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POTATO CHIPS

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Nov 14, 2020
Dialing potato chip cheese flavor up to 11
Japanese snack makers often experiment with unique pairings, but there's nothing wrong with taking existing flavors to the boldest end of the spectrum.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Dec 14, 2019
Everything's better with butter and lobster, especially potato chips
Snack makers Calbee and Yamayoshi are bringing Japan's regional flavors to convenience store shelves ... in potato chip form.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Jun 22, 2019
The new 'Feel Aloha' potato chips are a mouthful of island flavors
After a venture into fruit-flavored chips two years ago, snack maker Koikeya is back with two Hawaii-themed offerings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 31, 2019
Calbee to extend 'best before' dates for potato chip products by two months
Major Japanese snack-maker Calbee Inc. said Thursday that it will extend the "best before" date for its potato chip products by two months.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
May 19, 2019
Changing the way we do things
From keeping your touch screen free of potato-chip grease to using tap cards to gain access to exclusive online content, the smartphone keeps changing the way we go about life.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2017
Japan to support domestic potato production after poor harvest
The agriculture ministry will help domestic potato farmers increase production following a shortage due to bad weather that has adversely affected potato chip makers, sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2017
Nagasaki farmers get creative with spuds after nationwide potato chip crisis
Potato growers in Nagasaki Prefecture, the nation's second-largest spud-producing region, are pinning their hopes on a new disease-resistant potato variety, to avoid another crop shortage of the kind that halted sales of potato chips and other snack products earlier this year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
May 27, 2017
Pineapple potato chips push flavor envelope
A few years back, Japanese snack maker Koikeya released a series of fruit-flavored chips. They were billed as a "breakfast snack," but mostly got attention for their novelty blend of potato and peach. It was interesting but made for a weird flavor combination. Was that the end of fruit-flavored crisps? Of course not.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 12, 2017
Japan's potato chip shortage likely to linger until fall
Hokkaido's potato farmers haven't recovered from last summer's typhoons, which means consumers will have to wait until at least fall before the usual range of potato chip products returns to store shelves.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Apr 22, 2017
Yuzu Kosho Chicken flavor chips: A tasty boon amid the potato shortage
Japan is experiencing a potato shortage. Caused by typhoons that hit Hokkaido last summer, the result is that potato chips have become scarce across the country. Well, at least some varieties. Though a handful of styles and flavors remain relatively plentiful, other fan favorites have vanished from shelves. If you have a spare packet of Pizza Potato chips handy, you might be able to make some scratch online.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2017
Spud shortage in Japan makes potato chips a hot commodity
Demand for potato chips surged in Japan this week, with products on offer for six times their retail price online after snack maker Calbee Inc. halted the sale of some of its most popular chip brands.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Aug 12, 2016
Calbee goes for a home run with Koshien-themed potato chips
The Olympics aren't the only sports competition going on just now, the extremely popular Summer Koshien high school baseball tournament is also happening. To celebrate it, snack maker Calbee has rolled out a limited-edition "Koshien Curry" flavor of potato chips. Based off the most famous concession available at the Osaka-based stadium since 1942, these chips (¥214) feature a distinct Japanese-style curry taste, but with a good amount of spice added in. Some people's first choice for a bite in summer probably won't be spicy chips. But for those who crave a little bit of oomph in their summer snack options — or want to pretend they are taking in a game at the Koshien — this one is a home run.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Jan 15, 2016
Strawberry shortcake potato chips taste like you would imagine
Japanese snack maker Koikeya has mastered the mix-two-unlikely-flavors-together strategy over the past year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 5, 2014
Calbee jumps on breakfast boom
Potato chip maker Calbee targets yogurt makers and food companies as it diversifies from snacks to Western-style breakfasts for Japan's modernizing workforce.
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Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
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