Capital and Battery Ventures.
The investment is expected to be used to fund the expansion of the product portfolio and to accelerate growth across the business.
Collibra plans to extend its artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities both within its cloud-native platform — building more automation into its smart catalogue product — and in its support of data science teams for their own advanced analytics initiatives.
“This investment is a testament to Collibra’s leadership and our ability to help customers transform their market proposition through data-driven insight,” said chief executive officer and co-founder of Collibra, Felix Van de Maele.
“With this latest round, we are well-positioned to leverage our heritage in understanding data to help our customers utilise the most cutting-edge innovation to power their digital transformation journeys,” he added.
More than 300 global customers in industries ranging from financial services to healthcare, retail and technology have leveraged on Collibra’s platform to bolster their data-driven digital transformations.
For more information, visit https://www.collibra.com.
-- BERNAMA
A statement said that Alphabet’s growth equity investment fund CapitalG led the round, with participation from existing investors ICONIQ Capital, Index Ventures, Dawn Capital and Battery Ventures.
The investment is expected to be used to fund the expansion of the product portfolio and to accelerate growth across the business.
Collibra plans to extend its artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities both within its cloud-native platform — building more automation into its smart catalogue product — and in its support of data science teams for their own advanced analytics initiatives.
“This investment is a testament to Collibra’s leadership and our ability to help customers transform their market proposition through data-driven insight,” said chief executive officer and co-founder of Collibra, Felix Van de Maele.
“With this latest round, we are well-positioned to leverage our heritage in understanding data to help our customers utilise the most cutting-edge innovation to power their digital transformation journeys,” he added.
More than 300 global customers in industries ranging from financial services to healthcare, retail and technology have leveraged on Collibra’s platform to bolster their data-driven digital transformations.
For more information, visit https://www.collibra.com.
-- BERNAMA
CHIBA PREFECTURE WELCOMES VISITORS TO "STRAWBERRY-PICKING FARMS"
AsiaNet 77253
CHIBA, Japan, Jan. 30, 2019 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --
Strawberry production is flourishing in Chiba Prefecture, home to more than 100 strawberry farms where visitors can enjoy "strawberry picking," which is quite popular with tourists. Varieties of strawberry species are grown on many of the strawberry-picking farms, and visitors can enjoy eating the berries to compare their tastes. Notably, "CHI-BA+BERRY," a new strawberry variety that hit the stores in January 2017, is available only in Chiba Prefecture. The prefecture where Narita International Airport is located is easily accessible from overseas. Chiba Prefecture, endowed with mild climate, is welcoming spring full of flowers right now. Please come to springtime Chiba to enjoy eating "CHI-BA+BERRY."
Photo1: Enjoyable "strawberry picking"
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Photo2: Delicious large fruit "CHI-BA+BERRY"
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1. About "strawberry picking" in Chiba Prefecture
- There are more than 100 strawberry-picking farms. "CHI-BA+BERRY" is cultivated by about 50 farms.
- The strawberry-picking season is from January to around May.
2. About "CHI-BA+BERRY"
- The berry itself is big and its shape is beautiful.
- It is sweet and delicious.
Source: Chiba Prefectural Government
--BERNAMA
CHIBA, Japan, Jan. 30, 2019 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --
Strawberry production is flourishing in Chiba Prefecture, home to more than 100 strawberry farms where visitors can enjoy "strawberry picking," which is quite popular with tourists. Varieties of strawberry species are grown on many of the strawberry-picking farms, and visitors can enjoy eating the berries to compare their tastes. Notably, "CHI-BA+BERRY," a new strawberry variety that hit the stores in January 2017, is available only in Chiba Prefecture. The prefecture where Narita International Airport is located is easily accessible from overseas. Chiba Prefecture, endowed with mild climate, is welcoming spring full of flowers right now. Please come to springtime Chiba to enjoy eating "CHI-BA+BERRY."
