Firm suspected of selling fishing-bait oysters from China as food

Firm suspected of selling fishing-bait oysters from China as food

NARITA, Japan - Oysters (photo) imported from China as fishing bait were sold in Japan as food for human consumption, police say. The police sent papers to prosecutors on the food trading company, Ichiban Boeki in Yokohama, and the company's president Tomohiro Tanaka for allegedly selling the imported oysters as food without state permission. Ichiban Boeki allegedly imported about 400 kilograms of raw oysters by air from China for use as fishing bait on Nov. 6, 2007.

Character goods offered with beverages at Namco arcade in Osaka

Character goods offered with beverages at Namco arcade in Osaka

People enjoy drinking beverages and shopping for comic and animation character goods at "Ichiban (No.1) Cafe" in the Namco Land arcade in the Umeda entertainment district of Osaka, western Japan, on June 5, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Firm suspected of selling fishing-bait oysters from China as foo

Firm suspected of selling fishing-bait oysters from China as foo

NARITA, Japan - Oysters (photo) imported from China as fishing bait were sold in Japan as food for human consumption, police say. The police sent papers to prosecutors on the food trading company, Ichiban Boeki in Yokohama, and the company's president Tomohiro Tanaka for allegedly selling the imported oysters as food without state permission. Ichiban Boeki allegedly imported about 400 kilograms of raw oysters by air from China for use as fishing bait on Nov. 6, 2007. (Kyodo)

Japan's 1st zero-carb regular beer

Japan's 1st zero-carb regular beer

Kirin Brewery Co. President Takayuki Fuse (L) poses for a photo in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2020, as he introduces the new Ichiban Shibori zero-carbohydrate regular beer to be sold in Japan from Oct. 6, the first such product offered by a domestic brewer.

Japan's 1st zero-carb regular beer

Japan's 1st zero-carb regular beer

Photo taken Aug. 27, 2020, in Tokyo shows Kirin Brewery Co.'s new Ichiban Shibori zero-carbohydrate regular beer to be sold in Japan from Oct. 6, the first such product offered by a domestic brewer.