Japanese design expert arrives in Manila to educate Filipino exporters on Japanese market
Kitagawara is the President of Art Resources, Inc., a design company in Japan and is dispatched to Manila by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Japan Center in time for the forthcoming Manila F.A.M.E. International, a bi-annual exhibition for the home and fashion lifestyle led by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM).
Kitagawara has provided technical assistance and projects for traditional handicrafts to a number of SMEs in other parts of Asia, including Thailand and Malaysia. He has been involved in major design projects in Japan including the
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