ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Kyodo) The Japanese service and financial industries are set to follow manufacturers into the fast-growing Russian market.
Leading candidates include Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and Geos Corp., a major operator of language schools.
Geos, which runs 507 schools in Japan and 50 others abroad, is in talks with Russian authorities to set up a school here in St. Petersburg in an unprecedented move for a foreign education provider.