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Food Industries Join Low-carb Diet Trend

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Restaurants and retailers are trying to reduce the carbohydrates in their foods with an eye on the increasing number of people who are trimming carbs from their diets to lose weight or avoid lifestyle-related diseases.
Bread, rice and noodles are among the foods that are high in ...

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Aso Announces Emergency Tariffs Of 50% On Imported Frozen Beef From Aug

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - The Japanese government said Friday it will impose emergency tariffs on frozen beef, widely used in fast food, from the United States and other regions from August after soaring imports prompted by a price hike in Australian beef following a draught.
Japan will raise tariffs...

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Calbee to Resume Potato Chip Sales

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Snack food maker Calbee Inc it will restart selling three brands of potato chips it halted in April from next week, as it is now able to procure enough potatoes.
Calbee had stopped sales of some of its potato chip brands due to a shortage of potatoes in Japan caused by a poo...

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Soaring Vegetable Prices Weighing Heavily on Family Budgets

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Soaring vegetable prices have become a burden on family budgets. Prices of leafy vegetables indispensable for nabe hotpot dishes are hovering at particularly high levels — with Chinese cabbage costing 1.8 times more than a year earlier.
Consumers are refraining from buying vegeta...

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Asahi Paying $7.7 Bil for AB InBev's East European Business

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Asahi Group said Tuesday it will pay $7.7 billion for AB InBev’s beer assets in five emerging European countries, its biggest-ever overseas deal as the Japanese brewer expands its presence in the continent.
The takeover—also the largest by a Japanese beer company—includes po...

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Tokyo Wineries Raise Glass to Local Products, Communities

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Tokyo Winery is in a residential area of Nerima Ward, Tokyo. Miwa Echigoya, 40, a former vegetable wholesaler, began operating the winery by herself two years ago.
Impressed by the taste of vegetables from a local farm she visited while a wholesaler, she started making wine using...

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Gov't Eyes Unified Tax Rate on All Beer-like Products

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — The Japanese government and ruling parties plan to propose unifying the tax rates on beer and beer-like drinks under fiscal 2017 tax reforms.
Under the current system, taxes on beer and beer-like drinks vary based on how much malt a beverage includes. The tax rate on beer is...

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Brewer Asahi to Bid for SABMiller's East Europe Business

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Japan’s brewer Asahi Group plans to offer more than $4.87 billion for British SABMiller’s beer operations in five Eastern European countries, a report said Wednesday.
The Japanese brewer previously bought the Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime brands from the world’s top brewer An...

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Japanese Sake Looks Overseas as Local Market Dries Up

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JAPAN TODAY
 
OME — Ozawa Shuzo brewery hums with activity as boxed bottles of sake are loaded onto trucks. But with the domestic market shrinking, more and more of it is bound for burgeoning overseas markets where the centuries old drink is all the rage.
The small establishment has recently draw...

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Fast-food price war a sign of deflation for Bank of Japan

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Fast-food lunches in Japan are starting to get cheaper as consumers look to trim their dining expenses, a worrying sign for the central bank as it tries to bring about inflation.
Japan’s fast-food chains have lowered menu prices over the last six months, with ...

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