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LUNCH

Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2018
Japan looks to lower teachers' workloads by having municipalities collect fees for student lunches
In a bid to lower teachers' workloads, the education ministry will compile guidelines by the end of next March on how to reduce their burden with regards to the collection and management of school lunch fees, informed sources have said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Jul 7, 2018
Dai's Deli: A long wait justified by classic sandwiches
Dai's sandwich deli and cafe has gourmet sandwiches, designed to please both eye and stomach.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 19, 2018
Losing one's lunch
'Do you remember what your mother used to put in your bento for lunch at elementary school?'
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
May 12, 2018
By Twotone: Snap-friendly cafe offers wholesome lunch sets
By Twotone is serving up affordable lunch sets in a chic, minimalist cafe space.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 29, 2017
Tokyo's hotel bars a cut above when it comes to lunch
Some bars, it turns out, have split personalities. In the evening they are a place to relax with a drink and chat with friends. But a few transform in the day, taking on new atmospheres and giving entirely different impressions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 12, 2016
School lunches reveal cultural differences
Local governments are being penny wise and pound foolish when they reduce the quality of school lunches.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Aug 12, 2016
Grill Aoi serves up the most Japanese Western food in its Little Rich Lunch
The Japanese guriru ("grill" meaning a restaurant, not a cooking tool) is an interesting mix of new, borrowed and adapted ideas. Grill Aoi, a family-owned diner tucked away on a quiet side street between Gojo and Shijo, has no shortage of such ideas.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 9, 2015
Let's do lunch
I can't talk at the moment; I'm on a train. I can call you in two minutes though. Is it important?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Apr 11, 2015
Blowing one's lunch
You know, I think ebi (prawns) have gotten bigger over the past 20 years.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Jan 27, 2015
Flavor without the fireworks at Osaka's Ajikitcho
Rene Redzepi, currently Denmark's second most famous export — behind Lego but ahead of Carlsberg — in an interview with Japan Times food columnist Robbie Swinnerton paid high compliments to the wait staff in Japan calling them "some of the best on Earth."
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Dec 24, 2014
Early morning sushi in Osaka that's a cut above the rest
If someone were to ask me where the best place in Osaka to go for sushi at 5 a.m. is, I would answer — immediately and unequivocally — that it's Endo's. Of course, it might also be the only place open at such an ungodly hour, owing to its location at the Osaka central market.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE PERSISTENT VEGETARIAN
Dec 24, 2014
Le Pain Quotidien serves up a hearty, organic vegetarian lunch
I try not to over-associate being vegetarian with being somehow fancy or trendy — organic-diet this or macrobiotic that. While I prefer to think of it as a rather everyday lifestyle, the oshare (hip) association in Japan runs strong.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2013
IT startup barters its way into niche
At around noon on a recent weekday, the Roppongi branch of Shamrock by Abbot Choice, a Tokyo-based Irish-style pub chain, had a bustling lunchtime crowd.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 31, 2013
Schools have knack for healthy meals
In Japan, school lunch means a regular meal, not one that harms your health. The food is grown locally and almost never frozen. There's no mystery behind the meat. From time to time, parents even call up with an unusual question: Can they get the recipes?
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 20, 2012
It all stacks up: tumbler bento
The tumbler bento turns the lunch box into a lunch cup.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Apr 26, 2012
How do you say 'super-size' in Japanese?
Still believe that Japanese food is healthy?
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 27, 2009
No brown bagging it for students
Safe, healthy, tasty. That's the goal of "kyushoku" (school lunches) that are distributed nationwide.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missile during attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says
A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a test from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Northern Arkhangelsk region of Russia, in this still image captured from video released on Oct. 29.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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