As the first Suntory president selected from outside the Japanese drinks firm’s founding family, Takeshi Niinami has needed all his creativity and management guile to help the classic brand reach beyond its home market.
Japan has a spotty record of using soft power to raise its profile overseas but Tokyo is starting to think more creatively. From next April the foreign ministry will set up training centres to teach Japan’s best business…
Viking Air, a small parts manufacturer from British Columbia, had never even thought about building aeroplanes, but when the firm acquired the licences for de Havilland’s discontinued but adored sea and bush planes, the…