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Oryza plans healthy growth in nutraceuticals market • Japanese cuisine has long been associated with healthy eating due to the use of natural, vitamin-rich ingredients. But Japan’s age-old philosophy for treating food as a medicine has also made the country and its innovative manufacturers a natural fit to excel in the growing nutraceuticals market.

Chemicals focuses on electrics as key growth segment • The pandemic has been a challenge for every industry, none more so than chemicals. However, with challenge inevitably comes opportunity, and Japan’s chemical makers see growing demand for electric products as essential for the sector’s continued expansion.

Itoh Oil Chemicals: Unlocking the endless potential of castor oil • Environmentally friendly castor oil is quickly replacing the use of petrochemicals in the manufacturing of a wide range of products, from lubricants, plastics and paints, to cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

NEION: The leader in PSA films and coating technology reorients towards B2C • NEION has developed a groundbreaking plaster wall coating that is particularly pertinent amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

NARA MACHINERY develops the powder processing technologies shaping the future • A global leader in powder processing technologies, NARA MACHINERY plays a hidden-yet-vital role in a wide range of industries.

BME: Turning waste into CO2-free biomass energy • BME has developed pioneering technology that can turn a wide range of waste products into biomass methanol, which will be used to replace fossil fuels in automobiles and electric power generation.

Power Struggle

Georgia on Her Mind • Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams helped deliver red Georgia to Joe Biden. Now, the bigger challenge: Can she turn the Senate blue too?

Talking Points

Saudi Arabia: Building new benchmarks • The kingdom’s socioeconomic transformation is extremely impressive

Cultural center is beacon of change • Ideas of tomorrow meet centuries of tradition in architectural masterpiece

Banking and financial services sectors in safe hands thanks to robust foundations • Industry players adhere to the strictest international regulations and standards

Golden future for fintech revolution • The fusion of finance with cutting-edge technology is a catalyst for change

WELCOME TO THE ‘TRANSITION FROM HELL’ • Donald Trump has many ways to hobble incoming president Joe Biden between now and Inauguration Day. Here’s the ‘MENU OF MAYHEM’ Democrats fear

A TIMELINE OF TROUBLED TRANSITIONS • The Trump-to-Biden shift is by no means the only bumpy or bitter transfer of presidential power in U.S. history. Here are a few lowlights of other problematic transition periods.

AMERICA’S MOST TRUSTED BRANDS • In these anxious times, Newsweek and BrandSpark ® reveal which brands consumers TRUST most

A Superhero in a Human’s Body • Neal Karlen, author of a new biography of Prince, got more access to the superstar than any other journalist. Karlen talks about their friendship, why Prince told tall tales about himself and where his love of purple came from

Prince’s 5 most overlooked albums

The Most Wacky Museums Around the World

Sarah Paulson

Diversified economy embraces FDI • Lucrative business and investment openings are available across the kingdom