Marukome fetes completion of 1st ever overseas plant in California

Marukome fetes completion of 1st ever overseas plant in California

LOS ANGELES, United States - Marukome Co. President Tokio Aoki (far left) and other officials crack open a cask of rice wine in a ceremony to dedicate the company's first miso (fermented bean paste) factory in Irvine, California, on Dec. 5. ''I am pleased to be able to contribute to the health of Americans through miso,'' Aoki said at the ceremony.

Expert creates Japan's 1st corbiculae institute

Expert creates Japan's 1st corbiculae institute

MATSUE, Japan - Mikio Nakamura, a retired marine scientist, has established the Japan Corbiculae Research Institute, the first of its kind in the country, in Shimane Prefecture, to restore the catch of shijimi, a small clam known in English as corbiculae. Shijimi, often found in ''miso'' bean-paste soup, are dying off in Lake Shinji in the prefecture.

Marukome fetes completion of 1st ever overseas plant in Californ

Marukome fetes completion of 1st ever overseas plant in Californ

LOS ANGELES, United States - Marukome Co. President Tokio Aoki (far left) and other officials crack open a cask of rice wine in a ceremony to dedicate the company's first miso (fermented bean paste) factory in Irvine, California, on Dec. 5. ''I am pleased to be able to contribute to the health of Americans through miso,'' Aoki said at the ceremony. (Kyodo)

Japan promotes farm products from Sado Island

Japan promotes farm products from Sado Island

Visitors taste miso soup produced with soybeans from Sado Island in the Sea of Japan off Niigata Prefecture, at an event square of the Japan Pavilion at the food-themed world exposition in Milan on Oct. 21, 2015. Sado became the first location in Japan to be designated as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System by the Food and Agriculture Organization in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Expert creates Japan's 1st corbiculae institute

Expert creates Japan's 1st corbiculae institute

MATSUE, Japan - Mikio Nakamura, a retired marine scientist, has established the Japan Corbiculae Research Institute, the first of its kind in the country, in Shimane Prefecture, to restore the catch of shijimi, a small clam known in English as corbiculae. Shijimi, often found in ''miso'' bean-paste soup, are dying off in Lake Shinji in the prefecture. (Kyodo)