Photo1: Enjoyable "strawberry picking"
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M102229/
201901292634/_prw_PI1fl_YHNG9408.jpg
Photo2: Delicious large fruit "CHI-BA+BERRY"
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M102229/
201901292634/_prw_PI2fl_f9bv5SZM.jpg
The logo of "CHI-BA+BERRY: Chiba's mascot character "CHI-BA+KUN" is the landmark https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M102229/
201901292634/_prw_PI3fl_iLZBVCna.jpg
1. About "strawberry picking" in Chiba Prefecture
- There are more than 100 strawberry-picking farms. "CHI-BA+BERRY" is cultivated by about 50 farms.
- The strawberry-picking season is from January to around May.
2. About "CHI-BA+BERRY"
- The berry itself is big and its shape is beautiful.
- It is sweet and delicious.
Source: Chiba Prefectural Government
--BERNAMA
SANTEN HOSTS EVENT TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED GLAUCOMA TREATMENT PRIOR TO SPONSORING WORLD GLAUCOMA WEEK IN MARCH
OSAKA, Japan, Jan. 30, 2019 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --
As part of its efforts to raise public awareness of glaucoma, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "Santen"), based in Osaka, will sponsor glaucoma awareness-raising activities to be conducted around the world during the World Glaucoma Week, from Sunday, March 10, to Saturday, March 16, 2019.
Glaucoma is an eye disease that causes damage to the optic nerve, resulting in progressive visual field loss. Although this disease can lead to loss of vision when left untreated, early treatment often allows patients to maintain visual field throughout their lifetime. Therefore, early detection through regular ophthalmic consultation is the desirable starting point when treating glaucoma. The World Glaucoma Association, of which Santen is an Associate Glaucoma Industry Member, defines one week every March as the World Glaucoma Week and hosts various events and awareness-raising activities around the world to encourage people to detect and begin treating glaucoma as early as possible.
Santen has also implemented various initiatives to increase public awareness of the importance of early detection and continued treatment of glaucoma. As part of such initiatives, Santen hosted the disease awareness-raising event "Recommendations for Continued Treatment and Care" targeting glaucoma patients in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on November 17, 2018. This event included a makeup lesson given by facial therapist Ms. Reiko Kazki (hereafter "Ms. Kazki"), a pioneer in rehabilitation makeup*, and a lecture by glaucoma specialist Dr. Aiko Iwase (Director of Tajimi Iwase Eye Clinic, hereafter "Dr. Iwase").
Photo:
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Although many types of eye drops are available for treating glaucoma, they can sometimes bring about adverse effects, such as hyperpigmentation (abnormal coloring) around the eyes and deepening of the upper eyelid sulcus (sunken eyes).
An important challenge of glaucoma treatment is that some patients hesitate to receive continued treatment out of concern about such side effects or stop using eye drops based on their own judgment. This event was held to provide such patients with the opportunity to overcome their feelings about the adverse effects and increase their awareness of the importance of continued treatment.
At the event venue, Ms. Kazki's demonstration of rehabilitation makeup* aimed at making the adverse effects of eye drops for glaucoma inconspicuous met with cries of surprise from both female and male audience members. Ms. Kazki also gave a hands-on makeup lesson to some in the audience. Dr. Iwase explained in her lecture, "Continued glaucoma treatment allows patients to maintain vision field. Drug side effects sometimes inevitably accompany glaucoma treatment, and discourage some patients to continue receiving treatment. My strong desire to change this situation motivated me to participate in this event."
Santen also continues to regard the World Glaucoma Week as a period for employees to learn about glaucoma on their own initiative and impart their learning to their loved ones, including family members and friends. The company will devote further efforts to encouraging all employees, including those working around the world, to deepen their understanding about glaucoma.
* Rehabilitation makeup: Makeup for nullifying a defect or helping return to the original condition
About Santen
As a specialized company dedicated to ophthalmology, Santen carries out research, development, marketing and sales of pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter products, and medical devices. Santen is the market leader for prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals in Japan and its products now reach patients in over 60 countries. With scientific knowledge and organizational capabilities nurtured over a nearly 130-year history, Santen provides products and services to contribute to the well-being of patients, their loved ones and consequently to society. The company's Chairman and CEO is Akira Kurokawa. For more information, please visit Santen's website (www.santen.com).
