BIZ BRIEF: Test planned in Kita-Kyushu to develop 'smart stores'

BIZ BRIEF: Itochu invests in U.S. next-generation biofuel project

With the aim of creating a global biofuel business network, Tokyo-based Itochu Corp. and its subsidiary Itochu Enex Co. have invested in a 50-million-gallon per year, next-generation biodiesel fuel (BDF) project.

BIZ BRIEF: Nissan, Dongfeng to produce medium-duty truck

Nissan Motor Co. and long-time China partner Dongfeng Motor Group will jointly develop and produce a new-generation medium-duty truck later this year at the Nissan plant in Avila, Spain, the Japanese carmaker said May 23.

BIZ BRIEF: Dentsu Group acquires leading Dutch social media agency

Dentsu Inc. announced May 23 that Aegis Media, part of its global operating unit Dentsu Aegis Network Ltd., has acquired Social Embassy BV, the leading social media agency in the Netherlands.

BIZ BRIEF: Docomo buys MCV Guam Holding for $130 million

NTT Docomo Inc. said May 22 it has acquired MCV Guam Holding Corp. (MCV), the largest cable television and Internet service provider in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, for $129.8 million (12.7 billion yen).

BIZ BRIEF: Nissin Foods to market instant noodles in Kenya

Nissin Foods Holdings Co. will become the first Japanese instant noodle maker to enter the untapped African market when it starts sales of instant noodle products in Kenya in September.