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Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today


Oct. 6, 2023 - May 23, 2024

Japanese companies in Brazil have continued to operate even amid the harsh conditions of the pandemic. As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to calm down and new values ​​aimed at sustainability are required, this series will introduce the current status of Japanese companies active in Brazil. This is a project sponsored by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brazil. Reprinted from the Newspaper Brasil Nippou.



Stories from this series

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Part 3: Epson Brazil: Committed to energy and resource conservation

Nov. 3, 2023 • Tomoko Oura

In the third installment, we spoke with Takeshi Yasue, president of Epson Brazil. Epson, a global technology leader, sees Brazil as a strategic market and is focusing on home and office printers, textile printers, and video projectors. "Efficient, compact and precise" technology that matches the SDGs The Epson Group, known worldwide as a leader in the printer industry, is headquartered in Japan's Seiko Epson Corporation and has annual sales of approximately 1 trillion yen worldwide. After opening a sales base …

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Part 2: NSK Brazil - High-quality bearings earn the trust of customers

Oct. 20, 2023 • Tomoko Oura

In the second installment of this series, we spoke with Hiroshi Kataiwa, Vice President of NSK Brazil (Executive Director Francisco Aecio). The company was established in 1970. Its site is 180,000 m2 in a prime location about a 10-minute walk from Suzano Station, the railway hub between the city of São Paulo and the surrounding cities. The company manufactures, researches and analyzes bearings for industrial machinery and automobiles at its factory and technical center. 53 years since its establishment as …

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Part 1: Ecogen attracts attention with its clean energy business

Oct. 6, 2023 • Tomoko Oura

Japanese companies in Brazil have continued to operate even in the harsh environment of the pandemic. As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to subside and new values ​​aimed at sustainability are in demand, this series will introduce the current status of Japanese companies active in Brazil. * * * * * In this first installment, we spoke with Noriaki Watanabe, vice president of Ecogen (CEO Luis Cabral). Ecogen was ahead of its time and started a clean energy business before SDG …

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Author in This Series

Born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1979, he grew up in Kobe until graduating from high school. After graduating from university, he has been living in Sao Paulo, Brazil since 2001. He is currently working as a freelance reporter and writer for local media outlets aimed at Japanese people, as well as engaged in editing work.

(Updated September 2023)