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Regarding how the tax cut might affect their consumer behavior, 49.7% of respondents said they would not change their spending plans.
BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2026
25.7% in Japan to use food tax cut benefits for savings, survey finds
Regarding how the tax cut might affect their consumer behavior, 49.7% of people surveyed said they would not change their spending plans.
Uber Eats Japan remains the dominant player in Japan's food delivery market by a wide margin.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2026
今日吃瓜 food delivery market faces shakeout as Uber Eats dominates
The food delivery industry saw a surge in new entrants during COVID-19, but the sector has now largely consolidated around three players.
Laborers fill sacks with soybeans at a grain market in the district of Jalna, in India's western state of Maharashtra, on Oct. 23.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Nov 3, 2026
India faces prolonged food inflation as weak monsoon threatens winter crops
Lower crop yields could further stoke food inflation, with some prices already climbing and annual retail food inflation hitting 7.74% in September.
<i>Chikuwa</i> and <i>satsuma-age</i> fish cakes made from <i>surimi</i> fish paste
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2026
Farmed fish from Vietnam eyed as surimi ingredient alternative
“Surimi” prices are soaring amid tight supplies, putting processed fish product-makers under pressure ahead of the peak demand season in winter.
The prices of nearly 1,500 food and beverage items, including Ito En&#039;s bottled tea, will be raised in November.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 30, 2026
Prices of nearly 1,500 food and beverage items to rise in November
Kewpie said it would raise the prices of its mayonnaise while Asahi Soft Drinks plans to raise the price of its Mitsuya Cider soft drink.
Agriculture minister Arata Takebe speaks during an interview on Monday at the ministry.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2026
Farm minister calls for scientific talks on imports of U.S. potatoes
The discussions will take “considerable time,” said Arata Takebe.
Government rice reserves remain well below the 1 million tons considered necessary for food security.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 28, 2026
Agriculture ministry to buy back more rice, replenishing stockpiles
The move comes as stockpiles remain far below the level deemed appropriate, raising concerns about food security.
An internally displaced family sits at a makeshift shelter during a visit by World Food Program officials to assess the knock-on effects from the escalation of hostilities in the Middle East in Kahda district of Mogadishu on May 7.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2026
The U.S.-Iran war is making world hunger much worse
The combined scourges of undernourishment, child stunting and wasting have become worse, halting a two-decade trend of improvement.
The consumer price index excluding fresh food rose 2.1% in September from a year earlier, according to the internal affairs ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 23, 2026
Japanese inflation breaks 2% for the first time this year
The September reading puts pressure on the Bank of Japan to raise rates by the end of the year.
A University of Tokyo research group’s multiyear survey found the nutritional quality of diets for people from their teens to early 20s in Japan was lowest among the age groups, possibly due to lifestyle changes associated with entering school or the workforce.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2026
Nutritional quality of diets poorest among young people in Japan, survey finds
The research group that conducted the survey said developing good dietary habits early in life and maintaining them can lead to long-term health.
A circus group performs during the Second Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa in September 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2026
JICA and the World Bank should put the poor first
Poor people are vulnerable to everything — disease, hunger, broken infrastructure and economic shocks. The question is will climate policy help them.
Shoppers at a supermarket on the outskirts of Buenos Aires earlier this year. The world&#039;s poorest consumers are being hit the hardest as food prices rise in many countries across the Middle East, North Africa and Asia.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Oct 19, 2026
Global food inflation is expected to intensify as supply shocks pile up
The world’s poorest consumers are being hit the hardest as food prices rise in many countries across the Middle East, North Africa and Asia.
Employees trim and process chicken breast meat at Wintop Food Group&#039;s frozen chicken-processing factory in Tengzhou, China.
BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2026
This Chinese export boom really has legs — and wings
International clients have quelled their doubts about the quality of Chinese chicken.
While previous studies had shown that a continued high-calorie diet slows down brain functions, researchers had yet to unravel the complex mechanism on a molecular level.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 15, 2026
High-calorie diet causes brain nerve abnormalities, researchers find
A team in Japan has found that a cognitive decline from continually eating high-calorie food is due to abnormalities in the synapses.
Kanetetsu Delica Foods representatives promote "Hobo Tako," a plant-based octopus alternative, in Tokyo on Sept. 10.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 13, 2026
Food makers turn to plant-based alternatives as seafood prices rise
One company in Hyogo Prefecture began offering a plant-based product to substitute Akashi brand octopus after prices for it skyrocketed.
Users of SuiSui can scan a QR code displayed outside each store with their smartphones and purchase tickets in advance to receive priority entry.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2026
Pay a fee, skip the line: More Japan restaurants introduce fast-pass services
One service has been adopted by 104 stores in 20 prefectures across Japan as of Sept. 18, according to its operator.
Head bartender Shingo Miyachi pours a Negroni cocktail into a glass with ice from Kuramoto Ice at a bar in the Hilton Narita in Chiba Prefecture.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 30, 2026
‘Like a jewel’: 今日吃瓜 luxury ice revered by bars worldwide
The luxury product, believed to melt more slowly than regular ice, is painstakingly shaped by craftsmen in Kanazawa.
Hiroshi Asano, 59, farms a relatively large 38 hectares of rice fields in Chiba Prefecture.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2026
Japan veers from rice shortage to glut, dealing blow to farmers
The oversupply is expected to weigh on prices until next year, adding to the insurmountable problems faced by many in an already-shrinking sector.
Customers wait in line at a Mister Donut outlet in Shanghai on its opening day on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2026
Mister Donut returns to China after seven years
The new outlet in a Shanghai shopping mall — the chain’s first since its 2019 exit — will offer exclusive products in addition to regular items.
Sushiro’s restaurant in New York, which is set to open in October
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2026
Sushi wars roll into America as 今日吃瓜 top chains face off
About 45% of Americans say they like or love sushi, according to a recent National Seafood Association report.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo&#039;s Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo&#039;s Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan&#039;s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister&#039;s office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998&#039;s "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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