Source: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
--BERNAMA
As part of its efforts to raise public awareness of glaucoma, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "Santen"), based in Osaka, will sponsor glaucoma awareness-raising activities to be conducted around the world during the World Glaucoma Week, from Sunday, March 10, to Saturday, March 16, 2019.
Glaucoma is an eye disease that causes damage to the optic nerve, resulting in progressive visual field loss. Although this disease can lead to loss of vision when left untreated, early treatment often allows patients to maintain visual field throughout their lifetime. Therefore, early detection through regular ophthalmic consultation is the desirable starting point when treating glaucoma. The World Glaucoma Association, of which Santen is an Associate Glaucoma Industry Member, defines one week every March as the World Glaucoma Week and hosts various events and awareness-raising activities around the world to encourage people to detect and begin treating glaucoma as early as possible.
Santen has also implemented various initiatives to increase public awareness of the importance of early detection and continued treatment of glaucoma. As part of such initiatives, Santen hosted the disease awareness-raising event "Recommendations for Continued Treatment and Care" targeting glaucoma patients in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on November 17, 2018. This event included a makeup lesson given by facial therapist Ms. Reiko Kazki (hereafter "Ms. Kazki"), a pioneer in rehabilitation makeup*, and a lecture by glaucoma specialist Dr. Aiko Iwase (Director of Tajimi Iwase Eye Clinic, hereafter "Dr. Iwase").
Photo:
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M105326/201901292640/_prw_PI1im_hkGVy617.jpg
Although many types of eye drops are available for treating glaucoma, they can sometimes bring about adverse effects, such as hyperpigmentation (abnormal coloring) around the eyes and deepening of the upper eyelid sulcus (sunken eyes).
An important challenge of glaucoma treatment is that some patients hesitate to receive continued treatment out of concern about such side effects or stop using eye drops based on their own judgment. This event was held to provide such patients with the opportunity to overcome their feelings about the adverse effects and increase their awareness of the importance of continued treatment.
At the event venue, Ms. Kazki's demonstration of rehabilitation makeup* aimed at making the adverse effects of eye drops for glaucoma inconspicuous met with cries of surprise from both female and male audience members. Ms. Kazki also gave a hands-on makeup lesson to some in the audience. Dr. Iwase explained in her lecture, "Continued glaucoma treatment allows patients to maintain vision field. Drug side effects sometimes inevitably accompany glaucoma treatment, and discourage some patients to continue receiving treatment. My strong desire to change this situation motivated me to participate in this event."
Santen also continues to regard the World Glaucoma Week as a period for employees to learn about glaucoma on their own initiative and impart their learning to their loved ones, including family members and friends. The company will devote further efforts to encouraging all employees, including those working around the world, to deepen their understanding about glaucoma.
* Rehabilitation makeup: Makeup for nullifying a defect or helping return to the original condition
About Santen
As a specialized company dedicated to ophthalmology, Santen carries out research, development, marketing and sales of pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter products, and medical devices. Santen is the market leader for prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals in Japan and its products now reach patients in over 60 countries. With scientific knowledge and organizational capabilities nurtured over a nearly 130-year history, Santen provides products and services to contribute to the well-being of patients, their loved ones and consequently to society. The company's Chairman and CEO is Akira Kurokawa. For more information, please visit Santen's website (www.santen.com).
Source: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
--BERNAMA
Tuesday, 29 January 2019
HOSHI CORPORATION STARTS ACCEPTING ORDERS FOR MANUFACTURING MADE-IN-JAPAN COSMETIC PRODUCTS BY FULLY UTILIZING BONDED COSMETIC FACTORY
AsiaNet 77240
TOKYO, Jan. 29, 2019 /Kyodo JBN - AsiaNet/ --
Hoshi Corporation, the Tokyo-based OEM and ODM cosmetic company, has received a license from the Okinawa Regional Customs to operate Japan's first bonded cosmetic factory.
