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FOOD 5

Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2015
Food concerns mount in Vanuatu after monster cyclone
International aid agencies ramped up appeals for cyclone-hit Vanuatu on Wednesday, warning that the powerful storm that affected more than two-thirds of the South Pacific island nation had wiped out crops and destroyed fishing fleets, raising the risk of hunger and disease.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2015
Top chefs launch campaign to eat more small fish
Top chefs from around the world gathered in the north of Spain on Tuesday to launch a campaign to eat more small fish such as anchovies in the interests of feeding more people and reducing pressure on the world's oceans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 13, 2015
Mos Burger debuts 14-layer sandwich at Tokyo Tower
Visitors to Tokyo Tower now have the chance to stuff themselves with a sky-scraper of a burger.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / A TASTE OF HOME
Mar 3, 2015
Swedish cuisine: so much more than meatballs
Some Swedish delicacies, such as lutefisk (dried cod treated with lye), attract comments that are less than flattering. And when I say less than flattering, I mean downright slanderous. "Reminiscent of the afterbirth of a dog, or the world's largest chunk of phlegm," is one immortal line delivered by...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Mar 1, 2015
Insect snacks creep into Thai stores
Street vendors selling deep-fried insects as snacks are a familiar sight in Bangkok, but a Thai entrepreneur is trying to give edible bugs a more upmarket appeal.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE PERSISTENT VEGETARIAN
Feb 24, 2015
Indian fare adds spice to vegetarian dining
While it's easy to trust that almost every Indian restaurant will have plenty for a vegetarian to eat — and you can often ask for an all-vegetarian meal by request — it's an incomparable delight when the menu is entirely made up of vegetarian choices.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 24, 2015
World's diet worsening with globalization, study finds
The world's diet has deteriorated substantially in the last two decades, a leading nutrition expert said on Monday, citing one of the largest studies available on international eating habits.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Feb 22, 2015
Where's the beef? Kyoto looks to carve out global niche
The quintessential tourist image of Kyoto cuisine is one of a refined "bento" (boxed lunch) containing all sorts of small treats, but heavy on fish, tofu and vegetables, with much attention devoted to presentation and tastes that are sublime, but not overpowering. Certain Kyoto vegetables like "kujo...
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2015
Modi bets on GM crops to feed India
On a fenced plot not far from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home, a field of mustard is in full yellow bloom, representing his government's reversal of an effective ban on field trials of genetically modified (GM) food crops.
WORLD
Feb 13, 2015
Texas winning ticket in $564 million Powerball bought at food mart; buyer still a mystery
A food mart in a small city north of Dallas, Texas, was one of three places where winning tickets were sold in the estimated $564.1 million U.S. Powerball lottery, officials said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 5, 2015
McDonald's Japan posts ¥22 billion loss after food woes
McDonald's Corp.'s Japan affiliate reported its first full-year loss in 11 years as the fast-food chain faced fallout from food scandals and after labor disputes at U.S. ports forced it to ration french fries.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 20, 2015
Top chef Yoshihiro Narisawa takes his kitchen to go
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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 20, 2015
Pizza's snack appeal hits kids' bodies hard, study shows
Go ahead, give your kids pizza. Just maybe not so much of it.

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