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Ostrich Endeavor Ensuring Yoshinoya Can Meet Demand For Meat

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Major Japanese fast-food chain operator Yoshinoya Holdings Co is hoping the introduction of ostrich meat will help it overcome shortages that have affected the availability of its popular beef bowls.
In late August, it made some 60,000 servings of ostrich meat rice bowls available a...

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Netflix Premieres Canned Cocktails In Japan For Squid Game Comeback

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THE DRINKS BUSINESS
 
Subscription streaming service Netflix has turned its hand to drinks production with a new collaboration with Suntory-owned brand Horoyoi.
The US-based streaming service has launched a Horoyoi Netflix Cola Sour in Japan to celebrate some of its highly-anticipated shows.
The ...

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Japan Redefining Convenience Store Experience From Snacks To Style

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KYODO NEWS
 
Convenience stores, often referred to as "conbini" in Japan, have increasingly become a must-visit for tourists, offering a wide range of foods often heralded as higher quality than those found in visitors' home countries.
But the experience is now extending beyond fried chicken to f...

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Nissin Warned For Pressuring Retailers To Raise Prices Of 5 Products

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has issued a warning to Osaka-based food giant Nissin Food Products for pressuring supermarkets and drugstores to raise retail prices of five of its main products.
The Fair Trade Commission issued the warning after it learned that Nissin had forced the ...

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Rice Price Jumps At Japan Supermarkets Amid Heat Damage, Tourism Boom

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The average price of rice has surged at supermarkets in Japan, data from the private and public sectors showed Wednesday, with pundits attributing it to a tight supply as a result of last summer's high temperatures and high demand from booming inbound tourism.
According to True Data...

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Orange Juice Crisis ’24 – Japan’s OJ Supplies Drying Up

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Despite Japan’s well-deserved reputation a wonderland of delicious pleasures for the palate, the country isn’t immune to food/beverage crises.
We’re only two years out from the potato shortage of 2022, when some fast food chains in Japan had to restrict French fry sales or replace t...

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Japan Diversifying Seafood Export Destinations After China Ban

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KYODO NEWS
 
Faced with China's ban on Japanese marine product imports, sparked by the release of treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan's fisheries industry has been casting a wider net, seeking new export destinations to reduce its dependency on the world's second-larges...

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Suntory Announces Massive Price Spike For Its Whisky, Some Types More Than Double In Price

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JAPAN TODAY
 
After decades of next to no inflation, Japan has been seeing rapid consumer price increases over the past two years. At the same time, regular cost-of-living wage increases have yet to become a standard practice among Japanese employers.
It’s enough to make one want a drink, but, un...

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Demand for 2024 Rice Projected to Hit Record Low in Japan

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NIPPON.COM
 
Demand for rice to be harvested in 2024 for consumption as staple food in Japan is estimated hit a record low of 6.71 million tons, the agriculture ministry said Thursday.
Rice demand will decline for the 11th straight year, according to the estimate presented to the day’s meeting of...

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Nisshin Oillio to Raise Prices of Products Including Sesame Oil; Causes Include Political Unrest in Africa, High Import Prices

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Nisshin Oillio Group, Ltd. announced Thursday that it will raise the prices of 13 products for home use, including “Nisshin Healthy Goma Koyu” sesame oil. Nine products for commercial use will also see price increases.
Price increases range from 4-26%. These new prices will be in...

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