News on Japanese Food 2008

2008-01-17 Shiki homes in on varied tastes of Japan - The Boston Globe

If one of the basic tenets of finding good food from other countries is "go where the native language is spoken," when you enter Shiki youll know youre in the right spot. On a recent Thursday night, a few people are seated at the minuscule bar, and tables are occupied by groups of friends; everyone is in high spirits, and nearly everyone is speaking Japanese. The people next to us open a foil package and a cloud of steam wafts out along with the enticing smell of fish and vegetables; the Sapporo is flowing. Staff members chat with customers in Japanese, exchanging bows. Its an awfully long flight to Osaka, where husband-and-wife owners Yoshio and Misako Uda (they formerly ran Roka in Cambridge) are from; its nice to have a real Japanese neighborhood restaurant right here.

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2008-12-12 POINT OF VIEW/ Kenji Yamamoto: It is time to end the fiction of food pricing - English

Subsidies to farmers and fishermen should also be re-examined. Currently, as much as 70 percent of farmers are 60 or older. There are so few newcomers that the situation is hopeless. In order to secure enough manpower to support farming and fishing into the future, we need a situation that allows farmers and fishermen to be able to support themselves economically. Subsidy rates should be determined for each category of foodstuffs such as grain, vegetables and fruits and marine and animal products and a system to directly compensate income should be introduced. While some critics say Japanese agriculture is overprotected, I disagree. The European Union and the United States have systems to directly subsidize farmers whereas this nations subsidy system is insufficient.

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2008-06-20 Lactobacillus-Fermented Food Containing Tofu Puree - Food Industry News

A method for producing a soymilk beverage containing fruit juice (see Patent Document 1 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, First Publication No. S61-141840));(2) a method for producing kefir-like food (see Patent Document 2 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, First Publication No. S62-205735));(3) a method for producing yoghurt-like soymilk (see Patent Document 3 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, First Publication No. S63-7743));(4) a method for producing tofu without using any coagulants (see Patent Document 4 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, First Publication No. H2-167044));(5) a method for improving soymilk in terms of its flavor and color tone (see Patent Document 5 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, First Publication No. H6-276979));(6) a method for producing lactobacillus-fermented soymilk

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A lactobacillus-fermented food is prepared by fermenting raw materials with a lactobacillus, the raw materials comprising a tofu puree in an amount of 70 to 100 pct. by mass with respect to a total mass of the raw materials, the tofu puree comprising particles and having physical and chemical properties of: (a) viscosity of 20 to 3,000 mPas;(b) dynamic storage modulus of 0. 2 to 600 Pa;(c) dynamic

2008-09-05 The Japan Equity Fund Announces Third Quarter Earnings - MarketWatch

Energy and food inflation is painful for the Japanese people, although less so when compared to other oil importing countries. Automobile ownership has started to decline in Japan. The country has developed one of the most efficient mass transit systems in the world and, as a result, the need to commute by car to work in urban areas has essentially been negated. In addition, younger people do not seem excited about the prospect of buying a new car, which is a bit surprising. Those in rural areas that must depend on automobile transportation are turning to mini-vehicles due in part to tax incentives. Households will ultimately weather this bout with energy and food inflation by economizing on their daily spending.

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2008-05-23 A Japanese Affair

Wasabi, the trendy eatery that sparked off an instant craze for Japanese cuisine in Mumbai, has now opened in the Capital, at the Taj Mahal hotel on Man Singh road. Chef Masaharu Morimoto, the brains behind Wasabi in Mumbai has painstakingly worked out a menu to appeal to those, who relish contemporary Japanese food. The 54-cover restaurant is uncluttered and chic, with flute glass chandeliers and almost theatrical like, Teppenyaki stations. The designs have been handled by the design label Mario and Theo from London who have worked on several international projects and this being there first in India. We wanted to create a kind of escapism for the customer when he/ she walks into the restaurant. All the designs including table appointments have been kept in sync with Morimotos style of food, that is fashionable yet artistic,

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2008-06-07 U. S. and Japanese leading supplement associations announce collaborative alliance :: News :: Natural and Nutritional Products Industry Center

The National Nutritional Foods Association of Japan (NNFA-J), founded in 1999, is the leading association representing more than 88 companies who provide dietary supplement and health food products to consumers in Japan. The member companies include those from large-scale corporations to small-sized firms based in Japan, the United States and other countries. NNFA Japans mission is to pursue a sound development of the nutritional supplement market in Japan that is built on consumer satisfaction and quality assurance for products, so that Japanese consumers can fully enjoy the benefits of being healthy.

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2008-05-31 Ethiopia: For Farming, Untroubled Days Might Be Over (Page 1 of 1)

This U. N. organization recently tried to buy food grain from such countries as Pakistan (for logistical reasons) and ship it to next-door countries like Afghanistan which were desperate at the moment for food aid. Pakistan authorities, however, shied away. They might have feared the anger of their people who are now wobbling under high food price. Other countries in East Asia banned the export of rise, the staple food in the region. It has been reported by WFP that all in all, 40 countries have imposed some kind of export restrain with the result that international food crisis had been exacerbated.

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2009-01-01 British-grown edamame beans arrive in supermarkets - Telegraph

This summer will see the first British-grown edamame crop arrive in supermarkets. Kent farmer Joe Cottingham has successfully trialled a species that grows in Ukraine and is right for our long summer days. "Edamame has never before been grown in the UK," says Cottingham, who also grows 35 other crops, mainly herbs and leaves. "I love Japanese food, he says, hastening to add that the seed is non-GM. And when Anne Spencer, Asdas produce buyer, said she thought it would sell well, I thought I would have a go. " Pests are naturally controlled by a covering of mesh and Cottingham insists it is a deep-rooting plant that does not use a lot of water.

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This summer the first British-grown edamame crop arrives in supermarkets. - Edamame tofu Japanese sake Rose Prince Joe Cottingham GM Asda Recipes Food and Drink

2008-08-16 Sashimi on Demand - TIME

Southern bluefin is the good stuff--the ultimate sashimi. Left alone, the tuna lives to 40 and can reach more than ft. (2 m) and 440 lb. (200 kg). But it hasnt been left alone. While it can hit speeds of 43 m. p. h. (70 km/h) and dive deeper than 1,600 ft. (500 m), the path of its annual migration, from Indonesia into the waters of southern Australia, is well known to fishing fleets. And since it starts spawning only after nine years and is usually caught much younger, southern bluefin hasnt reproduced enough to repopulate. In the 1960s fishers took 80,000 metric tons, mostly for canned food. As stocks dwindled, the catch was limited to about 12,000 metric tons a year for Japanese, Australian and New Zealand operators.

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Theres a lot about tuna that Hagen Stehr still doesnt understand, but hes sure of one thing. - Agriculture Business Food Fish Fishing

2008-02-27 NEW REPORT EXAMINES THE JAPANESE FAST FOOD MARKET AND PROVIDES FIVE YEAR FORECASTS

The market is broken down in to four segments: Quick Service Restaurants (QSR), Takeaways, Mobile and Street Vendors and Leisure Locations. QSRs ares defined as: locations where the primary function is to provide full meals but where table service is not offered. Takeaways are defined as: establishments that provide freshly prepared food for immediate consumption and where typically 80 pct. or more of revenues come from consumers who take the food off the premises to consume. Mobile and street vendors are defined as: Either individual mobile stalls or vans that offer a limited range of freshly prepared food as well as beverages. Leisure locations are defined as: locations serving food and drinks for immediate consumption on premises within leisure outlets (such as Cinemas, Theatres, Racecourses etc. ) that the Leisure operator

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