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FOOD

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 10, 2019
'Hold the burger and the coke': Climate fears hit meat and drink sales
Consumers worried about the environment are cutting their spending on meat and bottled drinks and trying to reduce plastic waste, and this trend is set to accelerate as climate concerns mount, a global survey showed on Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 5, 2019
What's behind the food self-sufficiency 'crisis'?
Government policies aimed at keeping food prices high are responsible for the nation's declining food self-sufficiency rate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2019
Sukiya to keep price of regular beef-on-rice bowls the same after tax hike, eat-in or takeout
Zensho Holdings Co. said Tuesday it will not change the tax-included price of its mainstay regular gyūdon beef-on-rice bowls at its Sukiya restaurants after a consumption tax hike.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 24, 2019
Tiny Peace Kitchen: Lunch like mom used to make it
Although Tokyo has one of the best restaurant scenes in the world, sometimes you'd rather eschew the high-end for simple, nourishing food, the kind you'll find at Tiny Peace Kitchen.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Aug 24, 2019
'Plant-based Tokyo': A compelling guide to vegetarian food in the capital
A new resource for visitors and residents, 'Plant-based Tokyo' is Momoko Nakamura's bilingual guidebook to 45 vegetarian establishments in the Tokyo area.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2019
Japan's baby food market growing steadily despite low birthrate
Japan' baby food market is on a steady expansion track despite a falling number of children thanks to growing demand from working parents seeking convenient, precooked baby food.
EDITORIALS
Aug 20, 2019
Japan's falling food self-sufficiency
The government needs to review whether food self-sufficiency should be maintained as a key yardstick in its agriculture policy — and if so, what should be the practical level necessary to secure the nation's food supply.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2019
Imitation uni? Vegan 'sea urchin' from Japan may soon hit sushi counters
The meat-free movement is finding its way into strange and exotic dishes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Aug 16, 2019
As rains lead to thousands of school meals being binned, Hiroshima weighs how to cut waste
A 30-year-old female reader in Hiroshima contacted the Chugoku Shimbun one day to convey her frustration that school lunches are thrown away when schools shut down due to heavy rain.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 14, 2019
As climate change concerns grow, Fitch says red meat could be the next sin tax after sugar
Meat could be a target for higher taxes given criticism of the industry's role in climate change, deforestation and animal cruelty, according to a report by Fitch Solutions Macro Research.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 8, 2019
Sausage-loving Germans chew on plan to tax meat to protect climate
German lawmakers on Wednesday proposed raising the sales tax on meat to help protect the climate and improve animal welfare, kindling a debate in a country renowned for its love of sausages.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 3, 2019
Trump and EU officials announce deal to sell more American beef to Europe
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal on Friday to sell more American beef to Europe, a modest win for an administration that remains mired in a trade war with China, but he said tariffs on European auto exports remain a possibility.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2019
Tax on takeout food and nonalcoholic drinks in Japan to remain at 8 percent
Food eaten while walking or on public benches at amusement parks will be subject to a lower tax rate than food eaten in stores after the planned consumption tax hike in October, according to guidelines revised by the National Tax Agency on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2019
Mothers concerned about preparing children's meals during summer vacation, survey reports
Some 60 percent of mothers with children who attend elementary school are worried about being able to give them proper meals during the summer vacation, according to a survey by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2019
Japan to propose larger quotas for Pacific bluefin tuna
Japan plans to propose an expansion of catch quotas for bluefin tuna in the Pacific Ocean at an international meeting in the United States in September, informed sources have said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 17, 2019
The fork is mightier than the wall
The single most powerful driver of migration may well be food — or, rather, the lack of it.

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