Japanese corporations in seemingly unrelated areas such as automobile or electronics sector, are now investing in areas of life science such as industrial biotechnology that could contribute to applications enhancing their existing products.
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Sipp, D. Japanese giants renew interest in industrial biotech. Nat Biotechnol 23, 275–276 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0305-275
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