Free-range eggs from Tottori help crack regional revitalization
A queue of people snakes alongside a shiny glass cafe, with many resigned to a two-hour wait. Their goal: some simple yet famously fluffy pancakes. This could be a typical scene from the trendy Harajuku neighborhood in Tokyo. Except this cafe is surrounded by ...
2020 Tokyo Olympics puts spotlight on animal welfare
The International Olympic Committee sets procurement standards for materials used in conjunction with the games. One of these standards is sustainability, which was first established for the 2012 London Olympics. In terms of meals supplied to athletes and others, ingredients must be produced and ...
Fresh eggs from Japan can now be exported to the United States after a restriction on their shipment was lifted Tuesday, the farm ministry said. Tokyo had been requesting that Washington allows raw egg exports since 2004. Previously, eggs shipped to the United States were ...
With free-range, Japan shows signs of a slow improvement
Hiragai (平飼い), or free-range husbandry, where the animals can move around freely outdoors for at least part of the day, is still a somewhat foreign concept in Japan.
Dutch police nab Chickfriend execs in contaminated eggs debacle
Dutch police arrested two suspects on Thursday as part of an investigation into the illegal use of a potentially harmful insecticide in the poultry industry, the Dutch prosecution service said. Millions of chicken eggs have been pulled from European supermarket shelves as a result of ...
Egg prices soar, imports allowed in as South Korea poultry cull tops 30 million as bird flu rages
South Korea has culled some 30.03 million chickens and other birds so far to contain the country's worst bird flu outbreak, officials said Tuesday, with prices of eggs skyrocketing amid a shortage of supply. The number of poultry killed, announced by the Ministry of Agriculture, ...
Medical facilities to launch ovarian tissue bank for female cancer patients
A Tokyo fertility clinic plans Japan’s first ovary bank to help women conceive by freezing their tissue before cancer treatment.
Two women with ovarian problems have produced fertile eggs through in vitro fertilization using sperm from their husbands and eggs from anonymous donors.
The average Japanese person eats around 320 eggs (tamago) per year, according to the International Egg Commission, placing it in the Top 3 worldwide. (In comparison, the average American eats around 250 eggs per year.) Eggs are enjoyed in many sweet and savory dishes, ...
More Japanese women freezing their eggs as insurance for future pregnancies
Now that a national organization on reproductive medicine has formally allowed unmarried women to do so, women are increasingly becoming interested in freezing and preserving their eggs for future pregnancies. Since November last year, women have been allowed to freeze their eggs without any medical ...
Budding scientists test skills at egg drop contest
A nonprofit group in Osaka has been organizing a contest for high school physics students since 2011 to see if they can build a device that can protect eggs dropped from 10 meters above the ground. The event, dubbed Egg Drop Koshien, "can serve as ...
Lower egg prices bad for producers, worse for chickens
The government aims to control egg prices by any means necessary.
