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Japanese Tea Set for GI Registration: Japan Tea Central Association Applies...

09/10/2026

Trends in green tea export volume and export value

Green Tea Exports Double; Overseas Demand for Matcha Soars, Quality Focus...

08/21/2026

Sugar Consumption in FY2025 Held at 1.75 Million Tons, with Expectations for Recovery from Q2 Onward

Sugar Consumption in FY2025 Held at 1.75 Million Tons, with Expectations...

08/04/2026

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Robin Hood Toyokawa Store (image)

Retail

New “Robin Hood” Format Opens Second and Third Stores Simultaneously in...

09/10/2026

PPIH will open Robin Hood Toyokawa and Kasamatsu on May 29, expanding its food-focused discount format that combines Uny fresh foods with Don Quijote non-food items and aims for 300 stores by 2030.

Current tomato ketchup package (left) and the redesigned package

Kagome Changes Ketchup Design as Middle East Tensions Worsen Ink Supply...

09/10/2026

Japanese Tea Set for GI Registration: Japan Tea Central Association Applies...

09/10/2026

President Shigeo Nakamura

Ajinomoto Expects a Negative Impact of 30 Billion Yen from Escalating...

09/08/2026

“matcha LOVE” bottled-can products

Re-importing the Free Enjoyment of Matcha: Ito En Rebrands Its North...

09/08/2026

Recreating shrimp flavor with plant-based ingredients

Fuji Oil Introduces New Shrimp Type in Plant-Based Dashi “MIRA-Dashi” Series

09/07/2026

From left: Yoshimoto Egawa, Deputy Manager of the Tea Industry Center at the Distribution and Sales Department of JA Hainan; and Tsugito Yokoyama, Vice President of the Katsumada Kaitaku Tea Agricultural Cooperative

Japanese Tea at a Turning Point: Even as Tea Prices Soar,...

09/07/2026