The food-waste problem was particularly noticeable ... athletes from around the world would recognize the appeal of Japanese food and ingredients, and help to promote them internationally.

In Japan, Kitanagase Area Management introduced ... to help hand down a sustainable Earth to children by reducing food waste.” ...

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.

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.

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 ...

However, the wider economic argument for smart packaging is compelling: food waste contributes to hundreds of billions of dollars in global annual losses, and smart solutions can reduce these losses ...

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 ...