In Japan, older households waste twice as much food as their younger counterparts Could age be a key factor to consider when it comes to reducing food waste? So suggests a new scientific study ...

A n interesting look at the Japan Food Ecology Center who is using the country’s long history of fermentation to reduce waste ...

Food makers these days are trying to reduce waste as part of a drive to realize ... accounting for 10 percent of total annual egg production in Japan. This generates 28,000 tons of eggshells.

To address growing food waste in the nation ... disputes between restaurants and customers regarding food safety. In Japan, an estimated 4.72 million tons of food is wasted annually, with 600,000 ...

In 2016, Japan produced about 6.4 million tons of food waste. That's nearly twice the annual amount of aid that the UN World Food Program delivers to developing nations.

There, papermaker Igarashi Masami created "Food Paper," combining produce like potatoes or onions – mainly discards and scraps from the food industry – with paper mulberry, the traditional ...

As Japanese food science looks to the future ... Improved environmental benefits will also come from local actions such as reducing food waste along the chain from production to consumption.

While the sum exceeded 80%, 14.5% answered that they have never left food in restaurants. In Japan, many restaurants refrain from encouraging customers to take leftovers home because there was no ...

In mid-June, the Centre for Food Safety expanded ... educates young people about Japan’s devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami “Though the substances in the waste water cannot be seen ...