Japan’s Toshiba Corp said on Monday that its Singapore-based subsidiary, Toshiba Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, has established a branch office in Rangoon and will start operation in May, according to a report by Business Wire. The company said the Rangoon office will investigate the market for power generation and distribution and other areas, including consumer products. Toshiba has promoted its home appliance business in Burma through distributors in Singapore since the 1980s, and supplied also hydroelectric equipment for the Sedawgyi hydroelectric power plant in 1985.