Takeda Pharmaceutical, euglena partner on product development

Takeda Pharmaceutical, euglena partner on product development

TOKYO, Japan - Masashi Sugimoto (L), head of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.'s healthcare division, and Mitsuru Izumo, president of biotechnology venture euglena Co., shake hands at a press event in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014, announcing their partnership on product development using euglena, a genus of single-celled flagellate protists.

Isuzu, euglena chiefs show off biodiesel fuel

Isuzu, euglena chiefs show off biodiesel fuel

TOKYO, Japan - Susumu Hosoi (L), president of Isuzu Motors Ltd., and Mitsuru Izumo, president of euglena Co., show off biodiesel fuel for automobiles in Tokyo on June 25, 2014.

Company plans to fly jet using biofuel made from green algae

Company plans to fly jet using biofuel made from green algae

Mitsuru Izumo (3rd from L), president of Euglena Corp., poses with other officials in front of an All Nippon Airways Co. passenger jet, after he announced a plan to fly a passenger jet using a mix of jet fuel and biofuel made from green algae by 2020 in cooperation with ANA. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Company plans to fly jet using biofuel made from green algae

Company plans to fly jet using biofuel made from green algae

Mitsuru Izumo, president of Euglena Corp., briefs reporters on his company's plan to fly a passenger jet using a mix of jet fuel and biofuel made from green algae by 2020 in cooperation with All Nippon Airways Co., during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2015. The venture company will build a demonstration plant in Yokohama for about 3 billion yen to produce about 125 kiloliters of the biofuel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Isuzu, euglena chiefs show off biodiesel fuel

Isuzu, euglena chiefs show off biodiesel fuel

TOKYO, Japan - Susumu Hosoi (L), president of Isuzu Motors Ltd., and Mitsuru Izumo, president of euglena Co., show off biodiesel fuel for automobiles in Tokyo on June 25, 2014. (Kyodo)