Japan Times 1944: Potatoes to be grown on Diet Building lawn
Neat squares of Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn will dot the spacious lawn of the Diet Building grounds in a movement not to leave any cultivable land idle. The work on the first plot in the Diet grounds was tackled by 45 attendants ...
Japan lifts 11-year import ban on Idaho potatoes, as risk of pale potato cyst nematode recedes
The government on Tuesday lifted an 11-year import ban on potatoes grown in Idaho, the largest U.S. potato producer, after confirming a lowered risk of crop pest invasion, sources said. Japan suspended imports of all potatoes grown in the United States in 2006 and later ...
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. The farm ministry expects the chip shortage to last until the island prefecture's ...
The storied history of the potato in Japanese cooking
The main clue as to when potatoes first entered Japan comes from its name in Japanese, jaga-imo. When the tubers, which originate in the Americas, were first introduced to the port city of Nagasaki in 1598, they were brought in by Dutch traders from Djajakarta ...
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. Calbee's pizza-flavored chips were selling for about ¥1,250 on ...
Peru, NASA say this spud's for you if you're planning to farm on Mars
If human beings finally reach Mars, they may find themselves depending on the humble, if hardy potato. Scientists in Peru have used a simulator that mimics the harsh conditions on the Red Planet to successfully grow a small potato plant. It's an experiment straight out of ...
