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FOOD

Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2016
Yonezawa koi farmer taps Italian chef for new ways to keep fish fare afloat
Yonezawa koi, a specialty dish of the city of Yo­ne­za­wa, Ya­ma­ga­ta Prefecture, is on the verge of vanishing due to recent rises in fish feed prices and a business slump.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 18, 2016
Nursery school employee held for allegedly force-feeding boy wasabi-laced chicken
A nursery school employee who appeared to take sadistic pleasure from allegedly force-feeding a small boy fried chicken covered in the pungent condiment paste wasabi, was arrested on assault charges Thursday.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Feb 1, 2016
Let's discuss Japanese food sold overseas
The government plans to adopt a certification system for chefs of Japanese cuisine, in a bid to guarantee quality at establishments serving fare overseas.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Feb 1, 2016
Aichi service area to offer halal foods for Muslim travelers
The Okazaki service area on the Shin Tomei Expressway will start selling halal bento (boxed meals) when it opens in February to accommodate the needs of a growing number of Muslim tourists.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jan 27, 2016
Do your Japanese colleagues drive you nuts? Maybe it's you, not them (or both)
The Trail Mix Incident — where cultural conditioning trumped Japanese social etiquette — highlights how the defense of territory is universal.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 26, 2016
McDonald's looks at selling stake in Japan unit
McDonald's Corp. is studying selling a stake in its loss-making Japan unit to a "strategic investor," as the world's largest fast-food chain reviews its global ownership strategies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 26, 2016
Food banks spring up in Japan to match food waste with nation's hidden poor
Food banks are springing up in Japan as people become aware of the disconnect between food waste and the needs of the nation's hidden poor.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jan 24, 2016
Eating crow on the issue of the clever critters we consume
The controversies surrounding the eating of various animals in our modern world are numerous: the hunting of bluefin tuna to near-extinction; eating shark fin soup (in which only the fin is used and the rest of the shark is often discarded); the consumption of dogs in various Asian countries; the use...
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 22, 2016
New $130 million project aims to cut food waste from fields to tables
More than a third of the world's food goes uneaten, and many crops harvested in Africa are discarded rather than sold, according to an initiative announced on Thursday by the Rockefeller Foundation to cut food waste and loss by half.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Jan 18, 2016
China to build biggest cloning factory
The world's largest animal cloning factory is under construction in the northern port city of Tianjin
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2016
Japan to set up certification program for 'washoku' chefs overseas
The government plans to adopt an ambitious certification system for chefs of Japanese cuisine, or washoku, in a bid to guarantee quality at establishments that purport to serve Japanese fare overseas.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2016
Illegal cutlet sale scandal widens to include more supermarkets, retailers
An Aichi Prefecture waste disposal company accused of on-selling meat cutlets that it was supposed to throw away has been linked to the illegal sale of thousands more food packages.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2016
Food warning after 5,000 beef cutlets due for disposal illegally sold to Aichi supermarkets
Consumers in Aichi Prefecture have been warned not to buy Coco Ichibanya brand beef cutlets after it emerged that some 5,000 pieces due for disposal were instead illegally sold to two supermarkets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2016
Chilled parcel deliveries boosting Japan's fresh food exports
Japanese exports of farm and marine products are growing on an unprecedented scale, thanks in part to the expanded use of refrigerated delivery services, which ensure that fresh foods are delivered promptly and at their seasonal best.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2016
'Sanuki udon' restaurants head overseas in bid to be next hit Japanese-style food
Sanuki udon noodle restaurant chains based in Kagawa Prefecture are starting to take their specialty overseas, especially to Asian markets, in hopes of winning local consumers over to a new category of Japanese food.
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2016
EU due to start easing restrictions on food imports from Fukushima
The European Union will start easing restrictions Saturday imposed on Japanese food imports over the Fukushima nuclear disaster, including vegetables and beef produced in the prefecture.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 7, 2016
Chinese farmers are illegally growing GMO corn: Greenpeace
Farmers are illegally growing genetically modified corn in China's northeast, said the environmental nonprofit Greenpeace on Wednesday in a report that may generate further distrust of the government's ability to ensure a safe food supply.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 7, 2016
Low-carbohydrate food market expanding in Japan
The market for low-sugar food is expanding in Japan, reflecting recognition that moderate carbohydrate restrictions are an effective way to address lifestyle-related diseases like high blood pressure and diabetes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 5, 2016
From longer hours to all-you-can drink offers, Japan's restaurants evolve in battle for customers
Change is in the air — you can smell it.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2016
Curbing growth is key to achieving food security
To ensure global food security for all, we need to recognize our limitations.

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