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BANANAS

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BASEBALL
Jun 2, 2022
Baseball players don’t dance? The Savannah Bananas beg to differ
'At this point, the guys coming in know when they get into Bananaland, everything gets a little weird. They're ready for it.”
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WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 4, 2019
'Indiana Jones' scientists collect seeds in wild for climate change fight
Braving perils from blood-sucking leeches to tigers and using transport as basic as elephants, scientists have journeyed like "Indiana Jones" to remote locations to collect wild cousins of crop seeds in a project to help tackle climate change.
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JAPAN
Jun 19, 2019
Sumitomo under fire over labor dispute and rights abuses at Philippines banana plantation
Two representatives from a Philippines labor union on Tuesday protested what they claim are unfair labor practices and human rights abuses at a banana plantation run by a fruit company affiliated with Sumitomo Corp.
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JAPAN / Society / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Jan 15, 2019
Japanese volunteer's initiative allows Cambodians to see future beyond dumps where they scavenged
In Anlong Pi, a village on the outskirts of famous tourist destination Siem Reap in northwestern Cambodia, a group of women gather each day to peel bark from 3-meter-long sections of banana tree trunks. The bark pulp taken during the process, akin to peeling onions, is steamed to recover fibers and then is chopped up and dried in the sun.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
May 7, 2018
Okayama researcher boasts nontropical banana success
Bananas grown in Okayama Prefecture, where the temperature drops below zero in winter, are attracting attention at home and abroad.
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2017
Dole Japan recalls 9,000 packs of Philippine bananas over possible tampering
Dole Japan Inc., a producer of fruits and vegetables, said Wednesday it will recall approximately 9,000 bunches of packaged Philippine bananas due to concerns of tampering.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2016
Sumitomo to acquire banana producer Fyffes for €751 million
Sumitomo Corp. agreed to buy Fyffes Plc for €751 million ($798 million) in cash, expanding the company's reach in the global fruit market and sending the Irish producer's shares soaring.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2016
Taiwan, city of Gotemba sign banana deal
Taiwan's Council of Agriculture and Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, have signed a letter of intent to cooperate on the city's school lunch program in a new cooperation model meant to strengthen ties between the two sides.
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BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 26, 2016
In Japan, all other fruits bow to the top banana
Everything you wanted to know about Japan's lingering love affair with bananas but were afraid to ask.
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JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 6, 2014
Fans go nuts for Shiga banana carver
An electrician by day and banana artist by night, Keisuke Yamada has attained renown at home and abroad for his banana sculptures.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Dec 20, 2012
2012: Food and drink trends in Japan
Hot beer, frozen soup, and haute cuisine on the cheap: the year in food in Japan.
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 21, 2011
Music makes bananas fit for the long run
Yes, Tokyo Marathon runners, we have musically enhanced 'sports bananas.'

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