Industry minister Pimpattra Wichaikul was the guest at yesterday’s celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Mie-Thailand Innovation Centre, where she witnessed the “Framework Exchange” ceremony between the Department of Industrial Promotion (DIPROM) and Mie Prefecture that will see the collaboration specified in the original MOU further expanded.

Online orders for craft cola developed by Japan's local high school students and a chamber of commerce have been flooding in since the drink was released in mid-December.