The company is strongly geared toward exporting OEM and ODM cosmetic products with its logistics base in Okinawa, as driven by growing international demand for made-in-Japan cosmetic products, mainly to Asian and Oceania countries. Currently Hoshi has been dealing with over 700 overseas clients.
The bonded cosmetic factory operation license has enabled the company to fully use its high manufacturing technology and quality to reduce costs and realize swift production, thereby offering you affordable manufacturing plans thanks to reduced tariff and storage costs.
Website: http://hoshicorp.jp/bondedfactory/
Devices available for access: PCs, mobile phones
- Features of the Okinawa factory:
The Okinawa factory is located in the Global Logistics Center (Okinawa GLC) that is operated by Okinawa Yamato Transport Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd., a major player in the logistic industry in Japan.
By operating the bonded factory in the Okinawa GLC area neighboring Naha International Airport, Hoshi can undertake filling, packaging, assembling operations and store materials in the bonded area.
- Business advantages by fully utilizing Okinawa bonded factory:
TARIFF CUTS
You are NOT required to bear import duties imposed on cosmetic packages.
EXPRESS DELIVERY
The Okinawa factory is adjacent to Naha International Airport, allowing the lead time of import and export to be reduced.
GLOBAL LOGISTICS NETWORK
Make use of the global network of the Yamato transportation group, the largest logistic company in Japan.
RELIABLE MADE-IN-JAPAN BULK
High quality is assured by manufacturing under the Japanese GMP.
SMALL-LOT PRODUCTION
Accept manufacturing orders starting with a lot of 500 units.
REDUCE STORAGE COST
Product storage inside the Okinawa GLC is available at low cost.
SUPPORT CROSS-BORDER EC BUSINESS
Hoshino supports cross-border e-commerce business by utilizing its logistic facility as your business hub.
- Business flow by utilizing Okinawa bonded factory:
STEP 1
Transfer cosmetic bulk to Okinawa factory from Hoshi's domestic cosmetic manufacturing factories.
STEP 2
Import Korean or Taiwanese cosmetic packaging.
*Selected high-quality Taiwanese and Korean packaging can be imported at preferential tariff rates.
STEP 3
Fill cosmetic bulk into imported containers.
Final finishing process of assembling and packaging.
STEP 4
Export to your clients/agents (a third country) without custom clearance.
Image: Comparison chart https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/
M104323/201901212418/_prw_PI1fl_1S4u95E7.jpg
Geographical advantage of Okinawa, the southernmost island of Japan:
- The only 24-hour operating customs clearance system in Japan
- Less than 4 hours on flight to major Asian cities
- Located at the center of the mass Asian market of 2 billion customers
Advantages of choosing Hoshi Corporation as your OEM partner:
- Track record of exports to more than 20 countries
- Decades of cosmetic OEM business experience with over 700 domestic and overseas clients, with over 20,000 product types handled
- 4 manufacturing factories in Japan (Tokyo, Gunma, Saitama and Okinawa)
- A proven and trusted service that has been steadily forged since Hoshi's founding
Company Profile
Name: Hoshi Corporation
Address: 31-2, Kanda Higashi Matsushita-Cho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, 101-0042, JAPAN
CEO: Tsuneo Hoshino
Founded: April 30, 1975
Capital: 80,000,000 yen
Business lines:
- Sales of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and health foods
- Planning and sales of containers and packaging materials
- Planning and contract manufacturing of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and health foods
SOURCE: Hoshi Corporation
--BERNAMA
TOKYO, Jan. 29, 2019 /Kyodo JBN - AsiaNet/ --
Hoshi Corporation, the Tokyo-based OEM and ODM cosmetic company, has received a license from the Okinawa Regional Customs to operate Japan's first bonded cosmetic factory.
The company is strongly geared toward exporting OEM and ODM cosmetic products with its logistics base in Okinawa, as driven by growing international demand for made-in-Japan cosmetic products, mainly to Asian and Oceania countries. Currently Hoshi has been dealing with over 700 overseas clients.
