Japan instant rice maker hopes to feed Muslims going to Mecca

Small Tokyo company makes first foray into global halal food market

20190811 Onishi Foods halal products for Hajj

These instant meals will be sold to pilgrims going to Mecca this year. (Photo by Miho Saito)

MIHO SAITO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Muslims visiting the holy city of Mecca during the Hajj pilgrimage this month will form a test audience for a new line of instant meals from a Japanese company expanding in the halal food market.

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