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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2022
Gang member arrested over 2013 Kyoto murder of Gyoza no Osho president
Kyoto Prefectural Police shifted their attention to the 56-year-old member of a group affiliated with the Kudo-kai crime syndicate after examining DNA from a cigarette butt at the scene.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 27, 2022
One missile shook Ukraine’s grain trade. Another might kill it.
If Russia doesn't renew a grain deal that allowed Ukraine back into global markets, it could send prices soaring again and savage Ukrainian farms.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Oct 25, 2022
Roger Dahl on tracing the source of a smell in the refrigerator
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 18, 2022
Alaska’s snow crab collapse is likely tied to climate change
Alaskan officials recently canceled the Bering Sea snow crab season for the first time ever after scientists discovered an unprecedented decline in crab numbers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 16, 2022
Soaring dollar leaves food piled up in ports as world hunger grows
Around the world, countries that rely on food imports are grappling with a destructive combination of high interest rates, a soaring dollar and elevated commodity prices.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 14, 2022
Inside the global effort to keep perfectly good food out of the dump
Around the world, lawmakers and entrepreneurs are taking steps to tackle two of humanity's most pressing problems: hunger and climate change.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2022
Japan looks to rice flour as food security fears rise
A weak yen and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have substantially increased the cost of importing other types of grain, prompting a fresh look at rice flour.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 4, 2022
Tokyo inflation accelerates further to 2.8% in challenge for BOJ
The growth in Tokyo prices was led by gains in processed food and durable goods, with the former jumping the most in 41 years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 1, 2022
Wallets in Japan take another hit as prices hiked for thousands of food items
Surging material costs and the weakening yet push costs up at a scale unseen since the bursting of the bubble economy, analysts say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2022
Top AI guru is helping retool popular Japanese snacks for Ezaki Glico
Junichi Hasegawa's primary job at the firm is to help find the perfect blend of taste and nutrition through massive data harvesting and machine learning.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2022
McDonald's hikes prices in Japan on higher input costs and weaker yen
It marks the company's second set of price increases this year as Japan grapples with inflationary pressures and a slide in the yen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Sep 19, 2022
Higher restaurant prices add to pressure on Japanese consumers
McDonald's Japan branches, curry restaurant operator Ichibanya and Torikizoku Holdings have also passed on higher costs to consumers this year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 11, 2022
Meat ads go on the chopping block in the Netherlands
A thick, juicy burger, a prime cut of marbled steak — both off the menu when it comes to advertising in one Dutch city outside Amsterdam.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 8, 2022
Countries growing 70% of world's food face 'extreme' heat risk by 2045
Climate change is already stoking heatwaves and other extreme weather events across the world, with hot spells from India to Europe this year expected to hit crop yields.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2022
Wheat futures rise after Putin slams Ukraine grain deal
Ukraine is one of the world's top crop shippers, and the resumption of flows from its Black Sea ports has helped ease global grain costs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2022
Minister vows to fight Japanese food import curbs stemming from nuclear concerns
Japan's reconstruction minister unveiled a plan to establish a panel of experts to discuss tackling misunderstandings about the planned release of treated radioactive water.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 6, 2022
Kirin Beverage ordered to take action on misleading labels
Although the Kirin Holdings unit labeled a Tropicana melon taste juice product as 100% melon, it contained only 2% melon juice, while the remaining 98% was grape, apple and banana juice.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2022
As prices continue to rise, Japan’s frugal households get even thriftier
Against a backdrop of a weaker yen and soaring raw material and crude oil costs, over 20,000 products have seen or will see prices raised by an average of 14% this year, research shows.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 4, 2022
Japanese firms increasingly recruiting retired athletes for hiring needs
Under a program by Mos Burger's operator, former athletes learn about the basics of restaurant management and get on-the-job training in their first year after joining the company.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 4, 2022
Empty peanut shells are the latest casualty of China’s drought
The empty shells are one factor that could result in peanut output tumbling as much as 30% this season, according to analysts.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.

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