ARTICLES & BOOKS
'The Kikkoman Chronicles:
A Global Company With a Japanese Soul'
1998
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From Library Journal:
Yates (journalism, Univ. of Illinois) tells the story of one of the world's oldest companies, which dates back almost 400 years. Founded by a family devastated by Japan's political power struggles, Kikkoman went on to become Japan's leading producer of soy sauce. This book traces the growth of the company to a worldwide operation with plants in both the United States and Europe as a result of the growing taste (and new uses) for their products around the world. One learns a great deal about the history of soy sauce, its production, and the various types; the reader could, in fact, become something of a soy sauce snob. The company's long history of good employee relations and its more recent ventures into the field of biotechnology (of which soy sauce brewing may have been an early example) are also dealt with. A thorough treatment of a hitherto untouched subject; recommended for larger public libraries.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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