The bonded cosmetic factory operation license has enabled the company to fully use its high manufacturing technology and quality to reduce costs and realize swift production, thereby offering you affordable manufacturing plans thanks to reduced tariff and storage costs.
Website: http://hoshicorp.jp/bondedfactory/
Devices available for access: PCs, mobile phones
- Features of the Okinawa factory:
The Okinawa factory is located in the Global Logistics Center (Okinawa GLC) that is operated by Okinawa Yamato Transport Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd., a major player in the logistic industry in Japan.
By operating the bonded factory in the Okinawa GLC area neighboring Naha International Airport, Hoshi can undertake filling, packaging, assembling operations and store materials in the bonded area.
- Business advantages by fully utilizing Okinawa bonded factory:
TARIFF CUTS
You are NOT required to bear import duties imposed on cosmetic packages.
EXPRESS DELIVERY
The Okinawa factory is adjacent to Naha International Airport, allowing the lead time of import and export to be reduced.
GLOBAL LOGISTICS NETWORK
Make use of the global network of the Yamato transportation group, the largest logistic company in Japan.
RELIABLE MADE-IN-JAPAN BULK
High quality is assured by manufacturing under the Japanese GMP.
SMALL-LOT PRODUCTION
Accept manufacturing orders starting with a lot of 500 units.
REDUCE STORAGE COST
Product storage inside the Okinawa GLC is available at low cost.
SUPPORT CROSS-BORDER EC BUSINESS
Hoshino supports cross-border e-commerce business by utilizing its logistic facility as your business hub.
- Business flow by utilizing Okinawa bonded factory:
STEP 1
Transfer cosmetic bulk to Okinawa factory from Hoshi's domestic cosmetic manufacturing factories.
STEP 2
Import Korean or Taiwanese cosmetic packaging.
*Selected high-quality Taiwanese and Korean packaging can be imported at preferential tariff rates.
STEP 3
Fill cosmetic bulk into imported containers.
Final finishing process of assembling and packaging.
STEP 4
Export to your clients/agents (a third country) without custom clearance.
Image: Comparison chart https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/
M104323/201901212418/_prw_PI1fl_1S4u95E7.jpg
Geographical advantage of Okinawa, the southernmost island of Japan:
- The only 24-hour operating customs clearance system in Japan
- Less than 4 hours on flight to major Asian cities
- Located at the center of the mass Asian market of 2 billion customers
Advantages of choosing Hoshi Corporation as your OEM partner:
- Track record of exports to more than 20 countries
- Decades of cosmetic OEM business experience with over 700 domestic and overseas clients, with over 20,000 product types handled
- 4 manufacturing factories in Japan (Tokyo, Gunma, Saitama and Okinawa)
- A proven and trusted service that has been steadily forged since Hoshi's founding
Company Profile
Name: Hoshi Corporation
Address: 31-2, Kanda Higashi Matsushita-Cho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, 101-0042, JAPAN
CEO: Tsuneo Hoshino
Founded: April 30, 1975
Capital: 80,000,000 yen
Business lines:
- Sales of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and health foods
- Planning and sales of containers and packaging materials
- Planning and contract manufacturing of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and health foods
SOURCE: Hoshi Corporation
--BERNAMA
Monday, 28 January 2019
AMPER MUSIC LAUNCHES FIRST AI MUSIC COMPOSITION PLATFORM FOR ENTERPRISE CONTENT CREATORS
Amper Score™ enables teams to create custom music in seconds
NEW YORK, Jan 28 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amper Music, the leader in artificial intelligence music creation, today announced the launch of Amper Score™, the world’s first end-to-end AI music composition platform for enterprise content creators, as well as a developer API. Businesses of all kinds are adopting and scaling content strategies to reach new customers, and Score harnesses the power of AI to help teams make custom music that fits the style, length, and structure of their unique projects.
