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FOOD

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 6, 2022
Kirin Beverage ordered to take action on misleading labels
Although the Kirin Holdings unit labeled a Tropicana melon taste juice product as 100% melon, it contained only 2% melon juice, while the remaining 98% was grape, apple and banana juice.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2022
As prices continue to rise, Japan’s frugal households get even thriftier
Against a backdrop of a weaker yen and soaring raw material and crude oil costs, over 20,000 products have seen or will see prices raised by an average of 14% this year, research shows.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 4, 2022
Japanese firms increasingly recruiting retired athletes for hiring needs
Under a program by Mos Burger's operator, former athletes learn about the basics of restaurant management and get on-the-job training in their first year after joining the company.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 4, 2022
Empty peanut shells are the latest casualty of China’s drought
The empty shells are one factor that could result in peanut output tumbling as much as 30% this season, according to analysts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2022
Deadly floods swamp farms in Pakistan, flushing away crops
Rains and deadly floods have damaged rice and cotton crops, and threaten wheat planting in the coming months at a time when the world can ill afford another disruption to grain supply.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 31, 2022
Scientists look to solve ozone threat to Africa's food security
Ozone can cause substantial losses for farmers, research suggests, by quickly aging crops before they reach full production potential and decreasing photosynthesis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2022
Low food self-sufficiency could cripple Japan in Taiwan crisis
Any major blockade or disruption to sea lanes around China and the Taiwan Strait could have bigger implications than just price inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2022
Dried-out farms from China to Iowa will pressure food prices
The latest warning flare comes out of the American Midwest, where some corn is so parched stalks are missing ears of grain and soybean pods are fewer and smaller than usual.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 28, 2022
Inedible delights: Food sample artisans serve up imitations of grand feasts
With fewer restaurants buying plastic menu items, craftspeople are getting creative with their molded meals.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 26, 2022
With protests planned over energy poverty, Europe faces winter of discontent
A worsening cost-of-living crisis across Europe has already seen workers in France, Spain and Belgium go out on strike, pushing for higher wages to help them cope with rocketing inflation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Aug 22, 2022
Price hikes continue as household budgets deteriorate at accelerated pace
According to research, prices for some 8,000 food items have been raised this year up to July.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 22, 2022
China’s cities face a tough choice — more green energy or food
The pandemic and recent bouts of extreme weather have shown how susceptible the nation is to disruptions to its food supply.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 21, 2022
Russian crops and fertilizer must move 'unimpeded,' U.N. chief says
Guterres traveled this week to Ukraine, where he met the presidents of Ukraine and Turkey, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the western city of Lviv on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 17, 2022
Sri Lanka faces looming food crisis with stunted rice crop
Across rice farms on this Indian Ocean island, a bleak picture is emerging that the summer harvest could be as low as half that of previous years, according to experts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2022
Renewed Ukraine grain exports helping lower food prices, World Bank economist says
The World Bank does not expect food prices to increase for the rest of the year, the organization's senior agriculture economist said.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2022
Japan urged to support Africa over looming hunger crisis
African countries are extremely vulnerable to 'shocks' because of their dependence on foreign foodstuffs, including grain.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 15, 2022
Ukraine counters in the south as Russia pounds Donetsk region
Kyiv has said for weeks it is planning a counteroffensive to recapture Zaporizhzhia and neighboring Kherson province, the largest part of the territory Russia has seized.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 14, 2022
Japan to see further price hike for milk in winter
The wholesale price increase is expected to jack up retail prices of milk and other products, dealing another blow to households.

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