Fukushima Prefecture aims to export 100 tons of rice and 15 tons of peaches to Malaysia by next year, its governor said Wednesday, evidence of fading concern over the safety of food products from the site of the 2011 nuclear disaster. "In the aftermath of ...
The nation's food self-sufficiency rate hit a 23-year low on a calorie basis in fiscal 2016 ended in March, due primarily to falling rice consumption, the farm ministry said. The self-sufficiency rate fell 1 percentage point from the previous year to 38 percent, the second-lowest ...
Cooking rice, the staple grain of the Japanese diet for hundreds of years, used to be a laborious process. A dedicated heavy cast iron or earthenware pot placed on a wood-burning stove called a kamado was used for the purpose, and managing the heat ...
The European Union is considering lifting an import restriction on rice produced in meltdown-hit Fukushima Prefecture as well as on wild vegetables and marine products from Japan, sources said Sunday. At present, the EU requires that radiation inspection certificates be submitted by exporters of some ...
More high school students in the Tokyo metropolitan area usually have rice for breakfast than bread, according to a survey by Norinchukin Bank — the first time the traditional grain has topped its Western rival since the bank began the survey in 2005. For lunch, ...
Rice planting for commercial sales began on Wednesday in a village in Fukushima Prefecture for the first time since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. A total of eight farms in Iitate plan to resume growing rice this year in ...
Abolition of a seed law could have a major impact on Japan's agriculture in ways that affect food security.
The love of seafood has deep roots in Japan, and it can be interesting to trace these back in history. Where fish are concerned, long before tuna was king, Japanese sought out tai. Although there are more than 200 species of fish that take the ...
It was a coincidence that on the same day we had a reservation for Iwasaki, a small family-run restaurant west of Kyoto's Municipal Office, the Iwasaki's were quietly marking a milestone: the restaurant's 10-year anniversary. Iwasaki has retained a Michelin star every year since 2012, ...
It's well past midnight on a frigid winter's evening and the back streets are emptying fast in Namba, Osaka's effervescent, neon-lit entertainment district. But behind the unprepossessing door of Teppanyaro, the party is only just getting going. Flagons of chilled lager are quaffed and replenished, ...
A 28-year-old man taking part in an onigiri (rice ball) eating contest in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, earlier this month choked to death on one of them, according to the event's organizer. The man, whose name has not been released, from the town of Kora was ...
A retailer in northern Japan has come up with a product it hopes will help turn around the country's declining appetite for rice: several varieties of the staple sold in PET bottles to appeal to young people. More than 30 brands are on offer, including ...
