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FOOD

Japan Times
WORLD
May 7, 2021
Rice is keeping world’s food crisis from getting worse
Rice is the predominant source of nourishment each day for more than 3 billion people, and yet it hasn't rallied anything like other agricultural commodities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 1, 2021
La Nina gives a turbocharge boost to already high food prices around the world
Global prices for food and crops in much of the world are at multi-year highs and there's a culprit far larger than human commerce: La Nina.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 25, 2021
Seth Sulkin: 'Having risk-averse banks with risk-averse venture capitalists makes success extremely difficult in Japan'
The CEO of commercial real estate development firm Pacifica Capital highlights the importance of switching lanes when external circumstances change.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2021
China will assess food safety threats posed by Fukushima water release
China's foreign ministry said on Thursday that China shares a common stance with South Korea opposing Japan's action.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2021
Why the Chinese love big food even more than big tech
Every time there's a price spike in pork or vegetables or fruit or Moutai somewhere in the country, China's investors rush to buy their Big Food stocks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 12, 2021
Inflation is already creeping into some corners of the world
Prices have risen for commodities and in industries for reasons directly tied to the disruptions of COVID-19, the policy response or the surge in demand that comes with hopes of recovery.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 1, 2021
The five places where food prices are getting people worried
Global food prices are at the highest in more than six years because of demand from China, vulnerable supply chains and adverse weather.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2021
Pandemic puts pressure on Japan to open up rice stockpile to charities
As job losses have surged due to the impact of the spread of the novel coronavirus, demand for food handouts has skyrocketed in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2021
Alibaba and Pinduoduo join fight against looming China food crisis
The battle to supply 1.4 billion people with fresh fruit and vegetables is taking China's e-commerce companies into the country's hinterlands.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 6, 2021
Xie Wang Fu: Auspicious ambience for high-end Chinese dining
The first overseas offshoot of Shanghai's best-known specialist crab restaurant is bringing the crustacean delicacy to Tokyo year-round.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 3, 2021
Container crunch upends global food trade while ships queue at U.S. ports
Food is piling up in all the wrong places, thanks to carriers hauling empty shipping containers.

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