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India food delivery rivals Zomato, Swiggy back UrbanPiper fund
Restaurant management platform raised $24m in Series B round
Food & Beverage
Companies
Uber teams up with Japan's Rakuten as food delivery war heats up
Move comes after e-commerce giant scales back own ambitions in sector
Food & Beverage
Indonesia's halal certification body opens office in Japan
Tokyo-based auditors to speed approvals for food, cosmetics, other goods
International relations
Sanctions threaten to spoil Japan-Russia fishing rights talks
Negotiations bogged down by fallout from Ukraine war
Interview
Philippine distiller Emperador bets on overseas markets like Africa
CEO confident in continuing financial growth despite COVID headwinds
Food & Beverage
Japanese researchers find use for discarded fish, mandarin peels
Seasoning created by Kindai University students to hit stores by spring 2023
Food & Beverage
Sushi sticker shock: Ukraine war drives up salmon prices in Japan
Shipment costs surge as planes detour to avoid Russian airspace
Life
Asia's newest celebrity chef elevates Korean temple food
From her mountain haven, Jeong Kwan's vegetarian cuisine reaches across the world
Food & Beverage
Food inflation takes bigger bite in Japan, with bread leading way
Manufacturers overcome retailer resistance, carry out most planned price hikes
Food & Beverage
Tsingtao brews up record profit on strong premium beer sales
COVID outbreak dims outlook for Chinese brewers in 2022
Food & Beverage
China meatpacker WH Group seeks to gobble up European peers
Pork processor's income now comes almost entirely from domestic market and U.S.
Trade
Japanese rice overcomes price barrier to log record exports
Exports to Singapore and Hong Kong up about 30% in 2021
Food & Beverage
Thailand's CP Foods to restart chicken exports to Saudi Arabia
Mending of ties after Blue Diamond Affair allows company to gain foothold
Food & Beverage
Kirin to export Fuji whisky to China, Australia in April
Distiller aims to expand spirits exports amid shrinking home market
Food & Beverage
Starbucks Japan ramps up drive against plastic waste
Coffee chain to offer more reusable cups, cutlery
Life
Taiwan sake boom starts to challenge Japanese traditions
Local producers face quality hurdles in the premium market
Food & Beverage
Japan sushi shops face seafood cost hike as Russia sanctions bite
'Scramble for crab' begins after airspace closed to Russian exports
Ukraine war
Russia blocks Facebook; 'fake news' law prompts BBC to halt reports
CNN and CBS to stop broadcasting in Russia as Putin wages war on Ukraine
Food & Beverage
McDonald's Japan hikes prices on rising food costs
Increases hit 20% of in-store menu and nearly all deliveries
Pharmaceuticals
Kirin leans into health products and drugs, pouring in $900m
Majority of growth investment set aside for these segments for 1st time