Machines in coastal city of Ako, are located in an area that experts say is vulnerable to a future powerful earthquakeJapan has extended its natural disaster preparations to vending machines, which will offer free food and drink in the event of a major…
続きを読むTop tea firms investigate as plantation workers say they have to pick 18kg a day but still skip meals and make their children workSome of the world’s leading tea manufacturers, including Tetley and Lipton, are examining working conditions on the planta…
続きを読むIntellectual Property Office rules that New Zealand beekeepers’ attempt to stop Australian producers using the name did not meet necessary requirementsNew Zealand honey producers have lost their latest battle to trademark mānuka honey, the latest blow …
続きを読むAs the city prepares for global leaders to arrive for the summit, restaurants are gearing up for a surge in visitors and orders of Hiroshima’s favourite dishHiroshima survivors urge G7 leaders to unite against atomic weaponsLeaked menus for G7 working …
続きを読むExporting churpi, herders’ smoked yak cheese, has transformed lives in remote Himalayan villagesOn a cold, wet August morning in the windswept high pastures of the Nepalese Himalayas, a stream of herders bring fresh milk to a makeshift tent at an altit…
続きを読むGroceries are up 12.1% year on year, with eggs, yoghurt and pastry products among items recording staggering increasesNew Zealanders are facing steep price increases for basic food products such as eggs, yoghurt and potatoes, while supermarket profits …
続きを読むDespite the WHO declaring it eliminated in 1998, thousands of tea pickers have caught the diseaseAloka Gonju didn’t take much notice of the discoloured patch of skin on her left hand until her fingers began to stiffen and hurt. It became a struggle to …
続きを読むArrests over prank at beef bowl restaurant in Osaka come in wake of ‘sushi terrorism’ revelations that have gripped Japan’s food industryJapan’s crackdown on errant diners in the wake of “sushi terrorism” has intensified after two men were arrested for…
続きを読むReports of deliberately unhygienic behaviour have risen in recent weeks, including an incident in which a diner drunk from a soy sauce bottlePolice in Japan have made several arrests after the country’s multibillion dollar revolving sushi industry was …
続きを読むChains across the country have taken action after viral videos showed people licking communal bottles and touching passing foodCould “sushi terrorism” forever change the way millions of diners in Japan eat their country’s signature dish?The carefree da…
続きを読むPeople queue through an active lumber yard outside Vancouver’s Northern Cafe thanks to it being named Yelp’s top place to eatThe checkerboard floors of Vancouver’s Northern Cafe are warped, the only views are of nearby industrial warehouses, and diners…
続きを読むThere are concerns the blaze at the Zeagold facility will exacerbate a dearth of eggs caused by a ban on battery farmingA fire at New Zealand’s largest egg producer has killed about 75,000 hens, sparking fears that a national egg shortage could worsen….
続きを読むSignature cuisine is at the centre of a police investigation after customers at revolving sushi restaurants posted video clips of themselves meddling with dishesThere are breaches of etiquette – drenching your rice in soy sauce, for one – and then ther…
続きを読むCutting-edge technology is helping food chains reach the holy grail of flawless, contactless, low-budget diningThe secret behind the hi-tech future of sushi lies in an unremarkable building in the backstreets of Osaka.Inside, empty plastic cups and pl…
続きを読むColony cages are larger but animal welfare campaigners say the birds are still not able to behave naturallyBattery cages for layer hens will become illegal in New Zealand from 2023 but animal welfare campaigners are urging the government to scrap the r…
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