Japan firm opens 'shabu-shabu' restaurant in N.Y.

Japan firm opens 'shabu-shabu' restaurant in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - A staffer demonstrates how to cook thin slices of beef parboiled in hot soup at the first U.S. restaurant of "Shabu-Shabu Kobe" in New York operated by Kobe Bussan Co. of the western Japan city on Sept. 15, 2014.

Hyogo supermarket to grow vegetables in Egypt

Hyogo supermarket to grow vegetables in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Kanji Sagawa (L), president of Kobe Bussan Co., a food supermarket mainly for businesses, and an Egyptian government official exchange documents in Cairo on Nov. 13. The two sides agreed that Kobe Bussan will create a farm in Egypt to cultivate an array of vegetables for export to Japan.

Sumikin Bussan, Toppan Printing to do IC tag test

Sumikin Bussan, Toppan Printing to do IC tag test

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese midsize trading house Sumikin Bussan Corp. and printing firm Toppan Printing Co. said Dec. 8 they will conduct a test to use integrated circuit tags in Chinese-made apparel to be sold in Japan via distribution centers in Shanghai (shown) and Chiba near Tokyo.

Rice snacks shaped like renowned Nissan cars

Rice snacks shaped like renowned Nissan cars

Undated photo taken in the Kanagawa Prefecture city of Isehara, eastern Japan, shows "Kakinotane" rice snacks shaped like Skyline 2000GT, Fairlady Z and various other renowned Nissan car models, developed by Isehara-based food maker Tatsuya Bussan Co. for sale at expressway service areas and department stores.

Hyogo supermarket to grow vegetables in Egypt

Hyogo supermarket to grow vegetables in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Kanji Sagawa (L), president of Kobe Bussan Co., a food supermarket mainly for businesses, and an Egyptian government official exchange documents in Cairo on Nov. 13. The two sides agreed that Kobe Bussan will create a farm in Egypt to cultivate an array of vegetables for export to Japan. (Kyodo)

As family farms disappear, firms see new growth in vacant cropland

As family farms disappear, firms see new growth in vacant cropland

Photo taken July 7, 2016 in a suburb of Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, shows Shigeru Yajima, president of Morishige Bussan Co., looking at perilla plants grown from seeds in a vinyl greenhouse run by the food wholesaler in the city of Saitama near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan firm opens 'shabu-shabu' restaurant in N.Y.

Japan firm opens 'shabu-shabu' restaurant in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - A staffer demonstrates how to cook thin slices of beef parboiled in hot soup at the first U.S. restaurant of "Shabu-Shabu Kobe" in New York operated by Kobe Bussan Co. of the western Japan city on Sept. 15, 2014. (Kyodo)

Sumikin Bussan, Toppan Printing to do IC tag test

Sumikin Bussan, Toppan Printing to do IC tag test

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese midsize trading house Sumikin Bussan Corp. and printing firm Toppan Printing Co. said Dec. 8 they will conduct a test to use integrated circuit tags in Chinese-made apparel to be sold in Japan via distribution centers in Shanghai (shown) and Chiba near Tokyo. (Kyodo)