Food Science Japan

It is interesting that high food prices effects convenience stores (CVS) and restaurants differently. High prices hurt restaurants and the e...

Asahi is introducing a nutrition drink (350 ml PET bottle) which is low calorie and contains no fat, but has the same calcium as 200 ml of m...

Japanese have long had ekiben (special boxed lunches only sold at certain train stations). The same way of thinking goes into the special fo...

Packaging can seem very unimportant compared with what is inside, superior packaging can make or break a product. Visual design can make pro...

There are two articles about Seven Eleven and katsuo (bonito) containing products. In one , Seven Eleven will be introducing a new selection...

Nissin will be introducing a kimchi mayonnaise cup ramen next month. I am not really sure if this sounds good or terrible.

There was an interesting graph in yesterday's The Japan Food Journal. The exact numbers were not given, but you can eye the graph and co...

Continuing with the same article I have mentioned the past two days, there are some interesting numbers of land utilization in Japan. The nu...

The numbers I mentioned yesterday were based on calories by the way. An article on the government report was published in The Japan Food Jo...

These numbers below are from the Japanese government, so they might be calculated in a way favorable to the message Japan wants to present, ...