Using the Amper Score™ platform, content teams can create and edit music to accompany videos, podcasts, and many other types of content. Score’s workflow allows users to upload videos, spot key moments in project timelines, and render original compositions in real time in dozens of different musical styles. Music created using Amper Score™ is royalty-free and comes with a global, perpetual license for subscribers when synced to content. With Score’s fine-grained control, video editors, who typically work with stock music libraries, have reported greater than 90% time savings in sourcing and editing music for their projects.
"With Amper Score™, it is easy for me to find the music I need for the videos that we create,” said Anna Green, a video producer at Minute Media. “It takes me less than five minutes to create music for a short-form video, and the track is the exact mood I’m looking for. At past jobs, it could take me as long as two hours to search for the right track and edit it for the video. The tracks that I make with Amper Score have variation, and I like being able to spot the intro to add a gradual build. I can't imagine a better process than this.”
Businesses can also integrate Amper’s API into their own creative tools, distribution platforms, and other applications where music is created or consumed. Amper is excited to announce its API launch partner, QQ Music of Tencent Music Entertainment Group.
“As a leading online music entertainment platform in China, QQ Music is constantly looking for ways to utilize the most competitive technologies,” said Dennis Hau, Vice President of Tencent Music Entertainment Group. “In collaboration with Amper and leveraging its advanced technology, we look forward to continue providing more unique and innovative experiences to our users.
“In our collaboration, we are impressed by Amper’s leading technology, speed, quality, and user control design.”
“The decision to partner with QQ Music was a no-brainer,” said Drew Silverstein, CEO of Amper Music, Inc. “They are at the very forefront of the music, media, and entertainment markets, and their staggering reach will bring our AI Composer technology to millions of new users. QQ Music is one step ahead—they clearly understand that diversity and efficiency are the future of content, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to partner with such a forward-thinking company within the digital music space.”
Amper’s patented AI is built from the ground up and utilizes a massive dataset created by an internal team of composer-developers. Rather than employing a “black box” approach that limits contextual awareness and the ability for Score to collaborate with its users, Amper’s data team describes every facet of music, including genre, mood, and instrumentation. Amper’s technology draws on these foundations to generate fully editable, bespoke music that users can tailor virtually instantaneously.
About Amper:
Amper was founded in 2014 with the mission to enable anyone to express themselves creatively through music regardless of their background or expertise. Amper builds tools powered by a Creative AI to help teams create and customize original music. Using a proprietary library of over a million individual samples and thousands of instruments, Amper’s technology is built with an emphasis on offering high quality music through the fusion of music theory and AI innovation.
Interested teams should contact sales@ampermusic.com or visit www.ampermusic.com to arrange a trial.
Source: Amper Music
--BERNAMA
NEW YORK, Jan 28 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amper Music, the leader in artificial intelligence music creation, today announced the launch of Amper Score™, the world’s first end-to-end AI music composition platform for enterprise content creators, as well as a developer API. Businesses of all kinds are adopting and scaling content strategies to reach new customers, and Score harnesses the power of AI to help teams make custom music that fits the style, length, and structure of their unique projects.
Using the Amper Score™ platform, content teams can create and edit music to accompany videos, podcasts, and many other types of content. Score’s workflow allows users to upload videos, spot key moments in project timelines, and render original compositions in real time in dozens of different musical styles. Music created using Amper Score™ is royalty-free and comes with a global, perpetual license for subscribers when synced to content. With Score’s fine-grained control, video editors, who typically work with stock music libraries, have reported greater than 90% time savings in sourcing and editing music for their projects.
"With Amper Score™, it is easy for me to find the music I need for the videos that we create,” said Anna Green, a video producer at Minute Media. “It takes me less than five minutes to create music for a short-form video, and the track is the exact mood I’m looking for. At past jobs, it could take me as long as two hours to search for the right track and edit it for the video. The tracks that I make with Amper Score have variation, and I like being able to spot the intro to add a gradual build. I can't imagine a better process than this.”
Businesses can also integrate Amper’s API into their own creative tools, distribution platforms, and other applications where music is created or consumed. Amper is excited to announce its API launch partner, QQ Music of Tencent Music Entertainment Group.
