[Breaking News]Tea-leaf spill causes multi-vehicle crash in eastern Japan, kills 1

SANO, Japan, Jan. 6 Kyodo -Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows tea leaves scattered on a road in Sano in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 4, 2026. The tea leaves spilled from a moving truck on the road, causing drivers of vehicles behind it to lose control and leading to a multi-vehicle crash resulting in the death of one man. (Kyodo)

Tea-leaf spill causes multi-vehicle crash in eastern Japan, kills 1

Tea-leaf spill causes multi-vehicle crash in eastern Japan, kills 1

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows tea leaves scattered on a road in Sano in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 4, 2026. The tea leaves spilled from a moving truck on the road, causing drivers of vehicles behind it to lose control and leading to a multi-vehicle crash resulting in the death of one man.

CHINA-GUIZHOU-TECH-DRIVEN TEA LEAF PRODUCTION (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-TECH-DRIVEN TEA LEAF PRODUCTION (CN)

(240412) -- GUIYANG, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Farmers pick tea leaves at a tea garden in Changgou Village, Jinsha County of southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 3, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: Tech-driven tea leaf production enriches southwest China county" (Xinhua/Li Fan)

Tea-leaf picking starts in Japan

Tea-leaf picking starts in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Women dressed in traditional tea leaf picker's costume pick young tea leaves at a ''tencha'' tea farm in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, on May 2, the 88th day after the setting of spring, traditionally the first day of tea-leaf picking in Japan. Nishio is the country's No. 1 producer of ''tencha,'' the ingredient for Japanese powdered green tea.

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Tea-leaf picking begins in Japan

Tea-leaf picking begins in Japan

Women, chosen from the public to serve as brand ambassadors, wear traditional Japanese tea-picking costumes as they pick tea leaves at a green tea farm in Uji near Kyoto on May 1, 2016, the first day of tea-leaf picking in Japan. Annually celebrated near May 2, the day is called the 88th night counting from the first day of spring in the traditional Japanese calendar, and it is said that drinking tea picked on this day helps people to live longer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tea-leaf picking begins in Japan

Tea-leaf picking begins in Japan

Women, chosen from the public to serve as brand ambassadors, wear traditional Japanese tea-picking costumes as they pick tea leaves at a green tea farm in Uji near Kyoto on May 1, 2016, the first day of tea-leaf picking in Japan. Annually celebrated near May 2, the day is called the 88th night counting from the first day of spring in the traditional Japanese calendar, and it is said that drinking tea picked on this day helps people to live longer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Third-wave coffee drawing attention in Japan

Third-wave coffee drawing attention in Japan

Photo taken in June 2015 shows the first Japanese location of Oakland, California-based Blue Bottle Coffee. The so-called "third wave" coffee movement has developed in Japan since the Tokyo shop's opening in February. In May, the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, based in Los Angeles, opened its first Japanese shop in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tea-leaf picking starts in Japan

Tea-leaf picking starts in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Women dressed in traditional tea leaf picker's costume pick young tea leaves at a ''tencha'' tea farm in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, on May 2, the 88th day after the setting of spring, traditionally the first day of tea-leaf picking in Japan. Nishio is the country's No. 1 producer of ''tencha,'' the ingredient for Japanese powdered green tea. (Kyodo)

Tea picking

Tea picking

About 30 men and women look in this direction, stopping their tea-leaf picking. Most are women, but some are men and children. Most of the women wear their kimono sleeves tied up and a towel over their heads. Trees and houses can be seen in the background of the tea fields.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number7‐48‐0]

Philippines' Jolibee to buy major U.S. coffee chain

Philippines' Jolibee to buy major U.S. coffee chain

Photo taken July 27, 2019, shows an outlet of Philippine fast food giant Jollibee Foods Corp. in Manila. Jollibee will purchase major U.S. cafe chain Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Ltd. for $350 million. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Philippines' Jolibee to buy major U.S. coffee chain

Philippines' Jolibee to buy major U.S. coffee chain

Photo taken July 25, 2019, shows an outlet of Philippine fast food giant Jollibee Foods Corp. in Manila. Jollibee will purchase major U.S. cafe chain Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Ltd. for $350 million. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tea picking in Kyoto

Tea picking in Kyoto

Women pick tea leaf sprouts in Uji, Kyoto, a production area of luxury Uji green tea, in an event to promote the beverage on May 2, 2018, the 88th day of spring according to the lunar calendar and a culturally significant day in the tea-picking season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tea picking in Kyoto

Tea picking in Kyoto

Women pick tea leaf sprouts in Uji, Kyoto, a production area of luxury Uji green tea, in an event to promote the beverage on May 2, 2018, the 88th day of spring according to the lunar calendar and a culturally significant day in the tea-picking season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tea picking in Kyoto

Tea picking in Kyoto

Women pick tea leaf sprouts in Uji, Kyoto, a production area of luxury Uji green tea, in an event to promote the beverage on May 2, 2018, the 88th day of spring according to the lunar calendar and a culturally significant day in the tea-picking season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tea picking in Kyoto

Tea picking in Kyoto

Women pick tea leaf sprouts in Uji, Kyoto, a production area of luxury Uji green tea, in an event to promote the beverage on May 2, 2018, the 88th day of spring according to the lunar calendar and a culturally significant day in the tea-picking season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo