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Meros is growing! Welcome Sachika Onaka Adcock as a full-time research analyst!

Meros is thrilled to welcome Sachika Onaka Adcock as a full-time research analyst!  Sachika originally joined our team as a full-time intern in fall of 2023. Her background and interest in global markets and food systems and environmental science were the perfect mix for success at Meros. Our team has been extremely impressed with her […]

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The Year of the Dragon has arrived!

Wishing all our partners, clients and friends a prosperous and opportunity-filled Year of the Dragon as we start the Lunar New Year season throughout Asia!

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Meros presents at RIKEN's workshop on cassava and carbon sequestration

RIKEN's 2nd Cassava Workshop was held on January 31, 2024 on the topic of Cassava Research and Development for a Carbon-neutral, Recycling-oriented Society. Meros' Managing Director Chisa Ogura presented on ‘Global Trends in Commercialization of Carbon Farming and Soil Carbon Sequestration’. Cassava is rarely produced in Japan, but the Japanese food industry is a major […]

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Meros Calendar: Where can we meet this winter?

Meros has a packed schedule in the next weeks attending key industry events in Europe and Japan. We will be meeting with partners and friends and always looking to connect with others interested in innovation and business growth in the dynamic food industry. If you're attending any of these events, don't hesitate to reach out […]

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Market Trends

What are the hot topics in Japanese foodtech closing out 2023?

As 2023 draws to an end, three major foodtech topics Meros followed this year: the growing interest in circular economy, sustainability and Japan’s emerging cultivated meat sector, were all still front and center at the annual Foodtech Japan, Drink Japan and the Smart Restaurant EXPO at Tokyo Big Sight this month. Not only could we […]

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A festive fall welcome to our newest research assistant Sachika Onaka Adcock!

A big welcome to our newest full-time fall research assistant, Sachika Onaka Adcock! Sachika is a recent graduate of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia where she studied Physiology and Earth Sciences. Sachika spent her childhood between Australia and Himeji in the western area of Japan and is ready to start her career off in Tokyo. […]

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Come join Meros at the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit, Singapore, October 31- Nov 2, 2023

We are incredibly pleased to be partnering with the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit in Singapore, to be held October 31 – Nov 2, 2023. Our goal is help bring more perspectives and voices from Japan's food and agriculture innovation scene into the lively debates in Singapore. Join us there! We’ll be happy to introduce you […]

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Meros Calendar: Where can we meet this fall?

Meros will be busy attending some of the most exciting events in the region this season and looking to connect with others interested in innovation, sustainability and business growth in food, agriculture and ocean businesses. Connect with us if you'll be at any of these events! We are pleased to be a partner of the […]

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Improving seafood freshness at the port markets of Phu Quoc, Vietnam with Japanese seafood technology pilot

For three weeks in July and August, Meros senior analyst Hiroki Seki dove into the Vietnamese seafood industry, moving from Phu Quoc Island, the largest island in Vietnam and a part of Kien Giang province, to Rach Gia, the capital city of Kien Giang province, to Ho Chi Minh City, interviewing seafood experts, visiting fish […]

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Meros welcomes Daijiro Hata as our newest full-time research analyst!

Meros has a new team member! Welcome, Daijiro Hata! Daijiro joined us this summer and is already jumping into projects, visiting expos and attending farms demos in his home prefecture of Shiga. Daijiro has a degree in Natural Sciences from Kyoto University and spent an additional year at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico studying agriculture. […]

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Our summer research assistant has arrived - welcome Kana Ueno!

Our newest summer assistant has arrived and is already hard at work. Welcome, Kana Ueno! Kana is an undergraduate student at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland where she is majoring in Sustainable Development Studies. While she grew up in Tokyo, she has an adventurous spirit that led her to choose to study in Switzerland […]

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Meros back from conducting successful food safety seminars for Kenyan peanut processors

Meros just returned from a week in Kenya as part of the JICA SHEP program to work with local consultants to conduct a series of training programs to support entrepreneurs in the peanut butter processing industry. The Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment & Promotion (SHEP) program is a market-oriented agriculture program originally started by the Japan International […]

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