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'Black, White Croquettes' win fans in Toyama Pref.

TOYAMA, Japan - "Black Croquette" (L) seasoned with soy sauce, black pepper and squid ink, and bite-size "White Croquette" (R) featuring the unique taste of shredded kombu, or edible kelp, are a big hit in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture. The two types of croquettes, as pictured in December 2013, were developed by food consulting company DQ Solution to promote local Toyama tastes and won the grand prize at the 1st All Japan Croquette Festival in November 2013.

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'Black, White Croquettes' in Toyama Pref.

TOYAMA, Japan - Hayato Yamazaki, president of food consulting company DQ Solution in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, holds "Black Croquette" and "White Croquette" in December 2013 in the city. The two croquettes developed by the company to promote local Toyama tastes won the grand prize at the 1st All Japan Croquette Festival in November 2013.

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Woman promotes award-winning Ryugasaki croquettes

TSUKUBA, Japan - Kyoko Yoshida from Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, shows Ryugasaki croquettes, a local dish she has been promoting for years. The croquettes won Yahoo Japan Corp.'s local food popularity contest in 2014.

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Pesticide residue in frozen food products

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the seven different products of Aqlifoods Co., a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., in which malathion, an organic phosphate typically used as a pesticide, was detected. Aqlifoods said Dec. 31, 2013, that pesticide residue found in some of its frozen food products could sicken a child who consumed just one-eighth of a croquette, dramatically revising its previous estimate of 60 croquettes comprising a toxic dose. The packet at top left is the same product as the croquette package in which the highest concentration was detected.

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Pesticide residue in frozen food products

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Kushiro, president of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., bows in apology at a press conference in Tokyo in the early hours of Dec. 31, 2013. Aqlifoods Co., Maruha's subsidiary based in Gunma Prefecture, said the same day that pesticide residue found in some of its frozen food products could sicken a child who consumed just one-eighth of a croquette, dramatically revising its previous estimate of 60 croquettes comprising a toxic dose.

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Maruha Nichiro subsidiary recalls 6.3 million packs of frozen food

TOKYO, Japan - Yutaka Tanabe (R), president of Aqlifoods Co., and Toshio Kushiro, president of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., bow in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2013. They announced Aqlifoods, a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro, is recalling a total of 6.3 million packs of frozen foods including croquettes and pizza after pesticide was detected in some of them.

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Maruha Nichiro subsidiary recalls 6.3 million packs of frozen food

TOKYO, Japan - Yutaka Tanabe (R), president of Aqlifoods Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2013, with Toshio Kushiro, president of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc. They announced that Aqlifoods, a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro, is recalling a total of 6.3 million packs of frozen foods including croquettes and pizza after pesticide was detected in some of them.

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NMB48 members promote croquettes

KOBE, Japan - Three members of NMB48, an all-girl pop group based in Osaka's Namba district, serve customers at a croquette shop in Kobe, near Osaka, on Oct. 17, 2011. The operator of the shop, Rock Field Co., and the idol group joined hands to sell new croquette products and the group's single to be released Oct. 19.

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World Cuisine in Tokyo: Portuguese cod, fried pork with clams

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows plates of croquettes of dried cod ''bacalhau'' and potatoes (from foreground), bean soup, fried pork with clams and other seafood and ''Castella'' sponge cake which are offered at the Portuguese restaurant A Tasca in Tokyo.

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Ground meat mixed with pork, chicken sold as ground beef

SAPPORO, Japan - Frozen croquettes made from ''ground beef'' supplied by Meat Hope Co., a meat-processing company based in Hokkaido, were found to have been mixed with pork and chicken. Some of the ''beef croquettes'' (as labeled in the photo) were found to contain only pork, according to DNA tests conducted by frozen food maker Katokichi Co. and the Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union. Police searched the premises of Meat Hope on June 24 on suspicion of violating the unfair competition prevention law.

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World Cuisine in Tokyo: Portuguese cod, fried pork with clams

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows plates of croquettes of dried cod ''bacalhau'' and potatoes (from foreground), bean soup, fried pork with clams and other seafood and ''Castella'' sponge cake which are offered at the Portuguese restaurant A Tasca in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Ground meat mixed with pork, chicken sold as ground beef

SAPPORO, Japan - Frozen croquettes made from ''ground beef'' supplied by Meat Hope Co., a meat-processing company based in Hokkaido, were found to have been mixed with pork and chicken. Some of the ''beef croquettes'' (as labeled in the photo) were found to contain only pork, according to DNA tests conducted by frozen food maker Katokichi Co. and the Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union. Police searched the premises of Meat Hope on June 24 on suspicion of violating the unfair competition prevention law. (Kyodo)

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NMB48 members promote croquettes

KOBE, Japan - Three members of NMB48, an all-girl pop group based in Osaka's Namba district, serve customers at a croquette shop in Kobe, near Osaka, on Oct. 17, 2011. The operator of the shop, Rock Field Co., and the idol group joined hands to sell new croquette products and the group's single to be released Oct. 19. (Kyodo)

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Woman promotes award-winning Ryugasaki croquettes

TSUKUBA, Japan - Kyoko Yoshida from Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, shows Ryugasaki croquettes, a local dish she has been promoting for years. The croquettes won Yahoo Japan Corp.'s local food popularity contest in 2014. (Kyodo)