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FOOD

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2015
Bacon fans brush off WHO cancer warning
Standing at the meat counter at a Mariano's grocery store in Chicago, a half-dozen customers bantered with the butchers about the recent World Health Organization (WHO) report linking processed meat to colorectal cancer.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 28, 2015
Japan tricks out the Halloween treats
Halloween is a time to carve pumpkins, enjoy a few scares and, most importantly, shovel as much candy as humanly possible into one’s own mouth. While the practice of door-to-door trick-or-treating may not be a thing in Japan, the custom of eating special Halloween snacks certainly translates. Plenty...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 24, 2015
Meat industry braces for WHO cancer verdict
As international health experts prepare to publish a report on potential cancer risks linked to red and processed meat, industry groups are bracing for a damaging blow to consumer confidence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 15, 2015
McDonald's launches new low-priced options in bid to reverse decline
McDonald's Japan on Thursday unveiled a new business strategy that focuses on low prices.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 22, 2015
Syrian war spurs first withdrawal from doomsday Arctic seed vault
Syria's civil war has prompted the first withdrawal of seeds from a "doomsday" vault built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard global food supplies, officials said on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 15, 2015
Meatpackers Itoham, Yonekyu agree to merge
Meat processors Itoham Foods Inc. and Yonekyu Corp. said Tuesday they will merge their managements by setting up a holding company next April.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 7, 2015
Dark side of the mooncakes: China warns against extravagance as gift-giving season looms
Chinese media are not allowed to carry advertising that uses "extravagant wording" to promote gifts over upcoming holidays, the ruling Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog said, as the mooncake season approaches.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 14, 2015
Severe 'food shocks' more likely due to extreme weather, experts predict
Extreme weather such as intense storms, droughts and heat waves will cause more frequent and severe food shortages as the global climate and food supply systems change, British and American experts warned Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2015
¥100 convenience-store coffees fuel Japan's surge into Java big leagues
The fastest-growing drinks market in Japan isn't craft beer or fruit smoothies. It's cups of cheap black coffee from the local convenience store.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2015
Wendy's Japan chief hopes First Kitchen tie-up is recipe for success
When U.S.-based hamburger chain Wendy's came back to Japan in December 2011, it aimed to increase the number of outlets to 100 in five years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2015
Burger King to press ahead with expansion despite increasing competition
Eight years after U.S.-based Burger King returned to the Japanese market, the world's second largest hamburger chain has opened 93 outlets in the country and aims to have 200 by the end of 2017.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 23, 2015
Pot pasta: Italian food fest in London features hemp oil-infused cannabis fare
Any Italian will tell you: pasta is healthy and makes you feel good. But what about spaghetti made from cannabis?

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A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?