In Japan, Kitanagase Area Management introduced ... to help hand down a sustainable Earth to children by reducing food waste.” ...

The food-waste problem was particularly noticeable ... athletes from around the world would recognize the appeal of Japanese food and ingredients, and help to promote them internationally.

In 2016, Japan produced about 6.4 million tons of food waste. That's nearly twice the annual amount of aid that the UN World Food Program delivers to developing nations.

As Japanese food science looks to the future ... Improved environmental benefits will also come from local actions such as reducing food waste along the chain from production to consumption.

Convincing shoppers to buy less-than-perfect produce is vital to the food industry’s efforts to cut food waste.