“As a leading online music entertainment platform in China, QQ Music is constantly looking for ways to utilize the most competitive technologies,” said Dennis Hau, Vice President of Tencent Music Entertainment Group. “In collaboration with Amper and leveraging its advanced technology, we look forward to continue providing more unique and innovative experiences to our users.
“In our collaboration, we are impressed by Amper’s leading technology, speed, quality, and user control design.”
“The decision to partner with QQ Music was a no-brainer,” said Drew Silverstein, CEO of Amper Music, Inc. “They are at the very forefront of the music, media, and entertainment markets, and their staggering reach will bring our AI Composer technology to millions of new users. QQ Music is one step ahead—they clearly understand that diversity and efficiency are the future of content, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to partner with such a forward-thinking company within the digital music space.”
Amper’s patented AI is built from the ground up and utilizes a massive dataset created by an internal team of composer-developers. Rather than employing a “black box” approach that limits contextual awareness and the ability for Score to collaborate with its users, Amper’s data team describes every facet of music, including genre, mood, and instrumentation. Amper’s technology draws on these foundations to generate fully editable, bespoke music that users can tailor virtually instantaneously.
About Amper:
Amper was founded in 2014 with the mission to enable anyone to express themselves creatively through music regardless of their background or expertise. Amper builds tools powered by a Creative AI to help teams create and customize original music. Using a proprietary library of over a million individual samples and thousands of instruments, Amper’s technology is built with an emphasis on offering high quality music through the fusion of music theory and AI innovation.
Interested teams should contact sales@ampermusic.com or visit www.ampermusic.com to arrange a trial.
Source: Amper Music
--BERNAMA
SALIHIN SHARIAH ADVISORY ACCREDITATION BY GENERAL COUNCIL FOR ISLAMIC BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING OF ISLAMIC FINANCE IN MALAYSIA
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| L to R: En Salihin Abang (Founder/Managing Partner & Group CEO of SALIHIN); Mr. Abdelilah Belatik (Secretary General of CIBAFI); Dr Ahcene Lahsasna (CEO of SALIHIN Shariah Advisory); Ms Zainab Hassan Al Owainaty (Director of Administration & Finance, CIBAFI) |
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 (Bernama) -- The General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (Bahrain) and SALIHIN Shariah Advisory (Kuala Lumpur) signed an agency agreement for enhancing Islamic finance education in Malaysia. With this agreement, SALIHIN Shariah Advisory becomes an accredited agent of CIBAFI for the main objective of promoting the professional certifications and training programmes of CIBAFI in Malaysia. These include ten (10) professional certificates, five (5) diplomas and one (1) executive professional master programme.
In this context, CIBAFI expressed its appreciation to SALIHIN Shariah Advisory for their support and collaboration for the marketing and promotion of CIBAFI professional development programmes in Malaysia. Malaysia is a pioneer player in the Islamic financial services industry and it is a key stakeholder to CIBAFI. It deserves high focus and interest from all perspectives, including professional development initiatives and activities.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahcene Lahsasna, CEO, SALIHIN Shariah Advisory believes that the collaboration will contribute significantly to the enrichment of the quality of Islamic finance education in Malaysia. He said, “The CIBAFI professional certifications and training programmes cover Islamic accounting, auditing, takaful, capital market, trade finance, risk management, governance and compliance. These internationally recognized professional certificates will complement the existing Islamic Finance courses offered in Malaysia.”
He added, “SALIHIN Shariah Advisory, through its education facilities at the HQ in Malaysia, would like to take this opportunity to invite interested professionals, students and academicians to join CIBAFI programmes and become CIBAFI Certified”.
CIBAFI is an international organization established in 2001 and Headquartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain. CIBAFI is affiliated with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
CIBAFI represents the Islamic financial services industry globally, defending and promoting its role, consolidating co-operation among its members, and with other institutions with similar interests and objectives.
With more than 125 members from more than 34 jurisdictions, representing market players, international intergovernmental organizations and professional firms, and industry associations, CIBAFI is recognised as a key piece in the international architecture of Islamic finance.
