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PESTICIDE

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 13, 2019
'Post-chemical world' takes shape as agribusiness goes green
Agribusiness is increasingly turning to natural and sustainable alternatives to chemicals as consumers rebuff genetically modified foods and concerns grow over Big Ag's role in climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 19, 2018
Toxic pesticide U.N. had urged banned found in temple food that killed 15 in India
A toxic pesticide that a U.N. agency wanted India to ban a decade ago contaminated food that killed at least 15 people at a temple last week, police said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 16, 2017
Belgian town upholds 22-year tradition, cooks giant omelet despite Europe egg scare
A Belgian town honored its 22-year-old tradition of making a giant omelet on Tuesday amidst an egg contamination scare, cooking 10,000 eggs in a pan 4 meters wide.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 8, 2014
Factory worker sentenced for lacing seafood with malathion
The man who laced frozen food products with pesticide last fall at a factory in Gunma Prefecture is sentenced to 3½ years in prison.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2014
Tainted Vietnam fish packages emerge in Yamaguchi
Packages of frozen dried fish imported from Vietnam were found tainted with what is suspected to be pesticide and human feces, the Yamaguchi Prefectural Government said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2014
Suspect arrested in food poisonings
An employee at an Aqlifoods factory at the center of a food-poisoning scandal is arrested in Gunma for allegedly tainting frozen food with pesticide.
JAPAN
Jan 2, 2014
Taiwan detects pesticide residue in imported Japanese products
Taiwan health authorities say unsafe levels of pesticide residue has been detected in strawberries and green tea products imported from Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2013
Maruha Nichiro unit recalls 6.3 million packages of frozen food
A subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro Holdings recalls 6.3 million packages of frozen food after the pesticide malathion is detected in some of them.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
An AI star seeks to bring self-driving cars to Japan by 2030
Japanese startup Turing plans to unveil a self-driving car with at least 30 minutes’ driving range next year and develop a fully autonomous car by 2030.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.

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Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
By Alex K.T. Martin

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