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FOOD

Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Longform
Jan 9, 2021
Insects: The future of food?
A thriving industry looks promising if consumer aversion can be overcome.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 9, 2021
Life in David Chang’s kitchen isn’t always peachy
David Chang's memoir, “Eat a Peach,” offers an engaging and personal, albeit disjointed, look into the American celebrity chef's career and the tumultuous culinary world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 25, 2020
Influencers may face fines as China tackles obesity and food waste
More than half of China's adult population is either overweight or obese, according to a new government report released Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 12, 2020
Today’s expats can buy their favorite foods from home with one click. Where does that leave importers?
Foreign Buyers' Club has shut its doors after 33 years, heralding a shift in how Japan's international residents source cravings from home.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 2, 2020
Singapore becomes first country to approve sale of lab-grown meat
Singapore has given U.S. startup Eat Just the greenlight to sell its lab-grown chicken meat, in what the firm says is the world's first regulatory approval for so-called clean meat that does not come from slaughtered animals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2020
Beyond Meat takes on tough rival in China: tofu
Beyond Meat Inc., the U.S. maker of plant-based burgers and sausages, announced a new product designed to crack China, the world's biggest meat market: imitation ground pork.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 22, 2020
Kimchi-making at home was going out of style. Rural towns to the rescue.
Families that have grown weary of eating commercial kimchi in big cities have started making pilgrimages to the countryside where they can learn how to prepare it on their own.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 11, 2020
What will it take to make Suga’s agricultural export policy succeed?
Today, Japan's rice yield per hectare is 40% lower than that of California. It has also been surpassed by China, whose yield per hectare was only half that of Japan 50 years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 7, 2020
Does protecting food products protect Japan’s farmers?
The government wants to revise a law to protect new plant varieties, but domestic farmers could be prohibited from making their own seeds from registered crops.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 31, 2020
Concerns about coronavirus on food imports are real, expert says
Experiments have shown the coronavirus could survive in conditions associated with transportation and storage in the international food trade.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2020
How the green revolution is harming Africa
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, around two billion people globally were experiencing food insecurity, and close to 750 million faced chronic or severe hunger.
JAPAN / Society / EXPLAINER
Oct 21, 2020
Japan looks to clamp down on illicit outflow of famous food products
Seeds being sold abroad without permission represents threat to intellectual property rights, but opposition says LDP's bill would simply hurt Japan's farmers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 13, 2020
Four subscription boxes that bring a taste of Japan to your door
Packed with sweets, savories and even artisanal crafts, these boxes take you on a global journey, without ever leaving home.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2020
Tokyo's Toyosu fish market, the world's largest, taking outsized hit from pandemic
Businesses had hoped for more activity after the end of the state of emergency in late May, but big events have remained on hold and restaurants are struggling.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 30, 2020
The COVID-19 diet appeals to the omnivores among us
Instant noodles were one of the most sought-after consumer items in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 21, 2020
China’s crusade on food waste triggers rare anxiety over supplies
A new national campaign against food waste in China has sparked a rare bout of speculation over the government’s ability to safely feed its 1.4 billion citizens when faced with floods, epidemics, locusts and rising tensions with some of its biggest trading partners.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2020
Mystery grows over coronavirus spread via contaminated food packaging
Uncertainty is building over whether the $220 billion cold chain industry could be implicated in the spread of COVID-19.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 14, 2020
Chinese cities find coronavirus in frozen food imports
Two cities say they have found traces in frozen food imported from Brazil and Ecuador, but the World Health Organization is downplaying the risk of the virus entering the food chain.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 23, 2020
Signs of farm 'revolution' in India as coronavirus prompts change
Government officials say the so-called direct seeding of rice (DSR) method could increase yields by about one-third and slash costs on workers and water.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 15, 2020
Low-methane meat has finally arrived
Low-methane meat is a thing now. Earlier this week, fast-food chain Burger King unveiled a climate-friendly burger it plans to offer in some U.S. locations. The limited-supply meat comes from cows that are fed lemongrass to reduce the atmospheric impact of their methane-laden belches.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Japanese manufacturers moving headquarters out of central Tokyo
A building in Kawasaki housing Toshiba's new headquarters
Is sumo becoming a victim of its own popularity?
A training session at Shikoroyama stable in June 2016. Sumo training sessions are increasingly simulated or the preserve of group tours.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
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