Fuji Keizai Analyzes Health/Beauty-oriented Food Market in Japan.Tokyo, Japan, Nov 24, 2005 - (JCNN JCNN Japan Corporate News Network ) - Japanese market researcher Fuji Keizai announced on November 21 that it has published a report on the Japanese market for health and beauty-oriented food products. This is the 13th such annual analysis report that has followed and predicted the market trends. The market for health and beauty-oriented food products will be 1,176.8 billion yen ($9.8 bil) in 2005 and 1,153.9 billion yen ($9.6 bil) in 2006, down 7.1% and 8.9% from 2004, respectively. The negative factors are substantial decreases in the sectors of life-style related disease prevention and multi-balance food products. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , three sectors are considered promising: namely, diet, nutritional balance and cavity cavity /cav·i·ty/ (kav´i-te) 1. a hollow place or space, or a potential space, within the body or one of its organs. 2. in dentistry, the lesion produced by caries. prevention. Specifically, the diet sector will reach 63.5 billion yen ($530 mil An Internet address domain name for a military agency. See Internet address. (networking) mil - The top-level domain for entities affiliated with US armed forces. ) in 2006, up 53.8% from 2004; the nutritional sector will expand to 70.5 billion yen ($590 mil) in 2006, up 7.2% from 2004; and the cavity prevention sector will rise to 79 billion yen ($660 mil) in 2006, up 4.8% from 2004. Entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "Health and Beauty Foods Marketing Handbook 2006 No.1", the 223-page report, available only in Japanese, sells for 105, 000 yen ($880). Copyright [c] 2005 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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