SALIHIN Shariah Advisory is a registered Shariah Adviser with the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) providing advisory services on all Shariah-based products and services regulated by the SC and qualified to be appointed as a corporate Shariah adviser. Its vision to be the preferred global provider of Islamic finance services and solutions, going by this vision, SALIHIN Shariah Advisory has recently won a Global Islamic Finance Award (GIFA) as the Best Emerging Islamic Shariah Advisory Firm 2018. Leveraging on its experienced pool of international and local Shariah advisers, SALIHIN Shariah Advisory provides services in the areas of advisory and consultancy, fintech solutions, training and education, and research, development and publication. As a group member firm of SALIHIN, it also draws on the diverse capabilities of SALIHIN to render end-to-end value-for-money services and solutions to clients globally. SALIHIN is the brand under which independent member firms of SALIHIN International LLP (SALIHIN International) operate and provide professional services in the areas of audit and assurance, taxation, corporate advisory Shariah advisory, IT and digital consulting.
SOURCE: SALIHIN SHARIAH ADVISORY
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Tel: 603-6185 9970
Fax: 603-6184 2524
Website: www.salihin.com.my / www.shariah.salihin.com.my
E-mail: info@salihin.com.my / ssa@salihin.com.my
For more information about CIBAFI, please visit www.CIBAFI.org
Tel: +973 17357300
Email: media@cibafi.org
--BERNAMA
Lay down your nuclear weapons urges Buddhist leader
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 (Bernama) – Soka Gakkai International (SGI) president, Daisaku Ikeda, in his 2019 peace proposal published recently, called for concerted effort in disarmament and for the youth to become agents of contagious change.
Entitled ‘Toward a New Era of Peace and Disarmament: A People-centered Approach’, Ikeda asked for progress in the abolition of nuclear weapons around the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) to be quickened.
According to a statement today, he also stressed the dangers of emerging Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and proposed the prompt convening of a conference to negotiate a treaty banning these weapons.
He asked for a shift from seeing security solely in terms of state or military, towards one with a human focus in order to build a world with meaningful security.
He acknowledged that the complexity of global challenges can make the youth feel that positive change is impossible, but he wants them to resist feelings of resignation and "meet the severe challenges of our age as agents of proactive and contagious change".
He called for an expansion of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) network of universities committed to supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and proposed a world conference of such universities in 2020.
On the abolition of nuclear weapons, he spotlighted the need to expand the ratification of the TPNW to achieve its entry into force, and urged the creation of a group of like-minded states to deepen the debate and promote it.
Looking ahead to the 2020 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Ikeda called for steps such as the removal of nuclear warheads from high-alert status.
He further proposed that a fourth special session of the UN General Assembly devoted to disarmament (SSOD-IV) be held in 2021.
For more details on Ikeda’s 37th annual peace proposal, visit www.sgi.org.
-- BERNAMA
Entitled ‘Toward a New Era of Peace and Disarmament: A People-centered Approach’, Ikeda asked for progress in the abolition of nuclear weapons around the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) to be quickened.
According to a statement today, he also stressed the dangers of emerging Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and proposed the prompt convening of a conference to negotiate a treaty banning these weapons.
He asked for a shift from seeing security solely in terms of state or military, towards one with a human focus in order to build a world with meaningful security.
He acknowledged that the complexity of global challenges can make the youth feel that positive change is impossible, but he wants them to resist feelings of resignation and "meet the severe challenges of our age as agents of proactive and contagious change".
He called for an expansion of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) network of universities committed to supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and proposed a world conference of such universities in 2020.
On the abolition of nuclear weapons, he spotlighted the need to expand the ratification of the TPNW to achieve its entry into force, and urged the creation of a group of like-minded states to deepen the debate and promote it.
Looking ahead to the 2020 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Ikeda called for steps such as the removal of nuclear warheads from high-alert status.
He further proposed that a fourth special session of the UN General Assembly devoted to disarmament (SSOD-IV) be held in 2021.
For more details on Ikeda’s 37th annual peace proposal, visit www.sgi.org.
-- BERNAMA
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