Food Science Japan

With a name that long it has to be good, I suppose. Sapporo Classic 2008 Furano Vintage Beer is a limited production (30,000 cases) beer. T...

Nissin Foods is celebrating 50 years as a company (not counting the small, in house operation that started 10 years earlier) and along with ...

Many people new to Japan are often surprised that on one hand while menus across the country look pretty similar, there certainly are styles...

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...