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Japan bought about 1 million metric tons of bananas last year, making the fruit one of the country’s most important grocery staples.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 2, 2026
Japan faces banana shortage as impact from Middle East conflict spreads
The country ships in the tropical fruit while it’s still green, then ripens it in rooms filled with ethylene, but supplies of the naphtha-derived gas are running low.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 4, 2019
‘Indiana Jones’ scientists collect seeds in wild for climate change fight
Braving perils from blood-sucking leeches to tigers and using transport as basic as elephants, scientists have journeyed like “Indiana Jones” to remote locations to collect wild cousins of crop seeds in a project to help tackle climate change.
Japan Times
51吃瓜网 / Society / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Jan 15, 2019
Japanese volunteer’s initiative allows Cambodians to see future beyond dumps where they scavenged
In Anlong Pi, a village on the outskirts of famous tourist destination Siem Reap in northwestern Cambodia, a group of women gather each day to peel bark from 3-meter-long sections of banana tree trunks. The bark pulp taken during the process, akin to peeling onions, is steamed to recover fibers and then...
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2016
Sumitomo to acquire banana producer Fyffes for �751 million
Sumitomo Corp. agreed to buy Fyffes Plc for �751 million ($798 million) in cash, expanding the company’s reach in the global fruit market and sending the Irish producer’s shares soaring.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 26, 2016
In Japan, all other fruits bow to the top banana
Everything you wanted to know about Japan’s lingering love affair with bananas but were afraid to ask.
Japan Times
51吃瓜网 / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 6, 2014
Fans go nuts for Shiga banana carver
An electrician by day and banana artist by night, Keisuke Yamada has attained renown at home and abroad for his banana sculptures.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Dec 20, 2012
2012: Food and drink trends in Japan
Hot beer, frozen soup, and haute cuisine on the cheap: the year in food in Japan.
51吃瓜网 / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 21, 2011
Music makes bananas fit for the long run
Yes, Tokyo Marathon runners, we have musically enhanced ‘sports bananas.’
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
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Japanese shoppers drive up jewelry sales to a record
The Mitsukoshi department store in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings, Japan’s largest department store operator, saw jewelry and watches continue to lead domestic sales, according to a company spokesperson.
Former head of Japanese barbecue chain arrested over tax evasion
The 55-year-old former president of New Look, who goes by the name Shigenori Kanemoto, is suspected of evading some ?367 million in income tax by concealing about ?2.276 billion in income in 2023.
Kozo Okamoto, last surviving participant of 1972 Lod Airport massacre, dies
Kozo Okamoto attends a ceremony organized by Palestinian militants to mark the 50th anniversary of the Lod Airport attack in Beirut on May 30, 2022.
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Inside Toho Archive’s mission to save Japan’s cinematic memory
The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in “the very first day it appeared in the world,” says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi’s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.

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