Extensive research has linked heavy salt intake to high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, gastric cancer, obesity, osteoporosis and kidney disease, as well as 1.89 million annual deaths ...

Japan’s high salt intake fuels rising healthcare costs, but new research reveals how national policies, industry collaboration, and food reformulation can cut cardiovascular disease rates and ...

Plastic waste is a heavy burden on the oceans. A team from Japan has developed a solution: a plastic that dissolves in salt water. Plastic waste can be found everywhere on the planet. The oceans ...

From time immemorial around the world, people figured out that salt can be harvested by boiling seawater. In the humble “okagesama” thank-you spirit of the Japanese, at Shiogama, a sacred ...

SEOUL--South Korean shoppers are snapping up sea salt and other items as worry grows about their safety with Japan due to dump more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from a ...

In Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, we explore a salt production plant damaged by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in January 2024. We then visit a bakery in Tokyo loved by musician Sakamoto Ryuichi.

Meet salt maker Sato Kyojiro, whose unique, naturally produced, labor-intensive creations have earned fans among Japan's leading chefs. His process relies only on brine, the sun's heat and manual ...

pre-packaged foods account for more than 70% of the salt in diets. To help solve this issue, researchers at food manufacturer Kikkoman Corporation, headquartered in Noda, Japan, are striving to ...