Despite Japan’s popularity as a travel destination, the lack of halal food remains a major hurdle for many Muslim visitors. But the Japanese-developed app Halal Navi is helping travelers ...

We meet Saleem from Pakistan who helps food stores and restaurants obtain halal certification in Yashio, Saitama, and ...

SAKAI, Ibaraki -- Halal lunches, which Muslim students can enjoy, have been offered for the first time at elementary and junior high schools in two to ...

When measured by production value, Japan's overall food self-sufficiency rate in fiscal 2023 rose 3 percentage points from the previous year, when the rate stood at 61% — a record low.

Food waste, including leftover rice from making onigiris, is turned into high-value animal feed through fermentation (Credit: Rachel Nuwer) Rachel Nuwer gets a firsthand look at a unique ...

Compared to many countries, consumers in Japan pay higher prices for food because so much of it is imported. And they also pay taxes to cover the majority of the 800bn yen (£4.2bn/$5.4bn) the ...

Food wastage is a critical issue in Japan which recorded an estimated 4.72 million tonnes of food loss in 2022. Nearly 2.36 million tonnes of the wasted food was leftovers at restaurants and ...