Japanese chef produces crab-based 'bento' boxed lunches

Japanese chef produces crab-based 'bento' boxed lunches

SENDAI, Japan - Masayuki Okuda (C), a chef of Italian dishes, shows off crab-based "bento" boxed lunches developed with a seafood-processing company in this file photo taken on June 22, 2014, in Sendai in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi that was hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

Matsushita to become co-chairman of Kansai Keizai Doyukai

Matsushita to become co-chairman of Kansai Keizai Doyukai

OSAKA, Japan - Masayuki Matsushita (R), vice chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., will succeed Chiyono Terada (L) as co-chairman of the Kansai Association of Corporate Executives (Kansai Keizai Doyukai) when Terada's term of office expires next May. At the center is Tsutomu Okuda, co-chairman of the economic organization.

Food, culture from Japan's Yamagata introduced at Expo Milano

Food, culture from Japan's Yamagata introduced at Expo Milano

Yamagata Gov. Mieko Yoshimura (L) and Masayuki Okuda, a Italian restaurant owner and chef in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, demonstrate how to make "imoni" taro stew at the Japan Pavilion of Expo Milano in Milan, Italy, on Oct. 9, 2015, during an event to promote fresh produce and local traditions from the northeastern Japanese prefecture. Imoni is a thick soup traditionally eaten in autumn in the Tohoku region and which Yamagata is particularly famous for. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese chef produces crab-based 'bento' boxed lunches

Japanese chef produces crab-based 'bento' boxed lunches

SENDAI, Japan - Masayuki Okuda (C), a chef of Italian dishes, shows off crab-based "bento" boxed lunches developed with a seafood-processing company in this file photo taken on June 22, 2014, in Sendai in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi that was hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

Matsushita to become co-chairman of Kansai Keizai Doyukai

Matsushita to become co-chairman of Kansai Keizai Doyukai

OSAKA, Japan - Masayuki Matsushita (R), vice chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., will succeed Chiyono Terada (L) as co-chairman of the Kansai Association of Corporate Executives (Kansai Keizai Doyukai) when Terada's term of office expires next May. At the center is Tsutomu Okuda, co-chairman of the economic organization. (Kyodo)