US indoor strawberry grower to set up Japan R&D facility

$34m center to develop controlled farming technologies, produce varieties

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Oishii CEO Hiroki Koga, left, speaks with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (Photo by Riku Tazaki)

RIKU TAZAKI

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey -- U.S. premium strawberry-growing startup Oishii will invest over 5 billion yen ($34 million) as part of its plan to open a research and development facility in Japan to create indoor farming systems and produce varieties suited to such systems.

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