Food Science Japan

Kirin announced a new entry in the "Dai-3-Beer" (3rd beer) category called Kirin Smooth (which will go on sale in early September...

With food prices, and especially dairy prices, so high it should come as no surprise that substitutes are now being considered. In yesterday...

There was an article in the evening edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun, that I did not see until after my posting on eel (unagi). It concerns o...

There is an interesting feature in daily The Japan Food Journal (Japanese language) on July 23rd about musenmai, which is rice that does not...

This year the days to eat unagi (eel) are July 24th and August 5th. The days are called 土用の丑の日（Doyo no uchi no hi) - sometimes called Eel Da...

There is an article on Nikkei Trendy about the new nikuman (manju) lineup being introduced by Circle K Sunkus in August. I find this very i...

Bonuses in Japan are usually set by the unions according to parameters such as age, length of employment and a relatively small performance ...

There is an article on Bloomberg about how Japan is going to increase rice production as an alternative to the large amounts of wheat and c...

Continuing from yesterday's post, there was an article on Japan Today about how Family Mart is going beyond Private Branding and actual...

Private Brands (PB) are brands owned by retailers and not producers. Most well known brands are owned by food producers and are called Natio...