Japan's Kao taps AI for tailored skin care as makeup goes high-tech

Beauty titans tie up with outsiders to lure millennials

20191210N Kao skin diagnostic service

Cosmetics maker Kao shows off its new beauty products and skin care services.

YOHEI KAWAI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Established Japanese cosmetics makers like Kao are teaming up with technology companies to exploit their troves of data and offer personalized products to lure younger customers. It is a departure from their past practice of handling all product development steps in-house.

They are following French industry leader L'Oreal in partnering with the tech sector to satisfy growing demand for individualized products.

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